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PBEEACE.

TWENTY-THREE years have elapsed since the Catalogue of the Arabic MSS.* was com-
pleted ; and during that comparatively short period the accessions have been so numerous
as to reach in March of the present year a total of thirteen hundred and three manu-
scripts, which form the subject of the present Supplement.

This rapid increase has been mainly due to the acquisition by the Trustees of six
important private collections, which, taken in the order of purchase, are those of M.
Alexandre Jaba in 1872, of Sir Charles Augustus Murray in 1875, of Major-General Sir
Henry C. Rawlinson in 1877, of Alfred Freiherr von Kremer in 1886, of Dr. Eduard
Glaser in 1889, and of Mr. Edward William Lane in 1891 and 1893.

The first three of these collections have been described in the preface to the Persian
Catalogue, pp. x. — xii. That of M. Jaba comprises thirty-eight Arabic MSS., Or. 1176 —
1209, among which may be mentioned a Diwan of Jarlr (no. 1032) and al-Tibrizi's
commentary upon the Mu'allakat, dated A.H. 703 (no. 1030).

The greater portion of the collection of Sir Charles A. Murray, Or. 1314 — 58, was
acquired by him in Egypt, where he was residing, as Consul-General, in 1844 and sub-
sequent years. It consists chiefly of fine early copies of Biblical and liturgical books of
the Coptic Church (nos. 1 — 38) ; but it includes also some important Mohammedan works,
such as al-Ahdal's Lives of the 'Ulama of Yemen (no. 670), a royal copy of the Takwim
al-Sihhah by Ibn Butlan (no. 793), and a volume of the Tadkirah of al-Safadi (no. 1017).

The main value of Sir H. Rawlinson's collection lies in its Arabic portion, which
consists of seventy-five volumes, Or. 1491 — 1565. Like his predecessor in the Residency
of Bagdad, Col. Robert Taylor, whose collection has been described in the old Catalogue,

* Catalogue codicum manuscriptorum Orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservautur. Pars secunda,
Codices Arabicos amplectens. Londini, 1846' — 71.

vi PREFACE.

Sir Henry limited his selection almost exclusively to works illustrating the history and
geography of the East. Three classical works, namely the Muriij al-Dahab of Mas'udi,
the Kamil of Ibn al-Athlr, and the Mu'jam al-Buldan of Yakut, are represented by a fair
array of volumes (nos. 450 — 54, 462—64, 688—93). Other rare and important works are
the following :— Kitab al-Ma'arif by Ibn Kutaibah, dated A.H. 710 (no. 447) ; Al-Athar
al-Bakiyah by al-Biruni (no. 457) ; Ta'rikh al-Yammi, dated A.H. 767 (no. 548) ; the
first volume of Ta'rikh Madinat al-Salam, written apparently in the 13th century
(no, 655) ; Abu Shamah's abridgment and continuation of Kitab al-Raudatain
(nos. 554-5) ; the last volume of al-Dahabi's Ta'rikh al-Islam (no. 468) ; Takmilat
al-Wafayat by al-Mundiri (no. 488) ; the Geography of Ibn Sa'Id (no. 696) ; a
cosmographical work by Ibn Wasifshah (no. 687) ; and the Pseudo-Aristotelian
Theologia (no. 722).

The next collection, that of Alfred von Kremer, although including a few Persian

and Turkish MSS. (the latter have been described in the Turkish Catalogue), is also

essentially Arabic. It was formed by that eminent scholar, partly in Damascus, but

chiefly in Cairo, during the years 1849 — 80, and has supplied him with ample materials for

his learned works, such as his " Geschichte der herrschenden Ideen der Islams,"

" Culturgeschichte der Orients," and others. In the Arabic portion, consisting of 198

volumes, Or. 3004 — 3201, all branches of Arabic literature are represented. It is

especially rich in new materials for the history of the origins and early period of Islamism.

Here we can only point out a few of the exceptionally rare and important works, such as

the following : — Three early collections of traditions relating to the life of Muhammad, by

al-Khargushi, Abu Nu'aimand al-Baihaki (nos. 509 — 511); Notices of "Companions" and

early traditionists by Ibn Sa'd (no. 616) ; a similar, hitherto unknown work of al-Tabari

(618) ; detached volumes of the rare chronicles of Ibn al-Jauzi, Ibn Shakir and Ibn al-

Furat (nos. 460, 472, 476) ; the first volume of the Ta'rikh Dimashk of Ibn 'Asakir,

written in the author's time (no. 658) ; a hitherto unnoticed work of Ibn 'Arabshah on

the reign of Sultan Jakmak (no. 559) ; Al-Durar al-Kaminah, a full biographical

dictionary of the eminent men of the eighth century of the Hijrah, by Ibn Hajar

(nos. 643-4) ; Kitab al-Haidah al-Kablrah, or " Book of the Great Evasion," a curious

account of a theological dispute in presence of al-Ma'mun (no. 171) ; the dogmatical

teachings of Ibn Hanbal (nos. 169-70) ; Jamharat al-Ash'ar by Ibn Abi '1-Khattab (no.

1107) ; the Diwans of Abu Firas and Ibn Hani (nos. 1045-6) ; Luzum ma la Yalzam,

by Abu "l-'Ala (no. 1050) ; the extremely rare and valuable Tadkirah of Ibn Hamdun

PKEFACE. vii

(nos. 1137-8) ; Islah al-Mantik by Ibn al-Sikkit (no. 831) ; the Mujmal of Ibn Ffiris
(no. 843) ; the Tashlfat of 'All B. Hamzah and of al-'Askari (nos. 841, 842), etc.

Dr. Glaser's collection was the outcome of the third journey of that enterprising
Austrian traveller to Yemen. It consists of 328 Arabic MSS., Or. 3717 — 4044, and is of
a very special character, being almost entirely confined to Zaidi literature. The history
of the Zaidi Imams, who for centuries played an important political part in Yemen, is
here illustrated by a number of hitherto unknown chronicles and biographies (nos. 531—
547). The standard works, partly written by the Imams themselves, in which their
peculiar system of divinity and jurisprudence is expounded (nos. 203 — 217, 336 — 446),
form, together with their innumerable commentaries, the main bulk of the collection.
It includes, however, some works of more general interest, among which the following
deserve a special notice : — The Naka'id, or mutual satires, of Jarlr and al-Farazdak,
probably of the 12th century (no. 1033) ; the rare Diwans of Ibn Hiini and Ibn Alkam
(nos. 1047, 1053) ; Al-Kamal, a dictionary of traditionists by 'Abd al-Ghani (nos. 625-6) ;
Makatil al-Talibiyyln, a history of the descendants of 'Ali who suffered martrydom,
by the author of Kitab al-Aghiini (no. 526) ; Al-'Ibar wa'1-I'tibar, a cosmographical work
of al-Jahiz (no. 684) ; a Collection of Proverbs by al-'Askari (no. 996) ; an early and
rare Grammar by Ibn Babashad, with the author's commentary (nos. 917-18) ; and an
unknown commentary upon the Hamasah (no. 1108).

A similar but smaller collection, brought home by Dr. Glaser after his second
journey to Yemen, is now deposited in the Berlin Library. A brief account of its
contents was published by Dr. Ahlwardt in 1887, and its main portion has since been
more fully described by the same scholar in the fourth volume of his Arabic Catalogue,
which, to our regret, did not reach us in time for purposes of comparison.

The collection of the late Edward William Lane, purchased in two separate sets,
Or. 4154—4219, and Or. 4618—4657, in the years 1891 and 1893, reflects two of the
special lines of study of that eminent scholar. The first set comprises the material
brought together in view of his great Lexicon, and pre-eminently the work on which it is
chiefly based, namely the Taj al-'Arus, transcribed for him by his learned amanuensis
Shaikh Ibrahim al-Dasuki, in four and twenty bulky volumes (nos. 882 — 905), as well as
some rare earlier works, such as Tahdib al-Lughah (nos. 839-40), the Muhkam of Ibn
Sldah (no. 854), the Mughrib of al-Mutarrizi (no. 864), the Tahdib al-Tahdib (no. 866),
and al-Misbah al-Munlr by al-Fayyumi (no. 869).

The second set of MSS. is largely made up of those popular tales which Mr. Lane

viii PREFACE.

described in his " Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians," namely the romances
of Saif Du Yazan, Delhemeh, Beiii Hilal and al-Malik al-Zahir Baibars (nos. 1172—
1196). It includes also a few important historical works, such as Insan al-'Uyun
(nos. 1274—6), Mir'at al-Zaman (nos. 1270-71), and the Egyptian chronicle of al-Jabarti
(nos. 1280-82).

Only two of the above collections have been previously catalogued, namely those of
Freiherr von Kremer and of Dr. Glaser. Kremer's description of his MSS. (IJber meine
Sammlung Orientalischer Handschriften, Wien, 1885) is in every way such as was to be
expected from so accurate a scholar. Only a slight degree of expansion and a few
corrections were wanted to adapt it for incorporation into the present Catalogue. Dr.
Glaser had no leisure for a " catalogue raisonne." His lithographed " Verzeichnis " is a
hastily drawn up list without any attempt at classification or detail. Tables of the
original numbers of both collections, with references to the present Supplement, will be
found at the end of the Numerical Index.

The most important accession after the above-mentioned collections was due to the
liberality of Col. S. B. Miles, late Political Agent in Muscat, who at various times between
the years 1875 and 1891 presented to the Trustees no fewer than fifty rare and valuable
Arabic MSS. (Or. 1382-3, 2328—33, 2424—38, 2896—2920, 4518, 4529), among which
the following will be found of special interest : — Kitab al-Tljan and the traditions of 'Abid
B. Sharyah, relating to the kings of Himyar (nos. 578-9); the Iklil and Jazirat al-'Arab of
al-Hamdani (nos. 580, 584) ; two biographical works relating to Yemen, viz. the Tiraz
of al-Khazraji (no. 671), and Tib al-Samar by al-Haimi (nos. 675-6); Shams al-'Ulum,
the great dictionary of Nashwan al-Himyari (nos. 658 — 63) ; the Suluk of al-Makrizi
(no. 480) ; the Diwans of Abu Firas, al-Arrajani, and Ibn al-Mukarrab (nos. 1044,
1063, 1066) ; the tenets and jurisprudence of the Ibadi sect, expounded in verse by
al-Samau'ali (nos. 327-8) ; and the philosophical encyclopaedia of the Ikhwan al-Safa
(no. 708).

Two large sets of Oriental, chiefly Arabic, MSS. were secured for the Museum in the
years 1889 and 1891, at Mosul and the neighbouring town of Elkosh, by Mr. Ernest
Wallis Budge, Keeper of the Oriental Antiquities. The Arabic portion, Or. 3678 — 3710,
4240 — 4379, consists of 173 volumes and is especially rich in treatises on jurisprudence
and grammar. It includes also some important works in other branches, such as the
following :— Ma'alim al-Tanzil, of A.H. 715 (no. 103); Al-Nasikh wa'1-Mansukh by Ibn
Salamah (no. 129) ; Al-Nawawi's commentary on Sahlh Muslim (no. 134) ; the rare

PREFACE. ix

history entitled Akhbar al-Duwal al-Munkati'ah (no. 461) ; a thirteenth century volume
of the Canon of Avicenna (no. 788) ; Jami' al-Gharad, a treatise on hygiene by Ibn
al-Kuff (no. 803) ; and Al-Iflili's commentary on the Diwan of al-Mutanabbi (no. 1041).

Some rare and curious works relating to the creed of the Ibadi sect and to the
history of Quiloa (nos. 202, 329, 600), and two others relating to Abyssinia and to the
Sudan, were presented respectively by Sir John Kirk, formerly Consul-General in
Zanzibar, and by the late lamented General Charles E. Gordon (Gordon Pasha).

Among a large number of MSS., chiefly Persian, secured for the Museum by Mr.
Sidney Churchill, Persian Secretary to the British Legation in Teheran, there are a few
copies of important Arabic works with remarkably early dates, such as the following :—
A volume of Avicenna's Canon, A.H. 525 (no. 7.87) ; Al-Mughni by Ibn Hibat-allah,
A.H. 534 (no. 794); Al-Kashshi's notices of Shl'ah traditionists, A.H. 622 (no. 633); the
Sihah of al-Jauhari, A.H. 658 (no. 845); the Makamat of al-Harlri, A.H. 688 (no.1009); and
the Mabsut of Abu Ja'far al-Tusi, A.H. 697 (no. 331). The following are extremely
rare : — Al-Safwah, a description of Egypt (no. 704) ; Al-Tara'if, an ingenious work
of Shl'ah polemics by Ibn Ta'us (no. 191); Shadd al-Izar, notices of the great men buried
in Shiraz (no. 677); and the chief work of Bab, founder of the Babi sect (no. 221).

Apart from the sources above stated, numbers of MSS. have flowed in from various
quarters, which are too numerous to be recorded in detail. We must content ourselves
with drawing the reader's attention to a few of the most rare and interesting, namely the
following : — Kitab al-Maghazi, the campaigns of Muhammad, by al-Wakidi, a complete
copy dated A.H. 564 (no. 502). Al-Muhabbar, miscellaneous notices relating chiefly to
Muhammad and his time, a hitherto unknown work of Muhammad B. Habib (no. 508).
The fourth volume of the biographical dictionary of Ibn Khallikan, in the author's
handwriting (no. 607). Three important works on the lives of traditionists, namely the
Ikmal of Ibn Makula, its complement by Ibn Nuktah, and Mizan al-I'tidal by al-Dahabi
(nos. 621-2, 630-31). Zubdat al-Tawarikh, a history of the Seljuks, written shortly
after the downfall of the dynasty, unique (no. 550). Four volumes of Kitab al-Aghani,
A.H. 544—49 (nos. 650—53). Two rare histories of Yemen, Kanz al-Ahhyar by Sayyid
Idris and Rauh al-Ruh by Sayyid 'Isa (nos. 469, 590). Sir Henry M. Elliot's copy of
al-Kanun al-Mas'udi, the great astronomical work of al-Biruni, A.H. 570 (no. 756). Kutb
al-Surur, an early anthology by Ibn al-Rakik (no. 1109). The Makamat of al-Haririr
transcribed by a grandson of the author, A.H. 557 (no. 1006).

Illuminated Arabic MSS. are so exceedingly rare that the few which present any

x PREFACE.

artistic interest deserve to be pointed out. Spirited drawings of plants and animals
•will be found in Dioscoridis Materia Medica (no. 785), and in Ibn Bakhtlshu's Manafi'
al-Hayawan (no. 778). A MS. of Hariri's Makamat, dated A.H. 654 (no. 1007) has quaint
miniatures representing the scenes described in the text.

But the student of Arabic palaeography will find copious materials in the present collec-
tion. It is particularly rich in early MSS., to many of which, however, only conjectural
dates can be assigned. The Cufic Goran described under no. 56 is probably the earliest ever
brought to Europe. Some papyrus scraps from the Fayyum, containing private contracts
(no. 1207), evidently belong to the third century of the Hijrah, and similar documents on
vellum or paper from the same locality (no. 1290) range from A.H. 372 to 461. We subjoin
a chronological list of the dated MSS. from the fourth to the seventh century of the Hijrah.

A.H.

Nos.

A.H.

Nos.1

A.H.

Nos.

348

786

604

1134

665

925

365

838

610

793

666

1214 n.

476

617

6L4

308

670

1012

479

205

617

497

671

259

488

844

619

1133

672

607

513
525

495

787 '

620
622

813
633

673
674

926
1041

527

792

623

157

675

854

534

794

—

344

683

982

550

843

625

211

685

1035

557

1006

643

929

—

1243

558

340

644

100

686

927

559

658

647

1108

688

346

561

82

651

916

—

1214 in.

564

502

652

64

692

98

570

756

654

1007

693

629

586

1140

658

832

694

110

588

740

—

845

697

331

590

510

—

1229 vn.

700

115

599

855

659

1214

—

696

603

725

660

638

—

723

604

6

663

7

PEBFACB. xi

The present Supplement has been compiled on the same lines, and printed in the
same form, as the Persian and Turkish Catalogues published in 1879 — 1883 and 1888.
Few readers, if any, will find fault with the substitution of the quarto size for the
cumbrous folio of the old Catalogue, or with that of English for its no less unwieldy
Latin.

My best thanks are due to Mr. Robert K. Douglas, Keeper of the Department
of Oriental Printed Books and MSS., for his kind assistance in the revision of the
proof-sheets.

CHARLES RIEU.

BRITISH MDSEUM,
April 5, 1894.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

PAGE

Bible 1

Commentaries 12

Liturgies and Offices 14

Theology 16

Lives of Saints 21

History 22

Homilies ..." 25

Philosophy 29

Coptic Vocabularies 32

Poetry 33

SAMARITAN MSS 34

MOHAMMEDAN LITERATURE.

THE GORAN 37

Various Readings and Orthography 46

Pronunciation 52

Commentaries 58

Al-Nasikh wa'1-Mansukh ... 73

Glossary 75

TRADITION (HADITH) 77

Shi'ah Tradition 88

Collections of Forty Hadiths . . 90

Special Collections 94

Science of Tradition . , . 96

PAOB

THEOLOGY .98

t

Polemical Works 115

Appendix to Theology 118

Sectarian Works :

Ibadis 121

Zaidis 124

Druzes 140

Nusairis 140

Wahhabis 142

Sabis 143

Asceticism and Sufism .... 147

Prayers 163

LAW.

Usul al-Fikh 168

Zaidi Works 174

Statutes (Furu1) :

Hanafis 178

Malikis 192

Shafi'is 194

Hanbalis 204

Controversy 205

Sectarian Law-books :

Ibadis 208

Shi'ah ' 210

Zaidis .... .215

XIV

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE

Law of Inheritance 260

Zaidi Works 262

HISTORY.

Ancient and General History .... 266

History of the Prophets 297

Life of Muhammad 301

Early Khalifs and Conquests .... 319

Ali and his Descendants 323

Zaidi Imams 327

Ghaznawis 341

Saljuks 342

Ayyubides 344

History of Egypt 350

History of Syria 360

The Holy Cities ........ 362

Yemen 365

Arab Tribes 385

Africa 387

Appendix to History 394

BIOGRAPHY 398

" Companions " and Traditionists . 403

Shi 'ah Traditionists 422

Saints 427

Legists 429

Physicians 436

Grammarians and Lexicographers . 437

Poets 438

Local Biographies :

Baghdad 440

Syria 441

Egypt 448

PAGE

Spain 449

Yemen 452

Shiraz 461

Turkey 462

Mosul 462

Memoirs and Travels 464

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY
Topography ....

466
476

SCIENCES.

Encyclopaedias 480

Philosophy 491

Logic 498

Dialectics 502

Ethics and Politics 503

Mathematics 509

Astronomy 513

Calendar 526

Astrology 528

Natural History 531

Alchemy 534

Magic 535

Medicine 536

Veterinary Art ....... 550

Military Arts 554

Music 558

Cabalistic "Works 561

Divination 563

Interpretation of Dreams 564

PHILOLOGY.

Lexicography 565

Grammar ...... . 594

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

xv

PAGE

Rhetoric 620

Prosody 626

Proverbs and Maxims 629

ORNATE PROSE AND LETTERS .... 635
POETRY 644

Anthologies 696

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, &c. . . . 708
FABLES AND TALES . 730

PAGE

MSS. OP MIXED CONTENTS .'.... 749
LATEST ACCESSIONS ....... 816

INDEX OF TITLES ........ 831

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES ..... 861

CLASSED INDEX OF WORKS ..... 899

NUMERICAL INDEX ........ 915

APPENDIX ........... 929

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS . 935

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

BIBLE.

1.

Or. 1326.— Foil. 326 ; 13 in. by 9; 29 lines,
6j in. long ; written in neat Neshki ; dated
Cairo, from Monday, 12 Baramhat, A. Mar-
tyrum 1301 (f. 3266), to Saturday, 13 Tot,
A. Martyrum 1303 (f. 2626) (A.D. 1585—87).
[SiE CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The second volume, or latter half, of a large
copy of the Bible, including the Apocrypha.
It contains the following Books :

I. Fol. 2. Ezekiel, with the heading :

Beg. J >

k->

b'l

The Book is divided into 28 chapters, the
last of which extends from chapter xlvii.
v. 13, to the end.

II. Fol. 24a. Daniel, with, a preface of
two pages :

The Book of Daniel begins, f. 25a,

with the history of Susanna, as follows :

Chapter I. of Daniel begins, f. 256, as
follows :

It is divided into Visions \>jj , the twelfth
and last of which is the story of Bel and the
Dragon.

III. Fol. 34&. Ecclesiasticus, or the Book
of Jesus, son. of Sirach, . > ^. o

Beg.

IV. Fol. 506. The first Book of Esdras,

Beg. C*x> j

V. Fol. 58a. Ezra (the canonical book,
called here the second of Ezra), ,jUN ^i

Beg. C

CHRISTIAN LITEEATUEE.

VI. Pol. 636. Esther,

Beg. y

& Ji~,\

V?.\ d

VII. Pol. 676. Judith,
Beg. i

VIII. Pol. 746. Tobit, U>> «_fc

**)
Beg. jjy j

IX. Fol. 796. The first Book of the
Maccabees (corresponding with our second
Book of the Maccabees), ^yulEJi yL* t_jU£

jJ\ Jl

The following section, f. 85a, beginning
with II. Maccabees, chapter viii., has a sepa-
rate heading :

The next, f ol. 88a, has this rubric, £

u-j^1 (II- 'Maccabees, chap. xi. 27).
X. Pol. 926. The second Book of the
Maccabees,

Beg. ^

Jl ^j^'tsbj,.
This book, which is only found in Arabic,
has been printed in Walton's Polyglot, Vol.
iv., part ii., p. 112. At the end is written,
Jw yttNji-N ^iM UalA Jl

. JSS

The next section, beginning, f. 99a, with
Ji' j>'& corresponds with chapters
xvii. — lix. of the same edition.

XI. Fol. 1166. History of the Jews by
Yusuf B. Gorion, with this rubric : J^l

J!

-^Ua-^

j-^J^ *>\* J1

Beg. ^Ixw Jj^^ji^^y^j^CjoulC-o^^jU^T
The work is divided into eight Juz',

beginning respectively as follows : I. f. 1166 ;

II. f. 125a; III. f." 134a; IV. f. 1426;

V. f. 1516; VI. f. 154a; VII. f. 161a;

VIII. f. 168a. The text agrees with the

edition printed at Beirut, 1872, with the

title, (

XII. Fol. 173a. The Book of Job,

J!

*'j ' "'

It is divided into fifteen chapters _

Compare P. de Lagarde, Psalterium, Job,
Proverbia, Arabice, Gottingen, 1876, p. 246.

XIII. Pol. 184a. The Wisdom of Solomon,
translated by Al-Harith B. Sinan (v. Asse-
mani, Biblioth. Medic. Laurent., no. 18),

Beg. J—^Jb )jii:

*?

BIBLE.

3

XIV. Fol. 19(k. The Proverbs of Solo-

mon

y\

,,».

On the opposite page is an introduction
treating of the poetical form and the scope
of the Proverbs, with this heading : jj

aJUU>\j 4>j\i> ^

Beg. ^)j\ L_-^J HUlMx, Ob!

The Book of Proverbs is divided into
thirteen chapters _U^'

XV. Fol. 200a. Ecclesiastes, *V ^U/

Beg. ^ U

J15

XVI. Fol. 204a. The Song of Solomon,

Beg. lir-9-l

ju ^ JLJI

XVII. Fol. 206i. Introduction to the
four Gospels and to the Canons, £«j£«

Beg.

XVIII. Fol. 209i. The ten Canons of
Eusebius.

XIX. Fol. 212i. Matthew, with an intro-
duction occupying two pages and beginning:

Ob^JU Jj-.iSJ! /^**, LJ.^!s)l Jjl. aJJ jj^1

The Gospel is divided into 80 chapters
XX. Fol. 226a. Mark, J^l ^^ tj^
.-^^ with an introduction occupying
two pages, and beginning : U^-y. ^ sv-\ J6

It has 52 chapters.

XXI. Fol. 235a. Luke, with an introduc-
tion of three pages, beginning, l>ju,V> 15^) ^^

^3^ (JJJ«JuJ\ iJlAa. ^ IJA.MJ 'JJ^> jl

The Gospel begins as follows :

\* *^^ i' J

Luke is divided into 84 chapters.
XXII. Fol. 251a. John, with an intro-
duction of a page and a half, beginning, y>j

The Gospel is divided into 45 chapters.

At the end of the Gospels, f. 2626, is a
colophon stating that this copy had been
made upon a transcript of a MS. prepared by
the learned Shaikh al-As'ad Abu'l-Faraj
Ibn al-'Assal, and revised by him upon the
Coptic, Syriac, and Greek texts (see No. 7).

XXIII. Fol. 263a. The Apocalypse,

B 2

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

XXIV. Fol. 2706. The fourteen Epistles

of S. Paul, <]y»j>\ (j-Jy Jj.l-»; jiW

XXV. Fol. 304a. The seven Catholic
Epistles, J

XXVI. Fol. 3115. The Acts of the
Apostles, j

The last three sections were transcribed,
as stated at the end, from a MS. dated
A.M. 1045 (A.D. 1329), and corrected by the
same Shaikh al-As'ad Ibn al-'Assal.

The MS. was written, as appears from
several colophons, by the priest Fadl-allah,
in his ho.use in Harat al-Zuwailah, Cairo, at
the expense of Shaikh al-'Alam Salib al-
Anbasi.

On foil. 50 and 310 are deeds of gift to
the Patriarchal seat, dated respectively
A. Martyrum 1486 and 1487 (A.D. 1770-71).

2.

Or. 1314.— Foil. 252; 12 in. by 9J; written,
in a fine large character, in two columns of
about 23 lines, with illuminated borders at
the beginning of the several books, and
numerous marginal ornaments representing
flowers and birds ; dated A. Martyrum
1089-90 (A.D. 1373-74).

[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The Minor Prophets and Daniel, in Coptic
and Arabic, with this title : d\ w^>o <_j .yxJ

The above title, and the first seven leaves
of Hosea, have been supplied by a later hand
in imitation of the original writing.

The contents are as follows :
I. Hosea, f. 3, beginning :

Colophon : ^\

II. Amos, f. 29i, beg. <j w

- (j (JV-* u^^ ^

U

(jjjkx-j tsarjhj *j5}!l JoS
III. Micah, fol. 51, ^ cJlS

Jy

IV. Joel, f. 67, Jl

V. Obadiah, f. 775,

VI. Jonah, f. 81, ^

VII. Nahum, f. 88,

VIII. Habakkuk, f.

IX. Zephaniah, f. 1025,

X. Haggai, f. 1116, ^

XI. Zcchariah, f. 118,

XII. Malachi, f. 152,

The above first half of the volume was
finished on Monday the 15th of Meshuri,
A. Martyrum 1089. The Coptic was tran-
scribed from an old copy in the Convent of
S. Anthony, in the Desert of al-'Arabah.
The Arabic, which is said not to agree with
the Coptic, was taken from a MS! in the
handwriting of Ibn al-Musawwak (?), no
copy of the Arabic paraphrase having been
found ; ^\^> y,

BIBLE.

At the back of the page is a "VVakf , or deed
of gift, to the Convent of S. Anthony by
Athanasius, dated A. Marty rum. 1089.

The latter half of the volume contains the
Book of Daniel, ^jol) cjV^ '*j^ beginning,
f. 164, as follows : fj51y.tiJi.jy,. BJ'JM &J1 j

J\ l^

<W\3^>\ JU LI

The text of the Canonical Book of Daniel
ends f. 2346. It is followed, as in the
Vulgate, by the story of Bel and the Dragon,
beginning on the same page as follows :

«Jifr

Then comes Daniel's vision of the four
winged animals, with prophecies of future
events to the end of the world, f. 24(k. It
begins as follows : &J1
t \<i. jl^j C?JJ\

J >1 — »!\ J\ Uy. ^i

The colophon is dated Saturday, the 9th of
Hator, A. Martyrum 1090, and the following
is added : \i^ff^)\ Jjb

.Jjt^ L»* liJJ

In the margin is the following colophon re-
lating to the Arabic text, which was tran-
scribed from a rough copy written by Patriarch
Anba Yfmus,and was completed on Thursday,
the 10th of Tobeh, A. Martyrum 1090. It is
further stated that the Arabic was translated
from the Greek and revised upon the Coptic.

syi! j,jJ\ >J

Li)

v-. JJ

On the last page is a deed of gift by
Athanasius, Bishop of Abu Tih, to the
Convent of S. Anthony, in al-'Arabah, dated
A. Martyrum 1510 (A.D. 1794).

3.

Or. 1319.— Foil. 220 ; 17 in. by 1H ; 28 lines,
written in two columns, with illuminated
headings and marginal ornaments ; dated
the 21st day of Emshlr, A. Martyrum 1522
(A.D. 1806). [Sm CHARLES A. MCBKAV.J

Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Baruch, in Coptic
and Arabic.

Isaiah begins, fol. 2, as follows: f\>.;j.\

U -'

Jeremiah begins, f. 98, as follows

L.^ Jl cyjL* J^ 4>« ^ 0

6

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

The Lamentations begin, f. 194&, with this
introduction : Jxj^*^ (_5-*» ^ ^ y* u^j

?- i_ sjp J^j •A^J^

Baruch begins, f. 204, as follows: »J

U

This is followed, f. 21 2a, by the Epistle of
Jeremiah, beginning : l^L-^l JA\

j\j Jl

.^5 x-ii-

At the beginning of Isaiah and Jeremiah
are whole-page miniatures representing those
Prophets.

The last two pages contain a long colophon
in praise of Athanasius, Bishop of Abu Tih
*5j)\ ^s.^ (jwjjj-Ai^ at whose expense the

book was written. The Coptic was written
by Deacon Yuhanna B. Sulaiman, school-
master in Cairo, and the Arabic by Yuhanna
B. Mlkha'Il.

Lower down is a deed of gift by the same
Athanasius to the Convent of S. Anthony, in
al-'Arabah.

Colophon :

Tables of lessons from Isaiah and Jeremiah,
appointed for Lent and Feast days, occupy
three pages at the end.

Or. 3706.— Foil. 118; 5 in. by 3£; 11 lines
2|- in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 15th century. [BUDGE.]

The Book of Psalms, imperfect at the
beginning. It begins abruptly in the middle
of the first verse of Psalm viii. The first
leaves are torn and faded. The 12th Psalm
begins, f. 45, as follows : ^ <

Jik>j J
jj *«

The Psalms end abruptly, f. 110, with a
Psalm designated as the 147th LuU\j ib.UN
^^Ojlilj corresponding with vv. 12 — 20 of
our Psalm cxlvii.

Foil. 11 — 18, which are much faded and
torn, contain the Canticles of Moses, Isaiah,
the Virgin Mary, etc.

5.

Or. 2291.— Foil. 150; 10 in. by 7£; 21 lines,

about 5 in. long ; written, in two columns, in

clear Neskhi, apparently in the 12th century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The four Gospels in Syriac and Arabic,
written in parallel columns, with rubrics
showing on what days each section is to be
read. The Syriac text is the Herhlensian
version, and the Arabic a literal translation
of the same.

The MS. is imperfect at beginning and
end, and has, moreover, many lacunae in the
body of the volume. It begins abruptly with
Matthew xii. v. 3, as follows : tyt>

J£\ t-^jM S^Uj^i-j <»JJ\ tlAAJ J-iO

After v. 8 is found this rubric,

W

BIBLE.

Mark begins, f. 23a, with this heading:

IjJJuJ jj\ JOS-

Luke begins with a similar rubric, f. 616.
The first verse is : ^

J»4) JM

UJ!
J \*a>\ b

U. i

The first lines of John are lost. It be-
gins, f. 119a, with chap. i. 15, and ends with
chap. xii. 22.

6.

Or. 1315.— Foil. 447 ; 13$ by 10 ; written,
in two columns of 22 or 24 lines in a fine
large character, with illuminated borders
and initials ; dated Saturday, 14 Emshlr,
A. Martyrum 924 (A D. 1208).

[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The four Gospels in Coptic and Arabic.
Contents : 1. The Canons, with the pre-
face of Eusebius, f. 3, beginning :

2. The Gospel of Matthew, f. 17, J«
Beg. +&j>\ ^A ^j\> ^\ £.J\,\ c.<«> ^tiU* i_-»lj/

3. The Gospel of Mark, f. 141, to which
is prefixed an introduction, with a list of
chapters, foil. 138 — 40.

Beg. y.

4. The Gospel of Luko, f. 219, with an
introduction, foil. 215 — 18. The first verso

is : JN jy.y\ (jouoS t_-jiy

Oiy UJl .J^fr I/ y^

5. The Gospel of John, f. 352, with a short
preface, f. 351.

Beg. 411V, oiM jjft J6 i&\j i&] J6 ^jJI J
J 8juo5 u^ <o Ji' <i)J\ jofr

Colophon : CJJ Jj

Ufl-lli

7.

Or. 3382.— Foil. 417 ; 9$ by 6$ ; 12 lines 3f
in. long ; written in large and clear, fully
vocalized, Neskhi ; dated the 10th of Tobe,
A. Martyrum 981 (A.D. 1264—65).

The four Gospels, with the editor's preface,
and a table of lessons for the Coptic year.

This valuable copy contains a revised text
of the Arabic version, with various read-
ings in the margin. The editor, Abu'l-
Faraj Hibat-allah B. Abi'1-Fadl As'ad B. Abi
Ishak Ibrahim B. al-'Assal, <lll ht> _^l j>\

requested to prepare it A.H. 650, corre-
sponding with A. Martyrum 969. He based
it upon a careful comparison of the extant
version with the Coptic text, and with the
Arabic translations of the Greek text and of
the Syriac version. He used to that effect
an Arabic translation of the Greek text by

8

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

Theophilus al-Mu'allim al-Dimashki, Bishop
of Misr, j&* UiL^ Jg.S**d\ A>\\ J^Jy ^ t_r^.j^
in two copies, dated respectively A.H. 438
and 591, and two Arabic versions from the
Syriac, namely one by Bishr B. al-Sari
(whose Luke was dated A.H. 433), and
another by Abu'l-Faraj B. al-Tayyib. For
the Coptic he used the text written A. Mar-
tyrum 921 (A.D. 1204-5) by Stephen B.
Ibrahim ^Afc^l ^ ^lala/o), a pupil of the monk
Abu '1-Faraj al-Damanhiiri.

The editor explains at length in his preface
the method he has adopted in establishing
his text, and referring to other versions.

Ibn al-'Assal belonged to a distinguished
Coptic family. He and his two brothers,
Abu Ishak and al-Safi Abu '1-Fada'il Majid,
are known as ecclesiastical writers of emi-
nence. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 758^.

Hlbat-allah wrote also a collection of
canons and an introduction to the Epistles
of S. Paul. See Uri, no. 74, and the Leyden
Catalogiie, vol. v. p. 84.

The first verse of Luke is as follows :

I/ UJ cJL& J&\

J

Contents: Matthew, f. 3a,

Introduction to Mark, with a list of
chapters, f. 986 ; Mark, f. 1046. Introduc-
tion to Luke, f. 1686; Luke, f. 1776. Intro-
duction to John, f. 2906; John, f. 2966.

The editor's Preface, f. 382^. Colophon
of the copyist Gabriel Jb^, f. 3956, with
the following date : w* j2A^\ ^J

..

A Table of lessons for the Coptic year,
f. 3966, w? g U J^Jj

•with this heading,

i

An introduction to Matthew has been sup-
plied by a modern hand at the beginning.

On the fly-leaf is the following note by the
Eev. John Dury Geden : " I obtained this
MS. at Cairo in March 1864, from the Rev.
R. J. Lieder. It came from the Convent of
St. Anthony, in the Eastern Desert of Egypt,
and is supposed to be about 500 years old."

8.

Or. 1327.— Foil. 242; 9^ in. by 6f ; 13 lines
4J in. long; written in fine large vocalized
Neskhi, with richly illuminated 'Unwans;
dated A. Martyrum 1050 (A.D. 1334).

[SiK CHARLES A. MUEEAT.]

The four Gospels, viz. Matthew, f. 2,
Mark, f. 70, Luke, f. 112, John, f. 186.

Luke begins as follows : ^j^ Ulil ^

UJ1

J*

The MS. was evidently written in Egypt ;
the sections are marked in the margin by
the hand of the scribe, with Coptic numerals.

The first two pages are occupied by a
geometrical design in blue and gold, with
this inscription :

BIBLE.

9

The next two pages, containing the be-
ginning of Matthew, have illuminated borders
at top and bottom, with this inscription :

(Matthew xxviii. 18-19).

Similarly ornamented pages are found at
the beginning of the other three Gospels.
At the end of Luke is the following colophon :

The last two pages of the MS. are also
richly ornamented with a geometrical design
in gold, and contain this partly mutilated
inscription : li«l*!\ .... &>j£\ LJUM &>

<u£. ' &

At the end of Luke, f. 1846, is a long note
of later date. The writer, Khuri 'Abd al-
'Aziz B. Yuhanna B. al-Saminah, records
that he read this Gospel in the year of Adam
7088, corresponding with A.H. 988 (A.D.
1580), being then in the house of Nasr Allah
B. Shaikh Yunus, whose daughter, wife of
the writer's son, had died in the same
year.

9.

Or. 1316.— Foil. 250 ; llf in. by 8 ; written
in two columns of about 35 lines ; with
ornamental borders and numerous miniatures
in imitation of European models ; dated the
23rd of Ebib, A. Martyrum 1379 (A.D. 1663).
Bound in stamped and gilt leather covers.
[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The four Gospels in Coptic and Arabic.

Contents : Matthew, f . 3,

Mark, f. 68,

'»,llj

Luke, f. 112,
John, f. 183, beg.

Table of lessons for Easter week, f . 232-3.

Concordance of the four Gospels ^ ^,^f
I»*ail J(l) tyy foil. 2336—235. This
was copied A. Martyrum 1401, i.e. twenty-
two years after the date of the preceding
Gospels, from a MS. which was then 281
years old.

The Canons, ff. 236—240.

Tables of lessons of the Coptic Church for
the entire year, ff. 241—249.

At the end of the Gospels, f. 230, is a
long colophon, in which the copyist, Abu '1-
Muna B. Naslm al-Nakkash .-^j ^ U^ ^
Ui\ j>\ ^ li=»^. fj*-Jtt ^ (^^\ says that the
MS. was transcribed from a valuable old copy,
and that he had added the drawings from
European and Indian copies

The date is as follows :

1379*

&*?

l.vr

At the back of the same folio is a deed of
gift by al-Mu'allim Lutf-allah Abu Yusuf,
the purchaser of the MS., to the Church of
our Lady aud St. George, in the lower street
of the Greeks,

It is dated A. Martyrum 1449 (A.D. 1733).

The deed of gift is repeated at the be-
ginning of each of the four Gospels.

At the beginning of the MS. are two richly
illuminated pages, with this inscription :

»Uii U

* In Coptic figures in the MS.
0

10

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

10.

Or. 1317.— Foil. 410 ; 7| in. by 4| ; written in
two columns of about 25 lines, with gold-ruled
margins, 'Unwans, gilt heading, and numerous
miniatures ; dated 13 Tot, A. Martyrum 1531
(A.D. 1815). Bound in covers embroidered
with silver thread.

[Sm CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The four Gospels in Coptic and Arabic.
Contents: I. The Canons, with a short
preface, f. 2, beginning : ^^ t_^)l *-j

2. Matthew, f. 11, J«

3. Mark, f. 130, ^J,
introduction, ff. 126—28.

4. Luke, f . 202, \y ^
preface, ff. 200-201.

5. John, f. 323, U»-y..
ff. 320-21.

Colophon: 1531*

1 with an
b^M, with a short
, with a preface,
>f> oy ir ^ j^

On the last page is a deed of gift by Petrus
Archiereus to the Patriarch's seat S^UM iVJiN,
dated in the year of the Martyrs 1532
(A.D. 1816).

11.

Or. 3383.— Foil. 210 ; 9£ in. by 6J ; 17 lines,
4f in. long ; written in a large and bold
Neskhi, probably in the 13th century.

The Epistles and Acts : ,Jl«J ^111 ^yo ,_? jo-i

»

jj-1^

The lacunae of the original MS. have been
filled up by a modern scribe, who imitated,

* In Coptic numerals in the. MS.

as well as he could, the old writing in the
following leaves, foil. 2—6, 14—19, 27—49,
61-2, 125—128, and 141—148. He finished
his work on Monday, the 18th of Babeh,
A. Martyrum 1521 (A.D. 1805).

Contents : Romans, f . 2a ; I. Corinthians,
f. 24ft ; II. Corinthians, f . 466 ; Galatians,
f. 61a; Ephesians, f. 686; Philippians, f . 756 ;
Colossians, f. 81<z ; I. Thessalonians, f. 856 ;
II. Thessalonians, f. 856 ; I. Timothy, f. 926 ;
II. Timothy, f. 986; Titus, f. lOOa; Philemon,
f. 1056 ; Hebrews, f. 1066 ; Catholic Epistles,
f. 1236 ; Acts, f. 1496.

The Acts begin as follows :

)\ &jj

The Acts are divided into 177 sections,
which are marked in Coptic numerals in the
margin.

On the fly-leaf: "I obtained this MS. of
the Acts, Epistles, etc., at Cairo, in March
1864, from the Rev. R. J. Lieder, etc.

JOHN DURY GEDEN."

12.

Or. 1318.— Foil. 294; 10J in. by 7; written
in two columns of 21 lines, with ornamental
headings ; dated (f. 261) Tuesday, 29 Kiakh,
A. Martyrum 1132 (A.D. 1416).

[Sm CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The Epistles ' of S. Paul in Coptic and
Arabic.

The MS. wants, according to the Coptic
folioing, twenty leaves at the beginning,
and a few of the first extant folios are more
or less torn. It begins with Romans,
chapter v. 10.

The first Epistle to the Corinthians begins
f. 246, as follows :

BIBLE.

11

The remaining Epistles begin as follows :
II. Corinthians, f. 1005 ; Galatians, f. 1396 ;
Ephesians, f. 1586 ; Philippians, f. 179a ;
Colossians, f. 193a; I. Thessalonians, f. 2066;
II. Thessalonians,f.219a; I. Timothy, f.226a;
II. Timothy, f. 2416 ; Titus, f. 2526 ; Phile-
mon, f. 259a ; Hebrews, f . 262a.

This last .Epistle is slightly imperfect at the
end ; it wants verses 22 — 25 of chapter xiii.

The following colophon is at tlie end of
Philemon: til^j/^^lPj £**J t$3\ ^ ***>}£

1182* fc

13.

Or. 1328.— Foil. 218 ; 10£ in. by 7 ; 15 lines,
5 in. long ; written in a fair large Neskhi,
apparently in the 14th century.

[Sin CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The Epistles and Acts in Arabic.

The original MS. begins abruptly with
Romans, chapter i., v. 9 : but the missing
portion has been supplied by a later hand.

The first Epistle to the Corinthians begins,
f . 26a, as follows : J\

J1 ^

In Coptic numerals in the MS.

cj-J.

The remaining Epistles begin as follows :
II. Corinthians, f. 506 ; Galatians, f . 666 ;
Ephesians, f. 746 ; Philippians, f. 826 ;
Colossians, f. 876 ; I. Thessalonians, f. 936 ;
II., f. 986 ; I. Timothy, f. lOla ; II., f. 1076 ;
Titus, f. 1 12a ; Philemon, f. 115a; Hebrews,
f. 1166.

The Catholic Epistles begin, f. 1346, as

follows:

The Acts begin, f. 1606, as follows :

The book is divided into 48 chapters, the
last of which wants a few lines at the end
(chap, xxviii. 31). The short sections are
marked throughout the volume with Coptic
figures in the margins.

The following date is found at the end
of the Catholic Epistles :

It is apparently transcribed from an
earlier MS.

c 2

COMMENTARIES.

14.

Or. 1330.— Foil. 267 ; 10 in. by 6$; 17 lines,
5 in. long ; written in a fine large Neskhi ;
dated Wednesday, the 1st of Mesuri, A. Mar-
tyrum 1102 (A.D. 1386).

[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

A Commentary on Genesis, including the
entire text in Arabic, without author's name.

Beg.

A-~ 3\

jli.

«u\

The text is divided into 57 sections, called
*?\j>, which have mostly headings, showing
on what day each is to be read.

The second, f. 16«, which consists of
v. 6 — 13 of chapter i., is headed, Lo'oJ) 5

The 57th and last, f. 263&, which extends
from chapter xlix. 33, to the end of Genesis,
is wrongly headed as the 56th *-»>U\

The Commentary is distinguished from the
text by the word jx-ad^ written in red ink,
while the text itself is introduced by the
word \*f>w\. It deals largely in types and
forecasts of the history of Christ, and fre-
quently assumes the tone of a homily.

The author is Ephraim Syrus, whose
Commentary upon the Pentateuch is pre-

served in the Bodleian Library. See Uri,
Syriac MSS., nos. 28, 30, and Nicoll,
nos. 4 and 7.

The last leaf of the MS. contains an extract
from the life of S. Clement, L_J})\ i,j-J ^

Copyist: t-

15.

Or. 3201.— Foil. 372 ; llf in. by 8; 25 lines,
5 in. long ; written in a large, but rather in-
distinct, Neskhi ; dated Syut, "Wednesday,
the 2nd of Mesuri, A. Martyrum 1521
(A.D. 1805). [KREMER, no. 212.]

Commentary on the four Gospels, by
Abu'l-Faraj 'Abdallah B. al-Tayyib B. 'Ali
B. Abi 'Isa al-Shammas al-'Abbadi, with the
following rubric : cj~> Ua^j ^JJJuJ Li»yb ,_J(XJ3

A~* \\

s^ li«*

The Commentator's preface begins : U3

The general import of that preface has been
stated in the Leyden Catalogue, no. 2375,
where a copy of the author's Commentary
upon Matthew is described. MSS. contain-
ing the Commentary upon the other three
Gospels are noticed in the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 85-6.

COMMENTARIES.

13

The author's name is written at the end
as follows : J* ^ ^^ v> *^ <*** ^j^ j>\
^buJI (.j-U^ l_^s- ^j>\ (J>. He died A D.
1043, A.H. 435. See, for his life and works,
Assemani, Bibliotheca Orient., torn, iii.,
part i., p. 547 ; Wiistenfeld, Arabische Aer-
tzte, no. 132; and Steinschneider, Polemische
Literatur, p. 52.

Contents : The Preface of the Commen-
tator, f. la. Euseb's Canons, f. 126, with a

short preamble, ^

Commentary upon Matthew, f. 1 9a ; upon
Mark, f. I88b ; upon Luke, f. 2155; and
upon John, f. 297a. Each Gospel is preceded
by a short preamble and a tabulated index
of contents.

Copyist : JUW\ ^ tdiU5\ MS. «W «_ala5

\3^-M\ iU*>j .S? •

16.

Or. 1329.— Foil. 64 ; llf in. by 8 ; 16 lines,
4f in. long ; written in large and fair Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins, and twelve coloured
drawings ; dated Thursday, 20 Baramhatj
A. Martyrum 1387 (A.D. 1671).

[Sin CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The Revelation of S. John, with an
anonymous Commentary.

After the first eleven verses of the text,
the Commentary begins as follows : J~A»>\ JS

And again, after v. 16,

g-

J\S

j jai

i

The colophon is :

J (»

1387*

On the first page is a deed of gift to the
Church of Anba Barsoma the naked, in tlic
Convent of Shahran llwl ^a^\ \j^.^ ***-?
^^i, j>& (^.j^ Vr^ -*bJ\ dated 28 Emshlr,

A. Martyrum 1452 (A.D. 1736).

0

17.

Or. 3707.— Foil. 88 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Neskhi, A.D. 1824.

[BUDGE. J

A Commentary upon the Apocalypse,
translated from the Latin of the Jesuit
Johannes Stephanus Minucius, by Butrw*

B. Yuhanna al-Suryani al-Halabi, a pupil of
the Propaganda.

Beg.

To the Commentary is prefixed a short state-
ment of the contents, beginning : j

The text is included in the Commentary,
and written in red. At the end is a transla-
tion of the Creed of S. Athanasius ^

* In Coptic numerals in the MS.

LITURGIES AND OFFICES.

18.

Or. 1239.— Foil. 159 ; Siin.bySf ; 17 lines,
4 in. long, in two columns, apparently in the
12th century. [SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The Liturgies of S. Basil, S. Gregory,
and S. Cyril, in Coptic and Arabic.

The Coptic is written in a fine large uncial
character, and the Arabic in a good archaic
hand. There are ornaments of interlaced
pattern in black at the beginning of each
part. But the first portion of the MS. is
much damaged, and part of the writing is
gone.

The Liturgy of S. Basil ends f. 626:

The Liturgy of S. Gregory begins, f. 65a,

as follows : IwU A\ (_^)1 j4^ y^ ^ &/jl

~jJ\ j£> J*lc- j£h and has an ornamental

heading, f. 67«, with these words : JuJ\

It ends, f . 1 10a,

lifc^

The Liturgy of S. Cyril begins, f.

H »A» Jlft3

For an account of these liturgies, and their
editions, see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 356,
note a. Copies are mentioned by Uri, Codd.
Coptici, nos. 38 — 42.

19.

Or. 1324.— Foil. 69 ; 7 in. by 5£; about 13
lines, in two columns ; written in fair large
character, probably in the 14th century.

[SiR CHARLES. A. MURRAY.]

The Order of the Eucharist, in Coptic and
Arabic, imperfect at beginning and end, and
having many internal lacunae.

It begins abruptly, as follows :

See Tuki, Missale Romanum, p. 4.
It ends with a prayer entitled : t

(j JJ\

and beginning :

J\ ±

20.

Or. 1322.— Foil. 76 ; 7f in. by 5J ; 17 lines,
written, in two columns, in fair large cha-
racter; dated Thursday, 4 Ba'uneh, A. Mar-
tyrum!059 (A.D. 1343).

[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The Oi'der of Consecration of monks and
nuns, in Coptic and Arabic.

Beg.

At the end of the first part, f. 36-7, is an
exhortation, in Arabic only, to be recited to
the monk

The second part begins, f. 38a, as follows:

In the colophon, f. 56, the MS. is stated to
have been written for al-Kiss Anba Mlkha'il,
previously called Rashld al-Manakhili.

Foil. 566 — 75 contain a Psalm and other
texts in Coptic only.

21.

Or. 4099.— Foil. 282 ; 11$ in. by 7f ; 21 lines,
5f in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi ;
dated A.H. 1008 (A.D. 1599-1600).

[BUDGE.]

LITURGIES AND OFFICES.

18

Lessons from the Gospels for the whole
year.

Contents : f. \b, Anonymous preface treat-
ing of the four Evangelists, their divine in-
spiration, and the agreement of the four
Gospels, beginning : 'jj» «a*^o U>

Fol. 36 contains a coloured drawing re-
presenting S. John the Evangelist, with his
name in Greek.

Fol. 46. Lessons from the Gospel of John
to be read from Easter to Pentecost, be-
ginning with this general heading :
jj\

Jj!

Fol. 38a. Lessons from Matthew and Mark,
for Saturdays and Sundays after Pentecost
to the 16th Sunday.

Beg.

JJ J u

o

8,Uo

Fol. 86a. Lessons from Luke, to be read
from Monday after the Feast of the Cross to

the sixteenth week after it :

'i\\j

Fol. 1346. Lessons from Luke, Mark and
Matthew, to be read from the seventeenth
week after the Feast of the Cross to Lent.

Beg.

Fol. 150a. Lessons from the Gospels for
Lent, J

Fol. 1726. Lessons for the Passion week
and the day of the Resurrection.

Beg.' r^\ > 'ij^\ i4l CU« ^J ^^ Jjk».li^

Fol. 2156. Lessons for feast-days through-
out the year, from the month of Eiliil to the
month of Ab, «Ja.~M iUc-^JJ JLJ\ \a U

Fol. 2676. Lessons for the feasts of saints,
angels, apostles, martyrs, etc., throughout
the year : J j^k^ J* ^Ufr^)\ ^ J\S5

_

To the lessons are frequently added re-
flections and comments, introduced by the
words j~L^\ J\S, or, in some places, yLA\ JS

The copyist, Taljah al-Nasikh, calls him-
self a native of Hamiit «U»- AJO.^ ^ v-»U!\ &ar

On the last page of the MS. are three
obituary notices, one of which relates to the
same Taljah, here called x^^jL^iN i_a^|y. Jii
^pi ^};r ^^ ^ &£ ^.li-b, who is said to
have died on the 27th of Tamuz, of the year
of Adam 7155.

THEOLOGY.

22.

Or. 4245.— Foil. 319 ; 9 in. by 6J ; from 17
to 20 lines, 4 in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi ; dated 1 Tishrin, A.D. 1848.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—63. The Dialectica of John
Damascen, to which is prefixed his epistle to
Cosmas, Bishop of Mayuma, with the follow-

title :

ng

Beg.

,iji«~J\

U

The Greek text, with a Latin version, will
be found in the 94th volume of Migne's
Patrologia, coll. 521—675.

The Arabic version is somewhat shorter
than the original, and consists of only 53
chapters. The first 15 agree with chapters
1—14 of the Bale edition (v. Migne, col. 527),
chapters 45 — 48 correspond with chapters
60—63 of Migne's text, chapter 49 with
Migne's chapters 64 and 65, chapter 50 with
Migne's chapters 67 and 68, and chapter 51
with Migne's 66. The last two chapters,
namely 52 and 53, treat generally of genus
and species, and do not seem to correspond
exactly with any of the original chapters.

For other copies see Pertsch, no. 1207,
art. 2 ; Eosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 6,
art. 1 ; and Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova
collectio, torn, iv., nos. 79, 187 — 189.

II. Foil. 64-202. The Book of a hundred
Discourses, a translation of ' Orthodoxae
Fidei accurata Expositio,' by John Damascen,
with this title :

Beg. blaftN

M— I

315* i£J>\

Jl ^Ju

The original text will be found in the
same volume of Migne's Patrologia, coll.
789—1228. The headings of the hundred
chapters of the Arabic version have been
given by Assemani, Mai's Collectio Nova,
torn, iv., no. 79, art. 3, no. 177, art. 2, and
by Nicoll, Bodleian Catalogue, no 24. For
other copies see Uri, no. 36 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, nos. 164-65 ; Eosen, Notices Som-
maires, no. 5. A full table of the chapters
occupies six pages.

III. Foil. 203—266. Five discourses of
John Damascen on the Creed, and against

Heretics :

The

first is inscribed : .Ja*J! IJULJ^) ,Jj\

and begins :

The Greek text is lost. A Latin transla-
tion from an Arabic MS. of the Paris
Oratory is given in Migne's Patrologia, vol.
95, coll. 417—438.

THEOLOGY.

17

The second, f. 216, is against the Nestorians,
and begins : (_$• J^jj ^ ViLu-*

^

JyjJ\ vsJif- ^ U) Vy erV b

See, for the original, Migne, ib., vol. 95,
coll. 187— 221.

The third, f. 2356, is against the Jacobites,
UjA>yi«jJ\ 2\3U ^ L)J and begins:

Jy tilSjo J.J& OJj ^ji^. lc

It is abridged from the original, as found
in Migne' s vol. 94, coll. 1435—1502.

The fourth, f. 2616, is against those who
reject images, \# ^L ^ sSJUU ^xi J^xi y>j
6- and begins : ^ ^ UJ ^^ui?.

It appears to be abridged from John
Damascen's Orationes de Imaginibus. See
Migne, vol. 94, coll. 1231—1432.

The fifth, f. 266, is a short extract from the
Discourses on the Divinity of Christ, treating
of the stay of Our Lord's body in the tomb,

!i)o jjiJl

For other copies of the five Discourses
see Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 6, art. 2,
and Mai, ib., no. 79, art. 2.

IV. Foil. 267—278. Short exposition of
the Christian doctrine, in 22 Babs, by Paul
of Antioch, Bishop of Sidon, J

lli\

lS\ai

Beg.

J\ UJo J (j

The author lived in the 15th century.

The contents are stated by Assemani, Mai's
Collectio Nova, torn, iv., nos. Ill, 147; by
Uri, no. 42, art. 2, and by Nicoll, no. 25.
Other copies are mentioned by Uri, no. I'J,
art. 2, and no. 51, art. 3. For a life of
the author see Wright's Syriac Catalogue,
p. 1097, art. 45, and Steinschneider,
Polemische, Literatur, p. 61.

V. Foil. 2786—279. A short explanation
of the Christian's belief in the Unity and
Trinity of God, by the same author: _-i»

Beg.

A copy of this and the preceding article
is noticed by Rosen, Notices Sommaires,
no. 6, artt. 3 and 4.

VI. Foil. 280—319. Extracts from a
Christian work on physics and metaphysics,
without author's name.

Beg.

The original work is divided into Makalahs,
subdivided into Fusul. The Makalahs un-
numbered, but the numbers of those given in
the present extracts are not consecutive. The
first three Makalahs are followed, f. 294n,
by the tenth, on accident uo^\ j, and tins,
f. 2976, by the seventeenth, on the efficient
cause &\f\a.\\ *U\ j. The last numbered
Makalah is the twentieth, f. 3166, (ju*> j,
^\. It is followed, f. 315a, by a final and
unnumbered one &jUJ\ &*^ J}. The work is
designated in the colophon as

Copyist :

18

CHRISTIAN LITERATDEE.

23.

Or. 1331.— Foil. 279 ; 10 in. by 7 ; 13 lines,
4 in. long ; written in a fine large Neskhi,
with vowels ; dated Cairo, 14 Ba'uneh,
A. Martyrum 1071 (A.D. 1355).

[Sm CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

Digest of the Canons of the Church, by
al-Mu'taman Abu Ishak B. Abi'l-Mufaddal
(alias Abi'1-Fadl) B. Abi Ishak, called Ibn
al-'Assal.

The author, whose name is written in the
colophon as follows, j>\ er*^ Jxsla)\ (jJ>}\
JL-N ^\ ^ y? jJiU ^1 & j**\ is the
same writer to whom is due an exposition of
the Christian Faith (see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 788a, and Steinschneider, Polemische Lite-
ratur, no. 69). He completed the present
work, as stated in the colophon, on the 10th
of Baramhat, A. Martyrum 952 (A.D. 1236).

The contents are described by Assemani,
Biblioth. Medic, Laurent., no. 61, and Mai's
Collectio Nova, torn, iv., no. 151 ; by Uri,
Syriac MSS., p. 19, no. 89, and p. 41, no. 67 ;
and in the Paris Catalogue, no. 245. In the
last, however, the work is ascribed, apparently
on the authority of an erroneous statement
of Renaudot, to al-Safi Ibn al-'Assal, a brother
of the author (v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 7586).

From the original Coptic folioing of the
MS. it appears to have lost the first five
leaves. It begins abruptly with these words :

In the extant part of the preface to which
the passage belongs, the author, after dwelling
upon the benefits conferred upon mankind by
the divine law, complains of the imperfections
of the collections of Canons previously com-
piled in Arabic, and explains the scope of the
present work, and the method followed in its

composition. This is followed, f. 86, by a
full enumeration of the Canons on which the
present work is based, from those of the
Apostles to those of the Emperors, together
with the monograms by which the author
refers to them,

It is said at the end, f. 25a, that the work
is divided into two parts *£• comprising
together 51 chapters u->b, a full table of which
occupies foil. 28—33.

Part I., f. 25a,
SjjU-jjM, contains 22 Babs, namely, ten relating
to the constitution of the Church and to the
laws concerning priests and monks, and
twelve, numbered 11 — 22, relating to religious
duties in general £cUS\ obUJl, f.

Part II., f. 1706, miiljSn j*^
bb ^jj^f-j £«— J, contains 29 Babs, namely,
nine, numbered 23 — 31, relating to bodily
matters £%&*£ jyfi\, such as food, marriage,
concubinage, wills, successions, etc.; ten Babs,
numbered 32 — 41, relating to civil transac-
tions O5Ul»V, fol. 231a, and ten more, num-
bered 42 — 51, relating to mortal and venial
sins and their punishments j^X f. 249a.

There are marginal notes due to the author
himself. The copyist, Jirjis B. al-Kiss Abi'l-
Mufaddal, states in the colophon that he
transcribed the first part of the work, from
the beginning to Bab 33 (fol. 233), from the
original MS. in Damascus, '&>.&»> J^N i*^ ^
j±*^, and the rest from a copy written by
Anba Cyrillus, Bishop of Siut, (_aa-^ u^jif \p\
lajA**, known as Ibn al-Sa'igh.

24.

Or. 3708.— Foil. Ill ; 8 in. by 5^ ; 17 lines,
3| in. long ; written in a neat Neskhi, dated
3 Khaziran, A.D. 1713. [BUDGE.]

THEOLOGY.

19

A full exposition by question and answer
of the rites and ordinances of the Chaldean
Church, and of their meaning, by Mar Yusuf
II., Patriarch of the Chaldees.

Beg.

<_>i*J

U

The work is divided into five Makalahs,
subdivided into chapters (Fusul), a full table
of which follows the preface. The Makalahs
have the following headings :

Pol. 46. ^^w>j ^4-*^? »^»^ ^^ <j I-
Pol. 266. \$i>U*j i-^2\ j^jSk j II.
Pol. 466. 5 JN t.-o3^\j o-^akJi j III.

Pol. 69a. »^yJ&Jiaaj(_)tt1lifl.!\tUu«>\Lj IV.

Fol. 83«. ^^j **-^>j £U*^ (j V.

At the beginning of the work, f. 46, the
author is called : j,\*-jj\ ^j

25.

Or. 4240.— Foil. 142 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 20 lines,
about 6 in. long ; written in rather cursive
Neskhi ; apparently in the 17th century.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—27. A treatise on Christian
morals, without author's name.

The work treats, in twelve Babs, of virtues

and their opposite vices. The author is Elias
Bar ShinuyFi, Metropolitan of Nisibin, who was
raised to that office A.D. 1009. See Rosen's
Syriac Catalogue, p. 896. The full title of
the work is ^\ ^ J* f->^ L-J^. Of two
copies noticed in the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 51a and 3646, the first is wrongly
ascribed to Gregory Barhebraeus. For other
copies see Mai's Nova Collectio, torn, iv.,
nos. 158, art. 2, and 180, 181 ; Nicoll, no. 42,
where the contents are stated ; Pertsch, no.
2859 ; and the Paris Catalogue, nos. 175-0.
Foil. 1 — 11 have been supplied by a later
hand. '

II. Foil. 28—142. A full exposition of
the faith, and religious and moral duties of
Christians, without title or author's name.

Beg.
A->

Jy jj»\ Ja Jjo U . . .
ftt d\ ±2- Lit 4J

The work begins with a wordy introduc-
tion on the efficacy of faith, and contains the
following four Babs :

Bab I., consisting of one Fasl, the opening
of the exposition WU*N *«:&, f. 296.

Bab II., the exposition ^UjJ^ in three Fasls,
viz. :

1. The pinnacle of faith uUi^l! 'ijj>, or unity
of God, f. 41.

2. The fundament of faith u»U^, f. 466.
(There is one leaf wanting after f. 49, and

two after f. 55 ; and the beginning of the
third Fasl, treating of the Creed, is lost.)

Bab III. The four pillars **>^\ ^\, in
as many Fasls, viz. Baptism, f. 68a; the
Sacrifice (or mass) u^/iM, f: 73a ; the Gospel,
f. 77a ; the Cross, f. 94a.

Bab IV. The seven lamps (or Christian
virtues) iu— N £jlx»V, in seven Fasls, viz.
Piety, f. lOla; Charity, f. 109« ; Prayer,
f. 1116; Fasting, f. 121a ; Mercy, f. 127d ;
Humility, f. 130a; Purity, f. 134a.
D 2 '

20

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

26.

Or. 1335.— Foil. 222 ; 10 in. by 6£ ; 19 lines,
4J in. long ; written in large Neskhi,
apparently in the 14th century.

[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

A work on the duties and observances of
religious and monastic life, imperfect at
beginning and end.

The MS. appears, from the original Coptic
folioing, to have lost the first 14 leaves. It
begins as follows : jjUiJI

t-r^'j LiL-i^

This is part of a long and wordy preface,
foil. 1 — 7, in which the author, who desig-
nates himself by the name of Karram, f. 56,
lajj \j\j ~)\ +\j>, declares himself

unworthy, as a great sinner, to exhort his
brethren, but finally yields to their instances.
The only division noticeable in the body
of the work is found in the following heading,
f. 87a, ^y\ J*»aN

The fourth chapter, which treats of fast-
ing and prayer, begins as follows :

U &Z>\j slai*. ^*}ta lx>

UJ

\Ji\j

The author appears to have been a Coptic
priest or monk. In order to show the efficacy
of fasting and prayer, he tells at length,
foil. 108 — 110, of the heavenly visions and su-
pernatural powers which by this means have
been vouchsafed to the following Egyptian
saints: S. Antonius, Anba Bula, Macarius
isjliU Ui), John the Short ^x*aM Lrjjtf Uii, Anba
Abshaih, Anba Ladasan ^Uo^ ^>\, Pakhomius
(.j^-eye:, and Shenudeh sj^ii*. In the first
part he gives many precepts and rules relating
to monastic life. He treats fully of con-
fession, and insists repeatedly that no one

is entitled to receive it and grant absolution
but the priest who has received the impo-
sition of hands from the successors of the
Apostles, f. 796 :

In the section relating to prayer, no fewer
than seven distinct times of prayer are en-
joined, six of which appear in the following

headings: ^y&> ^ ^ J^N *J^\ f. 137a,

f. 141a,
f. 151 a,

i f. 158a,
f. 165a, ^
J" f . 1 68a.

The original MS. breaks off, f. 219, after a
fierce denunciation of hypocrites and repro-
bates, and an exhortation to repentance.
Three leaves of later writing follow, treating
of the terrors of the day of judgment.

27.

Or. 4241.— Foil. 107 ; 8f in. by 6* ; 19 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi ;
dated Mossul, Ayar, A.D. 1848. [BUDGE.]

Extracts from the works of St. Teresia
bjy L-juxa^ (died A.D. 1582) translated from
Latin into Arabic.

Beg.

The translator does not give his name, but
describes himself as one of the missionary
monks of the Order of the bare-footed
Carmelites, ujjl

The work consists of a preface (Mukad-
dimah), setting forth the excellence of the
original, and the reasons for translating it,

THEOLOGY.

21

and of thirteen Fasls, containing extracts
from the various works of St. Teresa, a table
of which is given at the end of the preface.

Copyist :

28.

Or. 3709.— Foil. 199 ; 6$ in. by 4 ; 15 lines,
2j in. long; written in neat Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 18th century. [BUDGE.]

Rare cases of confession by Christoval de
Vega, translated from Italian into Arabic by
Ibrahim Jalwiin al-Samarani, a Maronite sub-
deacon.

Beg.

Uy.Uj ju\ ^ jJI

Christoval de Vega, a Spanish Jesuit, who
died in 1672, is the reputed author of the
' Casos raros de la Confession,' printed in
Valencia, 1664, and afterwards translated
into Italian and printed in Rome, 1668, with
the addition of ' Riflessioni di Antonio
Heraudo, di Levenzo.' See Backer, 3e Serie,
p. 740.

The translator, who describes himself as a
pupil of the Roman schools, took the work
from the Italian. He mentions not only the
author, l^-?-A\ li>_, ^j^y^la^i. Ui^M, but
also the writer of the additional reflections
contained in the Roman edition, namely,

^0 (*\J*^ ^f ^\ O*"*iH^ O^'j^3^

He adds that the translation
was written A.D. 1723.

The work is divided into two parts >£-, the
first with sixteen, the second, f. 73, with
twenty chapters. The reflections of Heraudo,
beginning f. 1396, are in five chapters.

LIVES OF SAINTS.

29.

Or. 2328.— Foil. 210; 10} in. by 7J; 27 lines,
5| in. long ; written in a cursive and inelegant
Neskhi ; dated Mossul, A.D. 1880.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The Synaxarium, or Lives of Saints and
Martyrs, arranged according to the Calendar.

Axi3\

This is the Coptic Synaxarium adapted
to the Syrian calendar. It follows the order
of the Syrian months from the first of
Tishrin I. to the thirtieth of Eilul ; but there
are frequent references to the Coptic months,
and the substance agrees with the Coptic
Synaxarium, an abstract of which has been
given by Assemani in the Bibliotheca Medicea
Laurentiana, pp. 164 — 187, and in Mai's
Scriptorum veterum Nova Collectio, torn, iv.,
pp. 92— 121.

The first of Tishrin, with which the MS.
begins, corresponds with the fourth of Babeh
(Assemani, Bibl. Med. Laur., p. 166).

The second part, f. 876, U^ y- JliN ^
(^Ua-J), begins with the first day of the
seventh Coptic month, Baramhat (Assemani,
p. 177), corresponding with the 25th of Sabat.

The original beginning of the work is
found f . 195a, with the heading : i_*I& i_y^
j£» J\ U\ U \j > - &J* **>\ U

The first day of Tot, with which the
Coptic Synaxarium begins, corresponds with
the 29th of Ab.

22

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

The Coptic Synaxarium is ascribed to
Michael, Bishop of Atribis, who lived about
A.D. 1425. A German translation of the
first quarter has been published by Wiisten-
feld, Gotha, 1879.

For other copies see Ori, Syriac MSS., no.
92, and the Paris Catalogue, nos. 254 — 56.

3O.

Or. 4523.— Foil. 185; 10$ in. by 7J; 17 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated Friday, 24 Babeh, A. Martyrum 1532
(A.D. 1815).
Life and teaching of S. Pakhomius :

Beg. Oj

A short introduction treats of the holy
martyrs, and of the pious monks who suc-
ceeded them, and multiplied in Egypt after
the persecutions of Diocletian and Maximian.
The author enters upon his subject, f. 2«, as

follows : \j

,»js>-b

The life forms a continuous text, without
any division. The death of Pakhom on the
14th of Beshens, at the age of sixty, is re-
corded, f. 1506. The latter part of the work,
foil. 151 — 181, is taken up with an account of
his successors, Petronius, Orsesius ^yj~~*»ajj\
and Theodore (j^^. It concludes with a
letter written by Athanasius, Patriarch of
Alexandria, on the death of the last.

Foil. 182 — 185 contain the scribe's colo-
phon, followed by additional passages quoted
from Pakhom and other sacred writers. This
copy was transcribed for Anba Petrus, the
109th Patriarch, from an old MS. belonging

to the Convent of S. Anthony, in the Desert
of al-'Arabah. It was dedicated by the said
Patriarch Petrus to the Patriarchal Seat.

The Arabic text has been published, with
a French translation, by Amelineau, Annales
du Musee Guimet, pp. 337 — 711.

Short lives of Pakhom and Theodore
are given in Coptic and Latin by Zoega,
pp. 71 — 87. For copies of the Arabic version,
see Assemani, Mai's Nova Collectio, torn, iv.,
no. 172, and the Paris Catalogue, no. 261.

HISTORY.

31.

Or. 1336.— Foil. 169 ; 9 in. by 6£; 17 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi ;
apparently in the 15th century.

[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

A history of the Jews, ascribed to Yusuf

B. Gorion,

It begins with the same rubric as the copy
previously described, no. 1, art. xi. The
eight books begin respectively at ff. U, 25«,
49«, 73&, 98a, 105ft, 1246, and 1526.

The first four and the last four leaves, as
well as a few in the body of the volume, have
been supplied by a later scribe, A. Martyrum
1402 (A.D. 1686). The earliest of several
notes recording readings of the MS. is dated
A.H. 899 (A.D. 1493). See f. 104<5.

At the end is a deed of gift by Athanasius
of Abutika to the Convent of S. Anthony in
al-'Arabah, dated A. Martt. 1508 (A.D. 1792).

32.

Or. 3009.— Foil. 224; Ilfin.by7f; 19 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in the large and formal
Neskhi usual with Christian scribes, and
folioed with Coptic numerals, probably in
the 15th century. [KREMER, no. 6.]

HISTORY.

23

History of the Dynasties JjJ\^a^*, by
Abu'l - Faraj Gregorius, known as Bar-
Hebraeus, who died A.H. 685.

The copy wants fourteen leaves at the
beginning, and three at the end. It begins
in the history of Moses at this passage:
iL5y)! sZ*-jj \,^a*> y* f**^ &>\ i_r^?.» which
occurs in the text edited by Pococke, Oxford,
1683, p. 26, line 19. The last leaf, f. 224,
supplies the first portion of the lacune which
exists at p. 562 of the printed edition. Its
contents correspond with a previously de-
scribed copy, Add. 23, 304, f. 259«,line 12—
f. 260o, line 15. The last words are : <&

Some leaves are also wanting in the body
of the volume, namely, one after f. 195
(Pococke, p. 456, line 11— f. 458, line 15),
one after f. 199 (ib. p. 457, line 19— p. 470,
line 8), ten after f. 201 (ib., p. 475, line 6-
p. 498, line 14), two after f. 205 (ib., p. 508,
line 6— p. 512, line 18), and two after f. 217
(ib., p. 542, line 7— p. 547, line 13).

For the author's life, and other copies of
the work, see Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber,
no. 363 ; the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 426&,
554« ; Uri, nos. 96, 97 ; the Leyden Cata-
logue, vol. ii., p. 147; the Munich Cata-
logue, no. 377 ; De Slane, Paris Catalogue,
nos. 296 — 99 ; and Rosen, Institut, no. 37.

33.

Or. 2438.— Foil. 56 ; 9± in. by 6; 17 lines,
4f in. long; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 13th century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

A fragment of an historical work, without
author's name.

The first leaves of the MS. are more or
less torn, and the ink is much faded. The
work appears to have been divided, as far as

shown in this fragment, into three Books,
-», the first of which is lost. The second,
of which portions only are extant, relates to
theological and controversial matters, while
the third, which forms the main part of the
volume, treats of the history of the Roman
and Byzantine Emperors, down to A.H. 49
(A.D. 670). An author frequently quoted is
Sa'id B. Batrik, Patriarch of Alexandria,
who died A.H. 328 (A.D. 940).

The following are the headings found in
Book II :

Pol, Ib.

J j

Fol. 3a. c^US\
Lias-

Fol. 7a.

Fol. 136.

(Purporting to show that Zaradusht pre
dicted the advent of Christ.)

Fol. 156. -Jl 3U5

Fol. 186. JQ\

iil)\

j* J

The third, or historical book, beginning
f. 20a, is divided into seven chapters J^oJ,
the first of which is a brief preamble.
Chapters 2 — 5 enumerate the successors of
Peter in Rome, f. 206, the Patriarchs of
Alexandria, f. 216, of Antioch, f. 23a, and
the Bishops of Jerusalem, f. 24a, from the

24

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

time of the Apostles to tbe Council of Nicaea.
Chapter 6, f. 25a, treats of the heathen
Emperors down to Constantino. Chapter 7,
f. 286, is a history of Constantino and his
successors, including an account of the
Councils, and of the contemporary Pa-
triarchs, down to A.H. 49. It ends with

these words ;

UB>

w

\*j~\

This is followed by a brief summary, in
which the Jacobites and Maronites are men-
tioned as heterodox, and which comes to an
abrupt termination.

34.

Or. 1:337.— Foil. 295 ; 13 in. by 8^ ; 19 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated 5 Tobeh, A. Martyrum 1505, A.H. 1203
(A.D. 1789). [SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

A work treating of the various eras and
systems of chronology in use with the
Eastern nations, with chronological tables
brought down to A.H. 655 = A. Martyrum
973 (A.D. 1257).

v

X*

The work is divided into fifty-one Babs, a
table of which is given after the above title.

The main contents are as follows : Divisions
of time, and the years and months as reckoned
by Arabs, Jews, astronomers, Greeks, Euro-
peans, Persians and Copts, f. 4a. Calculation
of dates and reductions of eras, f. lla. Is
night to precede day, or the reverse ? f. 16«.
On what day was the moon created? f. 18«.
On what day was the beginning of creation ?
f. 22«. How to calculate the intervals bet ween
various eras, f . 28i. Principal dates of Biblical
and Jewish history and the Apocalypse re-
duced to the Era of the Martyrs, f. 31a.
Chronology of the life of Christ, f . 54a. How

to find the (-rȣ,l\ ,Jbaj\ or the Epact, f. 56a.
How to calculate Easter and the Jewish
Passover, f. 626. The Jewish calendar,
f. 75a. The lunar years and months, f. 776.
The astronomical solar year, f. 835. The
reckoning of the Christian festivals, and
vindication of the Coptic use, f. 87 a. Table
showing the concordance of the Coptic and
Syrian months, f. 1236. The chronological
tables which follow occupy more than half
the volume, foil. 125—282. In the earlier
ones the dates are given in parallel columns,
according to the following authorities : Ibn
al-Rahib, Sa'id B. Batrik, John Chrysostom,
al-Manbiji, Epiphanius, a Sa'Idi writer gfi>
{jojjiiwaJI L>a*?, the Jew Abu '1-Fakhr, and
al-Muntasir, j*o'JJ\\ Jii. The tables are fol-
lowed in some instances by fuller comments,
due to the compiler.

They relate to the following subjects :
The Patriarchs, f. 1256 ; The Judges, f. 1366;
Kings of Israel, f. 1426 ; Kings of Judah,
f. 1496 ; Kings of Babylon and Persia,
f. 155« ; Alexander and his successors,
f. 1596 ; The Maccabees and Herod, f. 1636 ;
The Roman Emperors, from Augustus to
Heraclius, f. 169a ; The Khalifa. down to
A.H. 623, f. 184«; The Kings of Egypt
from Ahmad B. Tulun, to al-Malik al-Mansur,
A.H. 655. The Osmanli Sultans from their
origin to the French invasion in Egypt,

HOMILIES.

25

A.H. 1214 (this is an addition to the original
work by a later hand), f . 2245. The Patriarchs
of Alexandria, from S.Mark the Apostle to Ga-
briel, the 77th Patriarch (A. Martt. 985—87),
f. 235Z». This section is brought down by a
first continuator to Mark, the 106th Patriarch,
proclaimed A. Martt. 1461, and by a second,
in another hand, to Mark, the 108th Pa-
triarch, proclaimed A. Martt. 1513. A tabu-
lated summary of the Patriarchs, foil. 278 —
282. A chronological account of the first
seven Councils, foil. 283 — 295. It is stated
in the colophon that the MS. was transcribed
from a copy in the Patriarch's Library,
dated A. Martt. 1310 (A.D. 1594).

The contents of the chronological tables
agree with those of the chronicle of Ibn al-
Rahib, translated into Latin by Abraham
Ecchellensis and J. S. Assemani. See Mai's
Nova Collectio, torn, iv., no. 166. The proper
name of Ibn al-Rahib is Abu Shakir Petrus
B. Abi'l-Karam B. al-Muhaddib. See ib.,
no. 116, and further on, no. 47, vii.

35.

Or. 1338.— Foil. 352 ; 8 in. by 6 ; 15 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in clear Neskhi ; dated
Friday, 27 Mesuri, A. Martyrum 1452, the
24th of Eabl' II., A.H. 1149 (A.D. 1736).

[SiR CHARLES A. MUKEAY.]

Lives of the Patriarchs of Alexandria, from
the first, S. Mark the Apostle, to Matthew
the 87th, without author's name.

Beg.

The main part of the work, foil. 1 — 319,
consists of consecutive, some of them very
extensive, lives of the first seventy-five
Patriarchs. Of the seventy-sixth, Atha-
nasius (Renaudot's Historia Patriarcharum
Alexandrinorum, 1713, p. 599), it is merely
stated that he was consecrated on the 5th
of Babeh, A. Martyrum 967 = 4 Rajab,
A.H. 648 (A.D. 1251). After this there is a
break in the series, and the next section,
fi. 320—345, is devoted to the life and
miracles of the 87th Patriarch, Matthew jp»
(of whom Renaudot, p. 610, gives only the
name). He was enthroned in Alexandria
on the 16th of Mesuri, A. Martyrum 1094,
and died in great renown of sanctity on the
5th of Tobeh, A. Martyrum 1125 (A.D. 1409).
The author, who appears to have written
shortly after his death, concludes with an
enumeration of the holy men who suffered
martyrdom in his Patriarchate.

Foil. 3455—352 contain an appendix of
much later date. It consists of the lives of
the 103rd and 104th Patriarchs, namely,
John (jJ'jJ, who was consecrated A. Mar-
tyrum 1389, and died A. Martt. 1434 =
A.H. 1130 (A.D. 1718), and his successor,
Peter ^Jbj, who died in Bararahiit, A. Martt.
1442— A.H. 1138 (A.D. 1726).

HOMILIES.

36.

Or. 1332.— Foil. 249 ; 10^ in. by 7 ; 17 lines,
4J in. long; written in fair large Neskhi,
apparently in the 14th century.

[SiE CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

26

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

Homilies of S. Ephraim Syrus, imperfect
at the beginning : ^.^ Jy ^ 2jSV jc^\
^b^l jJyl jU The MS. has lost, as shown
by the original Coptic folioing, thirty-seven
leaves at the beginning, and thirty-three in
its early portion. The first rubric extant is
that of the sixth homily, f. 15a, (_j*sLJ\ j^\\

L^\ &»{&* ^ J&>^ %jUL* ,_K the preceding
folios containing detached portions of the
previous homilies. The contents agree with
those of the Arundel MS., Or. I., which has
been fully described in the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 26 — 29 ; but the number of homilies is
reduced from 53 to 50 by the omission of
the homilies numbered 36 and 38 in the
Arundel MS., and by the fusion of nos. 52
and 53 into one.

The homilies are followed, as in that
copy, by the Encomium of Gregory Nyssen
on S. Ephraim, f. 2346 :

The last two leaves, supplied by a later
hand, break off before the end.

Several MSS. of the same collection are
described in the Paris Catalogue, nos.
135 — 139. The contents are stated in
Mai's Scriptorum veterum nova collectio,
torn, iv., nos. 67, 68, and by Uri, nos. 60, 65.

37 & 38.

Or. 1333 and 1334.— Two uniform MSS.,
consisting respectively of foil. 212 and 207 ;
10 in. by 6^ ; 17 lines, 4£ in. long ; written
in fair large Neskhi, probably in the 15th
century. [Sm CHAKLES A. MURRAY.]

Another copy of the homilies of S. Ephraim.

The first volume wants the first seven leaves.

It begins, in the middle of the first homily,

with these words : i) l$K
*^i~ (Arund., Or. 1., f. 56, line 2). The
second homily begins, f. 3«, with this heading:
<_j\j&\j «j\JJ £jy ijW- The first volume
ends with the fifth page of the 21st homily :

The second volume commences with the
latter part of the above homily, and completes
the work. The 53rd homily, beginning
f. 1876, is written in continuation of the pre-
ceding, without any heading. It is followed,
f. 190o, by the Encomium of S. Gregory,
which wants the last two pages.

39.

Or. 3598.— Foil. 246; 8| in. by 6J ; 14 lines,
4 in. long ; written in large Neskhi in the
Convent of S. Anthony, in the Desert of Al-
'Arabah, dated 20 Kayahk, A. Martyrum 1441
(A.D. 1725).

The first part of the MS., foil. 1—115,
contains the following seven discourses on
the miracles of Archangel Michael, most of
which have been translated into French, and
published by E. Amelineau in the first volume
of his " Contes et Romans de 1'Egypte
Chretienne," Paris, 1888 :-

I. Discourse of S. Theodosius in glorifica-
tion of Archangel Michael, and on the miracle
he performed for Dorotheos and his wife
Theopista, to be read on the 12th of Hator,

Beg.

U Uu-* J\5

HOMILIES.

27

II. Fol. 16a. Discourse of Donatius, first
Bishop of Athens, on the miracles performed
by Archangel Michael in the Church built in
his name in Athens, U^

jj> JM\»>\ Jj\

ja\ t-

Beg.

b U)

Translated by Amelineau, I.e., pp. 1 — 10,
under the title : " Comment se convertit la
ville d'Athenes."

III. Fol. 326. Discourse of S. Anastasius,
Bishop of the island of Terakiya, on the
miracle performed by Archangel Michael for
S. Euphemia,

«\>

Translated ib., pp. 21—68, under the title :
" Legende de la Sainte Euphemie."

The two additional tales mentioned in the
above title, are those of Aristarchus and his
wife Eugenia, f. 52«, and of a monk who
was devoted to S. Michael, f. 556.

IV. Fol. 676. Discourse of Tiinotheus,
Patriarch of Alexandria, on the vision that
was vouchsafed to him in Jerusalem,

Ui

Translated ib., pp. 11—20, "Vision de
Saint Jean 1'Evangeliste."

V. Fol. 78a. Discourse of Severus, Pa-

triarch of Antioch, on the conversion of
Matthew, the scribe, with his wife and
children, *>.\*a \*>\

Translated ib., pp. 85 — 108, " La conver-
sion du scribe Mathieu et de sa famille."

VI. Fol. 936. Discourse on the ten mira-
cles of Archangel Michael,

>\ Jf

Translated ib., pp. 69 — 84.

VII. Fol. 1066. Discourse of Gregory the
Theologian, Bishop of 'Ain 'Aidan (?), de-
livered in his church dedicated to S. Michael
on his feast-day, the twelfth of Kayahk,

It is the story of the conversion of a
wealthy pagan named v-5^b, who was in-
duced, by his Christian servant Yuhanna, to
buy a book on S. Michael, in the belief that
he would through it obtain immortal life.

VIII. Foil. 119 — 245. Life of S. Shenudeh,
by his disciple Wisa, for his commemoration
on the seventh of the month Ebib, (_-»

Beg.

E 2

28

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

The life agrees substantially with the text
published, with a French translation, by
B. Amelineau in the 4th tome of the
Me"moires de la Mission Archeologique au
Caire, pp. 289 — 487 ; but it presents con-
siderable verbal variations. For the history
of Shenudeh, see also Revillout, Revue de
1'Histoire des Religions, tome viii., nos. 4
and 5. For another copy of Visa's work,
see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 670«.

The MS. was made a Wakf to the Pa-
triarchal Cell, A. Martt. 1531 (A.D. 1815).
See fol. 32.

40.

Or. 3599.— Foil. 207; 6 in. by 4; 14 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi,
apparently in the 17th century.

I. Foil. 3 — 44. Religious instructions re-
lating to Baptism, the Eucharist, and more
especially to the Confession, in the form of
questions by the disciple Jo^J^, and answers
by the teacher Jj«-»!\ ; imperfect at the
beginning.

It is divided into nine Mas'alah ; the first
heading extant, f. 96, is that of the third
Mas'alah, which begins as follows :

JjUJ J j^.liM j» U ^U* b J

II. Fol. 48. History of the transfer of the
kingdom of David, from his son Solomon, to
Abyssinia, ijJj ^ ^jjb

fcjl

C -u J ^ ' I*""**'

Translated by E. Amelineau, Contes et

Romans de 1'Egypte Chretienne, tome i.,
pp. 144 — 164.

III. Fol. 63ft. Life of Armenius, his wife,
and his children, and his death, on the 2nd of

the month Beshens, «J^?

> by Jusamat,

Bishop of Tarsus.

Beg. v_aa-»\

oo

.J

Translated by Amelineau, ib., pp. 165 — 189.
A copy is noticed by Uri, no. 103, art. 2.

IV. Foil. 81&— 105, 116—125, 106—115.
History of the captivity of the Israelites in
Babylon of Chaldea in the days of Jeremiah,

c«v>-

Translated by the same, ib., tome ii.,
pp. 97— 151.

V. Fol. 126a. Life of Anba Marcos, the
hermit of mount Tirmak, and how Serapion
came to him at the time of his death and
buried him, ^J

The same life is noticed in the Paris Cata-
logue, no. 256, art. 13, and no. 260. It has
been translated by Amelineau, ib., tome ii.,
pp. 55 — 73.

VI. Fol. 189a. Discourse of John Chry-
sostom on penitence, fear of God,

JUo
Uj^o.

Beg.

VII. Fol. 151a. Discourse of Jacob, Bishop
of Saruj, on the warnings of Jonas to the
Ninivites, i_i.L>>\ c_;yi^. ^U ^.liSJl «51S _»x«

Beg. &ila

PHILOSOPHY.

Jacob of Saruj died A.D. 521. See Asse-
mani Biblioth. Orient., torn, i., p. 283, and
Mai. Collectio Nova, torn, iv., no. 73, where
twenty-three of his homilies are mentioned.

VIII. Fol. 1686. A homily on the testi-
mony born by Scripture to Jesus, without
author's name.

Beg. Ijui^l WU Jt 41) Jyf jz yyji

It is by John Chrysostom. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 361a, no. 20.

IX. Fol. 173o, The vision of S. Theodosius,
Bishop of Gangra.

Beg.

Translated by Amelineau, ib., tome ii.,
pp. 152—166.

X. Fol. 181. A chapter on the points of
disagreement between the Copts and the
Melchites, extracted from a work entitled al-
Ibtihaj fi Sharh al-Minhaj.

Although bearing the same title as al-
Subki's commentary upon the Minhaj al-
Talibin (Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 204), the
present work is totally different. It is written
by a Christian Copt in defence of the Jacobite
doctrine against the Melchites.

XI. Fol. 192a. History of a hermit, and
of the priest who visited him,

Beg.

Translated by Amelineau, ib., tome ii.,
pp. 74—80.

XII. Fol. 197a— 206. The martyrdom of
Arianus, governor of Ansana, by S. Ammo-
nius, ^ .

Translated by the same, ib., pp. 81 — 96.
A table of contents occupies two pages at
the beginning of the MS.

PHILOSOPHY.

41.

Or. 4243.— Foil. 252 ; 8f in. by 6J- ; from
20 to 23 lines, 4 in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi, dated Mossul, 15 Nisiin, A.D. 1841.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 3 — 81. A treatise on Metaphysics
by al-Khuri Butrus al-TQlani, Economos of
the Maronites in Halab, published A.D. 1703,

Beg.

* ™S

It is divided into ten main sections
subdivided into Fasls, a full table of which
occupies 3 pages at the beginning. Their
headings are :

Fol. 56. *£y^>j ^\ ^ yUj j 1-

Fol. 8a. i*p.ljJj jiWl *fj$ j 2.

Fol. 11 a. J-1j» j 3.

Fol. 176. jb*& j 4.

Fol. 246. J^j jU J 5.

Fol. 3 la. h*j>-^ ***y j G-

Fol. 37a. -ilU»\ o^\ j 7.

Fol. 516. **°f& 05l_jEJ^ j 8.

Fol. 676. JUi^ Jiyrjn j 9.

Fol. 706.

10-

30

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

II. Fol. 82 — 252. A compendium of uni-
versal theology, written in Latin, by Thomas
Descharmes, a Capucine monk of Lorrain,
and printed in Venice A.D. 1818 ; translated
into Arabic by Ignatius Butrus Jarwah al-
Antaki al-Halabi, Patriarch of the Syrians,
in Rome, A.D. 1826.

_!£•

J u

The translator's preface begins : i\

Sls^SI

J\

The original work consists of two parts,
treating respectively of speculative and
practical theology. The first of these, sub-
divided into six discourses iS'Jix>, is alone con-
tained in the MS. A full table of chapters
follows the preface. Querard mentions a
later edition of the original : Compendium
theologiae universae ad usum examinan-
dorum, Argentorati, 1819.

Copyist : u<

42.

Or. 4247.— Foil. Ill ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Thursday, 23 Asbat, A.D. 1833. [BUDGE.]

A treatise on Metaphysics, with the heading
^5^ Ji*n ^J *A5\ L-AJlO, without author's
name.

The preface begins : \#\

U "s

e

& ^.

It is another copy of the Metaphysics of
al-Khuri Butrus al-Tulani described under
no. 41, art. 1.

Copyist :

Foil. 106 — 111, written by another hand,
contain another transcript of a portion of
the work corresponding with foil. 9 — 15 of
the MS.

43.

Or. 4246.— Foil. 248 ; 8f in. by 6J ; 20 and
21 lines, 4 in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi;
dated Mossul, 12 Kanun I., A.D. 1842.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 112. A treatise on Logic, being
the first volume of the " Institutiones Phiio-
sophicae ad Studia theologica potissimum
accommodatae," by Francois Jacquier, a
Minovite monk, Professor of the Propaganda,
translated A.D. 1766 by Antonius Sabbagh,
priest of the Melchite Church of Halab,
from the edition printed in Rome A.D. 1750,

Ivll

Contents : The translator's preface, f. 15 ;
the author's preface, f . 26 ; table of contents,
f . 66 ; introduction, f . 8a ; Juz I.j_yolMj *$iM ^s

f . 22& ; Juz. II. j> j-ad\ J, f. 57« ; Juz. III.
c^l J'&o!J\ J, f. 73a ; Juz IV. ^ J,
f. 102a. The contents agree with the first
volume of the Venice edition of 1764.

Copyist : Uk

PHILOSOPHY.

31

II. Foil. 113—248. A treatise on Logic,
composed A.D. 1706, by Khuri Butrus B.
Butrus B. Ishak al-Tulani, Economos of the
Maronites in Halab.

i_a)l U« i

JkflJ\5 JxilflJI

Beg.

It is divided into eighteen questions
subdivided into Fasls. The headings are as
follows : 1. (ji^i-*^ ?y°y* (_/» f- 116 ; 2. JufeU ^
jW, f. 1026; 3. O^JI J, f. 1286; 4. J
OU^N, f. 140a ; 5. (J^ J, f. 1446 ; 6. J
g^jJI, f. 150a ; 7. J-AflJt J, f. 154a ; 8. J

j^lj l*\£\ f . 1566 ; 9. *jiij Jift J, f . 1606 ;
i/~\ • ~ \\ t \\ ' t-' i i * . > / 11

" \\ f 1 *7C\n . 1O v«\ \\ \ "M • £ 1 *"71 Z.

pyOj+>\, i. LiVa , <L£. <tfljj»J\ uuij^«aj.j\ j, r. l/lo ;
13. ^.Ull-b jLco UAJ, f. 178a ; 14. J^S)\ (_^,
f. 1876 ; 15. L5kjl o^\ J, f. 192a ;
16. ^UEJI J, f. 202a ; 17. ^

«, f. 215a ; 18. ^j^ J> f- 228fl-

Copyist : Jb ^ 11

44.

Or. 4244.— Foil. 66 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 15 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in large Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 18th century, except the last
two leaves, which are dated Rajab, A.H. 1277
(A.D. 1861). [BUDGE.]

An introduction to logic by al-Khuri
Butrus, Economos of the Maronites, ^\&

JL* J^lfll

It is divided into three Kisms, viz. 1. o*
, f. 26 ; 2. ji^a^ J, fol. 136 ; and 3,
ijr/aN JULli^ (J, f. 316, each of which is sub-
divided into numerous Bfibs.

45.

Or. 3710.— Foil. 61 ; 8J in. by 6 ; 15 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, in the
19th century. [BuDGE.]

Another copy of the same work.

It wants the latter part, corresponding
with the last two folios of the preceding MS.

46.

Or. 4242.— Foil. 274 ; 7$ in. by 5£ ; from 17
to 19 lines, 3f in. long ; written in an un-
gainly European looking character, A.D. 1814,
and, in part, illegible from the running of a
corrosive ink. [BUDGE]

I. Foil. 1—161.

A treatise on Logic by Joachim, a Basilian
monk,

Beg.

The author wrote it for the use of pupils
whom he found, on his arrival at Halab,
A.D. 1754, desirous of studying philosophy.
It is divided into a Mukaddimah, treating of
philosophy and three Kisms, as follows :

32

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

I. Fol. 12a, j^-5b iSU^ jy»$\ (J, in three
Makalahs ; II. Fol. 416, ,XU ^ jiJ-oU\ J
y, in two Makjilahs ; III. Fol. 546,

in twenty Makalahs.

II. Foil. 162—272. J USJ\ ^.a)! 3,1*.
&jJiku!\ ^yiSl A manual of logic for be-
ginners, by the priest Sam'an Sabbagh al-
Rurni al-'Akki, a pupil of the Propaganda,

III. Fol. 14a. Al-Tabsirah, a Coptic gram-
mar by al-'Alam Ibn Katib Kaisar, &«

Beg. jlai

It is divided into an introduction and three
Kisms, viz. ]. jyo-'^ ub3j!\jy£it\ (j, in nine
sections termed &>-La?.\ ; 2. blaSN ^y, in nine
sections ; 3. (j&\ J'iiJ^\ i, in five sections.

COPTIC GRAMMARS AND
VOCABULARIES.

47.

Or. 1325.— Foil. 270; 8^ in. by 6| ; about
23 lines, written mostly in two columns,
dated "Wednesday, 26 Ebib, A. Martyrum 1519
(A.D. 1803). [SiE CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

A collection of Coptic grammars and
vocabularies explained in Arabic, containing :

I. Fol. Ba. Introduction to the Coptic
alphabet and numerals, without title or
author's name. See the same in Add.
24,050, art. 1, Arabic Catalogue, p. 6706.

II. Fol. 9a. The Mukaddiraah, or intro-
duction to Coptic grammar, by Shaikh al-
As'ad Abu'l-Faraj Ibn al-'Assiil,

See Add. 24,050, art. 2, and Uri, p. 325,
no. 44.

See Add. 24,050, art. 3, and Uri, ib.

IV. Fol. 205. Al-Kifayah, a Coptic gram-
mar by al-Wajih al-Kalyubi, (_rJ^JiiO\ s^>-^\ i«ji«
5r.A5L)b "ti^\. See Add. 24,050, art. 4.
At the end is written : L,»>\ i*jJiJ\

V. Fol. 27a. An introduction to the Sul-
lam, or Coptic vocabulary, by al-Samanudi
4^li_jJ^Jl u-J.J>ii^ anliJ (JO^ JuJ) A*^. See Add.
24,050, art. 5, and Uri, p. 326, no. 47.

VI. Fol. B6a. Introduction to Coptic
grammar by al-Tuka Ibn al-Dahiri, (_£\ &*M.\\
^j^^\ ^ *\s£^ £iM \&*j. See Add. 24,050,
art. 6.

VII. Fol. 54a. A Coptic vocabulary with
a grammatical introduction, by Abu Shakir
B. al-Rfmib Abi'l-Karam Batras B. al-Mu-
haddib. See Add. 24,050, art. 6.

Beg. Jx!b r*XJ\ &^:*j JS

b'ls
J\

The author describes himself as a deacon
of the Church of the Virgin Mary, al-Mu'al-
lakah, in Cairo, L~ i>£> S

He quotes among his authorities three
previous Sullams or vocabularies, namely,
those of the Bishop of Samanud, of the
Bishop of Sakha, and of Ibn Rijal, J-*» J^

and states that he finished his work
A. Martyrum 980 (A.D. 1264).

The grammatical introduction extends to
f. 896. Then comes, f. 90a, the vocabulary

POETRY.

termed al-Sullam al-Kablr, and beginning :

j,~

Theological works -written by the same
author, A. Martt. 987, are noticed by Asse-
mani, Mai's Collectio Nova, torn, iv., nos.
116, 117.

VIII. Fol. 144o. J^,\ u-fciJI, J&Jb

A Coptic vocabulary by al-Mu'taman Abu

Ishak B. Fakhr al-Daulah Abi'1-Fadl Ibn

al-'Assal,

author of the theological work entitled
Majmu' Usiil al-Dln (Arabic Catalogue,
p. 758a; Paris Catalogue, no. 200; and Stein-
schneider, Polemische Literatur, p. 86).

The vocabulary was transcribed, as stated
•at the end, from a copy dated A. Martyrum
1034 (A.D. 1318). A copy is noticed by Uri,
p. 326, no. 45.

IX. Fol. 1966. A vocabulary of the Gos-
pels, Epistles, and Offices of the Church,

, without author's name.

The copyist, the Priest Mma,
•dedicates this volume, after his death, to the
•Convent of S. Anthony, in the Desert of
al-'Arabah.

Foil. 268 — 270 contain a Coptic hymn,
with the heading : ^ JlaJ

POETRY.

48.

Or. 2632.— Foil. 118 ; 8iin.by5f; 22 lines,
about 3 1 in. long; written in fair Neskhi;
dated end of Ailul, A.D. 1804.

The Diwan of Jabra'il al-Lubnani, the

Maronite monk, beginning ; J\»

33

iij.i

re

Uil

The contents are the same as in Add. 9968,
described in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 506 >
but the preface, in which the author gives to
the Diwan the title of 1/S$\ is wanting.

The author, better known as Jabra'il Ibn
Farhat, died as Maronite bishop in Halab,
A.D. 1738. See Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue,
vol. i., p. 487. For other copies see Asse-
mani, Mai's Nova Collectio, torn, iv., no. 192 ;
Aumer, no. 538 ; Biblioth. Burchardt., p. 31,
no. 32 ; the Petersburg Catalogue, no. 4 ;
and Pertsch, no. 2341.

Copyist : J

49.

Or. 3627.— Foil. 131; lOJin.byei; 21 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Halab, in the month of Ayar (May), A.D. 1764.

[G. C. RENOQAED.-J

The Diwan of Nicolaus Sa'igh, Superior
of the Basilian Monks in the Convent of St.
John, Shuwair, in the Druzes country, ar-
ranged in alphabetical order.

Beg.

The first piece is a long poem in praise of
the Church of Rome, beginning :

34

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

Most of the poems have headings, giving
the dates of composition. The dates range
from A.D. 1703 (fol. 21a), to A.D. 1749
(fol. 566).

Copyist: y

For other copies see Aumer, no. 537 ; the

Bibliotheca Burckhardt., p. 31, no. 31; and
Pertsch, no. 2335. The collected works of
the author, including a Diwan with another
beginning, are noticed in the Vienna Cata-
logue, vol. i., p. 488. The present MS. is
entered in the Catalogue of Dr. John Lee,
no. 115.

SAMARITAN MSS.

50.

Or. 2688.— Foil. 218 ; 9f in. by 7 ; 19 lines,
4^ in. long; written in fine bold Neskhi,
with occasional vowels ; dated Friday, 23 Ju-
mada II., A.H. 724 (A.D. 1324).

The Arabic version of the Samaritan
Pentateuch. It is divided into short sections,
headed with the initial words of the Hebrew
text in the Samaritan character.

It wants the first two leaves, and begins
with chapter ii. of Genesis, v. 15 — 17, as
follows : +M!\ yjUa- jj tj»\j »&\

The remaining books begin respectively as
follows : Fol. 556. Exodus, s^y)) ^ (Ji\d\JiJ\
jA*> ^ ~jjiz jfl«> _jfej ; Fol. 1016, Leviticus,
jU=-5l\ jfl*» _jfc_j *^y^ ,<« cJU3^°».)\ ; Fol. 1326.
Numbers, without heading, beginning :

Fol. 179&.

UJ-l«»^\^a-> y>j »^j^^ ^ u-*^-

The last book wants a few lines at the
end ; it breaks off at the eighth verse of
chapter xxxiv.

At the end of Exodus is the following
colophon;

At the end of Leviticus is a note relating
to the purchase of the MS. by Yfisuf B. Rashid,
A.H. 907, for 156 silver dirhems.

The present MS., and the five following,
were purchased for the Museum from Shaikh
Ya'kub al-Shalabi, of Nablus.

A MS. of the1 same version is described by
Nicoll, Bodleian Catalogue, p. 1, where other
copies and printed extracts are mentioned.

51.

Or. 1446.— Foil. 187; 12 Jin. by 8£; 17 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Wednesday, 29 RabI' I., A.H. 909(A.D. 1503).

SAMARITAN MSS.

Another copy of the same translation.

The first leaf is lost. The MS. begins
with verses 14 — 19 of the first chapter of
Genesis as follows : ^ii-Jj A$j C-AS,*^ ob.^1

U-J1

The other books begin respectively at
foil. 48a, 87a, 1116, and 145a.

At the end of Numbers is found the fol-
lowing colophon : JU3 aJl

Foil. 148 — 177 are written in a larger and
probably early character, while foil. 178 — 187
have been supplied by a later hand.

52.

Or. 1450.— Foil. 451 ; 6 in. by 4 ; about 28
lines in a page ; written in a fair small
Neskhi ; dated Monday, 24 Jumada I.,
A.H. 1173 (A.D. 1759).

The Pentateuch, in Hebrew and Arabic,
written in two columns, the Hebrew text in
the Samaritan character on the right, and
the Arabic translation on the left.

The latter begins as follows : V.
[sic]

The other books begin as follows : Exodus,
fol. 119 ; Leviticus, fol. 230 ; Numbers,
fol. 293 ; Deuteronomy, fol. 379.

The MS. was written by Ghazal B. Abi'l-
Surur al-Matari, whose name appears at the
end of Leviticus and of Numbers. The
colophon is :

On the last folio is a notice written by
Salamah B. Ya'kub B. Marjan B. Ibrahim
al-Dafani, in Shawwal A.H. 1174. He states
that the scribe, his cousin, Shaikh Ghazul B.
al-Shajkh Surur al-Matari al-Ghazzi, having
died in Eajab A.H. 1173, his son, Shaikh
Surur, sent the book by way of Yafa to the
writer, who bound it with his own hands,
and placed it, according to Shaikh Ghazal's
last will, by the side of the holy book, to be
read on Sabbaths and feast-days.

Ghazal B. Abi'l-Surur al-Ghazzi is the
author of a commentary on the Pentateuch
noticed in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 517A,
and in the Zeitschrift d. D. Morg. Ges.,
Band 22, p. 538.

53.

Or. 2080.— Foil. 93 ; 8$ in. by 6 ; 18 lines,
4 in. long ; written in cursive and rather
indistinct Neskhi ; dated Tuesday, 10 Mu-
harram, A.H. 1276 (A.D. 1859).

The Samaritan Chronicle, by Abu'1-Fath
B. Abi'l-Hasan al-Samiri al-Danafi.

Beg.

JUS <M Jl j&& J

The work was compiled, as stated in the
preface, A.H. 756, for the High Priest
Finhas. It extends from Adam to the time
of Harun al-Rashid.

F 2

36

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

The text agrees substantially with the
printed edition published by Eduard Viltnar,
Gotha, 1865, but is in part fuller, especially
towards the end, where the account of the
Umayyades is more detailed. Many proper
names and passages are written in the
Samaritan character.

Scribe :'

For other MSS., see Vilmar's Prolegomena ;
Nicoll, p. 4, no. vii., art. 2 ; and Zotenberg,
Catalogue des MSS. Hebreux, Fonds Sama-
ritain, no. 10. The principal source of Abul-
Fath, the Tolideh, has been published in
Hebrew, with a French translation by Ad.
Neubauer, Journal Asiatique, 69 serie, tome
14, pp. 386—470.

54.

Or. 1447.— Foil. 89 ; 8$ in. by 6 ; 20 lines,
4 in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi ; dated
20 Jumada, A.H. 1285 (A.D. 1868).

Another copy of the chronicle of Abu'l-
Fath, in substantial agreement with the
preceding :

Copyist :

55.

Or. 2691.— Foil. 43; 7f in. by 5£ ; from 15
to 20 lines ; written in cursive Neskhi, about
A.H. 1201 (A.D. 1787).

A collection of dogmatical treatises in
verse and in prose, in exposition and defence
of the Samaritan creed, by Ibrahim al-'Ayya
al-Samiri B. Ya'kub al-Danafi al-Marjani, to
which is prefixed this title :

This is apparently the author's autograph.
3is full name appears in the colophon,
fol. 27a, as follows : C^U\ \li\ ^^ ****\
;J\ ijLJi^ i_J^a*>. u)\, and in the latter
aortion of the MS., which is by a later hand,
16 is designated, fol. 32&, as

The contents are as follows :

I. Foil. 1 — 8. A versified treatise in
defence of the Samaritan belief as to God's
unity against philosophers.

Beg. yjLxJI jU J*

The gist of the tract is found in these
lines, fol. 5 :

and the date of composition, A.H. 1199, is
conveyed by a chronogram in the last verse.

The verses rhyme, but do not scan by any
known metre.

II. Foil. 9 — 11. Another versified tract,
in defence of the Samaritan creed, protesting
against the alleged worship of the golden
calf.

Beg.

J-s-

The date of composition, A.H. 1196, and
the author's name, are found in the last line :

The author adds, in the colophon, that he
was then sixty-seven years of age.

MOHAMMEDAN LITERATURE.

37

III. Foil. 116 — 16. Another versified tract
on the same subject :

Beg.

The date of composition, expressed by
a chronogram at the end, is A.H. 1198.

IV. Foil. 166 — 29. A treatise on resur-
rection and the day of judgment, consisting
of texts from the Pentateuch, accompanied
by the author's comments.

It is thus described by the author :

It is written in two columns, one on the
right containing the scriptural texts in Arabic,
the other, the author's comments. On the
first two pages, the original text has been
added by a later hand in the Samaritan

character. The tract was completed, as
stated at the end, on Sunday, 13 Rabi* L,
A.H. 1199.

V. Foil. 29&-30. An account of the plague
which raged at Nablus A.H. 1201, imperfect
at the end.

VI. Foil. 32—37. Canticles and hymns
by the same Ibrahim al-'Ayya, >-j

*A\ yJ

Beg.

This section was written, A.H. 1292, by
Amm, son of Ya'kub, son of Chalabi al-
Danafi,

The remaining folios contain some verses
by the same Amln, and by his brother Chelebi,

fV JT

MOHAMMEDAN LITERATURE.

THE GORAN.

56.

Or. 2165.— Foil. 121 ; 12£ in. by 8£ ; 24 lines,
7-^ in. long ; written in Kufi, on stout vellum,
probably in the 8th century.

A considerable portion of the Koran, about
two-thirds of the whole, consisting of three
series of consecutive leaves as follows :

Foil. 1 — 14, beginning,
jj *fc Sili; ending,

A\ Jolia-.)\. (Surah vii., v
Surah ix., v. 96).

Foil. 15 — 113, beginning, OU» £j
fj^\ ; ending, ^^-^ !yyo. ^ U, ttt\ ^
(Surah x., v. 9 — Surah xxxix., v. 48).

Foil. 114—121, beginning, \jJJ «UI
ii ; ending, ^ >_**&

40—

^jjii- l^jj. (Surah xl., v. 63 — Surah
v. 71).

xliii.,

38

MOHAMMEDAN LITERATURE.

There are, apparently, two leaves wanting
between the first fragment and the second,
and three between the second and the
third.

The character is thick, bold, and very un-
like the stiff and conventional Kufi of most
early Gorans, being written with a free hand,
and, as it were, currente calamo. The dia-
critical marks are very sparely used ; they
have the shape of short horizontal lines,
which for o and <^> are placed vertically,
one above the other, and for (__£ in one
horizontal row.

Two vertical rows of three such lines in
close juxtaposition are used to divide the
verses. The ' hastae ' are so tall as to reach,
and even to cross the upper line. They have,
for the most part, a slight leaning to the
right. The final ,. and _ have no down-
ward stroke, while j, which never appears
dotted, is distinguished, when final, by a
long hook-like appendage. The final ^ is
turned backwards, and frequently lengthened
into a straight sweep, underlining the pre-
ceding words.

A notable feature of the spelling is the
systematic absence of the Alif of prolonga-
tion. We find, for instance, O^ll for c^j-Oll,
Jj' for J\S, *jo,ij for sUoMi, etc. There is no
trace of vowel-points, or of any orthographical
sign.

The Surahs were originally without titles,
their beginning being only marked by a
wider space between the lines. Titles have
been subsequently added in a smaller Kufi
character, apparently of the 9th century, and
in red ink.

A facsimile of fol. 77a, and a detailed
statement of the peculiarities of the writing,
will be found in the Oriental Series of the
Palseographical Society, pi. lix.

57.

Or. 1396.— Foil. 7 ; 111 in. jn height by 15
in width ; 7 lines, 9-| in. long ; written on
vellum, in large and thick Kufi, with vowels.

[SiR WM. OUSELEY.]

A fragment of the Goran, containing verses
4 — 19 of Surah xxxiii.

There are, on an average, no more than a
dozen letters in each line. The first page
contains only the following :

There are no diacritical points whatever ;
but vowels are frequently added in the shape
of large round dots in red ink. Double dots
express Tanwin.

Similar dots, of green colour, are used
occasionally for the hamzah, to express the
diphthong as in 'i^, and for the optional
Dammah in the last syllable of edc. The
Alif of prolongation is left out in £>f-\i,

*>-jj\, ,»»^, v^> (•$£->&*» (a^f^ I an(l some
other words, but it occurs in a few cases.

The final Mims have a very short horizontal
tail. The detached Alif s end in a long curve
stretching to the right, and ending in a point.
The final Nuns are brought down in a long
vertical line, ending with a sharp and short
turn to the left.

The verses are not divided, but there are
gilt dots at the end of verses 5 and 15, and
a larger illuminated circle at the end of
verse 10.

This, and the next following Kufi fragments,
are noticed in Sir Wm. Ouseley's Catalogue
of MS. works, nos. 596—601.

58.

Or. 1397.— Foil. 37 ; 8£ in. high by 12 in
width. [SiE WM. OUSELEY.]

GORAN.

39

I. Foil. 1—32; 11 lines, 9 in. long; written
in a neat Kufi character, on vellum, probably
in the 10th century.

Detached leaves containing the following
portions of the Goran : vii. 1 — 15, 28 — 33,
103—116, 132—138; xvi. 27—34, 78—83;
xx. 108—130 ; xxvi. 10—43, 126—146,
165—205; xxviii. 8—15, 45—51; xxix.
17 — 25 ; xxxi. 20 — 34 ; xxxii. 15 — xxxiii. 1 ;
xxxiii. 6—13; xl. 69—77; xlii. 24—32;
liii. 33— liv. 5 ; Ix. 1—4 ; Ixxvii. 31-
Ixxviii. 7; Ixxxii. 8 — Ixxxiii. 12 ; Ixxxiii. 34
— Ixxxiv. 21; cii. 4 — civ. 9.

The text is fully supplied with diacritical
points in the shape of thin oblique lines, and
with vowels marked by red dots. Green dots
stand for the Hamzah. The verses are
divided by three gold dots, forming a tri-
angle. The end of every fifth verse is
marked by a golden t ; that of every tenth
verse, by a golden circle enclosing the
number of preceding verses. The titles of
the Surahs are written in gold, within orna-
mental borders. The first page, and fol. 33a,
are filled with elaborate geometrical patterns
in gold and colours.

II. Foil. 34—37 ; 13 lines, IQi in. long ;
written in Kufi, on vellum, probably in the
9th century.

Four detached leaves of a similar Goran,
containing : xiv. 23 — 30 ; xv. 33 — 52 ; xvi.
34—41, and 71—78.

There are very few diacritical lines, but
the vowels are all marked by red dots, and
the Hamzah by two dots of the same colour.
Some letters, like >, Lf0, td), are stretched
out to an inordinate length, so that a single
word like cJJ J/, fills more than half the line.

59.

Or. 1398.— Foil. 19; consisting of two Kufi
fragments, on vellum, of slightly different
sizes. [SiE WM. OTTSELEY.]

with

I. Foil. 1—10; 7} in. high by lOiu width;
7 lines, 7f in. long; of the 9th or 10th

century.

It contains Surah, v. 1 — 15, beginning
&j>. U jTrf «i)\ o\ pj*, and ending with
|»LJTj . It has hardly any diacritical
lines, but nearly all the vowels are marked by
red dots. A green dot is used for Jazm, and
a double red dot for Hamzah. The letters
is, ^x» and <JLl, have an excessive length ; so
that the first five letters of Ijjls^'j [\jjM**\i]
fill an entire line. The Alifs of prolongation
are mpstly absent. The verses are divided
by gilt roses, and there is at the end of
verse 12, a more elaborate circular ornament,
with the word^^fr in gold.

II. Foil. 11—19 ; 6} in. high by 9J in
width ; 7 lines, 7 in. long ; similar to the
preceding, and written about the same time.

It contains Surah xxxiv. 21-22, 24 — 47.
It has all the diacritical lines, but apparently
by a later hand, and red dots for vowels.
A green dot is used for the optional Dammah
on the i of •$$&, and also for Imalah in *V.

60.

Or. 1399. — Foil. 41 ; various vellum frag-
ments of Kufi Gorans of different sizes.

[SiE WM. OUSELET.]

I. Foil. 1—14; 5f in. high by 8f in width;
15 lines, 6f in. long; "written in small and
neat Kufi, and containing : Surah xxxix.
32—42; xl. 5— 25, 33— 53; xliv. 47— xlv. 7;
xlvi. 16— xlvii. 34; xlviii. 14 — 27. It has
hardly any diacritical lines, but is largely
supplied with red dots for vowels. Green
dots are used for Tashdid in jjLe, and for
Imalah in *l>-, and two red dots for Hamzah.
The titles of the Surahs are written in gold.

40

MOHAMMEDAN LITERATURE.

and there are marks of a division of the
Goran into seventh parts, *+ Jt and *^J\ uJ^oJ,
also in gold in the margin.

II. Foil. 15—20; 5 in. by 8; 8 lines,
6 in. long ; written in a neat thick Ku6,
with vowels, and very few diacritical lines,
containing : Surah xiii. 17 — 29 ; xiv. 48
—xv. 9. There is a title of Surah in gold,
with a marginal ornament, fol. 196.

III. Foil. 21—41 ; 5 in. by 7 ; 5 lines,
5| in. long ; written in fair Kufi, without
diacritical lines, and with but few vowels,
containing : Surah ix. 10 — '•IS, 20 — 58.

Hamzah is expressed by a green dot.
Verses are divided by gilt roses, and at the
end of every tenth verse is an ornamental
circle, with the number of the preceding
verses written inside with gold.

61.

Or. 1400.— Poll. 37 ; 3f in. high, 6 in. wide ;

15 lines, 4f in. long ; written on vellum in a

small and neat Kufi. [SiR WM. OUSELEY.]

Fragments of the Coran, containing :

Surah xii. 17—27, 38—49, 63—87 ; xiii. 9—

18 ; xviii. 28—53 ; xix. 12—91 ; xxi. 18—

49, 71—112 ; xxii. 1—41, 52—78 ; xxiii. 23

-40; xxiv. 4—14, 28—34, 53—60; xxv.

55—69 ; xxvi. 40— xxvii. 70.

The text has but few vowels, marked by
red dots, and no diacritical marks, except
such as have been added by a later hand in
the shape of the modern black points. A
blue dot is used for Hamzah.

The verses are divided by gold roses, and
the end of every tenth verse is marked by an
ornamented circle. The following titles :

^ J-*JJV, fol. 33a, are written
in gold, with a marginal ornament. On the
margin of fol. 19« is written, also in gold,

62.

Or. 1562.— Foil. 44 ; 5£ in. high by 7f in
width ; 10 lines, 6 in. long ; written in fair
thick Kufi, on vellum, probably in the 9th
century. Bound in Persian stamped leather
covers. [SiR H. RAWLINSON.]

Detached leaves of a Kufi Coran, contain-
ing : Surah iii. 5—94, 139—200, and Surah
iv. 1—21, 44—46.

There are very few diacritical marks in
the shape of thin slanting lines, but a fair
supply of red dots for vowels. A green dot
is used for Hamzah. The letters s, (jo and
^, are drawn to considerable length. The
end of every tenth verse is marked by a
circular ornament in gold and colour. The
following title, also in gold, is found fol. 355,

Fol. 43a contains the 73rd verse of
Surah xviii., written in five lines, in a much
larger Kufi, with borders in gold design at
top and bottom. Three pages at beginning
and end, foil. 16, 43&, 44a, are occupied by
geometrical and flowery designs in gold and
colours.

On the first page is written : " Very fine
specimen of Cufic writing, verses from the
Koran and prayers, said to be in the hand-
writing of Imam Zein el Abidein. Bought
at Isfahan for six Tomans, November 10th,
1836.— H. C. RAWLINSON."

63.

Or. 3326.— Foil. 285; 10iin.by7J; 18 lines,
5f in. long ; written on paper in a thick and
bold character, intermediate between Kufi
and Neskhi, probably in the llth century.

[H. A. STERN.]
The Coran.
Defects of the original MS. have been

GORAN.

41

supplied at beginning and end by later
hands. The old writing extends from fol. 5
to fol. 281. It begins with : y»ilj CJDJ ^
(Surah ii. 63), and ends with : J
J\AJ>. (Surah Ixxxiii. 17). But there
is, after fol. 127, a lacuna extending from
Surah xv. 76 to Surah xvi. 118.

The writing presents a curious mixture of
Kufi and Neskhi features. The vowels,
which are all given, are noted, as in Kufi, by
red dots, while the diacritical marks, added
to all pointed letters, inclusive of «, appear as
black dots, as in the Neskhi, with the only
difference that the three dots of <_£ form a
horizontal line. They are apparently of the
same ink as the text. Tashdid, Maddah, and
Hamzah,areof a faint green, and have also the
shapes usual in Neskhi. A red line, slanting
from left to right, expresses the diphthong
in such words as <-Ju^, j*s-, *y. Sometimes it
assumes the shape of a v. A red mark, in the
shape a small a, occasionally stands for Jazm.

The end of every tenth verse is marked by
a circle enclosing a kind of cross, rudely
drawn and coloured. Headings in an angular
Kufi and yellow colour, give the names of
the Surahs and the number of verses in each,
the latter being generally less than in Fliigel's
edition.

The Sub', or, seventh parts and their
halves, as well as the Sijdahs, are marked in
the same character and colour in the margin.

Fragments of Kufi Gorans on paper are
noticed by Dorn, Melanges Asiatiques, vol. iv.,
p. 61 ; by Eosen, Notices Sommaires, nos. 26,
27 ; and by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
nos. 361-2.

64.

Or. 1270.— Foil. 134 ; 7£ in. by 6f ; 27 lines,
4| in. long ; written on vellum, in a minute
and neat Maghribi character, with all the

vowels in red, and orthographical signs in
blue, about A.D. 1254.

The Goran.

The headings of the Surahs are in a con-
ventional Kufi outlined in black and filled in
with gold, with tasteful marginal ornaments
in gold.

A lower limit for the date of the MS. is
given by the following record of the birth of
the owner's son on the eve of Saturday,
5 Sha'ban, A.H. 652 (A.D. 1254). It is
written, on the last folio, in gold and orna-
mental Kufi, within a square border of

»

interlaced gold design :

The word <—*/>•, written within an illumi-
nated circle in the margin, marks the end
of the short sections so called.

A facsimile of fol. 975 will be found in the
Oriental Series of the Pala30graphical Society,
pi. Ixi., with a detailed description of the

peculiarities of the text.

65.

Or. 1401.— Foil. 485 ; 20 in. by 15 ; 9 lines,
101 in. long ; written in a very large and
elegant Neskhi, with all the vowels and
orthographical signs, and richly illuminated,
apparently in the 14th century.

The Goran.

The text of this splendid copy is amply
provided with vowels and other signs, fixing
the proper pronunciation. The vowels, the
superadded Alifs of prolongation, and the ^
denoting Idgham are red, the Tashdid and
Jazm blue, the Hamzah and the signs of
Wakf in gold. A green dot stands for
Waslah, and two dots of the same colour
denote Imalah.

Q

42

GORAN.

The main division is in four quarters. The
beginnings of the second, third and fourth,
are marked by brilliant 'Unwans, the two
opposite pages being enclosed in a square
frame of rich design in gold and colours,
while flowery ornaments cover the interlinear
spaces. The same was the case with the
first quarter; but the second page alone is
left. The first page, which contained the
Fatihah, is lost. The defect has been sup-
plied by a somewhat later hand, with a good
imitation of the old writing, fol. 16, but
without any ornament. To the same hand
is due also fol. 3.

The second quarter begins, fol. 1166, with
Surat al-A'raf. An inscription in white on
gold, in the illuminated border, designates
that point as the end of the first quarter, of
the second eighth, and of the third quarter
of the second seventh, and as the beginning
of the seventh Juz. Similar inscriptions are
found at the beginning of the third quarter,
fol. 2355, and of the fourth, fol. 3596.

Other divisions are frequently marked in
the margins, viz. Hizbs and their quarters,
and the tenth parts of the Goran in blue.
The Juz and the Sub', or seventh parts, and
their subdivisions are indicated, as well as
the end of groups of ten verses, by marginal
ornaments. Verses are divided by gold
roses or interlaced circles, and at the end
of every fifth verse is the word u-^- in gold.
The titles of the Surahs, including the dis-
tinction between the Meccan and Medinese,
are written in white on rich borders of gold
and colours. The number of words and
letters contained in each Surah is written in
blue and gold in the margin.

The last three pages, foil. 4846-4856, con-
taining the Surahs Tabbat, al-Ikhlas and al-
Falak, have rich illuminated borders. Surat
al-Nas, which must have faced the third, is
wanting.

66.

Or. 1339.— Foil. 48 ; llf in. by 8$ ; 5 lines,
4f in. long ; written in a large and elegant
Neskhi, with 'Un wans and gold-ruled margins,
apparently in the 14th century.

[SiE CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

Two fragments of a splendid Goran, the
writing of which is outlined in black and
filled in with gold, the vowels being of a
bright blue. They consist of the latter
halves of the third and of the twenty-third
Juz, as divided in Fliigel's edition. The
first, foil, la — 256, extends from the 13th to
the 85th verse of Surah iii. The first page
contains the following text in three lines,
enclosed within a richly illuminated border :

j

lx«T lio\ \jjj wjJyb. The page which faced it,
and must have contained the beginning of
the verse similarly framed, is lost. In the
top and bottom parts of the border is written,
in ornamental Kufi : ^j^Jl Aj*\ ^ and

^JL^O t_^ y* ibjjj, which shows that the
Goran to which the fragments belonged, was
divided into sixty Juz.

The fragment ends with these words :
(jej*b\ *J* pk^\ ^ JASU ylj, the last line of
the verse being lost.

The second Juz, foil. 266 — 48a, begins :
i.,_jxfJI ^j oU-M tiUjM ^jLa-L-lj (Surah
xxxvii. 149). There are only three lines in
each of the first two opposite pages, enclosed
in an illuminated border, partly damaged, in
the upper part of which the Juz is designated
as the 45th

Some leaves are wanting in the body of
the Juz. The contents are : Surah xxxvii.
149—158, 171—179; Surah xxxviii. 4— 25,
28 — 88 ; Surah xxxix. 1 — 17, 20^-22,
25—31.

GORAN.

67.

Or. 2200.— Foil. 369; 2£ in. by 2$, of
octagonal shape ; 13 lines, written within a
gold-ruled circle, in a minute and neat
Neskhi, with all the vowels ; dated Shiraz,
the first day of Rajab, A.H. 950 (A.D. 1543).
Enclosed between two gilt boards of octagonal
shape. [Presented by CLAUDE ERSKINE.]

The Goran.

The first two pages are written on gold
ground, and enclosed by a richly illuminated
circular border. The verses are divided by
gold dots, and the titles of the Surahs are
also in gold.

68.

Or. 1405.— Foil. 400 ; 10£ in. by 8 ; 17 lines,
5| in. long ; written in a large and clear
Maghribi character, with all the vowels, and
profusely illuminated, dated beginning of
Ramadan, A.H. 975 (A.D. 1568).

The Goran.

The vowels are marked by horizontal lines
in red ink. A yellow dot is used for Hamzah,
and a green dot for Waslah. Tashdid and
Jazm are also green, the latter a complete
circle. The verses are divided by a knot-
shaped figure in gold. The margins are
covered with tasteful and elaborate orna-
ments in gold and colours, with writing
indicating a most elaborate division of the
Goran into every possible fractional part-
halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, sevenths,
eighths, ninths and tenths. There is a
further division into sixty Juz, and another
into twenty-seven Tajziyahs, the latter being
intended for the days of Ramadan, There
are also ornaments marking groups of five
and ten verses.

The titles of the Surahs are written in a
fancifully ornamented Kufi, in gold, with
marginal ornaments.

The original writing begins, fol. 13, with:
jUJt <->lke. J\ ijkil ^ -&£ tojuii j£ (Surah
ii. 120). The twelve preceding folios have
been supplied by a modern hand.

The following colophon is written in an
elaborate character, white on blue ground,
and occupies four successive pages, foil. 397/>
— 399«, enclosed within rich borders : c-

Ji.

Maulana Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah, son
of Amir al-Muslimin Abu {Abd Allah Mu-
hammad al-Shaikh al-Sharlf, for whom this
Goran was written, was the second prince of
the Sharifi dynasty of Morocco. He reigned
from A.D. 1556 or 1557 to 1574 (A.H. 9(i4
— 982). See G-raberg de Hemso, Specchio
Geografico, p. 262, and Leon Godard, Des-
cription et histoire du Maroc, 2° Partie,
p. 469.

The last two pages, foil. 3996, 400a, are
occupied by rich geometrical designs in gold
and colours.

69.

Or. 1209.— Foil. 346 ; 6^ in. by 4£ ; 13 lines,

2| in. long ; written on gold-sprinkled paper

in a small and elegant Neskhi, with all the

G 2

44

CORAN.

vowels, with broad illuminated borders en-
closing the first two pages, and gold-ruled
margins; dated Safar, A.H. 1009 (A.D. 1600).

[ALEXANDHE JABA.]
The Goran.

The verses are separated by gilt circles.
The divisions called Juz and Hizb, and
groups of ten verses, are marked with red
ink in the margins.

At the end, foil. 3446 — 346o, is a Persian
Mesnevi, beginning: Ul>.^i-J\iljj.li^ti)y>j\ «£ jb,
containing directions for Fal, or the mode of
drawing omens from the Goran, with a
separate 'Unwan.

70.

Or. 4101.— Foil. 174 ; 4fin. by2f; 21 lines,
If in. long ; written in neat vocalized Neskhi,
with gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
16th century. [BUDGE.]

The Goran complete. Some leaves at
beginning and end have been supplied by a
later hand.

71.

Or. 1089.— Foil. 382 ; 9| in. by 6£ ; 9 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair large fully
vocalized Neskhi, with red-ruled margins,
probably in the 36th century.

[Bequeathed by JOHN NOBLE COLEMAN.]

The latter half of the Goran, beginning
with Surat Marvam.

f

72.

Or. 1340.— Foil. 539 ; 10£in.by6i; 10 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with all
vowels, with 'Unwans, illuminated headings,
and gilt margins, apparently in the 16th
century. [Sm CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The Goran, with an interlinear Persian

version. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 7a.
In the titles the distinction between Mecca
and Medina Surahs is observed.

73.

STOWE, Or. 1.— Foil. 318; 5f in. by 3f ;
15 lines, 2 in. long; written in a small and
neat Turkish Neskhi, with all the vowels,
with double-page 'Unwan and gold-ruled
margins, apparently in the 17th century.
Bound in gilt and stamped leather covers.

The Goran.

The verses are divided by gold dots. The
Juz, Hizbs, and Sijdahs, are marked with
red ink in the margins. The titles distin-
guish the Mecca and Medina Surahs.

On the first page is written : " Ex libris
Rev.mi Dom. Card. Nigroni." Joannes Fran-
ciscus Nigronus, whose seal is impressed on
the same page, was attached to the Propa-
ganda. He was created Cardinal in 1686,
and died in 1713. See Guarnacci, Vitae et
res gestae Pontificum, Romae, 1751, p. 282.

74.

Or. 1341.— Foil. 280 ; 9} in. by6£; 14 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with all
the vowels, and with a double-page 'Unwan
and gilt margins, apparently about the close
of the 17th century. Bound in stamped and
gilt leather covers.

[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The Coran ,with an interlinear Persian
version, and marginal notes also Persian.
See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8a. Foil.
27 7a — 280« contain prayers to be recited
after reading the Coran.

75.

Or. 1342.— Foil. 334 ; 10J in. by 6£ ; 12 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with all

CORAN.

45

the vowels ; with a double-page 'Unwan and
gold-ruled margins ; dated Isfahan, Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 1113 (A.D. 1702). Bound in
painted and glazed covers.

[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The Goran, with an interlinear Persian
version and marginal notes. See the Persian
Catalogue, p. 8a.

Copyist :

76.

STOWE, Or. 2. — A roll of thin paper 12 feet
long, 3 j in. wide ; written in exceedingly
minute Neskhi, probably in India, in the
18th century.

The Coran.

The Ayat al-Kursi is written lengthways
in large letters outlined in red, and filled in
with the minute writing of the text. Floral
designs, which alternate with the compart-
ments into which the Ayat is divided, contain
also portions of the text.

77.

Or. 4102.— Foil. 313 ; 6$ in. by 4 ; 15 lines,
2f in. long ; written in neat vocalized Neskhi,
with 'Unwan, gilt headings, and gold-ruled
margins, probably in the 17th century.

[BUDGE.]

The Coran complete. At the end is a
prayer to be recited after finishing the
lecture.

Copyist:

78.

Or. 4248.— Foil. 326 ; 8J- in. by 5J ; 13 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair, fully vocalized
Neskhi, apparently in the 18th century.

[BUDGE.]
The Coran.

79.

Or. 4249.— Foil. 271 ; 8f in by 5J ; 16 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in large, fully vocalized
Neskhi, with gold-ruled margins, and a
broad illuminated border inclosing the first
two pages ; dated 22 Muharram, A.H. 1249
(A.D. 1833) ; bound in painted and glazed
covers. [BUDGE.]

The Coran.

80.

Or. 4250.— Foil. 305 ; 8 in. by 5J ; 15 lines,
2f in. long ; written in fair vocalized Neskhi,
with a rather rude double-page 'Unwan and
gold-ruled margins ; dated A.H. 1287 (A.D.
1870). [BODGE.]

The Coran.
Copyist :

81.

Or. 2924.— Foil. 239; 9$ in. by 7£; from
10 to 12 lines, 4^ in. long; written in a rude
African character, probably in the 19th
century.

[Presented by GEN. J. H. LEFROT.]

The first half of the Coran, ending fol.
233J, with the last verse of Surat al-Kahf,
or chapter xviii. There is, after fol. 37, a
lacuna extending from Surah ii. 284, to the
beginning of Surah iv. The vowels, ortho-
graphical signs, and Alifs of prolongation
omitted in the text, are added throughout in
red ink. The sections called Hizb, and their
quarters, are marked in the margins.

At the end is written : OxJ.l

O s

^

o^

V> with si* more lines in an African

J •

language.

46

VARIOUS READINGS AND ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE GORAN.

Foil. 234« — 239a contain a short life of
Muhammad in Rajaz verse, without author's
name, beginning :

The title in the superscription is :
^liir' Lffj£\ ^i"5 f& (j) and in the prologue,

PI OOfl/, l"--fcjl ' A U •* • \ *\\ '* "

tOIi Zo\)0 : ,UaC*^ *flj..«3l ^li*^ (j ,1-aJj)' S.J.

The last section extant relates to the Hijrah,
the expeditions and pilgrimages of Muham-
mad. Of the next-following section, ^U-j

(jila.^ (.5^ ?rU^' the heading alone is extant.

Appended is a letter of the donor, stating
that the MS. came from Senne Gambia.

VARIOUS READINGS AND
ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE CORAN.

82.

Or. 4257.— Foil. 110 ; 7$ in. by 5 ; about
25 lines, 4J in. long ; written in an angular
and imperfectly pointed Neskhi ; dated Tus-
tar, Khuzistiln, Saturday, nine nights re-
maining of Shawwal, A.H. 561 (A.D. 1166).

[BUDGE.]

A work treating of the various readings
of the seven recognised Goran - readers,
imperfect at the beginning, and without
author's name.

It deals exclusively with those words or
passages in which the variants occur, the
text being mostly introduced by the words

After stating the various readings and their
authorities, the author discusses their bearing
upon the grammatical construction and the
sense of the passage, adding some arguments
for or against each. He quotes, at some
length, the conflicting opinions of the early

grammarians, and occasionally introduces a
poetical quotation. He no w and then addresses
his reader in the second person, as in this
passage:

The author appears to have lived about
the close of the fourth century of the Hijrah.
He frequently quotes Ibn Mujahid (Abu Bakr
Ahmad B. Musa, who died A.H. 324; v.
Fihrist, p. 31, and De Slane, Ibn Khallikan,
vol. i., p. 27) ; and the following passage,
fol. 1056, shows that he received information
from him through the medium of one
traditionist : +£- »- *^ «*» ~J^ Jli'

iUJ

JvS \j$\

In another place, fol. 106, he quotes a
verse as recited to him by Abu'l-Kasim al-
Amidi (al-Hasan B. Bishr, who died in
Basrah, A.H. 370 or 371; v. Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 748, note b).

The first Coranic text extant is from Surat
al-Bakarah, v. 113, and the commentary
upon it begins as follows: J— i" "Jj ,Jlx> aJ^'

u

J-J

«*

»**•

The commentary on Surat Al 'Imran,
fol. 105, begins: «1JI JW>' «Jy j

VARIOUS READINGS AND ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE GORAN.

17

flail-

The last passage discussed is from Surat
Tabbat, v. 4, and the commentary concludes
with these words: if* J\U J* 2U»-

\jifi

(j U

At the end of most Surahs is a separate
section, with the heading UL>\ UN, treating of
the pronunciation of the final yti's occurring
in them.

There is no means of identifying the work
with any of the similar treatises written at
the same period, and enumerated in the
Berlin Catalogue, p. 244ft.

The MS. has some gaps, and is in a state
of great confusion. The following table
shows in what order the leaves should be
taken :

Surah ii. 113— Surah iii. 27, foil. 95—106.

Surah v. 1— Surah xvi. Ill, foil. 70—74,
25—28, 53—69, 41—52.

Surah xvii. 95— Surah cxiv., foil. 5, 75-76,
10—12,6—9,1—4, 13—24, 79—86,29—40,
87—94, 77-78, 107—110.

Copyist : ^

83.

Or. 3066.— Foil. 66 ; 7± in. by 5± ; 15 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Saturday, 19 Safar, A.H. 872 (A.D. 1467).

[KEEMBE, no. 73.]

A treatise on the orthography of the
Goran, by Abu 'Amr 'TJthman B. Sa'id B.
'Uthman al-Mukri al-Dani, who was born

A.H. 371, and died in Denia, A.H. 444.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 694 ; Assila,
ed. Codera, p. 398, and Ta'rikh al-Jslam,
Or. 49, fol. 2046.

r->-

On the first page is written the following
title, by the same hand as the text :

JU3 t&

The contents agree with the analysis of
S. de Sacy, Notices et Extraits, vol. viii.,
pp. 290—332, and with the table of chapters
given by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 419.

Copyist : J>jV\ <_i-,^ ^ J* ^ ^^

On the last leaf, fol. 666, is a notice of
the author, chiefly after Ibn Bashkuwal, at
the end of which the leading dates are given
in al-Dani's own words : OjJj j^e- j>\ JIS

Olx> Mi

In the date of the author's death, added at
the end, the medial figure is partly obliterated,
which accounts for Kremer's reading it 454
instead of 444.

For other copies see the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iv., p. 6 ; the Vienna Catalogue, vol. iii.,
p. 59 ; and De Slane's Paris Catalogue,
no. 593. Compare Haj. Khal., vol. vi.,
p. 95 ; Suyuti, Itkan, pp. 16, 858 ; and
Noldeke, Geschichte des Qorans, p. 243.

48

VARIOUS READINGS AND ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE GORAN.

84.

Or. 3068.— Foil. Ill ; 8J in. by 6; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, dated
19 Safar, A.H. 1008 (A.D. 1599).

[KEEMEE, no. 76.]

A treatise of the same Abu 'Amr 'Uthman
B. Sa'Id al-Dani on the various readings of
the seven early Goran-readers, with this

title:

\\JA\

See the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 696, 716,
and 3786.

Beg. pUttb J,U\ (.\jjJb ajutt /ti cxji J\S

This copy does not contain the author's
name. At the end, fol. 109«, is found an
additional chapter on the Takbir : j>. > L_A>
ju/ ^\ i\ji J jifi&yt (v. Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, no. 582).

Copyist : ^ &\ v_>~

For other copies see Casiri, vol. i., p. 504;
the Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 87a; the
Khedive's Library, vol. i., pp. 34, 40, 43 ;
Pertsch, no. 550 ; Loth, no. 41 ; Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, nos. 579 — 589 ; Brill's
Catalogue, 1886, no. 319; and Rosen, Mar-
sigli Collection, no. 56. Compare Nb'ldeke,
Geschichte des Qorans, p. 336.

85.

Or. 4015.— Foil. 112 ; 5 in. by 3£ ; 15 lines,
2f in. long; written in fair Neskhi, probably
in the fourteenth century.

[GLASEE, no. 313.]

Various readings of the seven recognised
Goran-readers, viz. Nan', Ibn Kathlr, Abu
'Amr, Ibn 'Amir, 'Asim, Hamzah and al-
Kisa'i, imperfect at beginning and end.

The author is only designated by his
Nisbah Abu 'Ali in the words

which his personal remarks are introduced.
By this is probably meant Abu 'Ali al-Hasan
B. 'Ali B. Ibrahim B. Yazdad B. Hurmuz
al-Ahwazi, who enjoyed as Goran-reader the
highest authority in his time. He was born
A.H. 362, settled in Damascus A.H. 391,
and died there in Dulhijjah, A.H. 446. See
Tarikh al-Islam, Or. 49, fol. 210, and
Hammer, Literaturgesch, vol. vi., p. 210.

The present work is apparently one of the
following three mentioned by Haji Khal, viz.
,j _U$\, vol. i., p. 510 ;
j, vol. vi., p, 35 ; and o
ib. p. 250.

The author follows the order of the Goran,
mentioning briefly the words which are
differently read. The MS. begins with Surat
al-Bakarah, v. 55, as follows :

Surat Al 'Imran begins, fol. 96, as follows :

*9 -^ibi) CJJ 3^

The MS. breaks off after the first line of
Surat al-Tarik (chapter Ixxxvi).

86.

Or. 3069.— Foil. 44 ; 10 in. by 6£ ; 25 lines,
4| in. long ; written in a cursive, but bold
and distinct Neskhi, towards the end of the
14th century. [KREMER, no. 77.]

A treatise on the various readings of the
ten canonical Coran-readers, by Abu'l-'Izz
Muhammad B. al-Husain B. 'Ali B. Bundar
al-Mukri al-Kalanisi al-Wasiti, with this title
written by the same hand as the text : ^c

J

VARIOUS READINGS AND ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE GORAN.

49

iM J\»

ASJ IJA ....

The author, who was called, ' par excellence,'
the Mukri, or Cor an -reader, of Irak, died
A.H. 521, at the age of eighty-five. See al-
'Ibar, Or. 3006, fol. 264 ; Subki, Add. 23,361,
fol. 57a ; and Haj-Khal, vol. i., p. 252.
The contents of the work have been stated
by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 654-55.
See also Nb'ldeke Geschichte des Qoran's,
p. 339. A copy is mentioned, without title
or author, in the Gotha Catalogue, no. 549.
At the end, fol. 42a, is a Sama' written by
the same hand as the text, and stating that
the work had been read in Cairo before
Tarjuman al-Dm Ibrahim B. Ahmad B. 'Abd
al-Wahid al-Shami al-Ba'li al-Shafi'i (an
eminent Goran-reader known as Ibn 'Alawan,
who died in Cairo, A.H. 800; Durar, Or.
3043, fol. 2a, and Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 1036),
in two sittings, the latter of which took
place on the 29th of Dulka'dah, A.H. 793
(A.D. 1391).

At the end, foil. 426 — 44«, is a metrical
treatise on the articulation of letters -jli*

beginning :

**"

87.

Or. 2810.— Foil. 64; 10 in. by 6f ; 13 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fine Neskhi with all
the vowels, with red-ruled margins, illumi-
nated titles and gold headings ; dated (fol.
506) Tuesday, 3 Dulka'dah, A.H. 737 (A.D.
1337). [GHANDOUR BEY.]

I. Foil. 2 — 50. A metrical treatise on the
seven readings of the Goran, founded on the
Taisir of al-Dani (no. 84), and entitled, Hirz
al-Amani, but better known as al-Shfitibiyyah,
by al-Kasim B. Flrruh (Fierro) B. Khalaf al-
Shatibi, who died A.H. 590). See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 726, and Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or.
52, fol. 666.

Beg. ^ i£J ^ — «5M yl

On the first page is written the following
inscription in white, upon a richly illuminated
ground in blue and gold : sjjuaa3\ **» t

•Ut

Copyist : ^b uJ

For other copies see the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 35, vol. vii., p. 348, Loth, no. 43,
and the Catalogues of Munich, no. 101, Bonn,
no. 35, Gotha, no. 551, Paris, no. 609,
Marsigli, no. 59, Brill, 1886, no. 321, and
Berlin, no. 594. Compare Noldeke, Gesch.
des Qorans, p. 338.

II. Foil. 51 — 64. A metrical treatise on
the proper orthography of the Goran, known
as 'Akilat al-Atrab, or al-KasIdat al-R;Viyyah,
by the same author. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 73«.

Beg.

50

VARIOUS READINGS AND ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE CORAN.

On the preceding page is written the
following title in gold, on a back ground of

•flowery design in red : ,j joloSM <—>\j>\ LLHc-

t_al»-

For the contents see Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, no. 487 ; S. de Sacy, Memoires
de 1'Academie des Inscriptions, vol. v., and
Notices et Extraits, vol. viii., p. 333. For
other copies see the Bodleian Catalogue,
vol. ii., p. 1991; the Vienna Catalogue, vol. iii.,
p. 68 ; Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 555, 2 ;
and Brill's Catalogue, 1886, no. 324.

88.

Or. 3774.— Foil. 65 ; 6J in. by 5£ ; from 13
to 15 lines, about 4 in. long ; written in
coarse, but distinct, Neskhi, with all the
vowels; dated (fol. 495) 26 Dulka'dah,
A.H. 904 (A.D. 1499). [GLASEE, no. 58.]

The same two metrical treatises as in the
preceding MS., viz. :

I. Foil. 3 — 49. Hirz al-Amiini, with the
following title : s^-j

II.

The
ceding

Foil. 50— 63. 'AkllatAtrabal-Kasa'id.
title is written at the end of the pre-
treatise as follows : »

MP

Copyist :

89.

Or. 4252.— Foil. 90 ; 8± in. by 5| ; 21 lines,
4 in. long; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Monday, 9 Shawwal, A.H. 1220 (A.D. 1805).

[BUDGE.]

A commentary upon 'Akilat al-Atrab
(no. 87, II.).

Beg.

The commentator, whose name is not
found in the MS., is 'Alam al-Dm Abu
'1-Hasan 'AH B. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Samad al-
Sakhawi, who died A.H. 643. See Haj.
Khal., vol. iv., p. 244, and De Sacy, Notices
et Extraits, vol. viii., p. 336.

For other copies see the Vienna Catalogue,
no. 1634 ; Berlin, no. 495 ; Paris, no. 610 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 47.

Copyist : jd

90.

Or. 3071.— Foil'. 76 ; 7 in. by 5J ; 15 lines,
4|- in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
15 Rabi' II., A.H. 861 (A.D. 1457).

[KEEMEE, no. 79.]

A treatise on the peculiar lessons of the
last three of the ten canonical Goran-readers,
by Sadakah B. Salam B. Husain al-Masharani
(from Mashara, a village near Damascus)
al-Darlr.

VARIOUS READINGS AND ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE GORAN.

51

On the first page is written the following
title by the same hand as the text : L_>\^

u±o

The author gives his name more fully at

the beginning :

He states further that, after reading the
Goran according to the ten versions, travel-
ling to Baghdad and Egypt, and studying
under the Shaikhs of the former city, Cairo,
and Damascus, he determined to compile in
a special work the various readings of three
of the ten Coran-readers. He extracted
them from Kitab al-Irshad (see no. 86),
his main authority, and made some additions,
derived chiefly from al-Mustanir. The three
readers above mentioned are then enumerated,
together with their disciples. They are —

1. Abu Ja'far Yazld B. al-Ka'ka' al-Madani,
who died (as added in the margin) A.H. 130.

2. Ya'kub B. Ishak al-Hadrami al-Basri,
who died A.H. 205. 3. Khalaf B. Hisham
al-Bazzar, who died A.H. 229. (See Noldeke,
Geschichte des Qorans, pp. 289 — 91, nos. 1,
10 and 9).

In a notice abridged from Kitab al-Nashr
(v. Berlin Catalogue, no. 657), and written
on the first page of the MS, it is stated
that al-Mustanir oiyiJl ^J ..).j:M\\f is the
work of Abu Tahir Ahmad B. 'Ali B.
'Abdallah B. 'Umar B. Siwar al-Baghdadi,
who died in Baghdad A.H. 496 (v. al-'Ibar,
Or. 3006, fol. 250a, and Haj. Khal, vol. v.,
p. 526).

The author states, fol. 2a, that he had
read the works above-mentioned in Cairo,

A.H. 784, before Shams al-Din Muh. B.
Ahmad al-'Askalani, Imam of Jfirai' Tulun
(who died A.H. 793, Durar al-Kaminah,
Or. 3044, fol. 57, and Inba al-Ghumr,
fol. 78). He wrote the present work some
time before A.H. 816, but was still alive in
that year ; for the present MS. was collated,
as stated at the end, with a copy which had
been read before him at that date, and bore
his autograph.

Contents : General remarks beginning with,
'siULu^l »_>\j, fol. 2b. Various readings in
the order of the Surahs, beginning: u.»b
jjiuJl ijy» cJjjii (_>i/, foil. 19a— 73a.

Two short pieces are appended, viz. 1. A
chapter in verse on the anomalies connected
with the letters Hamzah in Coranic spelling,
(•"iP1 (J o-^i^ (J- j*& u* rj~ ^ ^V> ascribed
to Muh. B. Muh. B. Muh.""al-Jazari, foil. 746
— 75a. 2. Extracts from al-Nashr, by the
same author (Berlin Catalogue, no. 657),
fol. 76a-6.

91.

Or. 3072.— Foil. 26 ; 6J- in. by 4f ; 15 lines,
3f in. long ; written in plain, thick Neskhi,
apparently in the 15th century.

[KREMEE, no. 80.]

A treatise against the use of anomalous
readings of the Goran, namely, of such as
are not sanctioned by any of the ten recog-
nised Coran-readers, by Muhammad B. Muh.
B. Muh. al-Nuwairi al-Maliki, with the fol-
lowing title, written by the copyist : Jyi]\

L j\il

Beg.

laa>.

JJ

Shams al-Din Muh. al-Nuwairi, as he is
called in the colophon, was born A.H. 801,
and died A.H. 857. He wrote a commentary
H 2

52

PRONUNCIATION OF THE CORAN.

upon Tayyibat al-Nashr, which he completed
A.H. 832. See Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 173,
and the Berlin Catalogue, no. 660.

The present tract contains the following
five Fusuls : J Jp

}!j y& U ili.J) ^J ti

The MS. is stated at the end to be a
transcript of the author's original MS.

See the definition of Shad by Suyuti,
Itkan, p. 182. Works on that subject are
mentioned by Noldeke, Gesch. des Qorans,
p. 340, and by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
p. 246&.

PRONUNCIATION OF THE
CORAN.

92.

Or. 3067.— Foil. 67 ; 7£ in. by 5£ ; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 15th century.

[KREMEE, no. 75, 1. and II.]

I. Foil. 1—37. JM jj+s. ^ f\*&\ <_>\jS

A treatise on the Idgham, by Abu 'Amr
al-Dani (v. no. 83).

&JJ

The scope of the work is set forth as
follows : &1M

The Idgham al-Kabir is the coalescence in
pronunciation of two identical or similar
letters, the first of which had originally a
vowel. Abu 'Amr B. al-'Ala is the Imam
who especially attended to that subject, and
whose rules are expounded in the present
work. See al- Suyuti, Itkan, p. 221, and
S. de Sacy, Notices et Extraits, vol. viii.,
p. 318.

The first of several Riwayats stated, fol. 2,
ascends from al-Dani to Ibn al-'Ala, through
the following five links :

1. Muhammad B. Ahmad B. 'Ali B. al-
Husain al-Baghdadi.

2. Ahmad B. Musa B. al-' Abbas B. Mu-
jahid.

3. Abu'l-Za'ra 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abdus.

4. Abu 'Umar al-Duri.

5. Al-Yazldi (Yahya B. al-Mubarak, d.
A.H. 202 ; v. Sam'ani, fol. 599£.

The rubrics are the following :

Fol 9a.

Fol.

Fol. 23a.
Fol.

Fol. 28a.

For works on the same subject see Haj.
Khal., vol. v., p. 36, and Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, nos. 553, 557.

II. Foil. 38 — 67. A treatise on the read-
ings of the Coranic text which are peculiar
to Abu 'Amr B. al-'Ala (see art. i.), extracted
by Shams al-DIn Muh. B. 'Ali B. Abi

PRONUNCIATION OF THE GORAN.

53

'1-Kiisim B. Abi 'l-'Aziz al-Warrak al-Mausili,
from the Taisir of Abu 'Amr al-Dani (see
above, no. 84).

On the first page is the following title, in
the handwriting of the copyist : j-iV

*fl5

Beg.

bli/

kaJJb

The author appears to have lived in the
seventh century of the Hijrah. The work
of al-Dani came down to him through a
chain of five teachers, who are enumerated
in an ascending line as follows : 1. Majd al-
Din Abu Ahmad 'Abd al-Samad B. Ahmad
B. 'Abd al-Kadir B. Abi '1- Jaish al-Baghdadi.
2. Abu '1-Ma'ali Muh. B. Abi '1-Faraj B.
Ma'ali B. Barakah al-Mausili (who was
teaching about A.H. 600 ; v. Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 378J, and the Berlin Catalogue,
p. 226a). 3. Abu Bakr Yahya B. Sa'dun B.
Tammam al-Azdi al-Kurtubi. 4. Abu 'Ali
al-Hasan B. Khalaf al-Kairawani, called Ibn
Balimah. 5. Abu '1-Zawad Mufrij Kati
Ikbal al-Daulah s.^ JUS\ Jis B. Mujahid.

After some general remarks on peculiarities
of spelling, the various readings are given in
the order of the Surahs.

93.

Or. 3881.— Foil. 51 ; 9 in. by 6£ ; 21 lines,
3^ in. long; written in cursive Neskhi ;
dated Sunday, 12 Shawwal, A.H. 1111.'
(A.D. 1737). [GLAHER, no. 168u.]

A commentary upon the Mukaddimat al-
Jazariyyah, or metrical treatise on the correct
pronunciation of the Goran, by Abu'l-Khair
Muhammad B. Muh. B. Muh. al-.Tazari (see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 3786 III).

Beg. j-ioj . . . . a— M J^U. J Jl«il\ JJ

U

The commentator does not give his name,
but he calls the author of the text his father.
His name is Shihab al-Din Abu Bakr Ahmad
B. Muh. al-Jazari. The father was born in
Damascus A.H. 751, and died in Shlraz
A.H. 833. The son, who was born in
Damascus A.H. 780, lived in Brusa, and
afterwards in Cairo. The date of his death
is not known. See for the lives of the father
and his sons, the Shaka'ik al-Nu'man, foil.
14 — 17, and for other copies of the com-
mentary, Uri, no. 1290 ; Pertsch, Gotha
Catalogue, no. 563 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 35, vol. vii., pp. 215, 221 ; and
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 511-12. In
the first of the above works, the commentary
is stated to have been composed in Lainnda,
A.H. 806.

The commentary includes the entire text,
written in red ink. At the end is appended
a chapter on the rules to be observed in
reading the Goran, foil. 466— 51a. It begins :

A similar appendix is noticed by Ahlwardt,
no. 513.

PRONUNCIATION OF THE GORAN.

94.

Or. 4150.— Foil. 140 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 19 and
21 lines, from 3 to 3^ in. long; written in
small, fair Neskhi ; dated (fol. 58) Thursday,
25 Rajab, A.H. 974, and (fol. 78) A.H. 991,
(A.D. 1567—83).

I. Foil. 1 — 40. A commentary upon the
same work, by Tashkupri Zadah.

Beg.

The author is not named in the text, but
in this endorsement : idlj jjy (j&lU ^jU ^i>.
His full name is 'Isarn al-Din Ahmad B.
Mustafa, and he is well-known as the author
of al-Shaka'ik al-Nu'maniyyah. He died
A.H. 968. See Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 79.

In his preface, the commentator refers to
a previous commentary, that of al-Jazari's
son (no. 93), which he describes as deficient
in some parts, and redundant in others.
The text of the poem is included, and dis-
by a red line drawn over it.

A copy is noticed in the Khedivial Library,
vol. i., p. 37.

II. Foil. 41—58.

Another commentary upon the same work,
by Zain al-Din Abu Yahya Zakariyya al-
Ansari al-Shafi'i.

Beg.

SUN

Jl

The author, Zakariyya B. Muh. al-Ansari
al-Sunaiki, died A.H. 926. See Haj. Khal.,
ib., and the Arabic Catalogue, p. 769«.

The full title of the commentary is :
M*LJ\ pZ, j n^^^ ^3^\ . For other

copies see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 3765»
art. iii. ; the Berlin Catalogue, nos. 516 — 521 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. i., pp. 36, 42,
44, vol. vii., pp. 213, 495, where it is stated
that the commentary was written A.H. 883.

III. Foil. 59 — 78. An anonymous com-
mentary upon the same work.

It has no preface, and begins with the
first verse of the poem, the explanation of

which is as follows: *Jyo»- (.f^>. UJ *-*l»M U-

^jjui\ SU^ tiJ/j i— «i^ (jfr JLaM
«.»-»

It is evidently abridged from the commen-
tary of the author's son (see no. 93).

IV. Foil. 82—140. ^ J

Wjjii. A very full commentary upon the
same work, by Muhammad al-Kadifi al-
Halabi al-Hanafi.

Beg-

Jp!

U! . . .

J^

According to Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 79,
the author is Radi al-Din Muh. B. Ibrahim
al-Halabi, called Ibn al-Hanbali, the historian
of Halab, who died A.H. 971 (v. Arabic
Catalogue, p. 7706, ad p. 162), and the
commentary was completed A.H. 941.

In the preface, the author describes his
work as compiled from three previous com-
mentaries, namely, 1. al-Hawashi al-Mufah-
himah (no. 93) ; 2. al-Daka'ik al-Muhak-
kainah (supra, art. ii.) ; and 3. al-Hawa-
shi al-Azhariyyah, by Khalid B. 'Abdallah al-
Azhari (v. Berlin Catalogue, no. 515). He

PRONUNCIATION OF THE CORAN.

adds that it is also enriched with original
comments of his own.

The commentator had read the Jazariyyah,
as he states in his preface, with his Shaikh,'
Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ibrahim
al-Antaki, whose Riwayat he traces up to the
author. That Shaikh was, in fact, one of
the masters of Ibn al-Hanbali, who devotes
to him a long notice in Durr al-Habab, Add.
23,976, fol. 196, and states that he died
A.H. 953.

The commentary includes the entire text
of the poem, distinguished by a red line
drawn over it.

Copyist (fol. 58) : uDjj.

95.

Or. 4253.— Foil. 157 ; 8 in. by 5f ; about 20
lines, 3f in. long ; written in Neskhi, with
dates ranging from A.H. 1061 to 1092
(A.D. 1651—1681). [BUDGE.]

Foil. 1—79. Commentary of 'Ali B.
Sultan Muhammad al-Kari (d. A.H. 1014)
upon the same treatise, al-Jazariyyah.

Beg. L*lLa5\ (J\*J\

V J
J'

>, u . . .

For more detail, and other copies, see
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 522; the
Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 426 ; and for
the commentator's life and works, Khulasat
al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 185.

II. Foil. 80—97. ^ ^ j ^\ ju)\
A metrical treatise on the pronunciation

60

of the Coran, by Muhammad [B. Mahmud]
B. Muh. al-Sharif al-Samarkandi al-Hama-
dani, with the author's own commentary,
entitled : jj jd\ jjLJ) wi» j o l\

r tf ** "^ &<>

of the Comm. : jii- ^JJI ^

The poem, which rhymes in ^, begins :

JIaji Khal. calls the author Muh. B. Mah-
mud B. Muh. al-Samarkandi, and mentions
also another work of his on the pronunciation
of the Fatihah. See vol. iv., p. 231, and
p. 545.

III. Foil. 98—111.

A treatise on the spelling of the copies
of the Coran sent by 'Uthman to the chief
Muslim cities, by Muh. B. Mahmud B. Muh.
al-Kari al-Shlrazi al-Shafi'i.

Beg.

The author, having observed how much
the usual spelling of Corans departed from
the orthography of 'Uthman's original copy,
insists upon the duty of strictly keeping to
the latter. He then sets forth in detail, in
five and twenty Babs, the special features of
the archaic spelling.

IV. Foil. 112—122. A commentary by
Ahmad B. 'Ali, known as al-Makini, upon a
metrical treatise on the pronunciation of the
Fatihah, by al-Ja'bari, entitled : ^

56

PRONUNCIATION OF THE GORAN.

Beg. [y*

.iS ^1=S ^ LJJoJI

The poem begins :

J>J

The commentary was written by desire of
the Mufti Shaikh Ibrahim B. Hasan al-Ahsa'i,
aiid was completed in al-Ahsa, Jumada II.,
A.H. 1041.

The author of the poem is Burhan al-DIn
Ibrahim B. 'Umar al-Ja'bari, who died
A.H. 732. See Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p 416 ;
the Berlin Catalogue, no. 542 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 35.

V. Foil. 123—140.

s>\*

A metrical treatise, Urjiizah, upon doubt-
ful readings in the Coran, by 'Ali al-Sakhawi.

Beg. \Ji\5 i> urjUr-N JS

The author, 'Alam al-Dm Abu '1-Hasan
'Ali B. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Samad al-Sakhawi,
wrote also a commentary upon the Shati-
biyyah, and a Nuniyyah on the pronunciation
of the Fatihah. He died A.H. 643. See
Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 495 ; the Berlin
Catalogue, no. 710 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. i., p. 47.

The work is alphabetically arranged.
Under each letter are mentioned parallel, but
not identical, texts, which may give rise to
confusion, with references to the Surahs in
which they occur.

VI. Foil. 142—156. A treatise on the
correct pronunciation of the Coran, by Mu-
hammad B. 'Umar B. Khalid al-Kadlni
al-Falluji, Shaikh al-Islam, in Syria : ^

J (.

[corrected to

J J\ a^J

The author treats of the Madd, of which
five kinds are distinguished, and, fol. 158a, of
the Idghiim. He says at the end, that he
followed in this matter the teachings of his
Shaikh 'Abd al-Samad, &, ^ >W I* ^

96.

Or. 4254.— Foil. 135 ; 8J by 5f ; 21 lines,
4 in. long ; written in small and fair Neskhi ;
dated Dulka'dah, A.H. 1218 (A.D. 1804).

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 4 — 13. A short treatise on the
correct pronunciation of the Coran, entitled :

Beg.

&)

\L<J

U)*.-

al)

The work treats of Madd, of the articulation
of letters, of Tajwld, Idgham and Wakf . The
author, whose name does not appear, quotes
'Ala al-DIn al-Tarabulusi's commentary upon
al-Jazari. A copy is noticed, also without
author's name, in the. Khedive's Library,
vol. vii., p. 27.

II. Foil. 14—59. c> J *^ m]j\jU\
&-j£J\. A commentary by 'Abd al-Da'im B.
'Ali al-Azhari, upon the Mukaddimah of
Abu '1-Khair Muh. B. Muh. al-Jazari (see
no. 93).

PRONUNCIATION OF THE CORAN.

57

U

The commentary includes the full text,
•written in red ink. The explanation of the
first Bait begins : j,- 9,Ui« J*i

At the end is an appendix on the rules to
be observed by the Goran-reader, in the
discharge of his office. It begins :

A commentary by Zain al-Din 'Abd al-
Da'im B. 'All al-Azhari, who died A.H. 870,
is mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 79,
but without title. Our MS. appears to
contain another recension of the commentary
described by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 51 4. It has the same appendix ; but,
with regard to the beginning of the com-
mentary proper, it agrees with that of 'Abd
al-Da'im's pupil, Khalil B. 'Abdallah al-
Azhari, as given under no. 515.

III. Foil. 60-61. 'Remarks of Abu '1-Hasan
'Ali B. Ja'far B. Muh. al-Razi on the pro-
nunciation of J and y in the Goran.

Beg. ^j\}\ *+** y

\4»i? y* j^S ..

IV. Foil. 62—77. A treatise upon Tajwld,
and on the readings of Abu 'Amr, by Abu '1-
Hasan al-Maliki al-Shadili.

Beg.

>- (_Jii\ . . .

Tlie author had compiled, under the above

title, a work on the seven readings of the
Goran, based upon the Taisir (of 'Uthm.m
B. Sa'id al-Dani, d. A.H. 444), and the Kflfi
(of Isma'Il B. Ahmad al-Sarakhsi al-Hara\vi,
d. A.H. 414). He extracted from it subse-
quently the present abridgment confined to
the reading of Abu 'Amr, as the most
current in Egypt. It is divided into the
following seven Pasls : 1. •- -*'

2. ,v.j!^ ; 3. ^^, v_iS^ ; 4.

5.. it u
• t -* lOJl

; 7.

; 6.

V. Foil. 78—89. A catalogue of the
Surahs, showing where each was revealed,
in Mecca or Medina, and the number of
verses and letters in each.

Beg. ObJ «LM> A £*ij-« Jj ****

VI. Foil. 896—99. A treatise on the
correct pronunciation of the Goran according
to the seven readers, without author's name.

Beg.

VII. Foil. 100—134. A concordance of
the Goran, showing in what Surahs identical
or similar groups of words occur, with the
heading : w^ j *jlii*N oU£ j

Beg.

It begins with a few verses, and continues
in prose.

The transcriber of foil. 4 — 99 is Muh.
Amln al-Hafiz B. Mulla 'Abd al-Kadir B.
al-Haj 'Umar.

Foil 100 — 134 have been written by al-
Haj Abu Bakr, A.H. 1202 (A.D. 1788).

58

COMMENTARIES UPON THE COHAN.

97.

COMMENTARIES UPON THE
CORAN.

Or. 2922.— Foil. 127 ; 9f in. by 6| ; 21 lines,
5J in. long ; written in cursive and irregu-
lar, but distinct, Neskhi ; dated the 5th of
Rajab, A.H. 764 (A.D. 1363).

The second volume of the commentary of
Abu' 1-Laith al- Samarkand! upon the Goran.

Abu '1-Laith Nasr B. Muhammad B. Ibra-
him al-Samarkandi, a Hanafi jurist, died at
Balkh, in the month of Jumada II., A.H.
375, as stated in Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48,
fol. 1456, and al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, Add.
23359, fol. 1246. But later dates are
assigned by other writers to his death,
namely A.H. 393 by Ibn Kutlubugha, p.
58, no. 242, and A.H. 383 by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii., p. 136.

The MS. is endorsed : ^~iJ y- JISM ^
d-oAN £\ ; at the end is written: jLs' j-\

*U\ t^j L^W ^ yljHNjJUJJ y* JM>\. But

here the name of the author has been
obliterated, although still faintly visible, and
the word i_JlS/ written in its place. The
text agrees with the extracts from the Tafsir
of Abu '1-Laith, given by Ahlwardt in the
Berlin Catalogue, no. 724.

The volume wants some leaves at the
beginning. The first words of the text are :

>& I* \JJ6

(Surah ix. 35). The com-
mentary begins as follows : US^ «jjLi!\ Jli'

\JOjj- 'j'flws- ±^ Ujjc- JUi

Jls

Besides the latter part of Surah ix., the
volume contains the following Surahs : x.
fol. 7& ; xi. fol. 23a ; xii. fol. 41a ; xiii.
fol. 59a ; xiv. fol. 68a ; xv. fol. 756 ; xvi.
fol. 826; xvii. fol. 99a; and xviii. foil.
1166— 127o.

Copyist :

For complete copies of the same commen-
tary see Casiri, no. 1294, and the Khedive's
Library, vol. i., p. 50. For detached volumes
see the Berlin Catalogue, nos. 734 — 36 and
824 — 29, the Ley den Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 17,
and Aumer, Munich Catalogue, no. 78.

98.

Or. 2923.— Foil. 198; 8f in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
4Jin. long ; written in rather cursive, but
fair, Neshki ; dated Damascus, the 3rd of
Jumada I., A.H. 692 (A.D. 1293).

The third volume, eJljM && (colophon),
of the same commentary, beginning as follows :
^ ^\ \Js

£ yi,

It comprises the following Surahs : — xix.
fol. lb; xx. fol. 136; xxi. fol. 30a ; xxii.
fol. 45a ; xxiii. fol. 59a ; xxiv. fol. 70a ; xxv.
fol. 89 (after fol. 91 there is a lacuna extend-
ing from xxv '. 19, to xxvi. 225); xxvii. fol.
926; xxviii. fol. 1055; xxix. fol. 1186;
xxx. fol. 127a ; xxxi. fol. 135a ; xxxii. fol.
141a ; xxxiii. fol. 1456 ; xxxiv. fol. 1646 ;
xxxv. fol. 175ft ; xxxvi. fol. 183ft, and
xxxvii. fol. 1866.

Copyist:

Three folios, viz. 156, 157, and 195, have
been supplied by a later hand.

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

51)

99.

Or. 3999.— Poll. 66 ; 11 in. by 7f ; fragments
by various hands, apparently of the 14th
and 15th centuries. [GLASER, no. 294.]

I. Foil. 1 — 54; 83 lines, 5^ in. long; written
in small, close, very sparely pointed, Neshki.

Fragment of a commentary upon the
Goran, without author's name.

The author is Abu '1-Hasan 'AH B. Ahmad
B. Muh. al-Wahidi, who died A.H. 468.
He composed three commentaries upon the
Goran, respectively called lax-Jl or exten-
sive, laju»jN or medium, and j*-»-jM or
abridged. See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane,
vol. ii., p. 246, Suyuti, De Interpretibus
Corani, no. 70, and Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or.
50, fol. 114.

Our fragment appears to belong to the
second, or intermediate commentary. The
text is fuller than the extracts from al-Wajiz
given by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no.
749, and contains the Isnads quoted by him
from the Wasit, ib. no. 750. It extends
from the 30th verse of Surah xxv. to the
first verse of Surah Ixxiv. ; but there are
some internal lacunae, and foil. 2 — 5, 31 — 35,
are more or less torn at the bottom.

Surah xxxii. begins, fol. 10, as follows :

.,t..,a,!>

U

^-, JS Jli'

A MS. of the Wasit is mentioned by
Auuaer, Munich Catalogue, no. 79. See also
the Khedive's Library, vol. L, pp. 59 and
112.

II. Fol. 55. The first leaf of an abridg-
ment of the Kashshaf of al-Zamakhshari by
'Abdallah B. al-Hadi B. Amir al-Muminin
Yahya B. Hamzah, with the following title:

Beg ..... wl

^ JJ1

The author lived in the latter half of the
eighth century A.H. His father al-Hadi
was the sixth son of Imam al-Muayyad, who
died A.H. 749. See al-Tarjuman, fol. 166i.

III. Fol. 56—63 ; 25 lines, 5f in. long.
Fragment of a commentary upon a treatise
on logic, without author's name.

It is the commentary of Kutb al-Dln
Muhammad B. Muh. al-Razi al-Tahtuni
(d. A.H. 766) upon the Shamsiyyah of Najm
al-Din 'AH B. 'Umar al-Katibi (d. A.H. 675).
See Loth, no. 503, Pertsoh, no. 1186, etc.

The contents correspond with pp. 16 — 78
of the Calcutta edition of 1815. The portion
of the text included extends from paragraph
3 to the beginning of paragraph 13 of
Sprenger's edition of the Shamsiyyah.

Fol. 65 is the first leaf of the second
vol. of al-Bahr (Or. 4021). Fol. 66 is a
fragment of a commentary upon a legal
treatise, relating to the law of marriage.

i 2

60

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

100.

Or. 3065.— Foil. 249 ; 9£ in. by 6f ; 21 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fine Neskhi, with a
fair sprinkling of vowels; dated 29 Dulka'dah,
A.H. 644 (A.D. 1247).

[KEEMEE, no. 72.]

-Xojl&l)} t— VuJ

A commentary upon the Goran, by Burhan
al-Din Taj al-Kurra Mahmud B. Hamzah B.
Nasr al-Kirmani.

Beg. j£s* ^ L

The author, who died some time after
A.H. 500, wrote two commentaries upon
the Goran, one entitled ^UlH <_. >U), ex-
plaining the entire text, and another called
t_*>yMj i^U?"', confined to such passages
as are open to rare and ingenious interpreta-
tions. The former, the present work, is
described by Haj. Khal., with the above
beginning, vol. v.,p. 299, and vol. ii.,p. 377.
The second is mentioned, ib., vol. ii., p. 338,
vol. iv., p. 309 and vol. v., p. 115. In the
first of these three passages, the author is
blamed for discarding the authentic exegesis
handed down by the Sahabah, and resorting
to arbitrary and fanciful interpretations.
Al-Suyuti, who did not think him worthy of
a place in his Tabakat al-Mufassirm, mentions
him as a grammarian, Bughyat al-Wu'at,
Or. 3042, fol. 199a, and ascribes to him,
besides the ^x->laj3\ ^W, the following gram-
matical works: al-Ijaz, abridged from al-
Idah (H. Kh., vol. i., p. 515); al-Nizami,
abridged from al-Luma' (ib., vol. v., p. 332) ;
al-Ifadah (ib., vol. i., p. 370) ; and al-'Unwan
(ib., vol. iv., p. 275).

In his Itkan, Calcutta edition, p. 907, the
same author taxes al-Kirmani with giving in
his work, t— -ol^j c-JU^, reprehensible in-
terpretations, which none should adopt or
even mention, except to warn others against

them. He mentions, however, with praise,
p. 736, another work of the same author,
^yiN aol±^« ,j U\J^>M. The present volume
is designated at the end as the first quarter
of the TafsTr, ^^\ j*-fl-5 ^ Jj^H gj\, and
on the title-page as Jl^b^-U^ »_JjJ ^ Jj^l.

The title does not appear in the text. In
a short preamble, the author describes the
work as follows : ^ <_;\i£J) \ j* <j

3\

The author's name appears at the be-
ginning of Surah i. as follows ; ^J^\ Jls

fjf- s&\ ^jOj
The commentary begins :

At the beginning of Surah iii., the author
gives again some information as orally re-
ceived by him from the same Abu Sahl Muh.
B. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Abi'1-Fadl al-Naisaburi
al-Kashghari, who had it from 'Ali al-Wahidi,
author of JjjJJ^ >-j\~»\. The latter, a well-
known commentator, died A.H. 468 ; see Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane's translation, vol. ii.,
p. 246.

The volume contains the following Surahs :
i. fol. 2a ; ii. fol. 7a ; iii. fol. lOla ; iv. fol.
156a ; v. fol. 185a ; and vi., fol. 2176. The
whole text is given in longer or shorter
passages, and is distinguished from the
commentary by a larger character.

Copyist : »U~»s> ^ (.

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

101.

Or. 2977.— Foil. 266 ; 8f in. by 6| ; 23 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in cursive, but fair and
distinct, Neskhi ; probably in the 13th
century. [H. STERN.]

The second volume of the commentary of
al-Husain B. Mas'ud al-Farra al-Baghawi,
who died A.H. 516 (see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 61a, 7636; Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue,
no. 524 ; Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no.
753) ; the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p.
105, etc.).

Beg. cJjJ

4*\3? JIS &i*

Ji

The text is distinguished from the com-
mentary by a larger character. The volume
is endorsed by a later hand : ^ ,J\5-N ^JA
t/j*jJJ JjjjjLM |JU*. It contains the follow-
ing Surahs : vii. fol. 16 ; viii. fol. 436 ;
ix. fol. 636; x. fol. 107a; xi. fol. 1206;
xii. fol. 1376 ; xiii. fol. 162a; xiv. fol. 1736;
xv. fol. 1826 ; xvi. fol. 191a ; xvii. fol. 206a ;
xviii. foil. 2376—2666,

The contents correspond with those of
the second volume (Jild) of the edition
lithographed in Bombay, A.H. 1295, pp.
334—563, and with those of no. 758 of the
Berlin Catalogue.

Defects of the original MS. have been
supplied by several hands, viz. foil. 231 — 254,
in a handwriting of the 14th century, and
foil. 1 and 230, 16—18, and 255—266, by
several later hands.

102.

Or. 4002.— Foil. 64; 10 in. by 6£; 25 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, probably
in the 14th century. [GLASEK, no. 297.]

Another portion of the same commentary,
imperfect, and slightly damaged at beginning
and end. The fragment extends from Surali
xxxvi. 69, to Surah Ixiv. 12. It corresponds
with the complete copy described in the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 62, Add. 7234, from
fol. 162a, line 13, to. fol. 238«, line 33.

The commentary on Surah xxxvii. begins,
fol. 2, as follows : ^-Uc. ^\ J\* '

lJ U3J1 J jlil

103.

Or. 4255.— Foil. 307; 9f in. by 6J ; from
21 to 23 lines, 5J in. long ; written in large
and bold Neskhi, with occasional vowels ;
dated Kuds al-Sharif (Jerusalem), middle of
Sha'ban, A.H. 715 (A.D. 1315). [Bowm.]

The last volume of the same work, extend-
ing from the beginning of Surah xxxix.,
, to the end of the Goran.

fr b JS

Beg. ^.J

The original, somewhat obliterated, title

s :

under which is written by a later hand :

The MS. consists of two nearly equal parts,
the first of which, ending with Surah Ivii.,
wants a few lines at the end. The second

begins, fol. 1316, with Surah Iviii., ibU?' 5,^-..

104.

Or. 3371.— Foil. 333 ; 10^ in. by 6f ; 25 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in a fine formal Xeskhi,

G2

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

with all vowels, with gold-ruled margins,
probably in the 17th century. [JOHN LEE.]

The first volume of the Kashsbaf of
Mahmud B. 'Umar al-Zamakhshari (died
A.H. 538 ; see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 62,
and Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 769).

It is designated in the colophon as the
first of three volumes, v.jU^J) ^ J^\ Jfrf* J
I^D^ <bj£ ll}*, and extends from the beginning

of the Goran to the end of Surah vii. Its
contents correspond with those of the Cal-
cutta edition of 1856, vol. i., pp. 2 — 498.

The MS. is described in Dr. Lee's Cata-
logue, p. 7, no. 15. Prefixed is a letter of
Burggraf to Dr. Lee, dated 'Liege, le 10
Decbre, 1845.' The writer returns the MS.
to the latter, and says that he had collated
it with two copies in the Bibliotheque Royale,
with a view to the editing of the work.

105.

Or. 4256.— Foil. 232 ; 9 in. by 4f ; 26 lines,
3j in. long; written in neat and minute
Neskhi, apparently in the 15th century.

[BUDGE.]

A volume of the same commentary, desig-
nated on the outer edge and on the fly-leaf
as the third quarter of the work.

It extends from the beginning of Surat
Maryam, to the end of Surat al-Safat (Surahs
xix. — xxxvii.).

Foil. 2—14 and 23—30 have been supplied
by a somewhat later hand.

106.

Or. 4010.— Foil. 300 ; 9f in. by 7| ; 27 lines,
5J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, probably

in the 14th century, with portions supplied
by a somewhat later hand ; partly damaged
by damp. [GlASEK, no. 308.]

The latter half of the same commentary,
imperfect at beginning and end.

It contains Surahs xxxi. — civ. The com-
mentary begins : t_*-*lsi? i^HM ^ «U\ l^ c-»b
l^lxls- ^j (Calcutta edition, p. 1104, line 21),
and ends with ^^^ laLc* ^^ ^\ j^agj
JbUN \l£>\ >UJMJ (ib., p. 1646, line 5).

107.

Or. 3914.— Foil. 331 ; 11 in. by 8 ; 26 lines,
5-g- in. long ; written in rather coarse Neskhi ;
dated Monday, 16 Dulka'dah, A.H. 968
(A.D. 1561). ' [GrLASEK, no. 208.]

The third and last volume of a Tafsir
abridged from the Kashshaf of al-Zamakh-
shari, with this title :

Beg.

&jLJjo

The author, whose name does not appear,
is Sayyid 'Abdallah B. al-Hadi B. Amir al-
Muminln Yahya B. Hamzah, who lived about
A.H. 800. See above, no. 99, II.

This volume extends from the beginning of
Surah xxix., Oj^M S,.->, to the end of the
Goran. The contents correspond with pages
1069—1647 of the Calcutta edition of the
Kashshaf.

It was copied at the expense of Fakih
Sarim al-Din Ibrahim B. Sulaiman B. Sharah
Allah B. 'Umair al-Dlbani al-Habri.

Foil. 328 — 330, written by the same hand,
contain a prayer to be recited after complet-

COMMENTARIES UPON THE CORAN.

63

ing the reading of the Goran, by 'Izz al-Dln
Muhammad B. al-Hadi B. Amir al-MQminin,
apparently a brother of the author of the
commentary.

108.

Or. 3864.— Foil. 260; 10 in. by 6£; 24 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in a small and distinct
Neskhi, apparently in Persia, in the 15th or
16th century. [GLASER, no. 152.]

A commentary upon the Goran, without
title or author's name, comprising Surahs
xix. — cxiv.

Beg. (jrjli j\ b

v\ £J°. (J$ ^j**1 *^ sjj

It is evidently abridged from the Kashshaf
of al-Zamakhshari. Dr. Glaser calls the
author Molla Zada, a name which does not
appear in the MS. The text of the Goran is
given verse by verse and written in red ink.
There are some marginal annotations from
the Tafslr of Ibn Kathlr (Isma'Il B. 'Umar,
who died A.H. 774; v. Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 349). This abridgment differs from the
preceding, Or. 3914. Prefixed to the volume
is a notice of the two great commentators,
al-Zamakhshari and Ibn 'Atiyyah ('Abd al-
Hakk B. Ghalib al-Gharnati ; v. Meursinge,
no. 49, and Ahlwardt, no. 800), who died
A.H. 541 or 542. It is taken from the
preface of al- Bahr al-Muhit .by Abu Hayyan
(v. Or. 3863).

109.

Or. 4000.— Foil. 26; 11 in. by 8; 26 lines,
6^ in. long ; written in a small and neat,
but sparsely pointed, Neskhi, apparently in
the 14th century. [GLASBE, no. 295.]

Fragment of a Tafsir abridged from al-
Kashshaf. It extends from the beginning of
Surat al-Bakarah to v. 63 of the same Surah.

The contents correspond with those of the
Calcutta edition of the Kashsbaf from p. l!i,
line 4, to p. 81, line 6.

The commentary upon the first extant
words of the text *jj ._-.>., ^, begins as follows :

Foil. 25-26 contain a Kasidah by Fakih Muh.
B. 'All B. 'Umar al-L)amadi al-Tihami in
answer to the Kasidah of Sayyid Shams al-
Din Ahmad B. 'Ali al-Mu'afi. "

110.

Or. 2184.— Foil. 96 ; 61 in. by 45 ; 13 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with tbe
vowels ; dated al-Salihiyyah, Damascus, 5
Ramadan, A.H. 694 (A.D. 1295).

An explanation of the Mubhamilt in the
Coran, to which the following title is prefixed
in the handwriting of the copyist :

U.

JU3 «JJ

Abu'l-Kasim 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abdallah
B. Ahmad al-Khath'ami al-Suhaili, author of
the well-known commentary upon the Sirat
al-Rasul of Ibn Hisham, died A.H. 581 ; see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 582fc.

~ "
. Beg. Jjo uJ^»j U-.^ «jl J* ^&\ al!

The full title of the present work is :

see Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 720.
The same title, with a slight variation, is
given by al-Suyuti in his Itkan, Calcutta

64

COMMENTARIES UPON THE CORAN.

edition, p. 15, and by Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 319, who quotes also the initial words as
above. See further Ibn Khallikan, De
Slane's translation, vol. ii., p. 99. In the
colophon the work is simply called t-^U^
iU$x»!\ l»*«^. It is mentioned in the Itkan,
p. 808, as the earliest work treating especially
of the Mubhamat.

The Mubhamat, which form the subject of
Suhaili's commentary, are general expres-
sions intended by the speaker to designate
definite persons or things, the proper names
of which have been handed down by tradition.
They are taken in the order in which they
are found in the text, the names of the
respective Surahs forming the rubrics.

After fol. 1 there is a lacuna of some extent ;
the latter part of the preface, all that relates
to Surahs i. — v. and the first portion of
Surah vi. are lost. The first text extant
is : 0-i» *J1 -£ ^ J^ ^jl J\i' j\ (Surah vi.
93), the commentary upon which begins :

ajou-* y& Jlib

"— »»

There are also some minor gaps and a few
transpositions in the body of the volume.

For other copies see the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 62, and Landberg, no. 504.

111.

Or. 1105.— Foil. 247 ; 12iin.by8; 35 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in a neat and formal
Neskhi, apparently in the 16th century.

[WARREN HASTINGS.]

A commentary upon the Goran, by Fakhr
al-Dln Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Umar B. al-
ii usain al-Razi, called Ibn Khatlb al-Rai,
who died in Herat A.H. 606.

For the author's life see Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah,
vol. ii., pp. 23 — 30 ; Wiistenfeld, Arabische
Aertzte, no. 200 ; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
version, vol. ii., p. 652 ; Casiri, vol. i., p. 183 ;
Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 52, fol. 229; and
Suyuti, Tabakat al-Mufassirin, no. 120.

From the above sources we learn that
al-Razi's commentary, called also al-Tafsir
al-Kablr, consisted of twelve volumes, in-
dependently of a separate volume devoted to
the Fatihah. Al-Suyuti describes it in his
Itkan, Calcutta edition, p. 917, as full of
irrelevant philosophical disquisitions, adding
that it had been said of it, that it contained
all manner of things save one — the explana-
tion of the text. The Mafatih al-Ghaib has
been printed in eight voll., Bulak, A.H. 1289,
and Constantinople, A.H. 1294.

The present MS., which is imperfect at
beginning and end, and contains neither
title nor author's name, has been identified
by comparison with the Bulak edition. It
begins abruptly with comments upon Surah x.
20, at a passage corresponding with vol. iv.,
p. 819, line 28, and breaks off in the com-
ments upon Surah xviii. 8 — 11, at a pas-
sage corresponding with vol. v., p. 683,
line 20. The text is given entire, and in red
ink. The first passage occurring in the MS.,
fol. 2b, is v. 21 of Surah x., and the com-

mentary upon it begins : ^

The next following Surahs begin respec-
tively as follows : xi. fol. 30« ; xii. fol. 63a ;
xiii. fol. 996 ; xiv. fol. 118a ; xv. fol. 139a ;
xvi. fol. 1556 ; xvii. fol. 198a ; xviii. fol. 243^.
At the end of Surahs x. — xiv., the author
gives dates of composition ranging from
Rajab, A.H. 601, to the end of Sha'ban, same
year, adding that he was then mourning the
premature death of his son Muhammad.

The earlier commentators most frequently

COMMENTARIES UPON THE CORAX.

65

quoted are al-Zajjaj (Ibrahim B. al-Sari,
d. A.H. 311), al-Wahidi (<Ali B. Ahmad, d.
A.H. 468), and, above all, the author of al-
Kashshaf, i.e. al-Zaraakhshari.

The following detached portions of al-
Razi's commentary are found in European
libraries : Surah i. in Berlin, v. Alilwardt,
no. 941 ; Surahs i. — iv. in Paris, De Slane,
no. 613 ; Surahs i. — xviii., iii. — ix., and
xxxii. — cxiv., in the India Office, v. Loth,
nos. 65 — 67 ; Surahs i., ii. — iv., y., and xvi.,
xvii., in the Bodleian ; Uri, nos. v., xxvi.,
xiv. and xii. For complete copies and de-
tached volumes see the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 106.

112.

Or. 2981.— Foil. 179 ; 10J in. by 7 ; 27 lines,
5-|- in. long ; written in an inelegant, but dis-
tinct, Neskhi; dated Halab, Ramadan, A.H.
856 (A.D. 1452). [H. STERN.]

The first volume of an extensive commen-
tary upon the Corau, the author of which,
not named in the MS., is, according to Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., p. 400, Abu Muh. al-Mu'afa
B. Isma'il B. al-Husain Ibn Abi'l-Bayan (or
Ibn Abi'l-Sinan). Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, who
gives the same name, Add. 7356, fol. 706,
but, instead of Ibn Abi '1-Bayan, writes Ibn
Abi'l-Sinan, says that he was born in al-
Mausil A.H. 551, and died there A.H. 630.
Ibn Abi '1-Sinan is also the form adopted by
De Slane, Paris Catalogue, no. 732, and
by Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, LO. 612. He
wrote the following works : 1. »aa)\ Jj J*&\ ;

2. ujJoSiU Lri\ (II. Kh., vol. i., p. 454);

3. _/JJ\ J ^\ CH. Kh., vol. vi., p. 250) :

4. A great Tafsir, called ^boM (apparently an
abridged form of the above title), also noticed
by Haj. Khal., vol. ii., pp. 81, 379. See also

Tabakat al-Subki, Add. 23,361, fol. 2686,
and, for a copy of the present work, the
Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 111.

J«»

4)

Beg. laii- iufi

After stating that he had found no Tafsir
completely satisfactory, the author says that
he compiled the present one from a number
of works for his own use, and proceeds to
describe it as follows : ^J WN ^ wj

V« <^,\*»- . . . . )\ t^

The preface is followed by a Mukaddimah
on the excellence of knowledge, fol. 2a, and
the following ten preliminary chapters : 1.
Excellence of the Goran, fol. 4b. 2. Value of
a knowledge of the Coran, fol. 56. 3. Show-
ing that every verse has a literal and a
spiritual sense, fol. Ga. 4. Condemnation of
ignorant comments upon the Coran, fol. 7a.

5. Supernatural character of the Coran, ib.

6. Names of the Coran, fol. 8a. 7. On
Surah and verse, fol. 86. 8. On Tafsir and
Ta'wil, ib. 9. On the period during which the
Coran was revealed, fol. 9a. 10. On the
prayer called SJU-.^, fol. 96.

The rest of the volume is taken up with
the commentary upon al-Fatihah, fol. 10a,
and upon Surat al-Bakarah, down to v. 208,
fols. 2:'6— 179a.

K

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COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

The commentary upon the Fatihah begins :

The text is given entire, but in small por-
tions or single words introduced by the
words JU3 «!y in red ink. Early commen-
tators, as Ibn 'Abbas, Mukatil, Mujahid,
Katadah, Ibn Mas'ud, etc., are frequently
quoted, but hardly any of the more recent
writers. The latest appears to be al-Zajjaj,
who died A.H. 311.

Colophon :. <_.?

113.

Or. 3862.— Foil. 163 ; 10 J in. by 7| ; 25 lines,
5J in. long ; written in fair, bold Neskhi,
with very few diacritical points; dated Sa'dah,
the city of al-Hadi lil-Hakh Yahya B. al-
Husain, Tuesday, the 20th of Safar, A.H. 709
(A.D. 1309). Bound in ornamental stamped
leather covers. [GLASER, no. 150.]

A commentary upon the Goran, by Sabik
al-Dm Muhammad B. 'Ali B. Ahmad B.
Ya'Ish al-Nahwi. On the first page is the
following inscription by the same hand as the
text : ^fciL-U u;- [corrected to

The author, who lived in the seventh
century A.H., and died apparently before

A.H. 709, the date of the present MS.,
wrote also a grammatical work, entitled
^>&xM (Or. 3821). The author of the
manual of Zaidi law, called al-Tadkirah
(Or. 3861), who died A.H. 791, was his
great grandson.

The present volume, apparently the second,
begins as follows : Jjj

]? U*

It comprises the following Surahs : iv.
fol. 26; v. fol. 4la; vi. fol. 716; vii. fol.
1116 ; viii. fol. 144a ; and ix., from the be-
ginning to the end of v. 33, foil. 1566—1626.

The whole text is inserted verse by verse,
with the words Jjo »5y , and distinguished by
a larger character. The commentary is chiefly
grammatical, and does not contain any refe-
rence to previous commentators, except a few
of the earliest. At the beginning of almost
every Surah a Hadith is given, on the
authority of Ubayy, relating to its excellence
and the rewards promised to whosoever shall
recite it. At the beginning of Surat al-
Bara'at (ix.), the author gives the following
account of the occasion on which it was

revealed :

U

J-e

A few lines further is found the following
passage, which displays the Shi'ah partisan-
ship of the author : J\ 'i\j>

b!

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

67

Copyist :

114.

Or. 4001.— roll. 100 ; 10£ in. by 7$ ; about
25 lines, 5^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi,
with all the vowels, probably in the 14th
century. [(TLASER, no. 296.]

Another portion of the same commentary,
without author's name, with the following
title written on the outer edge:

It begins and ends abruptly, and extends
from Surah xii. 33, to Surah xxviii. 85.
There is, however, a lacuna after fol. 8. It
extends from Surah xii. 106 to Surah xiv. 4.

Surah xv. begins, fol. 15, as follows :
t\jj U

* *JI

The passages of the text are written in a
large character with black ink, and preceded
by the words JU «Jy, in red.

115.

Or. 3865.— Foil. 133; lO^in. by 7£; 15 lines,
4| in. long ; wi'itten in fine large Neskhi ;
dated end of Shawwiil, A.H. 700 (A.D. 1301).

[GrLASEB, no. 153].

The first volume of a commentary upon
the Coran, by 'All B. Yahya B. Muh. al-
Banna.

The title and the author's name are found
in the following inscription :

!

Lower down, and by the same hand,
evidently that of the author, is the following
addition, from which it appears that he had
this fair copy written for Shaikh Amin al-
Dm Zaid B. 'Ali, of San'a :

iij j.j

*M»

By the side of the above title is written, by
another hand, " abridged from al-Bayan by
al-Bahrani,"

The following note, written by a later
hand under the author's name, states that
he was one of the Zaidi 'Ulema, and was
once engaged in a dispute with the Imam
Ibrahim B. Taj al-Dm (who was proclaimed
A.H. 670, and died A.H. 683), as to the in-
terpretation of the prayer called al-Tsti'ildah :

4JJI

4Mb

In a short preface the author says that
the difficulty experienced by himself and his
contemporaries in referring, in case of need,
to the great Tafsirs, induced him to compile
a commentary of lighter bulk, and confined
K 2

G8

COMMENTARIES UPON THE CORAN.

to a limited number of verses, which he and
his brethren could consult with ease.

The commentary does not include the
entire text, but only detached verses, or
group of verses, which are distinguished by
a larger character. Authorities are not, as
a rule, nominally referred to, but al-Zamakh-
shari is occasionally quoted. The present
volume comprises the following Surahs :
i. fol. 2a ; ii. fol. 3b ; iii. fol. 74a ; iv. foil.
115a — 132&. It breaks off in the comments
upon v. 62 of Surah iv. The last page is
taken up with the story of a dispute between
'Ammar B. Yasir and Khalid B. al-Walld,
upon the occasion on which that verse is said
to have been revealed.

A detached leaf at the end contains a
prayer in the author's handwriting. It is
signed 'Ali B. Yahya, and dated end of
Shawwal, A.H. 700.'

116.

Or. 4258.— Foil. 479 ; 8J in. by 6 ; 29 lines,
3f in. long ; written in a very neat and
minute Persian Neskhi, with gold-ruled
margins, apparently in the 16th century.

[BODGE.]

The well-known commentary of al-Baidawi
(Nasir al-Dm 'Abdallah B. 'Umar) ; see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 64b.

The dates, A.H. 685 or 691-2, generally
assigned to the author's death, appear to be
too early. Hamdullah Mustaufi, a contem-
porary writer, states that he died after
A.H. 710 (v. Persian Catalogue, p. 823).

In a notice of his life, extracted from
Kitab al-Akallm, Or. 3328, fol. 200, and
found also in an abridged form in the fly-leaf
of the present MS., it is stated that he gave

up worldly pursuits, spent the latter part of
his life in seclusion at Tebriz, and died there
A.H. 716.

The MS. has lost the first two leaves. It
begins abruptly with these words : l»5 «iO
*j>s. ^j J-»»u«o ^1 i^as: sds- «_J* (Fleischer's
edition, p. 4, last line).

The first few leaves have marginal notes,
in a microscopic character. Foil. 378 — 417
have been supplied by a modern hand. For
other copies see the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iv., p. 31; Berlin, no. 517, seqq. ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 55, etc.

117.

Or. 1193.— Foil. 525; 8 in. by 5£; 21 lines,
3^ in. long; written in a small and close
Turkish Nestalik ; apparently in the 17th
century. [ALEX. JABA.]

Gloss of 'Isam al-Dm Ibrahim B. Mu-
hammad B. 'Arabshah al-Isfara'ini upon the
preceding commentary of al-Kadi al-Baidawi.

Beg. JJ

The author, whose name is written in the
preface: ^J^a**^ sll^s- ^ ±+^? ^ f**!^'
yjjl ,»^o .£ll»^, dedicates his work to
Sultan Sulaiman B. Salim, whom he praises
as the conqueror of the perverse Shi'ah, and
the mighty defender of the Sunnis. He
states at the end that he completed that
portion of the work in Shawwal, A.H. 940.
He died in Samarkand, A.H. 943 ; see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 784, ad. p. 573.

Haj. Khal. states, vol. i., p. 477, that the
Hashiyah consists of two parts, the first
extending from the beginning of the Goran
to the end of Surah vi., the second from
Surah Ixxviii. to the end of the Coran. The

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

69

present MS. contains the former; it com-
prises notes on al-Baidiiwi's preface, and the
gloss to the commentary upon the following
Surahs : i. fol. 6«; ii. fol. 29« ; iii. fol. 2886;
iv. fol. 355a; v. fol. 497« ; vi. foil. 477—525.

Incomplete copies are described in the
Khedive's Library, vol. i., pp. 81 and 96.
The first part, down to the end of Surah v.,
is noticed in the Copenhagen Catalogue,
no. 45, and the second part in the Berlin
Catalogue, nos. 836-7. Loth mentions, under
no. 84, a copy containing apparently the
entire work.

The MS. contained a date of transcription
at the end of Surah ii., fol. 28 7 a ; but the
figures have been obliterated, and A.H. 940,
the date of composition, has been written
over them.

Copyist : *Jui»

118.

Or. 3863:— Foil. 271 ; 9f in. by 6£ ; 25 lines,
4f in. long ; written in bold Neskhi, want-
ing most diacritical points ; dated four days
before the end of Ramadan, A.H. 784 (A.D.
1382). ' [GLASER, no. 151.]

A volume of a grammatical commentary
upon the Goran, without title or author's
name.

It is evidently a portion of the work en-
titled LiJL^*51 ^\j^\ i_»y\ J jjis^l by Abu Ishak
Ibrahim B. Mull. B. Ibrahim al-Kaisi al-
Safakusi al-Milliki. It corresponds with the
account given of that work by Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 353, and vol. v., p. 410. According

to that account the author compiled it from
the commentary of his Shaikh Abu Hayyan
(entitled I»AS^ ^ ; v. Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p.
20, and the Berlin Catalogue, no. 882) and
from the work of Abu '1-Baka (v^l j (jW
y\Jtt by Abu '1-Baka 'Abdallah B. al-Husaiu
al-'Ukbari, who died A.H. 616; see Bughyat
al-Wu'at, f. 1446, Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 185,
and De Slane, Paris Catalogue, no. G20).
He designated by « the additions borrowed
from the work of his Shaikh and by CJ5 his
own observations.

Our 'MS. is in perfect agreement with the
above, especially with regard to the last
mentioned notations. Abu '1-Baka is quoted
on every page, but his interpretations arc
frequently disputed or refuted.

The commentary deals only with the
grammatical interpretation. It does not
contain the entire text, but only detached
words, or groups of two or three words,
written in red ink. The rubrics of the
several Surahs are
, and so on.

The volume comprises the following
Surahs: v. fol. 16; vi. fol. 426; vii. fol.
916 ; viii. fol. 127a ; ix. fol. 1376 ; x. fol.
1536; xi. fol. 1686; xii. fol. 186a ; xiii.
fol. 200a ; xiv. fol. 2076 ; xv. fol. 2156 ;
xvi. fol. 221a ; xvii. fol. 234a ; xviii. fol.
2486 ; xix. foil. 2616—2716.

Notices of the author, and of his Shaikh,
Abu Hayyan Muh. B. Yusuf B. 'Ali al-
Gharnati, called Athir al-Dm, will be found
in al-Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3043, fol. 106,
and Or. 3044, fol. 137a. The former studied
first in Bijayah, and then in Cairo under
Abu Hayyan ; he was born A.H. 697 and
died 18 Dulka'dah, A.H. 742. His Shaikh,
Abu Hayyan, who was born A.H. 654, sur-
vived him, dying 28 Safar, A.H. 745.

70

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

Two volumes of the same commentary
comprising Surahs i. — xviii. have been de-
scribed by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no.
881. See also the Khedive's Library, vol. i.,
p. 94.

119.

Or. 3948.— Foil. 203 ; 9J in. by 7 ; about
33 lines, 5 in. long ; written in small, and
almost unpointed Neskhi, apparently in the
15th century. [GLASEB, no. 242. J

A commentary upon the Goran, without
title or author's name.

Beg.

LibV

U,

The above is followed by a short introduc-
tion on the meaning of Tafsir, and its
distinction from Ta'wil. The commentary
extends over the whole of the Goran, but
includes only those words of the text which
require explanation.

The author does not use the Shi'ah formula
after the names of Hasan or

• &j^ aer e names

Husain, and quotes Sunni authorities, such
as Ibn al-Jauzi in the above introduction,
and al-Zamakhshari at the beginning of Surat
al-Bakarah ; but, in the body of the work,
he only refers to some of the earliest
traditionists, although borrowing occasionally
from the Kashshaf without acknowledgment.
The various interpretations given are only
introduced by the word JoJ, "it has been
said."

The commentary on the Surat al-Bakarah
begins, fol. 26, as follows : j l$$j-S»\ Uj J\

The following endorsement, written by a
later hand, ascribes the work to Abu '1-Baka
al-Samarkandi : *^a*M ^^0^ ^ jj-iXJU <_°vX
^<±jjj+~3\ \SL>!>\ ^"3. The title is taken from
the author's description of the work, as above
given.

The commentary upon each Surah begins
without any introductory remarks as to its
Meccan or Medinese origin, and deals more
with the meaning of the text and the tradi-
tions that throw light upon it, than with
grammatical analysis.

120.

Or. 3998.— Foil. 106 ; 10f in. by 7|.

[GLASER, no. 293.]

I. Foil. 1 — 85 ; 23 lines, 5 in. long ; written
in fine bold Neskhi, apparently in the 14th
century.

Fragment of a commentary upon the
Goran, without author's name. It extends
from Surah ii. 282 to Surah xvi. 85 ; but
there are several gaps, the most important
of which are — Fol. 3, from Surah iii. 24 to
Surah iv. 11 ; fol. 7, Surah iv., from 38 to 69 ;
fol. 14, from Surah iv. 74 to Surah v. 114;
fol. 25, from Surah vi. 141 to Surah vii. 78 ;
fol. 49, from Surah ix. 103 to Surah x. 32 ;
fol. 78, Surah xv. from 3 to 87.

The comm. on Surah iii. begins as follows :
.< (jU^ iiJj (jj

^ Jy *iK

<?<

The whole text is not included, but only

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

71

such words or passages as require explanation.
These are written in red ink. There are fre-
quent quotations from al-Tha'labi, introduced
by the words (J-±*3\ <j J\5, and some extracts
from al-Kashsh.if of al-Zamakhshari}JV J\j
*Ul The latest authority quoted, fol. 85fr, is
c-^jill, by which is meant the commentary
entitled ^^ t—^Jf-, by Nizam al-Din al-
ii asan B. Muh. al-Kummi al-Naisaburi, who
lived about A.H. 710 (Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 306, and Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 871).

At the beginning of each Surah there are
some Hadiths relating to the rewards pro-
mised for reading it.

II. Foil. 86—92; about 40 lines, 6 in.
long; written in small, cursive, and un-
pointed Neskhi; dated Jumada I., A.H. 858
(A.D. 1454).

A collection of 500 verses of the Goran,
on which are based the prescriptions of the
law.

Beg.

Obi gif* Jjo dH L

This is the llth book of the Dlbajah of al-
Bahr al-Zakhkhar (v. Or. 4021).

III. Foil. 93—105 ; 30 lines, 5| in. long;
fifteenth century.

Another copy of the above, wanting the
first page.

121.

Or. 4207.— Foil. 265; 7 in. by 5£; 25 lines,
3f in. long; written in small and neat Neskhi,
dated Saturday, 16 Dulka'dah, A.H. 969
(A.H. 1562). [LANE.]

The well-known commentary by Jalal al-

Din al-Mahalli and Jalal al-Din al-Suytiti,
called ^iW

The work has been often printed in the
East : Bulak, A.H. 1280, 1293, Cairo, A.H.
1297, and Calcutta, A. H. 1257. For MSS.
see the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 66, 67, 37G ;
Loth, no. 99 ; Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 885; Paris, nos. 652-5; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. i., p. 71.

Copyist : yjl . .

122.

Or. 4259.— Foil. 174 ; 6| in. by 3f ; 19 lines,
2| in. long ; written in minute Neskhi.

[BDDGE.J

The first half of the same commentary,
ending with Surah xvii.

At the end is Suyuti's epilogue stating
that he completed the work A.H. 870, and
the fair copy A.H. 871.

Copyist: o^=-\ *'

123.

Or. 4260.— Foil. 186, uniform with the pre-
ceding, and written by the same hand ; dated
A.H. 1120 (A.D. 1708). [BUDGE.]

The latter half of the work, beginning
with Surah xviii.

124.

Or. 3927.— Foil. 212 ; 8| in. by 6 ; from 21
to 23 lines, 4J in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi ; apparently in the 18th century.

[GLASER, no. 221.]

The first volume of the same work, Tafsir
al-Jalalain, ending with Surah xxii.

The Fatihah, which in most copies con-

72

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

eludes the work, is here placed at the begin-
ning. It is followed by the short preface of
al-Suyuti. The text of the Goran is written
throughout in red ink.

In Dr. Glaser's Verzeichniss the work is
ascribed to Abu al-Baka.

125.

Or. 3920.— Foil. 315; 10 in. by 7; 29 lines,
4J in. long ; written in small and distinct
Neskhi, apparently in the 16th century.

[GLASER, no. 214.]

The first volume of a commentary upon
the Goran, by Jalal al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman
al-Suyuti (died A.H. 911).

Beg.

U

After completing his Tafsir entitled Tar-
juman al-Kur'an (Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 277)
which gave the traditional interpretations
with their full Isnads, the author determined
to write the present abridgment, which is
confined to the text of the traditions, with
short references to their sources.

This abridgment consists, as stated by the
author in the list of his works, of twelve large
volumes (v. Haj. Khal. vol. vi., p. 667). The
present volume contains only the Fatihah,
fol. 2b, and Surat al-Bakarah, foil. 13&— 3156.
The initial words only of each verse com-
mented upon are inserted, preceded by the
words Jl»j *)y. The last two verses of the
second chapter are quoted thus, fol. 313a :
ii£-^.^ J_)**^\ tl?-e\ ^JUJ a!y, and their interpre-
tation is followed by traditions relating to
the close of the Surah and to prayers to be
recited after reading it.

Two portions of the same commentary are
described by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
nos. 896-7. See also Haj. Khal., vol. iii.,
p. 192, and the Khedive's Library, vol. i.,

p. 74.

126.

Or. 3917.— Foil. 279; 8£ in. by 6 ; from 23
to 25 lines, 4J in. long ; written in cursive
and inelegant Neskhi, apparently in the 17th
century. [GLASER, no. 211.]

.

A commentary upon the Goran, without
author's name. The MS. is imperfect at
beginning and end. The above title is written
by a later hand at the top of the first page,
with the addition &^fli* e>»*^ " by some
Hanafite."

We learn from the Khulasat al-Athar, vol.
iv., p. 403, that the work is due to Mustafa
B. 'Ali B. Nu'man al-Damadi al-Yamani,
who was born A.H. 1004 in Wadi Damad,
district of Sabyah, province of San'a, and
appears to have been, not a Hanafi, but a
Zaidi legist, for we are told that he had
studied al-Azhar, al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar, and
other standard works of Zaidi law. The
date of his death is not given. His Tafsir,
the epilogue of which the Khulasah quotes
in extenso, was highly esteemed in Yemen.
See also Wiistenfeld, Jemen im XI. Jahr-
hundert, p. 104. Ahlwardt, who mentions
it under the above title, Berlin Catalogue,
p. 380, no. 110, calls the author

The first part of the preface is lost. In
the first page extant the author says that
the best commentary upon the Goran is the
Goran itself, the next best the commentary
of the Prophet, as handed down from his
lips, the next that of his companions, above

all Ibn al-' Abbas, and the next that of the
Tabi'in, among whom the most trustworthy
are Mujahid B. Hubr, Katadah B. Di'amah,
Abu Ja'far al-Bakir and al-Hasan al-Basri.

Further on the author describes his work
as follows :

COMMENTARIES UPON THE CORAN. 73

The work is called on the title-page:

U UJ(J l^j

The commentary proper begins, fol. 2a, as
follows : ^ Sla31 Obi Af-* ^j

^ &»~jJ\ (J^J •

vo^ Jj^\5 u-

^ <>

The MS. breaks off, fol. 2785, after the
first line of Surah cxiii. : JAM ^ g*3l

127.

Or. 4277.— Foil. 54 ; 9| in. by 5 J ; from 27
to 31 lines, 4 in. long ; written in small and
neat Persian Neskhi, partly vocalized ; dated
from 29 Safar, A.H. 958 to 23 Sha'ban,
A.EL 963 (A.D. 1551—1556). [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 45. History of Joseph, being a
commentaryupon the Surat Yusuf (Surahxii.),
without author's name.

Beg.

J3

^ J\5 jVj

o, and the same title,
is found in the colophon. It begins with
traditions relating to the mustering by Adam
of his posterity, to which is prefixed an Isnad,
starting from Abu Hamid al-Ghazziili.

The commentary begins, fol. 3a, as follows :
,.* «ifr «i

JUi }\

J J u

Jl

The text of the Surah is included in the
commentary, and written in red ink. Some
passages are followed by a Persian para-
phrase, and further comments in the same
language.

II. Foil. 47 — 54. A Persian treatise on
passages of the Goran and Hadith, relating
to the horse, by 'Abd al - Samad Haji
Muhammad.

Beg.

The work is entitled
U\*H>\, dedicated to Mirza Muhammad 'Isa
Tarkhan, and divided into a Mukaddimah,
two Babs and a Khatimah.

Al-Nasikh wa'l MansuJch.

128.

Or. 3879.— Foil. 133 ; 7 in. by 5 ; from 22
to 25 lines, 3J in. long ; written in small
Neskhi, with frequent omission of the dia-
critical points, probably in the 13th century.

[GLASEE, no. 167.]

74

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

A -work treating of the abrogating and
abrogated verses of the Goran, by Abu Ja'far
Ahmad B. Muh. B. Isma'Il Saffar al-Nahwi.

The MS. is imperfect at the beginning
and at the end, and it has no title. The
author's name is found at the beginning of
Surah iii., fol. 436, as follows :

He is more generally known by the name
of Ibn al-Nahhas (Saffar and Nahhas being
synonymous terms for a worker in copper or
brass). Born in Egypt, he studied in
Baghdad under al-Akhfash, al-Mubarrad and
Nif tawaih ; he then returned to his native
country and died in Fustat, A.H. 338. See
Sam'ani, fol. 555a ; Bughyat al-Nu'at, Or.
3042, fol. 836; and Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. i., p. 81.

The above title is not found in the MS.
It is the generic title of works treating of
the same subject. The present one is
mentioned with others by al-Suyuti, Itkan,
p. 514, and by Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 289.

Following the order of the Goran, the
author quotes and discusses such verses in
each Surah as come within the scope of his
work. In Surat al-Bakarah, which standsfirst,
there are no less than thirty verses of this kind
numbered and commented on under such

r*

headings as : &»\3\ &>$\ £& (-r5V) e^c. The
first six of those sections are lost, and of the
seventh the last three pages only are extant.
The eighth section, beginning fol. 2b, relates
to this verse : ,J\ e^N ..L*aJ\ 2J Jj Js-\
J3LJ (Surah ii. 183). The commentary
begins as follows : is^lj ^ Iks-j aJUl ^\ J\S

The thirtieth section relates to this verse :

j (Surah ii. 284),
fol. 42 a.

The next following Surahs are : iii. fol.
436, with three verses ; iv. fol. 46a, with
ten verses ; v. fol. 63, with seven verses ;
vi. fol. 79a, with five verses ; vii. fol. 866,
and so on, down to Surahs xlviii. and xlix.
fol. 132«, which are joined under one rubric :

0\^j £8)1 i^-

The MS. breaks off in the course of some
historical notices about the conquest of
Mecca. The last of these relates to an in-
terview between Muhammad and 'Drwah
(see Sprenger, Leben des Mohammad, vol.
iii., p. 244).

The main authority of Ibn al-Nahhas is
the great Sahib and traditionist, 'Abdallah
B. 'Abbas, who died A.H. 68 (v. Sprenger,
ib., p. cvi.). An Isnad, which is given in full
foil. 79a and 866, and, in a shorter form, at
the beginning of most Surahs, ascends from
the author to Ibn 'Abbas through the follow-
ing six intermediate links: — 1. Yamut B.
al-Muzarra(, an Egyptian grammarian, who
died in Tabariyyah or Damascus, A.H. 303
(v. Bughyat al-Wu'at, Or. 3042, fol. 216a) ;
2. Abu Hatim Sahl B. Muh. al-Sijistani,
who died A.H. 250 or 255 (v. Bughyat, fol.
137a) ; 3. Abu 'Ubaidah Ma'mar Ibn al-
Muthanna al-Taimi (d. A.H. 209, v. Arabic
Catalogue, p. 320, note 6) ; 4. Yunus B.
Hablb (d. A.H. 182, Ibn Khallikan, De Slane,
vol. iv., p. 586. 5. Abu 'Amr B. al-'Ala
(d. A.H. 154 ; Arabic Catalogue, p. 70,
note g). 6. Mujahid (d. A.H. 103 or 104,
ib., p. 61, note/).

From the following passage, fol. 936 : J\5

J\ L?}^ J**-»~^ &>.} it appears that the text
was handed down by Abu Bakr al-Adfuwi,
who had read it before the author. Abu

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

75

Bakr Muh. B. 'All B. Muh. al-Adfuwi, a dis-
ciple of ai-Nahhas, died 7. Rabi' I., A.H. 388
(Bughyat al-Wu'at, Add. 3042, fol. 443).

Numerous marginal notes show that the
present copy has been read before a scholar
and carefully corrected.

In Dr. Glaser's list the MS. appears under
the title of Tebyan by Neshwan el-Himyari,
with a query. On that work see Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, p. 365a. For works by
other authors on Nasikh wa Mansukh see
Fihrist, p. 37 ; Suyuti's Itkan, p. 514 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 18 ; Loth's
Catalogue, no. 115; Aumer, Munich Cata-
logue, p. 407, no. 12 ; Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, nos. 473 — 484.

129.

Or. 4261.— Foil. 61 ; 7f in. by 5£; 13 lines,
2f in. long; written in fair Neskhi, with
occasional vowels ; dated Halab, Wednesday,
24 Rabi' II., A.H. 993 (A^D. 1585).

[BUDGE.]

A treatise on the abrogating and abrogated
texts in the Goran, by Ibn Salamah B. Nasr
al-Baghdadi.

Beg.

*U1 us.

JUI . . .

*13

Uo

^. U JjU . . .

»U U5

The author, Abu '1-Kasim Hibat Allah
('Abdallah is an error of the scribe) B. Sala-

mah B. Nasr al-Baghdadi, the blind, was an
eminent grammarian and commentator of the
Goran, who died in Baghdad, A.H. 410.
The present work is mentioned in his bio-
graphical notices, Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 49,
fol. 70, and Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 209.

The contents agree with those of a recen-
sion due to the author's son, 'Abd al-Khalik,
as described by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 473.

At the end, fol. 59, is an account of the
author's sources (as in Ahlwardt, no. 476,
and Leyden, no. 1655) beginning : ^1 ^-1M J\S

. . . +~>

Then follows, fol. 606, an appendix by the
same author on the idolatrous tribes of the
Arabs, beginning : &U\ L* ^**»\aJ\ ^\ x_D) <>&j

For other MSS. see the Khedive's library,
vol. i., pp. 94, 98 and 109 ; the Leyden
Catalogue, no. 1655 ; and Casiri, no. 1434.

Glossary,

130.

Or. 3063.— Foil. 103 ; 8£ in. by 6£ ; 13 or
14 lines, 5 in. long ; written in large and
bold Neskhi, with a few vowels, about
A.H. 480 (A.D. 1807-8).

[KREMEE, no. 70.]

A glossary of rare words in the Goran, by
Abu Bakr Muhammad B. 'Uzair al-'Uzairi
al-Sijistani, who died A.H. 330 or 333 ; see
the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 5386 and 7836.

L 2

76

COMMENTARIES UPON THE GORAN.

The title and the author's name are found
ys above, in the Sanaa' at the end, fol. 103a.
The author, who was a pupil of the celebrated
grammarian, Ibn al-Anbari (died A.H. 328),
spent fifteen years upon this work, the best-
known on that subject. See Suyuti, Itkan,
pp. 14 and 266. For the author's patronymic,
Ibn 'Uzair, and his Nisbah, al-'Uzairi, the
more familiar forms, Ibn 'Aziz and al-'Azizi,
have been generally substituted ; but the
former alone are correct. Al-Suyuti quotes,
in his Bughyat al-Wu'at, Or. 3042, fol. 40a,
the testimony of two scholars who had found
them written as above by the author's own
hand, and al-Sam'ani says expressly, fol.
389fi, that whoever reads (3s>..j*>\ with two z's
commits a blunder &u <j£\j> L&J*^ J'-* u*j
Uai-l That blunder has been committed by
al-Flruzabadi. See Kamus, p. 718, line 5.
Compare the Fihrist, vol. i., p. 35, and vol. ii.,
p. 24. The disputed point is discussed at
great length in the Taj al-'Arus, vol. iv.,
p. 56.

The first leaf of the original MS. is lost.
The second begins with the explanation of
the word J3! (Surah ii. 5) as follows :

b. The last five pages contain a number
of Sama's, or certificates relating to succes-
sive readings of the work. The first, dated
A.H. 454, was transcribed from the MS. of
which the present is a copy. The original
was in the handwriting of Abu Sa'd 'Abd
al-Jalil B. Muh. B. Hasan al-Sawi ; he states
that he and others heard the book read
before the Shaikh Abu '1-Hasan 'Abd al-Baki
B. Faris B. Ahmad, who, as appears from
one of the following Sama's, had read it with
'Abdallah B. Hasanun, who had it (as stated
in Bughyat al-Wu'at, I.e.) from the author.

The remaining Sama's are, with one ex-
ception, originals. The first five relate to

successive readings before the said Abu Sa'd
'Abd al-Jalil, and bear dates ranging from
A.H. 480 to 493. The MS. was apparently
written at, or little before, the earlier of the
above dates, and, judging from the occur-
rence of such Nisbahs as Sawi, Shirazi,
Isfahani, in the Sama's, probably in Persia.

The last three Sama's record later readings
before other masters, the latest of which
took place A.H. 582, in a house situate near
the Khalif's palace (Baghdad)

The missing first leaf has been supplied
by a later hand from a MS. apparently
written in Egypt. The Riwayat at the
beginning starts with a lecture which took

place in Fustat Misr A.H. 595 : £-D\ li^-\

'i\j»

£*

The Riwayat is traced up to the author.
The last link is, as in the preceding, Abu
Ahmad 'Abdallah B. al-Husain B. Hasanun
al-Baghdadi, before whom the book was read
in al-Jami'al al-'Atlk, A.H. 386.

The work itself begins : ij

For other copies see Casiri, vol. i., p. 505;
Uri, p. 50, no. 28 ; the Upsala Catalogue,
p. 252 ; the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv.,
p. 17 ; Pertsch, no. 522 ; Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, nos. 689—694 ; De Slane, Paris
Catalogue, nos. 590-1 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 83 ; and Brill's Catalogue, 1886,
no. 340.

TRADITION.

77

131.

Or. 3064.— Foil. 63 ; 8J in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
4| in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with a
few vowels ; dated Friday, 12 Safar,
A.H. 689 (A.D. 1290). [KREMER, no. 71.]

Another copy of the preceding work, with
the following title in the handwriting of the

copyist : J*

The title Nuzhat al-Kulub, probably a
later addition, is found in several MSS. as
those mentioned in the Catalogues of
Upsala, no. 388, Berlin, nos. 684-5, and
Paris, no. 591.

It appears also in the text printed in
Bulak, A.H. 1295, in the margin of the
Tabslr al-Rahman, a Tafslr by 'Ali B.
Ahmad al-Maha'imi.

Copyist : *y ^ ^ J* ^ > ^ U #\

The last leaf contains a story of 'Ainr B.
'Adi adduced in explanation of the proverb
jjlaM yfr jjf- j!>. It is taken from the

Kamus ; see the Calcutta edition, vol. ii.,
p. 1306.

TRADITION (HADITH).

132.

Or. 4262.-Foll. 97; 9£ in. by 6f ; 25 lines,
5 in. long ; written in neat, fully vocalised,
Neskhi, apparently in the 14th century.

[BUDGE.]

The first volume of al-Jami' al-Sahih, or
collection of authentic traditions, by Abu

'Abdallah Muhammad B. Isma'il al-Bukhari,
who died A.H. 256.

The volume is imperfect and has some
leaves transposed. It consists of the follow-
ing detached portions — Foil. 1-2 (supplied
by a later hand) and foil. 8 — 12, correspond-
ing with pp. 4 — 19 of Krehl's edition.

Foil. 13 — 28, corresponding with pp. 35—
77 of the same edition.

Foil. 7,4, 29—96, 5-6, and 97, correspond-
ing with pp. 273 — 472 of the same edition.

At the end is written : u_>\l^ (jl£5\ Jj

For other MSS. and editions see the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. Ill, 395, 539 ; Pertsch, no.
591 ; the Berlin Catalogue, no. 1146 seqq. ;
the Khedive's Library, vol. i., pp. 180 —
203, etc.

133.

Or. 1269.— Foil. 224; 12£ in. by 9J ; 32
lines, 5 J in. long ; written in small and close
Maghribi character, apparently early in the
18th century.

A volume of the extensive commentary of
Ahmad B. 'Ali al-'Askalani, called Ibn Hajar
(died A.H. 852) upon the Jami' al-Sahih
of al-Bukhari. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 1116, and Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 525.

Beg. yS-ji ^1 tyjj J*

' SJJP J

The last rubric is ^JR \f*. <j t-»V
The portion of the text comprised in this
volume corresponds with pp. 110 — 407 of
vol. iii. of Krehl's edition, and with pp. 235
— 404 of vol. ii. of the edition printed in
Cairo A.D. 1863. The Fath al-Bari has been

78

TRADITION.

printed at Bulak A.H. 1200. The contents
of the present MS. extend from vol. vii.,
p. 338, to vol. ix., p. 84, line 24, of that
edition.

For other copies see the Paris Catalogue,
no. 697 ; Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos.
1201-5 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. i.,
p. 258, etc.

At the beginning of the MS. are two
"Wakfs, or deeds of gift. The first is by
al-Ka'id Rajab B. Mamai, Agha of the
Gumruk (Custom-house), who gave the book,
A.H. 1168, to al-Madrasah al-Sharkiyyah,
Tunis. The second is by Ahmad Bai,
Governor of Constantine, who presented it
to the Jami' of Suk al-Ghazal, A.H. 1180.

134.

Or. 3679.— Foil. 276; 10 in. by 7£; con-
sisting of two distinct MSS. bound together.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—218; 23 lines, 5^ in. long;
written in large and bold Neskhi, with
frequent addition of vowels, apparently in
the 14th century.

The third volume of the commentary of
Muhyi al-Dln Yahya B. Sharaf al-Nawawi
(died A.H. 676) upon the Sahlh, or collection
of genuine traditions, by Muslim B. al-Hajjaj
(died A.H. 261).

The title of the commentary, as stated by
Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 545, is.

See

Wiistenfeld,

Leben und Schriften des el-Nawawi, p. 154,
no. 21 ; Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos.
1234—36; the Khedive's Library, vol. i.,
p. 320—323 ; and Casiri, vol. i., p. 448,
no. 1008. The commentary has been printed
in five volumes, Cairo, A.H. 1283.

The present volume contains the following
books :

Fol. 26.

Fol.

Fol. 21a.
Fol. 246.
Fol. 296.
Fol. 466.
Fol. 856.
Fol. 112a.
Fol. 114a.

A full table of the above books, and of
their subdivisions (Babs), in the same hand
as the text, occupies three pages at the

beginning. At the end is written :
UP

The leaf being torn, the date, which
probably was A.H. 712, is partly lost.

Marginal corrections show that the MS.
has been collated.

II. Foil. 219—276 ; 21 lines, 4£ in. long;
written in small JSTeskhi, on French paper ;
dated 25 Shawwal, A.H. 1252 (A.D. 1836).

TRADITION.

79

The subsequent portion of the same com-
mentary, comprising the following books :

Fol. 21 9a.
Fol. 241a.
Fol. 252«.
Fol. 2666.

Fol. 271o.
Colophon : ^

jfej fS-~*iO p-^' r-]"*

o

Copyist ;

135.

Or. 3059.— Foil. 17 ; 6f in. by 5 ; 17 lines,
3| in. long; written in fair, close Neskhi,
with a sprinkling of vowels, probably in the
15th century. [KREMEE, no. 66.]

A collection of Hadiths compiled by Abu
Bakr Muhammad B 'Abdallab B. Ibrahim
al-Shafi'I al-Bazzaz? with the following title :

JIS

Abu Bakr Muh. B. 'Abdallah B. Ibrahim
B. 'Abduwaih al-Shafi'I al-Bazzaz was born
in Jll, or Gllan, A.H. 260, and died in
Baghdad, in Dulhijjah, A.H. 354. See
Ta'rikh Baghdad, Add. 23,320, fol. 1226;
Ta'rlkh al-Islam,Or. 48,fol. 416; Ibn Nuktah,
fol. 266 ; al-Isnawi, fol. 1216 ; and Tabakat
al-Hu9az, xii., no. 1. His traditions are called
al - Ghailaniyyat, from Ibn Ghailan, who
handed them down ; they are further termed
'Awali, ' " high," or " far reaching," on
account of the small number of links by
which they are connected with the time of
Muhammad, owing to the great longevity of
the men by whom they were transmitted.

Abu Talib Muh. B. Muh. B. Ibrahim B.
Ghailanal-Bazzaz al-Hamadani was the last
of those who received traditions from Abu
Bakr al-Shafi'i. He was born in Muharram
A.H. 347. Although he had not, therefore,
completed his eighth year when his master
died, he had written down Hadiths from his
dictation. But he survived him eighty-six
years. Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, who was
present at Ibn Ghailan's funeral, says that
he died on the 6th of Shawwal, A.H. 440.
See Ta'rlkh Baghdad, fol. 264, and Sam'ani,
fol. 4146.

The text of our MS. was handed down, as
stated on the title-page, and again at the
beginning of the text, by the following four
traditionists : 1. Abu '1-K.asim Hibat- Allah
B. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Wahid al-Shaibani, who
received it from Ibn Ghailan (and died A.H.
525 ; v. Ibn Nuktah, fol. 1606) ; 2. Muwaffik
al-Dm Abu Hafs 'Umar B. Muh. B. Ma'mar
Ibn Tabarzad (who died A.H. 607; Ibn
Khallikan, vol. ii., p. 387) ; 3. Shihab al-Din
Abu '1-Haija Ghazi B. Abi '1 Fadl al-Halawi
al-Dimashki ; 4. Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad B.

80

TRADITION.

Zaki al-Balisi, who read the book twice before
the last-named traditionist, A.H. 688 (and
died in Bilbais, A.H. 741 ; al-Durar al-
Kaminah, fol. 24).

The first Hadith, which is traced to 'Umar,
begins : ^AJ ^y U *?$ U^j *JJb

Jl JJI J\

The collection breaks off at fol. 125. The
last Hadith is :

The remaining leaves, foil. 13 — 17, contain
a fragment consisting of Hadiths and sayings
of pious men, relating to the duty of thank-
fulness to God. The first Hadith mentioned

s :

Jyb

J\SJ

136.

Or. 3883.— Foil. 12 ; 7J in. by 51; 25 lines,
4|- in. long ; written in fair, scholar-like
Neskhi, about A.H. 682 (A.D. 1263).

[GLASEE, no. 169s.]

The fifth section of the same collection,
with the following title :

From the Kiwfiyah, or Catena, which
follows the above title, and is repeated in
inverted order at the beginning of the text,
it appears that the work was handed down
by the first two of the traditionists mentioned
in the preceding copy, namely : Abu Talib
Huh. B. Muh. B. Ibrahim B. Ghailan al-
Bazzaz al-Hamadani, who received it from
the author, and Abu '1-Kasim Hibafc Allah
B. Muh. B. 'Abd al- Wahid B. Husain al-

Shaibani, to whom it was transmitted by the
preceding.

The Santa' at the end relates to the entire
work, which is described as consisting of
eleven sections :

A\

It is further stated that the reading took
place before Shaikh Shihab al-Din 'Abd al-
Bahim B. Yusuf B. Yahya B. Yusuf al-
Dimashki, in the presence of numerous
hearers, nominally mentioned, in four sit-
tings, the last of which took place on the
28th of Jumada II., A.H. 682.

The above is preceded by the transcript of
three earlier Sanaa's, the first of which relates
to a reading before Abu Hafs 'Umar B. Muh.
B. Ma'mar Ibn Tabarzad, A.H. 603. (He
died A.H. 607 ; Ibn Khallikan, vol. ii.,
p. 387.) On the title-page is a later Sama',
dated Misr, A.H. 714.

The first Hadith mentioned in the present
Juz is traced to al-Fadl B. 'Abbas, and begins :

137.

Or. 3269.— Foil. 66 ; 9 in. by 6 & ; 21 lines,
5 in. long ; written in a rather cursive, but
distinct and scholarlike hand, in Halab,
A.H. 711 (A.D. 1311).

iailii

The thirteenth and fourteenth volumes of
a collection of Hadiths called al-Mustakhraj ,
compiled by Abu Nu'aim al-Hafiz, beginning
with the following Eiwayah : *

TRADITION.

.-1

JlS

t 01 J\S .il US/ y^ y*

The author's name is more fully given at
the beginning of the text : ^> j>\

Abu Nu'aim Ahmad B. 'Abdallah al-
Isfahani, a well-known traditionist, was born
A.H. 336, and died A.H. 430 (see Ibn Khalli-
kan, vol. i., p. 74). Among his works as
enumerated in Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 49, fol.
1533, are ^J3& > ^J^\ and > ^jir~&
Ju-*«. The former only is mentioned byHaj.
Khal., vol. v., p. 520. The present MS. is a
portion of the latter. The work is based
upon the Sahlh of Muslim (see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 1126). The author takes the
Hadiths in the same order as in the original
work, gives for each his own Isnad, and
states briefly on whose authority it is related
by Muslim. Now and then short explana-
tions of rare words are added.

The 13th Juz, foil. 1 — 34, comprises the
book of fasting »ye& ±r>\z^. The 14th Juz,
foil. 35 — 66, contains the first portion of
the book of pilgrimage ^U L-^ljL/. It is
stated at the end, that the next Juz was to
begin with l^i* --jj^-j &J^ W *-^° Jj*"13 Lr'V
^J^ j./". The contents of the above two
Juz, correspond with pp. 297 — 358 of vol. i.
of the Sahih Muslim printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1290. '

Abu Nu'aim has introduced rubrics not
found in Muslim's work. The following
occur in the early portion of the MS. :

Fol. 16. ^La*. J^LJ j l«

Ib.

JjJJb wfe^ j

Fol. oa. p&jj j.y J& J\S

Fol. 56.

Fol. Qa.

Ib.

Fol. 7a.

The highest link in the catena above
quoted, Abu 'Ali al-Haddad, a disciple of the
author, was born A.H. 419, and died A.H.
515. See Ibn Nuktah, fol. 82.

*

A copy in fifteen Juz is described under
the title of ^ gsf° J* ^j^^ &~& in the
Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 307.

138.

Or. 3646.— Foil. 390 ; 10J in. by 8 ; 17 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi with the
vowels, with a tasteful 'TJnwan and red-ruled
margins ; dated Baghdad, end of Jumada II.,
A.H. 761 (A.D. 1360).

[S. CHURCHILL.]

Cl

A collection of authentic traditions by
Abu Muhammad al-Husain B. Mas'ud al-
Farra, who died A.H. 516. See the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 1126, 540a, and 7116.

Beg.

There are copious marginal notes, written
by the same hand as the text, but in a
smaller character. • At the end is a note,
stating that the MS. had been collated in
the presence of Shaikh Diya al-Dln al-'Afifi
al-Kirimi, in the monastery of llukn al-Din
Baibars (Cairo) <_^Ju;J *>->£)\ sla-ils'. A full

M

82

TRADITION.

table of chapters occupies eight pages at the
beginning, foil. 26 — 6a.

Copyist : <j^\,±t»'3\j& ^ ^ J6 ^ u**L^ ^
The last two pages, foil. 3896, 390a, con-
tain a notice relating to the Sahih of al-
Bukhari, and stating the number of Hadiths
comprised in each of its sections. A modern
Persian note on the fly-leaf shows that the
MS. had been presented to Amir Zadah
Khusrau Khan.

For other copies of the Masablh see the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 74; Pertsch,
no. 597 ; Loth, no. 149; Aumer, no. 123;
the Paris Catalogue, no. 719 ; Marsigli Col-
lection, nos. 77 — 80 ; Ahlwardt, Berlin Cata-
logue, nos. 1280 — 88 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. i., p. 310. The work has been
printed in Bulak A.H. 1294.

139.

Or. 4263.— Foil. 326 ; 11 in. by 6f; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair, partly vocalized,
Neskhi; dated Sunday, 10 RabI II., A.H. 789
(A.D. 1387). [BUDGE.]

Another copy of the same work, with
copious notes written in a minute character
in the margins.

Copyist : vyi*£ (J <— *">!>.

A table of contents by a later hand occupies
the first two folios.

Fol. 3 contains an Ijazah, or licence, dated
A.H. 789, granted by Muhammad B. Mahmud
al-Turbati to 'Izz al-Dln Yusuf B. Sharaf
al-Dm Ya'kiib al-Rumi (the copyist).

140.

Or. 1106.— Foil. 636 ; 13| in. by 8f ; 35
lines, 5-f in. long ; written in small and neat

Neskhi, with gold-ruled margins, apparently
in the 17th century. [WARREN HASTINGS.]

A commentary upon a collection of Hadiths,
without title or author's name. It is the latter
half of the Mirkat al-Mafatih »K^o g\&\ Sly.
AjLa^l an extensive commentary by 'Ali B.

Sultan Muhammad al-Harawi al-Kari (who
died A.H. 1014) upon the Mishkat al-Masabih.
Its identity is established by comparison
with the extracts from the Mirkat al-Mafatih
in the margin of the Mishkat al-Masabih
lithographed in Bombay, A.H. 1295.

The Mishkat al-Masabih is a commentary
upon, or enlarged recension of, the preceding
work, al-Masabih. It is due to Wall al-Dln
Muhammad B. 'Abdallah al-Khatib al-Tibrizi,
who completed it A.H. 737. See Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, no. 1292 ; Loth, no. 158 ;
Pertsch, no. 597 ; the Paris Catalogue, no.
751 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. i.,
p. 309.

The present volume contains the latter
half of the commentary, extending from the
beginning of _KiN L->^ to the end of the

work. The portion of the text which it
embraces is also the latter half of the
Mishkat, corresponding with pp. 259 — 576
of the Bombay edition.

The MS. is slightly defective at the begin-
ning. The first part of the introduction to
is lost ; but the first rubric con-

tains the initial words of the text :

b JuJ, wJ

The commentary begins :

A complete copy of the same commentary
in two large volumes is described by Loth,
nos. 158-59. See also Haj. Khal., vol. v.,

TRADITION.

p. 568, and the Khedive's Library, vol. i.,
p. 302, where the work is stated to have been
completed A.H. 1008.

141.

Or. 1107.— Foil. 232; 15 in. by 10£; 35
lines, 7y in. long; written in a cursive Indian
character : dated 23 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1092
(A.D. 1681.) [WARREN HASTINGS.]

A Persian commentary upon the same
work, Mishkat al-Masabih, by 'Abd al-Hakk
B. Saif al-Dm al-Dihlawi, who died A.H.
1052. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 14.

This MS. contains only the last quarter
of that voluminous commentary, extending
from the beginning of LJ\£&\ i^b to the end
of the work. The text which it comprises
corresponds with pp. 384 — 576 of the Bombay
edition of the Mishkat al-Masabih.

An Arabic commentary, mentioned in the
epilogue as previously written by the same
author and entitled, «\Lix> -J* <j ^2-jJLM O\*l
£J^aU, is frequently quoted in the margin of
the same edition.

142.

Or. 4008.— Foil. 106; 4f in. by 3f; 14 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in unpointed Neskhi,
apparently in the 15th century.

[GLASEB, no 306.]

A collection of Hadiths, in alphabetical
order, imperfect at beginning and end, and
without author's name. It contains the bare
text of the Hadiths, arranged according to
the initial letters, in 28 Babs. The compiler,
whose name does not appear, was probably a
Maghribi ; for he follows the order of the
alphabet used in the West.

The first Bab, that of \, is subdivided into

ten Fasls ; but the MS. contains only the
latter part of the sixth and the last four.
The seventh Fasl contains Hadiths beginning
with the article. It commences as follows :

The second Bab begins, fol. 196, with the
heading : UJ1 ^t *****N ^ J j\3\ ^U\

The remaining Babs are in the following
order : O fol. 236, ii» fol. 27a, ^ fol. 33a,
c fol. 34a, £ fol. 35a, ,> fol. 385, i fol. 396,
j ib., j fol. 44a, L fol. 416, eU fol. 42a, J fol.
526, r fol. 625, ^ fol. 88a, ^ fol. 925, ^
fol. 94a, ^fol. 946, ^ fol. 966, uJ fol. 97a, J
fol. 99a, o« fol. 996, oi fol. 1016, t fol. 102a,
j fol. 103a, ^ fol. 1046.

The last Bab is imperfect. Letters in red
ink at the beginning of the Hadiths, mostly
J u <-? J (•» e*c<» are abbreviated references
to the canonical books in which they are
found.

This is probably the work entitled t_-
xJ1 JJ ^ ^^ L?J^ by Abu '1- 'Abbas
Ahmad B. Ma'add al-Tujibi al-Iklishi (d.
A.H. 549 or 550), the arrangement of
which is identical. See Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 263, vi., p. 305 ; the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iv., p. 76 ; the Berlin Catalogue, no.
1298 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. i.,
p. 274. A previous work on Hadith by the
same author entitled <-*>j^>\ Juu« ^ ,_/ ^
ps^'j is divided into ten Babs. See the
Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 270.

143.

Or. 3607.— Foil. 305; 10$ in. by 7 ; 19 lines,
4| in. long ; written in large and elegant

M 2

84

TRADITION.

Neskhi, apparently in the 14th or 15th
century.

The eighth and last volume of an extensive
collection of Hadiths by Majd al-Dln Abu '1-
Sa'adat al-Mubarak B. Muh. B. Muh. B.
'Abd al-Karim, called Ibn al-Athir, al-Jazari,
who died A.H. 606 (see Ibn Khallikan, vol.
ii., p. 551, and Haj. KhaL, vol. ii., p. 501).

On the first page is written the follow-
ing title within an illuminated border : '
5,80 A

«

The Jami' al-Usul is divided into three
parts termed Rukn. The first is an intro-
duction to the science of tradition. The
second contains Hadiths classed under head-
ings alphabetically arranged. The third is
chiefly taken up with biographical notices
relating to Companions and traditionists, in
alphabetical order.

This third Rukn comprises three Fanns,
the second of which is subdivided into five
Babs. The present volume contains the
latter part of Bab 4, namely, biographical
notices from letter « to the end of the
alphabet, Bab 5, and the third and last Fann
of the Rukn. It begins as follows :

Contents. Letter c. Names of Sahabah, or

Companions of the Prophet, fol. 15. Names
of the Tabi'in and their successors, fol. 456.
Contemporaries of the Prophet, who were
not Muslims, fol. 1086. Women, fol. 110&.
Kunyahs, fol. 1126. Patronymics, fol. 1166.
Nisbahs, fol. 1186.

The next-following letters, similarly sub-
divided, viz., ^ fol. 1226 ; ,_» fol. 1276 : J
fol. 136a ; uiJ fol. 151o ; J fol. 159a ; r fol.
163a ; ^ fol. 2256 j _, fol. 240a ; > fol. 247a ;
^ fol. 2556.

Bab 5. Names of some persons alluded
to in the Hadiths, but not mentioned by
name in the text, fol. 269<z.

Fann III. Detailed statement of the di-
vision and contents of the whole work,
fol. 2756. The author's conclusion, fol. 304.

The copyist, Muh. B. 'Abdallah B. al-
Ma'junah al-Mausili, states, in the colophon,
that he transcribed the MS. from a copy
taken from the autograph of the author in
al-Mausil.

For copies of detached volumes of the
work see the Khedive's Library, vol. i., pp.
178—180 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 728-29 ;
and Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 1311—
13 (the last no. has partly the same contents
as our MS.) Abridgments are mentioned
in the catalogues of Munich, no. 129 ; Paris,
no. 130 ; and Berlin, nos. 1315—20.

144.

Or. 4368.— Foil. 183 ; 8£ in. by 6J ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in large, partly vocalized,
Neskhi ; dated 13 Muharram, A.H. 1220
(A.D. 1805). [BUDGE.]

A collection of three hundred Hadiths,
each of which is followed by an edifying
narrative and a piece of verse, compiled by

TRADITION.

85

al-'Mu'afa B. Isma'Il B. al-Husain B. al-
Hasan B. Abi l'-Fath Abi '1-Sinan, who died
A.H. 630 (v. no. 112).

Beg. 411 J\j&&\ JS . .

411

4)1

This is the work called u^xlaJuU (_r^, and
mentioned among the writings of the author
(v. Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 454). The title
does not occur in the text, but in this en-
dorsement, by another hand,

The first Hadith begins : «3\^

It is followed by a short narrative, ascribed
to Wahb B. Munabbih, relating also to Para-
dise, and by two lines of poetry. A similar
arrangement obtains throughout the work,
the Hadiths, as well as the accompanying
narratives, being numbered from 1 to 300.

The MS. was written for Kadi Faid Allah
Efendi, Nakib al-Shurafa, in Mossul.

«!)!

Copyist :

In the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 283,
the author is called ^Uc- ^^\ JU>-

145.

Or. 1412.— Foil. 187; 9fin. by6£; 13 lines,
3f in. long; written in a cursive and elegant
Persian Neskhi ; dated Rajab, A.H. 772
(A.H. 1371).

A collection of Hadiths, alphabetically
arranged, by RadI al-Dm Abu '1-Fada'il al-
Hasan B.. Muh. B. al-Hasan al-Saghani, who
died A.H. 650. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 713a.

The margins are full of notes, written in a
minute character, mostly extracted from a
commentary not specified. The first portion
of the original MS. is lost; it has been
replaced by a modern transcript, foil. 4—63.

For other copies see the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 308 ; the Paris Catalogue, no. 737 ;
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1322 ; and
Rosen, Marsigli Collection, no. 82.

146.

Or. 2896.— Foil. 328 ; lOf in. by 7 ; 29 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair close Neskhi,
with occasional vowels, about A.H. 861 — 69
(A.D. 1457—65).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

A full commentary by Hasan B. 'Ali al-
Fayyumi upon the collection of traditions
entitled al-Targhib wal-Tarhib, by Zuki al-
Dm Abu Muh. 'Abd al-Rahim B. 'Abd al-

86

TRADITION.

Kawi al-Mundiri, who died A.H. 656 (see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 707a, note d, and
p. 720a).

Beg.

JU
*~1M 5W

«JJ\

•J-fr

The author remarks, in the preface, that
the work of al-Mundiri, which was extremely
popular in all countries, and was especially
read during the sacred months of Rajab,
Sha'ban and Ramadan, contained rare words,
the explanation of which was only to be
found in lexica. Seeing that no one had yet
undertaken to comment it, he was induced
to apply himself to that task, and had read
for that purpose a number of works explain-
ing the Hadiths, and commemorating the
Companions and their successors. After a
full enumeration of those which he had con-
sulted, the author proceeds to set forth the
scope of his commentary as follows: iJJj

^L-J.

The author, who does not seem to be
otherwise known, appears to have lived in
the ninth century of the Hijrah. The latest
of the works he consulted are by writers who

lived about A.H. 800. They include Hada'ik
al-Auliya and Sharh 'Umdat al-Ahkam, by
Ibn al-Mulakkin ('Umar B. 'Ali ; d. A.H.
804) ; al-Dibajah fi Sharh Ibn Majah, by al-
Kamal al-Damiri (Muh. B. Musa ; d. A.H.
808) ; Kitab al- Jihad and Tanblh al-Ghafilin,
by Ibn al-Nahhas al-Shahld (Ahmad B.
Ibrahim; d. A.H. 814; v. Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii., p. 428). He quotes also, fol. 2615,
the glosses of Shaikh al-Islam al-Bulkini
(d. A.H. 805 ; Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 508)
upon the abridgment of Sunan Abi Da'ud,
by al-Mundiri. On the other hand, the date
of the MS. shows that the work was written
before A.H. 869. The colophon is as follows :

The first two numerals of the date are
obliterated ; the unit is quite gone ; but
the two dots remaining over the lost decade
show that it cannot have been any other
than sixty yjC«>, so that the date must range
between the years 861 and 869.

The commentary does not include the
entire text ; the passages explained are
preceded by the word &Jy in red ink. The
present volume comprises only a small part
of the work. The portion of the text over
which it extends, corresponds with foil. 3 —
17 of an abridgment, Or. 410, noticed in
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 720a, and hardly
amounts to a twelfth part of the whole work.

The main divisions of the text included in
the volume are :

Fol. 2a.
Fol. 14a,

TRADITION.

87

Pol. 575.
Fol. 671.

Fol. 79a.

Fol. 85a.

Fol. 1296.

Fol. 189ft.

The last rubric, fol. 320a, is

^JLJj ^fr l^s-^p-^ ^J^P i'^-fl)\ uily. It is
stated, in the colophon, that the second volume
was to begin with the section relating to the
prayers called Jj\jiN.

The margins contain corrections and addi-
tions by the same hand as the text. From
other marginal notes, it would appear that
the author, there called Badr al-Dln, had
revised this copy while reading it before a
scholar, only designated as Muhammad B.
Kasim. Thus we read in the margin of
fol. 1506 i

w *JJU Similar notes occur
at foil. 108a and 121ft.

On the first page is a note dated A.H. 1059,
stating that the MS. belonged to the library
of Amir al-Muminin al-Mutawakkil 'ala-llah
Isma'Il B. al-Mansur-billah al-Kasim (one of
the Zaidi Imams of Yemen, A.H. 1055 —
1087).

For copies of the al-Targhib wal-Tarhib,
see De Slane, Paris Catalogue, nos. 740-41 ;
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 1328 — 31 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 168.

147.

Or. 1190.— Foil. 427; 8J in. by 5f ; 21 lines,
3|- in. long ; written in small and clear
Neskhi, about A.H. 907—911 (A.D. 1501—
1505). [ALEX. JABA.]

The well-known alphabetical collection of
Hadiths by Jalal al-Dln 'Abd al-Rahman
al-Suyuti.

On the first page is written the following
title, within a border illuminated in blue and

gold :

At the end the author states that he com-
pleted the work on Monday, 28 Rabl' I.,
A.H. 907. The MS. appears to have been
written in the author's life-time, i.e., between
the last mentioned date and that of his death,
A.H. 911 ; for to his name is added in the
colophon:

The work has been printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1286. For MSS. see the Arabic Cata-
logue, pp. 1126, 510a ; Loth, no. 549 ;
Pertsch, no. 597 ; Paris, no. 766 ; Berlin,
no. 1353; Leyden, vol. iv., p. 74; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. i., pp. 210—212.

148-9.

Or. 4208-9. — Two uniform volumes, 9J in.
by 6^-, consisting respectively of foil. 334
and 421; 19 lines, 3£ in. long; dated
Monday, 9 Dulka'dah A.H. 1258 (A.D. 1842).

[LANE.]
The same work.

The first volume, which ends with letter j,
has copious marginal notes. The second
volume begins with letter ^ and completes
the work.

Copyist : ^ ^ VLJ1 (J^^»

150.

Or. 4210.— Foil. 247 ; 9£ in. by 6£ ; from
17 to 19 lines, 4 in. long; written in fair,

TRADITION.

partly vocalized, Neskhi ; dated 3 Bab? L,
A.H. 1036 (A.D. 1626). [LANE.]

The second volume of the same work, ex-
tending from the beginning of letter o» to
the end, with marginal notes.

Copyist : ^ ^b ^

151.

Or. 1030.— Foil. 375 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 25 lines,
3$ in. long ; written in small Neskhi, in the
17th century.

A full commentary upon the preceding
work, al-Jami' al-Saghir.

The author, whose name does not appear,
is 'Abd al-Ba'uf B. Taj al-'Arifm al-
Munawi, who died A.H. 1031 (v. Arabic
Catalogue, p. 600a, and Khulasat al-Athar,
vol. ii., p. 412). This is shown by com-
parison with the shorter commentary of the
same writer, Add. 9504 (v. Arabic Catalogue,
p. 113a, and the Paris Catalogue, no. 768).

The present volume, which in the colophon

is called the third cJHJ\ j*?', contains the
latter part of letter Alif from the Hadith

jff* l> >!tf e/J W^N LT* ^^ J^ <J

\i\k-l to the end.

The explanation begins as follows : J\j'

* tj\h y^^OJ ^i

According to Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 552,
the title of the extensive commentary is
jjjuoM £*W rj"*- j-^ U«a^' It was subse-
quently (A.H. 1016) abridged by the author
under the title of ^x-xi\. See Khulasat al-
Athar, vol. ii., p. 413 ; De Slane, Paris

Catalogue, no. 768 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. i., p. 175.

The commentary comprises the entire text
written in red ink, and gives, besides verbal
explanations, comments on the sources of
the Hadiths and the weight of testimony in
their support.

On the first page is a note by a former
owner, with the date A.H. 1048 (A.D. 1638).

Shi'ah Tradition.

152.

Or. 2978.— Foil. 44; 13f in. by 9 ; 34 lines,
6£ in. long ; written in a neat and minute,
almost microscopic, Persian Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 16th century.

[H. A. STERN.]

The great Shi'ah collection of Hadith, also
called <jK3\ j«l* , by Abu Ja'far Muhammad
B. Ya'kub al-Kulmi, who died A.H. 328.

Beg. :

all

2» U

The title, and the author's name, are found
at the end of the first Juz, fol. 15a :

The great Shi'ah traditionist was called
Kulini, from Kulm, a village belonging to
Rai. The name is thus spelt by Sam'am,
fol. 4866 ; by Yakut, vol. iv., p. 303 ; by al-
Dahabi, Veth, Liber al-Sojutii, p. 224 ; and
in Taj al-'Arus, vol. ix., p. 322 (in the Kamus,

TRADITION.

89

p. 1798, it is spelt Kalln). See for his life,
Tusy's List of Shy'ah Books, p. 326; Majalis
al-Mumimn, fol. 223 ; and Kamil, vol. viii.,
p. 273.

In the first of these works the Kafi is said
to consist of thirty Kitabs, the headings of
which are given.

The present volume contains only the first
three, viz.: 1. ^\ JJUij JiuH u-^lk'fol. 2a.

2. .j^jdl i-A/fol. 7b. 3. i^ L-A/fol. 15a.
The last is divided in the present copy into
two Juz, the second of which (the third of
the Kafi) begins, fol. 32«, with the heading :

This last Juz is imperfect at the end.
The last rubric is : ji—Wj JVii^j ,JiM c-jb

S**> !—»?£ **J SJjJ^J (_/••»*

From comparison with the next MS.,
Or. 3510, fol. 1196, it appears that this copy
wants only about the third of a page to
complete the Juz.

For other copies see Loth, no. 144, where
the 30 books are enumerated, and Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, no. 1855.

A folio volume, lithographed in Persia, in
the press of Hiiji Ibrahim, A.H. 1281, con-
tains the first four Kitabs of the Kafi, ending
with y5^j WU£)» <— '^ Another folio, also
lithographed in Persia, without date, con-
tains a commentary upon the Kafi by Mulla
Sadrii Shirazi. It is called jK)\ J^ J^

and comprises the first two Kitabs and a
portion of the third. It was composed, as

stated at the end of ^-^\ ^--IS/, A.H. 1044.

153.

Or. 3510.— Foil. 241; 11 Jin. by 7f; 30 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with

red-ruled margins ; dated 22 Rabl' II., A.H.
1072 (A.D. 1661).

[Presented by B. B. PORTAL.]

The first seven Kitabs of the same work,
viz. : J^iij Ji*N <-r>\^i', fol. 3a ;

fol. 146; i£ v'-^X fol. 31a;

fol. 1206; >\*£\ ^J, fol. 200t;
j (_. >^i/, fol. 225a ; and 'ij^\ u->U/,
foil. 2826— 240«.

The third Kitab relating to the Imams is
divided, as in the preceding copy, into two
parts, ^a-j the second of which begins with

Copyist (fol. 1996) :

154.

Or. 3267.— Foil. 337 ; 11 Jin. by 6} ; 28 lines,
3f in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with
two 'Unwans and gold-ruled margins ; dated
Haidarabiid, Tuesday, 15 Shawwal, A.H. 1095
(A.D. 1684).

A commentary upon the Kafi of al-Kulini,
by Muhammad Salih al-Mazandarani.

Beg.

Mulla Muh. Salih B. Ahmad al-Mazan-
darani was the favourite pupil and son-in-law
of Muh. Taki Majlisi (d. A.H. 1070). The
present work is mentioned among his writings
by his biographers under the title of Jy^ -j»
jKN. See Kisas al-Khakani, fol. 158 ; Mir'at
al-Ahwal, Add. 24,052, foil. 32—34; Nujum
al-Sama, p. 106 ; and Kisas al-'Ulama, p. 170.
He died in Isfahan, A.H. 1086. See ZInat
al-Tawarikh, Or. 3202, fol. 264.

N

90

TRADITION".

The commentary includes only detached
passages of the text, preceded by &!y, and
distinguished by a red line. The present
volume comprises Kitabs iv. — vi. of the Kafi,
namely JL&\J ^UjflN <_>^» fol. 16; ^^
•\*d\, fol. 2416 ; JJ&\ Jwii ^JsS, fol. 303a ;
and *ji*l\ tyb/, foil. 323a— 337a. The next
volume was to begin with s

Copyist :

In the margin of the last page is a note
stating that the MS. had been carefully
collated by Hasan 'Ali, son of the author,
who completed the task in Dulka'dah, A.H.
1095. Hasan 'Ali was the fourth son of
Mulla Salih. See Mir'at al-Ahwal, fol. 346.

For other commentaries upon the Kafi see
Ahlwardt, nos. 1856—58.

Collections of forty Hadiths.

155.

Or. 3060.— Foil. 24; 7 in. by 5; 19 lines,
3|- in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, about
A.H. 733 (A.D. 1332).

[KEEMEK, no. 67.]

A collection of forty Hadiths with com-
mentary, by Abu Bakr Muhammad B. al-
Husain al-Ajurri.

Beg. ji

> U . . .

JW JJ

In the introduction, the author discusses

the Hadith quoted in the above lines, and
states that the Prophet enjoined upon the
Arabs, who from all quarters flocked to him
for enlightenment, the learning by heart of
only forty precepts, thus avoiding to over-
task their memories, while inciting them to
learn more in the sequel.

The first of the forty Hadiths is : J^. y*
OJ ,j A^ajb \ju>- &> «M. The last is of great
extent ; it consists of questions put by Abu
Darr to the Prophet, and of the answers of
the latter.

To the above beginning is prefixed the
following Isnad : ^

\ U^ J\» W

^ U^ J\S

The author, Abu Bakr Muh. B. al-Husain
B. 'Abdallah al-Ajurri (the brickmaker) was
teaching Hadith in Baghdad A.H. 330. He
subsequently took up his abode in Mecca,
where he died in Muharram, A.H. 360. See
Ta'rikh Baghdad, Add. 23,320, fol. 26 ; al-
Sam'ani, fol. 136; al-'Ibar, fol. 1366; and
al-Kamil, vol. viii., p. 454.

It is stated at the end that the MS. was
transcribed from, and collated with, the copy
of Abul-'Abbas Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Da'im,
who, as it appears from the copy of a Sama'
immediately preceding, was one of those who
read the work, A.H. 582, before Abu '1-Faraj
Yahya B. Mahmud al-Thakafi (see the Isnad
above quoted).

Lower down is an original Sarna', written
by the same hand as the text. It relates
to the reading of the work in Sha'ban,

TRADITION.

91

A.H. 733, before Jamal al-Din Abu' '1-Hajjaj
Yusuf B. al-Zaki 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi
(who died A.H. 742 ; see Arabic Catalogue,
p. 738).

See, for another copy, Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, no. 1456.

156.

Or. 3835.— Foil. 240 ; 8J in. by 5| ; from
15 to 18 lines, 3^ in. long; written in fair
Neskhi, apparently in the 17th century.

[GLASEE, no. 123.]

A commentary by Imam al-Mansur-billah
'Abdallah B. Hamzah (d. A.H. 613), upon
the collection of forty Hadiths known as al-
Arba'un al-Sailakiyyah.

Beg.

*

J\J>

The forty Hadiths called al-Sailakiyyah
took their name from Sayyid Abu Talib al-
ii asan B. Muh. B. Mahdi al-Hasani al-Sailaki,
from whom the great Zaidi traditionist, Kadi
Ja'far B. Ahmad (c. A.H. 500) had learnt
them. They had been originally compiled
by Sayyid Abu'l-Kasim Zaid B. 'Abdallah
B. Mas'ud al-Hashimi, from whom they were
transmitted by 'AH B. al-Husain al-Hasani,
to the above-named Sayyid al-Sailaki. See
Shams al-Akhbar, Or. 3804, fol. 7.

The text of the Hadiths will be noticed
further on, Or. 3932, II.

The present commentary is highly praised

in the author's life, al-Hada'ik al-Wardiyyah,
Or. 3786, fol. 1506, where it is called

157.

Or. 4007.— Foil. 34 ; 10 in. by 7 ; written
by various hands, for the most part in the
13th century. [GLASEE, nos. 304, 316.]

I. Foil. 1 — 5. A collection of forty Hadiths
relating to the invocation of blessings upon
Muhammad, by Abu '1- 'Abbas Ahmad B.
Ma'add B. 'Isa B. Wakil al-Tujibi al-Iklishi
al-Andalusi (who died A.H. 550), with this

title : , i&

Beg.

JS

See Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 468, and, for
other collections by the same author, the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 76, and the
Berlin Catalogue, no. 1298.

II. Foil. 5b — 10. Poetical extracts, among
which are two Kasidahs by Jamal al-Din
Muh. B. al-Siddik B. Ahmad al-Sa'igh al-
Surdadi, written from the author's dictation,
and one by Muh. B. 'Umar al-Ghurabi,
composed A.H. 827.

III. Foil. 11—19. Fragment of a collec-
tion of traditions, comprising ten Hadiths,
numbered 6 — 1 5. The sixth begins as follows :

N2

92

TRADITION.

Each Hadith begins with a different Isnad,
and is followed by comments, concluding
with a poetical quotation, for which a Riwa-
yat is given. The compiler appears to have
lived about the middle of the sixth century.
He received Hadiths from celebrated tradi-
tionists, living mostly in Persia about the
beginning of that century, as the following:
Abu '1-Fadl Muh. B. Tahir al-Makdisi and
Abu 'All Isma'il B. Ahmad al-Baihaki, who
both died A.H. 507; 'Abd al-Ghaffar B.
'Muh. al-Shiru'i, who died A.H. 510; al-
Husain B. Mas'ud al-Baghawi, who died
A.H. 516; and Hibat-allah B. al-Faraj,
called Ibn Ukht al-Tawil, who died in
Hamadan, A.H. 542.

IV. Foil. 20—25. Answers of 'Ali B.
Humaid B. Ahmad B. al-Walid al-Kurashi
to questions relating to the sense of some
Hadiths, imperfect at the beginning. The
first paragraph begins : w* *i& cJl~» U Wj

This is the author's autograph, finished on
Friday, 4 Rabi' II., A.H. 623 (A.D. 1226),

V. Foil. 256 — 31. Answers of Imam al-
Mansur-billah 'Abdallah B. Hamzah (d. A.H.
613) to questions relating chiefly to the pre-
decessors of 'Ali in the Khilafat.

Beg.

Some of the answers are extracted from
the treatise entitled £«iU!\ 2L>j5\. All are
stated to have been transcribed from the
Imam's autograph. The copy, written by
the same hand as art. iv., is dated 8 Rajab,
A.H. 623.

Appended are answers by 'Ali B. Humaid,
to questions of Faklh 'Umair al-Darlr and
others.

158.

Or. 3061.— Foil. 155 ; 7 in. by 5Jj 15 lines,
3^- in. long; written in a bold scholarlike
hand, apparently in the 14th century.

[KREMER, no. 68.]

A collection of forty Hadiths, arranged
under the names of as many tradition] sts, by
Sharaf al-Dm Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali B. al-
Mufaddal B. 'Ali B. Mufarrij B. Hatim al-
Makdisi al-Mrdiki, who died A.H. 611 (v.
Arabic Catalogue, p. 734&). The following

title is prefixed : oliuk ^ '^)J

j> **

u?

Beg.

To the above beginning is prefixed the
following Isnad, in substantial agreement
with another copy described in the Arabic

Catalogue, I.e. :

JS

TRADITION.

90
u

»,3J\

The author's disciple, Rashid al-Din Abu'l-
Husain 'Ali B. Yahya al-Kurashi al-'Attar,
the first traditionist of Egypt in his day, died
A.H. 662. See Tabakat al-Huffaz, xviii.,
26. Sharaf al-Din Muh. B. 'Abd al-Hakam
al-Sa'di, who learned the book from the
preceding, was teacher of Hadith in the
Madrasat al-Sahibiyyah, Cairo, where he died
A.H. 686. See Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 53,
fol. 50.

The Hadiths are arranged, as stated in
the preface, under forty of the leading tradi-
tionists, who are grouped four by four under
ten Tabakat or generations. The first
generation is that of the Tabi'In, who
received traditions immediately from the
Companions of the Prophet. The last is
that which immediately preceded the period
in which the Shaikhs of the author lived.
Under each of those forty names are found
full biographical notices in which are
enumerated the men from whom the subject
of the notice received traditions, as well as
those to whom he transmitted them, and the
main circumstances of his life.

The contents of the first six Tabakat have
been stated, from an incomplete copy, in the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 735. The last four
contain notices of the following traditionists:

Tabakah vii. Abu '1-Kasim Hamzah B.
Muh. B. 'Ali al-Kattiini al-Misri, who died
A.H. 357, fol. S4b.

Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B. 'Umar al-Darakutni,
who died A.H. 385, fol. 896.

Abu Ahmad 'Abdallah B. 'Adi al-Jurjani,

who died before A.H. 370 (A.H. 365, v.
Arabic Catalogue, p. 712, note g), fol. 95a.

Abu Bakr Ahmad B. Ibrahim B. Isma'il
Ibn Mirdas al-Isma'ili al-Jurjuni, who died
after A.H. 370 (A.H. 371 according to
Sam'ani, fol. 36«, and Ta'rlkh al-Islam,
Or. 48, fol. 123), fol. 99a.

Tabakah viii. Al-Hakim Abu 'Abdallah
Muh.B. 'Abdallah al-Naisaburi,Ibn al-Bayyi',
who died A.H. 405, fol. 103«.

Abu Muh. 'Abd al-Ghani B. Sa'id al-Azdi,
who died A.H. 409, fol. 107J.

Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. Ishak Ibn Mandah
al-'Abdi al-Isbahani (who died A.H. 395 ;
Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 48, fol. 242), fol. 1126-

Abu Mas'ud Ibrahim B. Muh. B. 'Ubaid
al-Kindi al-Dimashki, who died A.H. 401
(or A.H. 400; Ta'rikh al-Islam, fol. 261),
fol. 11 7a.

Tabakah ix. Abu Bakr Ahmad B. Muh.
B. Ghalib al-Khuwarazmi al-Barkani, who
died A.H. 425, fol. 120&.

Abu Nu'aim Ahmad B. 'Abdallah al-
Isbahani, who died A.H. 430, fol. 123a.

Abu Darr 'Abd B. Ahmad B. Muh. B.
'Abdallah B. Grhufair al-Harawi, who died
A.H. 434, fol. 130a.

Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Ali al-Suri, who
died A.H. 441, fol. 136a.

Tabakah x. Abu Bakr Ahmad B. 'AH
al-Khatlb al-Baghdadi, who died A.H. 463,
fol. 140a.

Abu Bakr Ahmad B. al-Husain al-Naisa-
buri al-Baihaki, who died A.H. 458, fol. 145*.

Abu 'Umar Yusuf B. 'Abdallah Ibn 'Abd
al-Barr al-Namari, who died A.H. 463, fol.
1486.

Al-Amir Abu Nasr ['Ali] B. al-Wazir Abu'l-

94

TRADITION.

Kasim Hibat Allah, called Ibn Makula, who
died after A.H. 470 (A.H. 475 according
to Ibn Khallikan, De Slane, vol. ii., p. 248 ;
A.H. 486 or 487 according to Ta'rlkh al-Islam,
Or. 50, fol. 205), fol. 205.

The first of the forty Hadiths is a short
narrative, by Anas B. Malik, of a visit paid by
the Prophet to his (Anas') mother's house.
It begins : £j j

The principal authority is Abu Tahir
Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ahmad Ibn Silafah al-
Silafi al-Isbahani (died A.H. 576, v. Arabic
Catalogue, p. 731, note o) whom the author
calls his Shaikh, and quotes on every page.

On the first page is a list of the subjects
of the notices, and on the preceding fly-leaf
a table of the Hadiths.

A similar collection, by the same author,
described by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 1467, contains forty Hadiths arranged
under the names of forty Companions, with
notices relating to the latter.

Special Collections of Hadith.

159.

Or. 4279.— Foil. 168; 10|- in. by 6f ; 25
lines, 5 in. long ; written in fair, but sparely
pointed, Neskhi ; dated Sham (Damascus)
Wednesday, 28 Jumada II., A.H. 746 (A.D.
1345). [BUDGE.]

< — aj \JL*Ji

A work on traditions relating to the merits
of Muhammad and the obligations of the
faithful towards him, by Abu '1-Fadl elyad

B. Musa B. Tyad al-Yahsubi, who died
A.H; 544.

Beg. :

U3I

JlS

The work has been printed in Constanti-
nople, A.H. 1264, 1290, 1293, and in Cairo,
A.H. 1276. For MSS. see the Arabic Cata-
logue, pp. 97, 387 ; Aumer, no. 447 ; Loth,
no. 163 ; the Berlin Catalogue, nos. 2559—
63 ; Pertsch, no. 719 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. i., pp. 245, 288.

Copyist :

160.

Or. 3053.— Foil. 27 ; 8| in. by 5J ; 21 lines,
4| in. long ; written in a scholarlike hand,
apparently about the close of the 15th
century. [KREMEE, no. 53.]

A treatise on traditions (Hadith) relating
to the plague, by Jalal al-Dm 'Abd al-
Rahman al-Suyuti, with the following title,
from which it appears that the present copy
was written in the author's life-time : t\ U

Beg.

The work is abridged, as stated in a short
preamble, from the (^U^ JJ^ of Shaikh al-
Islam Ibn Hajar, from which the Isnads
have been omitted. In the list of his works
al-Suyuti mentions it under the heading of

TRADITION.

vi., p. 669,

Hadith; v. Haj. Khal., vol. ,

no. 71, and compare vol. ii., p. 41, and vol. v.,

p. 352.

It is divided into chapters (fa si) not num-
bered, the headings of which are given in the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 262. The latter
part of the present copy does not quite agree
with the Leyden MS. The contents are :
Enumeration of plagues in Muslim times,
brought down to A.H. 897, fol. 156 ; Maka-
mah of Ibn al-Wardi on the plague of
A.H. 749, fol. 216; Letter of Baha al-Dm
al-Subki on the same plague, with the answer
of Salah al-Dm al-Safadi, fol. 24a; Select
verses of various poets, foil. 266 — 276.

The last section concludes with two lines
of al-Suyuti on the plague of A.H. 897.

For other copies see the Khedive's Library,
vol. vii., pp. 185, 589 ; the Leyden Cata-
logue, I.e.; the Gotha Catalogue, no. 58, 3,
no. 1977 ; and Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
nos. 1429-30. Suyuti's treatise is the main
authority consulted by A. v. Kremer in his
memoir "Ueber die grossen Seuchen des
Orients," Sitzungsberichte der K. Akademie,
Phil. Hist. Classe, 1880, pp. 69—156, which
includes the Arabic text of the historical
portion of the work.

161.

Or. 1549.— Foil. 120; 8Jin.by5|; 15 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi,
apparently in the 16th century.

[Sin H. RAWLINSON.]

A compilation of miscellaneous extracts,
chiefly from collections of Hadith, and later
works, such as those of al-Nawawi and Ibn
Hajar, without title or author's name.

Beg. o-

95

The work appears to have been compiled
in the tenth century of the Hijrah. It
contains references to the works of al-Suyuti
(d. A.H. 911), namely to his ^ *Jai ^i.
£.1jli (Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 613), and to the
Husn al-Muhadarah. See foil. 13, 606.

There is no methodical arrangement. The
principal topics are the apparition of angels
at the battle of Badr, fol. 2 ; the duty of
visiting the dead, fol. 3 ; the story of Abu
Sufyan and Heraclius, fol. 156; the scales
in which the works of the dead are weighed,
fol. 286 ; the stories of the Virgin Mary and
Jesus, fol. 66« ; of David, fol. 103a ; of Luk-
man, fol. 108a ; and of Jonas, fol. 113a.

162.

Or. 3887.— Foil. 47 ; 9 in. by 6£ ; from 20
to 23 lines, 4 in. long; written in the cursive
Neskhi of Yemen ; dated Tuesday, 3 Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1242 (A.D. 1826).

[GLASER, no. 173.]

A commentary upon the Hadith of Abu
Darr, by Muhammad B. 'Ali al-Shaukani.

Beg.

Abu Darr Jundab al-Ghifari, the fifth
convert to Islamism, died A.H. 33 (see
Sprenger, Leben des Moh., vol. i., p. 454).

The Hadith, recorded on his authority by
Muslim and others, relates to Divine utter-

96

TRADITION.

ances alleged by Muhammad to have been
addressed to himself. It begins :

The author, having found no comment
upon it, except one of about half a leaf by
al-Nawawi in his commentary upon Muslim,
was induced to write the present work.
After giving the various versions of the said
Hadith by Muslim, al-Tirmidi, Ibn Majah
and al-Baihaki, and adding some notices of
the traditionists by whom it was handed
down, he enters upon a full exposition of
the text, which he elucidates by copious
quotations of other traditions.

It is stated at the end that the work was
completed in Muharram, A.H. 1240. The
transcriber, who calls the author his father

says that the
present copy was taken from a transcript of
the rough draft of the author.

Science of Tradition.

163.

Or. 3062.— Foil. 220 ; 9| in. by 6^ ; 19 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Cairo, Monday, six days before the end of
Rabi' II., A.H. 1297 (A.D. 1880).

[KEEMER, no. 69.]

A work treating of the mis-spellings which
occur in rare words of the traditions and in
the proper names of the traditionists, by Abu
Ahmad al-Hasan B. 'Abdullah B. Sa'Id al-

'Askari al-Lughawi, with the title :

4JJ\ JuS-

The author, a celebrated philologist, who
died A.H. 382 (see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 652, note c ; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
version, vol. i., p. 382 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 48, fol. 177 ; and Bughyat al-Wu'at,
fol. 115i), extracted it, as stated in the
preface, at the request of some men in Rai
and Ispahan, from a large work on Tashif,
or mis-spelling in general, previously written

bv himself : kliWU A»*«^ *J d*»-r-* t— 'Hj ^JJ

J

The author's great work
is mentioned by Ibn Khallikan and al-
Dahabi, I.e. ; and by Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 302.

An Isnad, or catena, consisting of four
links, is prefixed to the text. The earliest
of these links is Abu '1-Hasan Ahmad B.
Abi Bakr Muh. B. Zanjuyah al-Isbahani,
who learnt the book from the author.

TRADITION.

97

It is stated in the colophon that the MS.
was transcribed from a copy in the Khedivial
Library, dated Saturday, 14 Rabl' I., A.H.
621 (A.D. 1224).

164.

Or. 3070.— Foil. 74 ; 8f in. by 6£ ; 25
lines, 3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi,
apparently in the 19th century.

[KREMEE, no. 78.J

An introduction to the science of Hadith,
by Abu Zakariyya Yahya B. Sharaf al-
Nawawi, who died A.H. 676 (v. Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 257) with this title :

Beg.:

U

<jJJ\ J-o

Jl

The author describes his work as an
abridgment of the <^oj^ ȣs- '&j*+ by Abu
'Amr 'Uthman B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shafi'i,
known as Ibn al-Salah, who died A.H. 643
(Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 249).

The work is divided into 65 sections
termed ey, the headings of which have been
given by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos.
1038—40. The final words quoted by
Ahlwardt under no. 1040 occur at fol. 72i
of the present copy, and are followed by two
more pages and a few lines. The last words
are :

165.

Or. 4042.— Foil. 72 ; 7f in. by 6 ; about 25
lines, 4^ in. long ; written in fair, but almost
unpointed, Neskhi, apparently in the 15th
century. [GLASER, no. 344A. ]

I. Foil. 1—69 (-Aj

A treatise on the science of Hadith by
Shaikh al-Islam Siraj al-Dlu Abu Hafs
'Umar B. Raslan al-Bulkini, who died
A.H. 805 (v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 412.)

Beg. r U\ . .

J>\

The author describes his work as based
upon the manual of Ibn al-Salah, commonly
known as c^io*' *$£• (v. Haj. Khal. vol. iv.,
p. 249, and the Berlin Catalogue, no. 1037),
which it at once condenses and elucidates.

The contents have been described by
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1048. The
first leaves of the present copy are damaged,
so that a portion of the lines in their upper
half is lost.

II. Foil. 695—72. Biographical notices
extracted from the work entitled ,^**
<_>-^ftU by Kadi Shihab al-Dln Ibn Hajar
(d. A.H. 852). See the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 139. They relate to some tradi-
tionists who died about the close of the
eighth, or in the first half of the ninth,
century of the Hijrah. The first is Majd
al-Dln al-Flruzabadi (d. A.H. 817) ; the last
Isma'il B. Abi Bakr Ibn al-Mukri (d.
A.H. 837).

166.

Or. 2796.— Foil. 239 ; 7 in. by 5£ ; 19 lines,
3f in. long ; written in close and distinct

o

98

THEOLOGY.

Neskhi ; dated Wednesday, 28 Rabi' II.,
A.H. 899 (A.D. 1484). [GHANDOUR BEY.]

A metrical treatise on the science of
Hadith, known as Alfiyyat al-Hadlth, by
Zain al-Dln Abu '1-Fadl <Abd al-Rahtm B.
al-Husain al-Athari al-'Iraki al-Shafi'i al-
Misri, with a full commentary by the author.

The following title is prefixed : _ £* t^'oi

Beg. of the commentary : J-i' t/jJl all

>>

For the text see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 3966. The author was born A.H. 725, and
died in Cairo on the 2nd of Sha'ban, A.H. 806.
Ibn Hajar, the foremost of his disciples, de-
scribes him in the Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 149, as
the most eminent traditionist of his time,
and states that he (Ibn Hajar) read with
him both the Alfiyyah and its commentary.

At the end of the commentary the author
says that the Urjuzah was completed on the
3rd of Jumfida II., A.H. 768, in Medina, and
the commentary on the 29th of Ramadan,
A.H. 771. The title of the latter is xj
L^OAS!' JuflM ^jL> <^-*4'. See Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 416.

On the last page is a Sama' dated A.H. 1053.

For other copies of the Alfiyyah see Loth,
no. 197 ; Pertsch, no. 579 ; the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 82 ; Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, nos. 1071—75; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. i., p. 118. For copies of the
same commentary, see Ahlwardt, no. 1076 ;
the Paris Catalogue, no. 754 ; and the Khe-
dive's Library, voJ. i., pp. 128, 132.

THEOLOGY.

167.

Or. 4264.— Foil. 32 ; 8$ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
3J in. long; written in fair Neskhi, appa-
rently in the 18th century. [BUDGE.]

A commentary on the metrical profession
of faith known as ,jlj^.^ '»J^a&, and ascribed
to Muhammad B. al-Hasan al-Shaibani, who
died A!H. 189 (v. Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. ii., p. 590).

Beg.

13^3 13) JA ^$&\ «JJ

The first line of the Kasidah, the text of
which is included, is :

The commentator says that his commen-
tary was, as far as he knew, the first written
on that work. His name, which does not
appear in the MS., is Najm al-Dln Muh. B.
'Abdallah B. {Abd al-Rahman al-Dimashki,
called Ibn Kadi 'Ajlun. He is said to have
died A.H. 876 (Haj. Khal., vol. iv., pp. 214,
243).

For copies of the poem see the Berlin
Catalogue, nos. 1933 — 35, and Pertsch, no.
659. For MSS. of the commentary see
Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, no. 141, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 6, and vol. vii.,
p. 651.

168.

Or. 2675.— Foil. 212 ; 10 in. by 6$ ; 23
lines, 5£ in. long ; written in thick and
bold Neskhi, probably in the 13th century;
damaged by damp, and in parts much faded.

[H. G. KEENE.]

THEOLOGY.

99

Tlie first volume of an extensive work,
containing the opinions and teachings of
Imam Abu 'Abdallah Ahmad B. Muhammad
Ibn Hanbal, compiled by Abu Bakr Ahmad
B. Muhammad B. Harun B. Yazld B. Shimri
al-Khallfil, with this title : <_--li/

5J\ Jj.L-0

«UI

Beg.

«j

Jli'

(^JJi (J^ t^-S?

Although the work is designated in the
above title as al-Musnad, it must not be
confounded with the vast collection of Hadiths
written by Ibn Hanbal himself, and known
as Musnad Ahmad. See Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 534 ; the Berlin Catalogue, no. 1257 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 304.

While containing a great number of
Hadiths handed down by Ibn Haubal, the
present work has for its main object the
teachings and utterances of the great Imam
himself. The first volume is of special
interest as setting forth in great detail, and
in his own words, his views as to the legiti-
macy of the first five Khalifs, as to the early
sects of Islamism, and on the question
whether the Goran is created or not, a fierce
controversy which was raging in his time,
and exposed him to grievous persecution.

Ibn Hanbal was born in Baghdad, A.H. 164,
and died there A.H. 241. For his life see
Ibn Khallikan,De Slane's translation, vol. i.,
p. 44; the abridgment of Ibn al-Jauzi's

Manakib, Or. 3050; Ibn Nuktah, Or. 836,
foil. 57—59 ; and Tabakat al-Huflaz, viii.,
no. 18.

The author of the present work, Abu Bakr
al-Khallal al-Baghdadi, studied jurisprudence
under Abu Bakr al-Marwadi, and devoted
his life to the task of bringing into writing
the legal system of Ibn Hanbal. He died
A.H. 311. See al-Dahabi, al-'Ibar, fol. 107i.
The present work is probably the same as
that which Haj. Khal. notices, vol. ii., p. 579,
under the title

The author's master, Abu Bakr Ahmad B.
Muh. B. al-Hajjaj al-Marwadi (so called from
Marw ar-Rud), whom he constantly quotes,
was the greatest of Ibn Hanbal's disciples.
He died in Baghdad, A.H. 275. See al-
Dahabi, ib., fol. 91i, and Yakut, vol. iv.,
p. 506.

Ibn Hanbal is generally designated in the
course of the work by his Kunyah, Abu
'Abdallah, and his utterances are mostly
called forth by questions put to him by his
disciples, among whom are named, besides
the above-mentioned Abu Bakr al-Marwadi,
the Imam's son, 'Abdallah (who died A.H.
290), al-Maimuni ('Abd al-Malik B. 'Abd al-
Hamid, who died A.H. 294, v. 'Ibar, fol. 91)
and others.

The present MS. comprises the first seven
parts *j>-, of the original work. They begin
respectively at foil. 35, 446, 79a, 105a, 1326,
158a, and 1796.

The main headings are as follows :
Fol. 6a.

-.

Fol. 86.

Fol. 10a.

Fol.

IflJJ JjJ lej

o 2

100

Fol. 21 a.

Fol. 386.

THEOLOGY.

yl

This section treats separately of Abu Bakr,
'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali, and of the ten blessed
Companions, fol. 35a ; then of the questions
relating to conflicting claims to the Khilafat,
in refutation of those who placed 'Ali above
his predecessors, fol. 566 ; of the legitimacy
of Mu'awiyah, fol. 686 ; of the battles of
Siffin and of the Camel, fol. 74a ; and, lastly,
of the Companions generally, fol. 77a.

Fol. 79a (jaj\}j\^t> (including a reprobation
of those who hand down Hadiths in disparage-
ment of the Companions).

Fol. 846.
Fol. 866

(in refutation of the Kadarriyah).
Fol. 94a (.^U^j yW^ <->\ji

(in refutation of the Murji'ah).
Fol. 106a.
Fol. 1496.
Fol. 153a.
Fol. 158a. j^ ^jN JIS

The discussion of the last subject extends
to the end of the first volume, fol. 202a.

On the same page are found two Sama's,
dated respectively A.H. 560 and 577, both
transcribed from the original MS. The first
relates to a reading of that volume before
Shaikh Abu '1-Husain 'Ali B. Abi Sa'd B.
Ibrahim al-Khabbaz, who had received the
work through three intermediate links from
Abu Bakr al-Khallal, the author.

The remaining pages, foil. 2026 — 212,
written in a small crowded character, contain
additions of the author to various parts of
the first volume.

Two leaves prefixed to the MS. contain a
table of chapters by a later hand.

169.

Or. 3106.— Foil. 19 ; 7f in. by 5£ ; from 15
to 20 lines, 3| in. long ; written in fair thick
Neskhi, about A.H. 898 (A.D. 1492-93).

[KEEMEE, no. 116.]

Refutation of the Zindlk and Jahmi here-
sies, by Ahmad B. Muhammad Ibn Hanbal
(d. A.H. 241), to which the following title,
in the same handwriting as the text, is pre-

fixed : *1M JJ* ^} pU^) *j^j L»*ty\ Jc 1>J5\

Beg.
Jl

- bliu

The above beginning is preceded by the
following Isnad : yj <^Jj
b\ ! Ix^

J\* liil

J\HJ

JU3

' From this it appears that the work was
handed down by the following seven men :
1. 'Abdallah, the author's son, who died
A.H. 290 (v. Ibn Khallikan, vol. i., p. 45,
and al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, Add. 23,358, fol.
186) ; 2. Al-Khidr B.al-Muthanna al-Kindi ;

THEOLOGY.

101

3. Abu Bakr Ahmad B. Muh. B. Hariin al-
Khallal, who died A.H. 311 (v. al-'Ibar,
fol. 107J) ; 4. Abu Bakr 'Abd al-'Az!z, the
famulus of the preceding; 5. Abul-Kasim
'Abd al-'Aziz B. 'Ali al-Azaji, who died
A.H. 444 (Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 49, fol. 204);
6. Abu '1-Ghana'im Muh. B. Muh. B. Ahmad
B. al-Muhtadi billah ; 7. Abu Tahir Mubarak
B. Mubarak Ibn al-Ma'tush, who was bora
A.H. 507 and died A.H. 599, being the
youngest of the disciples -of the last (ib. Or.
52, fol. 1486).

After inveighing against heretics in general,
the author denounces more especially al-Jahm,
the enemy of God. He describes him as a
native of Tirmid in Khorasan, who became
perverted by the infidel sect called al-Suma-
niyyah *ju*-A He then refutes at length
his heresies, the principal of which are his
assertion that the Goran was a created thing,
and his denial of the anthropomorphic
attributes of God.

The work was known to the author of the
Fihrist, who mentions it among the writings
of Ibn Hanbal, p. 229, under the title

The present copy was collated A.H. 898
by the transcriber, who writes at the end :

For the tenets of the Jahmiyyah see Shah-
rastani, Haarbriicker's translation, vol. i.,
p. 89.

170.

Or. 3105.— Foil. 10; 6J- in. by 4^ ; from 18
to 22 lines, 3^- in. long; written in large
and angular Neskhi, apparently in the 13th
century. [KEEMEE, no. 115.]

Detached fragments of an exposition of
the doctrine of Ibn Hanbal, by Abu '1-Hasan

'Ali B. Shukr B. Ahmad B. Shukr, to which
the following title is prefixed in the hand-
writing of the transcriber : u^ULJ" ^ J

To the above is added, by another hand :

Lower down, and by the same hand, is a
Sama', in which the author declares that this
first Juz had been read aloud by himself for
the benefit of the owner of this copy, Rashld
al-Din Ahmad B. Abi Bakr B. 'Ali al-
Hamadani and others. It begins :

Wo-

The Sama' is signed by the author, and
dated A.H. 616 :

J\

The first page contains the initial lines of
a preface, beginning : *jsti\ ii*-^)\ j*-\j31

li jjo Ul . . . . ho-\*> &• J i/JJ
* siail \

The next page begins abruptly -with the
following passage : ^

From the original folioing in Oriental
figures, it appears that these few leaves have
been detached from a volume of 121 folios,
transcribed from the author's autograph MS.
The last folio, numbered 121, has the follow-
ing colophon :

JSi

102

THEOLOGY.

The preceding folios, foil. 2 — 9, bear the
following original numbers, 108, 102, 103,
104, 105, 99, . . 9, and 120. Fol. 7 (ori-
ginally 99) is designated as the first of the
second quire of the fourth Juz.

As far as can be judged from the extant
fragments, the work is not a commentary,
but a compilation of the utterances of Ibn
Hanbal upon points of doctrine, in which
each separate statement is preceded by an
Isnad. Thus we have at the beginning of a

section, fol. 5a : <_)..»»- w* &'*& JHJ U «*U <-_>b

y,

b!

J\i'

The above-named Hibat Allah al-Lalaka'i
is the author of Kitab al-Sunnah. He died
A.H. 418. See Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 49,
fol. 108, and Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 96.

The last two pages, foil. 9 and 10, are
taken up with denunciations of divers heretical
sects. The last words are: Jlii \&.s- *)J\ ^..

A work entitled LLJ\ Jfc\ sULlc^ L_>U/, and
concluding with the same passage, is described
by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1937.

A similar work ^U^l jc- ^j^
Jjjo- ^ &+s*\, is ascribed by Haj. Khal.,
vol. v., p. 45, to Abu '1-Fadl 'Abd al- Wahid
B. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Tamlmi, who died
A.H. 410. V. Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 49,
fol. 68.

171.

Or. 3104.— Foil. 109 ; 6f in. by 5 ; 13 lines,
3gr in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with
occasional vowels, apparently in the 14th
century, with the exception of foil. 64 — 108,
which are probably of the 17th century.

Kitab al-Haidah, in which 'Abd al-'Aziz
B. Yahya al-Kinani relates the disputation
which he held, in the presence of Khalif
al-Ma'mun, with Bishr B. Ghiyath al-Marisi,
in order to refute the latter's assertion that
the Goran was a created thing.

The following title, in the hand of the
copyist, is prefixed : ,»U>^\ c- sjJliJ SAA* u->Ui"

The text begins with the following Isnad

*-.!> ii-> As:'

-s-\ JliS

The narrative begins : jj* (jo <jj>-

Although the Kitab al-Haidah is ascribed

THEOLOGY.

10:}

by so early an authority as the Fihrist, p. 184,
to 'Abd al-'Aziz B. Yahya al-Kinani, it is
evidently a later production. The alleged
champion of orthodoxy, 'Abd al-'Aziz, is
mentioned by Ibn 'Asakir as one of those
theologians who did not dare to cope openly
with the Mu'tazilis, but confined themselves
to written refutations of their tenets. See
Mehren, Expose de la reforme de 1'Islamisme,
pp. 81, 106. The real author is probably to
be found in one of the men who figure in
the above Isnad. The fourth of these in the
ascending order, AbuBakr Muh. B. al-Hasan
B. al-Azhar al-Kata'i'i al-Asamm, who died
A.H. 320, is described by al-Khatib al-
Baghdadi, Add. 23,319, fol. 2406, and by
al-Sam'ani, fol. 4576, as an untrustworthy
traditionist, who concocted spurious Hadiths;
it is significantly added that the Kitab al-
Haidah was transmitted by him to Abu 'Amr
TJthman B. Ahmad Ibn al-Sammak, who died
in Baghdad A.H. 344 (v. Sam'ani, f. 3056).

The title has been wrongly translated
"Book of the Schism." The word al-
ii aidah, as explained in the work itself,
means the act of evading a direct question
by giving an irrelevant answer, a practice
with which 'Abd al-'Aziz taxes his adversary,
as, for instance, in the following passage,
fol. 236: >\ *. t.> &\J jl jo* J\S

after which he proceeds to give instances of
similar evasive answers »ju>- from the Goran,
from tradition, and from the poems of Imru' 1-

Kais : j^j Jrj J^ ^ ^^ <j *•»& <-J^ ^

Jjyu-

J

The opponent of 'Abd al-'Aziz is an his-
torical person, Bishr B. Ghiyath al-Marisi,
who died A.H. 218. He was first a disciple
of Abu Yusuf, the great Shafi'i doctor, but

afterwards joined the Murji sect, and became
the most prominent advocate of the doctrine
relating to the creation of the Goran, which
prevailed under Ma'mun.

See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version,
vol. i., p. 260; al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, Add.
23,357, fol. 25 ; Shahrastani, Haarbriicker,
vol. ii., p. 407, vol. i., p. 161; and the Kamil,
vol. vi., p. 311, vol. vii., p. 49. His Nisbah
is spelt in various ways, viz., Marisi by
Sam'ani, fol. 523, Ibn Khallikan, I.e., and
Lubb al-Lubab, p. 243 ; Marrisi by Yakut,
vol. iv., p. 515; and Mirrlsi, in the Kamus,
vol. i., p. 802. It is said to be derived from
Marrlsah, or Mirrisah, a town, tract, or tribe,
of Upper Egypt. Compare Hammer, Litera-
turgesch., vol. iii., p. 205.

The general scope of the Kitab al-Haidah
has been described by Krerner, " Ueber
meine Sammlung," p. 50, and by Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, no. 440. The work is
noticed by Haj. Khal., vol. iii. 118, under
the title of

The contents of the present copy are as
follows :

1. Kitab al-Haidab, properly so-called,
i.e. the account of the disputation with
Bishr, fol. 16. It ends, fol. 626, with the
words ^A-fSC)! iij^^ t_j>b_^ji-\

2. Refutation by 'Abd al-'Aziz of a man
of the Jahmi sect, who had sided with Bishr
in the previous discussion, fol. 626.

3. An extraneous fragment, containing
anecdotes of al-Wathik, related by his son
al-Muhtadi, and turning mostly on the same
question of the uncreated character of the
Goran, fol. 64a. It is introduced by an
Isnad, in which figure the above-mentioned
Abu 'Amr 'TJthman B. Ahmad Ibn al-
Sammak, and Muhammad B. al-Hasan, i.e.
al-Kata'i'i. At the end, fol. 706, is written :

104

THEOLOGY.

4. Account of what took place between
'Abd al-'Aziz and Bishr after the disputa-
tion, namely, how the former, having pub-
lished an account of the same, was summoned
to the presence of al-Ma'mun at the instiga-
tion of Bishr, and succeeded in vindicating
himself and obtaining the Khalif's pardon,
foil. 7 Ob— 1086.

This appendix explains the title L
J&s-^j 8JJ.U found in some copies.

The last folio, which, however, may not
have originally belonged to the MS., contains
some mystic verses, and a note of a former
owner with the date A.H. 886.

172.

Or. 3091.— Foil. 73 ; 9± in. by 7J ; 13 lines,
3f in. long ; written in large and fair Neskhi,
transcribed, as stated by Baron von Kremer,
by a young Christian scribe, from a very old
MS. in the American College, Beirut.

[KREMER, no. 101.]

Kitab al-Luma', a dogmatical work by
Abu '1-Hasan al-Ash'ari, to which is prefixed
the following title :

From this it appears that the original MS.
contained, besides the work to which the
transcript is confined, two treatises of al-
Grhazzali, viz. al-Risalat al-Laduniyyah (Haj.
Khal., vol. iii., p. 436) and questions and
answers relating to the knowledge of God.

Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B. Isma'il al-Ash'ari,

founder of the orthodox sect called after him
al-Asha'irah, was born in Basrah, A.H. 260,
and died in Baghdad, A.H. 324. His life,
by Ibn 'Asakir, has lately been published,
with a French translation by Mehren , " Expose
de la Reforme de 1'Islamisme," 1878. See
also Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's translation,
vol. ii., p. 227, and Fihrist, p. 181.

Among his numerous works, the present
one is mentioned by Ibn 'Asakir as «JJ\ ^U^
£ijJ)j Q}\ Jfc) J*. oj\ j. See Mehren pp. 27,
98. It is also noticed as jJJI «_>li/by Ibn
Khallikan, and in the Fihrist, I.e.

Beg. j^

The title of the work does not appear in
the text, and the author is only incidentally
designated at the beginning of paragraphs,

foil. 416, 526, by the words ^-U _,j\ lN J\S

The work, which is chiefly directed against
the Mu'tazilah, consists of a series of short
sections headed aAJL-*, in each of which a
question or objection of the adversary is first
briefly stated, and then answered or refuted

at length.

The first section begins :

J\ Hk>

The second question begins, fol. 36, as
follows : (jrWI l»sj J Jj'5 Jli' yU all--

After a few more questions relating to the

THEOLOGY.

105

nature of God, the subsequent matter is
classed under the following headings :

Fol. 4a
Fol. 186

Fol. 266
Fol. 31«
Fol. 466
Fol. 61a
Fol. 666
Fol. 68a *

Fol. 706—73a

The last section is in support of the
Imamat of Abu Bakr against the partisans
of 'Ali and of al-'Abbas.

It may be noticed that the title might be
read Kitab al-Lam'. It is so vocalized in
the printed text of Ibn 'Asakir, p. 86, and
the titles of two other works mentioned,

p. 98, j~&\ H and j^^ \ would seem

to support that reading.

The passage in which Ibn Khallikan
enumerates the works of al-Ash'ari is un-
fortunately wanting in the autograph MS.,
Add. 25,735. But a similarly entitled work

by Abu Ishak al-Shlrazi is distinctly written

»
in the same MS., fol. 46,

173.

Or. 4268.— Foil. 215 ; 9£ in. by 7± ; 25 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in neat Persian Neskhi,
apparently in the 13th century. [BUDGE.]

The third volume of the great system of
moral theology, entitled Ihya 'Ulum al-Din,
by Abu Hamid Muh. B. Muh. al-Ghazzali,
who died A.H. 505.

It contains the third quarter of the work,
called OUJ^I ^, and comprises the follow-
ing ten Kitabs: 1. (_J^H t-JUP fol. 16. 2. Lo
lwrai!\fol.21«. S.^J^iJt^/foLMa. 4.
WUJ» fol. 46a. 5. j-Jij ^uaiM iil fol. 696.
6. UiJ\ ri fol. 89a. 7. ^ ^ J\V ^ ^
fol. 106a. 8. b^j ilU ^ fol. 127a. 9. ^
fol. 1686. 10. &\ fol. 194«.

.

The contents correspond with those of the
third volume of the edition printed in Cairo
A.H. 1282. But the last section wants about
two pages at the end. It breaks off with a
passage corresponding with p. 350, line 10,
of the printed text.

On fol. 89« is written, in the same hand
as the text, the name of the first owner of
the MS., Diya al-Din Abu '1-Fakhr 'Abd al-
Eahim B. Muh. al-Karsafi.

For the contents of the work see Hitzig,
Zeitschrift der D. Morg. Ges., Band 7, p. 172 ;
Gosche, Abhandlungen der Berliner Aka-
demie, 1858, p. 253 ; and for MSS. and
editions the Berlin Catalogue, no. 1679 ;
Loth, no. 602; the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 62, etc,

174.

Or. 4374.— Foil. 137 ; 6£ in. by 5 ; 24 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in a minute Persian
hand, probably in the 16th century.

[BUDGE.]

Selections from the preceding work, Ihya

106

THEOLOGY.

'TJlum al-Din, with some additions by an
unknown writer.

The work is described at the end, fol. 776,
as <jia*j (J Oljl^j ** ^.

The first part, which in the binding has
been transposed to the end, begins, fol. 82,
as follows : \ i!l JIS j^ W . . . «U

175.

Or. 3108.— Foil. 16 ; 10£ in. by 7 ; 39 lines,
4 in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik in
the 19th century. [KEEMEE, no. 118.]

Exposition of the Sunni creed, with refu-
tation of heretical doctrines, by Abu '1-Mu'In
al-Nasafi.

,> cJ^y

Beg. U\ cuj*i 5)

J3 . . .

(J&ii\ Jj J

«]Jt Ji^iw J&»^ j,\ \^s\ J
Jj\ ^^f ^i ^»)j JUS

The title is found in the colophon : t_->l^ J

Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 20, calls the author
Abu '1-Mu'm Maimun B. Muh. al-Nasafi, and
says that he died A.H. 508. Abu '1-Mu'in
Maimun al-Nasafi is mentioned, but without
any date, by Ibn Kutlubuga, p. 66, no. 283.

The contents of the work have been stated,
in full agreement with the present copy, by

Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1941, who
learns from another source that the full
name of the author is Maimun B. Muh. B.
Muh. . . . Ibn Makhul Abu '1-Mu'In al-Nasafi
al-Hanafi al-Makhuli, and that he died c.
A.H. 500. The Nisbah Makhuli, derived
from an ancestor called Makhul, is common
to several scholars of Nasaf. See Sam'ani,
fol. 541.

The present copy is a transcript, by Alfred
von Kremer, of the Vienna MS. described
by Fliigel, vol. ii., no. 1523. Other copies,
which, however, do not bear the title of
Bahr al-Kalam, are noticed in the Bodleian
Catalogue, vol. i., no. 114, vol. ii., p. 568,
and in the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 241,
nos. 1989-90. Copies with the above title
are mentioned in the Paris Catalogue, nos.
1232-33, and in the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 6, and vol. vii., p. 537.

176.

Or. 4265.— Foil. 67 ; 7in. by 5 ; 18 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 15th century, except foil. 26 — 30
supplied by a later hand. [BuDGE.]

A commentary by Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani
(d. A.H. 721) upon the dogmatical treatise
of Najm al-Dm 'Umar B. Muh. al-Nasafi
(d. A.H. 537), with this title : ^ Utf

Beg.

The original work has been edited by
Cureton, 1843. See also Pertsch, no. 55,
and Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1953.

The commentary has been printed in Cal-
cutta A.H. 1244, and in Constantinople A.H.
1260. Tor MSS. see the Arabic Catalogue,

THEOLOGY.

107

p. 5415 ; Pertsch, no. 671 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. ii., p. 27, vol. vii., pp. 252, 431,
and 636 ; and the Berlin Catalogue, nos.
1955—65.

177.

Or. 2795.— Foil. 154; 10* in. by 6£ ; 17
lines, 4f- in. long ; written in a large and
formal Neskhi, with vowels, with an orna-
mental title in blue and gold ; dated Sunday,
8 Dulka'dah, A.H. 838 (A.D. 1435).

[GrHANDOUR BEY.]

A commentary upon the dogmatical trea-
tise, in verse, of 'Ali B. 'Uthman al-Ushi
(d. A.H. 569), known as Bad' al-Amali, or
Kasidat Yakul al-'Abd (v. Arabic Catalogue,
p. 966).

Beg.

CU4\ 411

The work is ascribed by Haj. Khal., vol.iv.,
p. 559, to Muhammad B. Abi Bakr al-Razi.
Three copies are mentioned with the same
title, and attributed to the same author, in the
catalogue of the Khedivial Library, vol. ii.,
p. 60, where it is added that the author lived
in the eighth century.

In the present copy, however, another
author is named, both in the illuminated
title ;

and in the following
heading, at the top of the first page : <^>\^

US—

In a copy noticed in the Khedive's Library,
vol. vii., p. 313, the same author is named.
This is probably a mistake ; for Radi al-Din
Abu '1-Kasim B. Husain al-Bakri is the
author of another commentary on the same
work, mentioned, with quite a different begin-
ning, by Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 660, and in
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., no. 2004.

The present commentary is described, in
full agreement with our copy, by Ahlwardt,
no. 2409, who adds there, and under no. 706,
without quoting his authority, that the author,
Muh. B. Abi Bakr B. 'Abd al-Kadir al-Razi
al-Hanafi, lived about A.H. 720. He appears,
however, to be identical with the author of
the Raudat al-Fasahah, composed about 650
(v. Rosen, Institut, no. 108), and of the
Mukhtar al-Sihah, who died A.H. 680 (v.
infra, Or. 4184).

The MS. was written for some royal person,
whose name has been partly obliterated on
the title-page, probably al-Malik al-Ashraf
Barsbai. The words UaLJI U^. *»> are
still legible.

Copyist : Jtj

178.

Or. 4517.— Foil. 203; 12 in. by 8$; 19 lines,
4f in. long ; written in small and close
Nestalik, apparently in the 17th century.

A commentary, by Ya'kub B. Sayyid 'Ali,
upon a treatise on religious and moral
obligations, entitled ^»»it\ ~i»J», by Rukn
al-Din Muhammad B. Abi Bakr, Mufti of
Bukhara, known as Imam Zadah.
P2

108

THEOLOGY.

Beg.

&+*> itf+f- JP

The following title is prefixed by the same
hand as the text :

A»S

WTi

.l*b

-

?. J

Shir'at al-Tslam is mentioned by Ibn
Kutlubuga, p. 44, as the work of Muh. B.
Abi Bakr al-Kummi, known as Imam Zadah,
and Mufti of Bukhara, who was born A.H.
491, and died, according to Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 42, A.H. 573.

The commentator, who wrote also a com-
mentary upon the G-ulistan (Persian Cata-
logue, p. 606), was successively professor in
the Medresehs of Brusa, Edirneh, and Con-
stantinople. He died on his return from
Mecca, A.H. 930. The present commentary
was a favourite lecture of Sultan Bayazid
(Shaka'ik, fol. 111).

The original text is included in the com-
mentary, and distinguished by a line drawn
over it. It is divided into sixty-one, or
according to the present copy, sixty-two
Fasls, a table of which occupies three pages
at the beginning. It commences : «JJ ^*ii

ft lib «? JJ\

The contents of the Shir'at al-Islam have
been stated by Krafft, no. 179, and by
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1730. MSS.
are mentioned by Nicoll, no. 54, p. 513, and
by Bosen, Notices Sommaires, no 109. For

copies of the commentary see Dorn, ho. 80 ;
Loth, no. 209 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
1248-49 ; and the Berlin Catalogue, no. 1734.

Copyist ; ^ala^o* ..J '_°-"j?. ,&. r~J^

Appended is a tract against the dancing
of the Sufis, by 'AH Chelebi, Mufti of
Constantinople.

179.

Or. 4270.— Foil. 188 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 23 lines,
3f in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi ;
dated 12 Rabi' I., A.H. 1226 (A.D. 1811).

[BUDGE.]

The first half of the preceding commentary,
ending with the chapter wb\j ^^lU ti^~» j,
and corresponding with foil. 4 — 886 of the
preceding copy.

A table of chapters is prefixed.

180.

Or. 3753.— Foil. 240 ; 8$ in. by 4f ; 22 lines,
2f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Monday, 1st Safar, A.H. 1092 (A.D. 1681).
Several leaves, especially at the beginning,
are more or less damaged by holes.

[GLASEE, no. 37.]

*u*P

A treatise on Kalam, or scholastic theology,
by Fakhr al-Din Muhammad B. 'Umar al-
Razi (d. A.H. 606), revised and elucidated
by Nasir al-Din Muhammad B. Muh. al-
Tusi (d. A.H. 672).

The MS. is imperfect at the beginning,
and does not contain either title or author's
name. But its contents agree with the
above work as described by Haj. Khal.,
vol. v., p. 422. The beginning of the first
of the four Rukns into which the original

THEOLOGY.

109

work, as well as this enlarged recension, is
divided, is lost. The first passage of the
text, fol. la, is: U

l

The headings of the three remaining
Rukns are as follows :

J J

j cJ'31

Fol. 356
Fol. 1376
Fol. 196a

The author states, at the end, that he
finished the work, which he designates as

Talkhis Lai &*^ u^ ^>*N U5j, on the
seventh of Safar, A.H. . . . 69. Owing to a
hole in the paper, the number of the hundreds
is lost. But we learn from Haj. Khal, I.e.,
that the date of composition was A.H. 669,
and that the work was dedicated to the
Sahib Dlwan 'Ata Malik B. Baha al-Dm
Muhammad.

The full title of Razi's work is

copy of the Talkhis is described by Pertsch,
Gotha Catalogue, no. 644. A commentary
by al-Katibi al-Kazwmi upon al-Muhassal, is
noticed in the Leyden Catalogue, vol iii.,
p. 360.

181.

Or. 3121.— Foil. 179; 7£ in. by 5J; 21 lines,
3| in. long ; written in a small and neat
Nestalik; dated Friday, 10 Jumada II., A.H.
826 (A.D. 1423). [KREMER, no. 131.]

A full commentary, by Shams al-Din al-
Samarkandi, upon his own treatise on Kalam,
or scholastic theology, entitled al-Saha'if.

The above title is found in the preface.
The author's name does not appear in the
text, but in the following contemporary title :

Beg.

The author says, in the preface, that the
object of God in creating man was to be
known by him, and that there are only two
witnesses to true knowledge, namely, reason
and revelation. He then refers to the Saha'if,
and the present commentary, in the following

terms :

AA)| .?^°>

J\

Shams al-Dm Muh. B. Ashraf al-Husaini
al-Samarkandi is the author of several philo-
sophical and scientific works, viz., Adfib al-
'Bakht, Ashkal al-Ta'sis and Kustas al-MIzan.
His precise date is not known. Haj. Khal.,
who mentions him in several places as the
author of al-Saha'if, says that he died about
A.H. 600. See vol. i., pp. 207, 322, vol. iv.,
pp. 98, 515. It must be noticed, however,
that an authority frequently quoted in the
present work is the Imam, author of al-

110

THEOLOGY.

Mulakhkhas, i.e. Fakhr al-Dm al-Razi, who
died A.H. 606.

The commentary does not include the text
of the Saha'if. The passages explained are
only indicated by the first few words preceded
by Jli' ; the comments are introduced by Jyl
As far as can be inferred from the commen-
tary, the work is divided into two Maksads,
subdivided as follows : Maksad I. includes a
Mukaddimah and three Kisms, viz., Mukad-

dimah :

fol. 26 and

fol. SI. Kism I., divided into four
Sahlfahs, viz., 1. ^\j Ji^jJl j fol. 66. 2. J
(.jj-Hj ji^N fol. 145. 3. *jfc\U ^3 fol. 24a,
4. a*fc\y, j^.j» j»\j5 ^5 fol. 316. Kism II.,
treating of accidents ^^^ ^ is divided into
four Sahlfahs, viz., 1. cy\ri,,rt)\ J fol. 64a.

2. uJ^1 us* fo1- 1&- 3- Ori quantityj
emptiness, motion, time and force, fol. 77a.

4. £& t^^ . Ui», fol. 956.

Kism III., treating of substances
consists of two Sahlfahs, viz., 1. On material
substances, fol. lOOa. 2. On spiritual sub-
stances, fol. 1076.

Maksad II. treats of the existence and
attributes of God, of prophecy, future life,
etc., in 19 Sahlfahs, viz., 1. ,JU5 &15\ 1_JL5j\ ^

fol. 1146. 2. L_^1j)\ ij>j i> J^^=-»^» J
&#.$ fol. 1176. 3. »j».jJI J fol. 1186. 4. J
J*in jj^-o fol. 121a. 5. «W jj* j fol.
127a. 6. *W »>y J fol. 1296. 7. *W ii_^ j'
fol. 132a. 8. «W r^ j fol. 1336. 9. i^ j
«W fol. 1366. 10. SxlJl OlL=ll J fol. 139a.
11. «W 2,^' J^ j fol. 1436. 12. JU»1 J
^\ fol. 146a. 13. «U\ A*-1 J fol. 150a.
14. JU eu>j>i* <i fol, 1526. 15. SjjJfl J fol.

158a. 16. i\Al J fol. 1626. 17.
fol. 166a. 18. ^Slj jj^J^ J fol. 1716. 19. J
&«lc^\ fol. 1756. Khatimah, on spiritual life,
foil. 1776—1790.

Copyist :

For another copy see the Paris Catalogue,
no. 1247.

182.

Or. 3773.— Foil. 217 ; 7 in. by 3f ; 25 lines,
2J in. long ; written by two hands in minute
and close Nestalik, with frequent omission
of the diacritical points, apparently in the
15th century. Some leaves at beginning
and end are more or less torn and mutilated
by holes. [GLASEE, no. 57.]

A commentary upon the well-known
treatise of theology, entitled Tajrid al-
'Aka'id or Tajrid al-Kalam, by Nasir al-Dm
Muhammad al-Tusi (d. A.H. 672).

The MS. is imperfect at beginning and
end. The first page contains the latter
portion of the preface, including the title of

the original work L-^-J^ Aj.j^b ^^j.al^1

J\
and

the following passage :

Jl

U ,>

The agreement of the above passage with
the condensed extract given by Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii., p. 195, from the commentary of

THEOLOGY.

Ill

Shams al-Dln Mahmud B. 'Abd al-Rahman
al-Isfahani, proves the identity of the two
works, notwithstanding the slight divergence

in the titles. Haj. Khal. gives : j*\yi)l ja_>±'j
joUuN &>_j£ jZ> j, and a Leyden MS., vol. iv.,

P. 246, tX>Ui*5\ <x> ,a
' ^- ~%. r:

The commentator was born in Isfahan,
A.H. 674. After a prolonged stay in
Damascus he repaired, A.H. 732, to Cairo,
where Amir Kausun built a Khankah for
him (see Orientalia, vol. ii., p. 363). He
was carried off by the plague, A.H. 749.
See al-Isnawi, fol. 23, and al-Durar al-
Kaminah, fol. 141. He left, besides the
present work, commentaries on the Mukh-
tasar of Ibn al-Hajib, on the Matali', on the
Kasldah of al-Sawi, a treatise of logic,

entitled t-jyJj^U, commentaries upon the
Mukaddimat of Ibn al-Haiib, the Badi' of

• j *

Ibn al-Sa'ati, and upon the Tawali' and Min-
hiij of al-Baidawi, and a Tafsir.

Blank spaces left in the commentary for
the insertion of words of the text, have not
been filled in. The headings of the first
two of the six Maksads into which the
Tajrid is divided, are also omitted. Those

of the last four are as follows : 3. O\jJ\ ^

, fol. 168a; 4. »yi» j, fol. 188ft ;
5. i.U^» J, fol. 1926 ; 6. ^jJI, j,PjJl, i\4\ J,
fol. 209a.

The contents of the Tajrid have been
stated by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no.
1745. For copies of the commentary of al-
Isfahani j^yiM joaio, commonly called -^
f>.*3yt, see the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 11, and Loth, no. 406. Glosses on the
latter are mentioned by Ahlwardt, ib., nos.
1748—1756.

183.

Or. 3331.— Foil. 186 ; 10 in. by 6J ; 29 lines,
4 J in. long ; written in small and neat Nes-
talik ; dated Thursday, 6 Shawwal. A.H. 838
(A.D. 1435). [H. A. STERN.]

A gloss by al-Sayyid al-Sharif (d. A.H. 816)
upon the Tajrid al-'Aka'id, by Nasir al-Dln
al-Tusi, and upon the commentary of Mahmud
B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Isfahani (see the pre-
ceding MS.).

In the colophon, the work is called : *ju
tne lower

is written :

Beg.

iJ\JU>

See Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 195; and for
other copies, Loth, nos. 407-8; Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, nos. 1748 — 51 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. ii. p. 17.

It is stated in the colophon, that this copy
was taken from a transcript of the author's
original draft.

Copyist :

184.

Or. 1565.— Foil. 21 9; 10fin.by5£; lolines,

2| in. long ; written in neat Nestalik ; dated

Peshawar, Rabi' II., A.H. 1043 (A.D. 1633).

[SiE HENBY RAWLINSOJJ.]

A gloss by Jalal al-Diu al-Siddiki, i.e.
Muhammad B. As'ad al-Dawani (d. A.H.
908), to the commentary of 'AH Kushji
(d. A.H. 879), upon the Tajrid al-Kawa'id,
or Tajrid al-Kalam, of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
(see no. 182).

112

THEOLOGY.

The work is called in the colophon:

Bog.

Jyl J
U ...y

Most of the notes of Mulla Jaliil will bo
found in tho margins of the commentary of
JjLiishji, lithographed in Teheran, A.1I. 1-74.
A MS., with the same beginning and end as
the present, has been doseribod by Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, no. 1757. For other copies
see Loth, nos. 417 — 20.

185.

Or. 8309.— Foil. 23 ; 7* in. by 4Jj 19 lines,
8 in. long ; written in neat Persian Neskhi ;
dated Saturday, 14 Rajab, A.H. 974 (A.D.
1 :»i»7). [S. CHURCHILL.]

An Arabic paraphrase of tho Fusul fil-
I'sul, a Persian treatise on Kalam, by Nasir
al-Tusi (d. A.H. 67:.' V

Beg.

The anthor, whose name does not appear,
says that Xasir al-Din had condensed, in a
few pages in his Fusul, the essential prin-
ciples of theology ;

but that

the work, being written in Persian, and
being, from its concision, no easy reading,
even for men of that tongue, had remained

almost unknown, especially in Irak. He
was therefore induced to divest it of its
Persian dress, and to clothe it in Arabic
garb.

The paraphrase, which often assumes the
character of a commentary, is divided into
four chapters (Fusul), which begin as follows :

I. Fol. 16 Ui &A\

II. Fol. 106

MAjkS

III. Fol. 15a U

IV. Fol. 19a

A commentary of an unknown author upon
the same work is described by Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, no. 1770. In another
commentary, also anonymous, noticed by
Loth, p. 127, no. 471, xiii., the work is
wrongly ascribed to Abu Ja'far Muh. B. al-
Hasan al-Tusi (d. A.H. 460).

186.

Or. 4266.— Foil. 194; 10£ in. by 6f ; from
19 to 22 lines, J)f in, long ; written in small
and cursive Persian Neskhi ; dated Sha'ban
A.H. 894 (A.D. 1489). [BUDGE.]

A commentary upon the theological trea-
tise of Nasir al-Din 'Abdallah B. 'Umar al-
Baidawi (d. A.H. 716), with marginal no

Beg.

THEOLOGY.

113

U . . .

J *^ **

The author, who does not give his name,
and is called in a late note on the 1 st page
Khalil al-Isfahani, is known to be Shams al-
Din Mahmud B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Isfahani,
who was born in Isfahan A.H. 674 and spent
most of his life in Damascus and Cairo. He
died of the plague in the latter city A.H. 749
(Durar al-Kaminah, fol. 141), or A.H. 750
(Orientalia II., p. 392).

The work is dedicated, not as stated by
Haj. Khal. iv., p. 168, to Malik al-Nasir B.
Kala'un, but to that Sultan's favourite Amir
and Sipahsalar, Kausun al-Saki, who was
raised by him to the rank of Viceroy, Na'ib
al-Saltanah, and died A.H. 742. "We learn
from Durar al-Kaminah, I.e., that Kausun had
built for the author a monastery to which he
appointed him as Shaikh.

For other copies of the commentary see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 108a ; the Leyden
Catalogue, nos. 2011 — 13 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, nos. 1257-58 ; Loth, nos. 427 — 431 ;
Pertsch, no. 647 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. ii., p. 54 ; and the Berlin Catalogue,
no. 1777.

For the contents of the original work,
TawSli' al-Anwar, see Ahlwardt, ib., no.
1772.

187.

Or. 3123.— Foil. 45 ; 7 in. by 5} ; 23 lines,
3$ in. long; written in a very minute and
close Nestalik ; dated A.H. 885 (A.D. 1480).

[KREMER, no. 133.]

Glosses upon a metaphysical work treating
of the existence and attributes of God, with-
out title or author's name.

Beg.

J «J\

The glosses relate to an original text, the
title of which does not appear, to a commen-
tary upon it, and, lastly, to glosses upon both,
by al-Sayyid al-Sharif (d. A.H. 816). Quo-
tations from other works of the last writer,
especially his comments upon the Sharh al-
Tajrid, the Shamsiyyah, the Mawakif, and
the Matali', are of frequent occurrence.

We 'learn, incidentally, foil. 39, 43i, that
Fasl sixth of the text treats of cause and effect
JjUj, 3M\ J (see Add. 9509, fol. 436), and
Bab III. of accidents (jo\jt^\ ^j (ib. fol. 456).
The last passage begins as follows : ^JA\ J\a

The text and commentary are the works
mentioned under the preceding no. The
gloss of Sayyid Sharif is noticed in the Berlin
Catalogue, no. 1786.

188.

Or. 3743.— Foil. 125 ; 9| in. by 6J ; 23 lines,
3| in. long; written in small and cursive
Nestalik, with frequent omission of the dia-
critical points, apparently in the 15th century.

[GLASER, no. 27. J

A commentary by 'Ali B. Muh. al-Bukhari,
called 'Ala al-Nabihi, upon the treatise of
theology, entitled Jawahir al-Kalam, by
'Adud al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman B. al-Imam
Rukn al-Din Ahmad al-Iji al-Naisaburi al-
Mutarrizi, who died A.H. 756 (v. Arabic

U

114

THEOLOGY.

Catalogue, p. 766, ad p. 1106, and Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii., p. 647).

Beg. of the text :

<ti

Beg. of the comm.

is j*j u .

«*"•«*

The text, which the author describes as a
compendium, is dedicated to the Wazir
Ghiyath al-Din B. Rashid al-Din Muh. The
commentary, which includes the whole text,
is dedicated to Kutb al-Din Shah Mahmud
(the brother of Shah Shuja' B. Muzaffar,
who was, since A.H. 767, in possession of
Isfahan). The name of the commentator,
and the date of composition, A.H. 770, are

found in the colophon : J>\yf

&a)

There are some astronomical diagrams on
foil. 75—82.

It is stated, in a note on the first page, that
the MS. is in the handwriting of the author;
but the assertion is apparently unfounded ;
there are marginal corrections, evidently the
result of a collation.

The text is an abridgment by 'Adud al-
Din of his own work, the Mawakif. See the
Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 12. For the
contents of the Mawakif, see Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, no. 1801.

189.

Or. 4267.— Foil. 92; 8 in. by.5^; 19 lines,

4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Jumada II., A.H. 1087 (A.D. 1676).

[BUDGE.]

A commentary upon a versified treatise on
Kalam,or dogmatic theology, by Sayyid Abu'l-
' Abbas Ahmad B. Abdallah al-Jaza'iri,
abridged from the commentary of Abu
'Abdallah Muh. B. Yusuf al-Sanusi al-Hasani.

Beg. . . .

iX**

U

The author of the original poem, who is
also designated by the Nisbah t/j^jM, died
A.H. 897 or 898. His poem is called &^\
from its rhyme, and also ^>Ji,\ '&>\&. See
Haj. Khal., vol. v., pp. 225 and 296, from
which we learn that al-Sanusi, the celebrated
saint, who died A.H. 898, composed this
commentary at the request of the author,
transmitted to him in writing. The poem,
which is entirely included in the commentary,
begins :

The abbreviator does not give his name.
He may be Shaikh Kasim al-Khani, who,
according to Haj. Khal., v., p. 296, abridged
Sanusi's commentary.

Copies, or fragments of the poem, are men-
tioned in the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 57, in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 4126, and
the Leyden Catalogue, no. 2806. For copies
of Sanusi's commentary see Uri, p. 116, 2 ;
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 297a ; and the

THEOLOGY.

115

Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 28. An Oxford
MS. contains the present abridgment. See
Uri no. 152, and Nicoll, p. 570a.

Polemical Works.

190.

Or. 1564.— Foil. 113 ; 8 in. by 5 ; 27 lines,
2f in. long ; written in small and fair Neskhi,
with 'Unwan and gold-ruled margins, ap-
parently in the 17th century.

[SiE H. EAWLINSON.]

A controversial work in refutation of
Christianity, abridged from the work of
Abu'1-Baka Salih B. al-Husain al-Ja'fari,

entitled

Beg. bUi

,>

Iftjfl

Abu '1-Baka, who extracted the treatise
entitled "The ten questions" JJUJ1 ^\
from his " Takhjil," about A.H. 618, says
that he had written the latter in his youth.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 389«.

The abbreviator, whose name does not
appear, is Abu'1-Fadl al-Maliki al-Su'udi, who
was writing, according to Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 249, A.H. 942. The work is divided into
a Mukaddimah, fol. 3a ; ten Babs, beginning
respectively foil. 106, 22a, 38a, 46a, 54a,
665, 80a, 95a, <d% and 104a ; and a Khati-
mah, imperfect at the beginning, foil. 1056 _
The contents have been fully stated
by De Jong, Catal. Acad. Reg., no. 133.
For other copies see the Bodleian Catalogue,
vol. i., nos. 131, 167, and vol. ii., p. 569.
Compare Steinschneider, Polemische Litera-
tur, nos. 17 and 121, p. 409, and Spitta, Zeit-
schrift der D. Morg. Ges., Band. 30, p. 313.

191.

Or. 3574.— Foil. 197 ; 9f in. by 7* ; 21 lines,
4J in. long; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Jumada I., A.H. 1101 (A.D. 1690).

[S. CHURCHILL.]

A Shl'ah controversial work directed
against the Sunnis, ascribed to 'Abd al-
Mahmud B. Da'ud.

Beg. «i

^ J*, Jli

J\

Z>. J?

The name of 'Abd al-Mahmud, repeated
as that of the author at the beginning of
several paragraphs, is an assumed name,
under which the real author, Radi al-Din
'AH B. Ta'us al-Husaini, whom the work
shows to have been a most erudite Shl'ah
doctor, wished to conceal his personality.
His real name is found in a notice written
on the first page by Muhammad B. [al-Hasan
B. 'AH al-] Hurr al-'Amili, who, as stated by
S. Churchill, is the author of J<^] JJ, litho-
graphed at Teheran A.H. 1302, and of the
Wasa'il, also lithographed there. In that
notice, which was transcribed from an auto-
graph writing of al-Shahid al-Thani (Zain
al-Din B. 'All, d. A.H. 975 ; v. Luluat al-
Bahrain, or A.H. 966; v. Kisas al-'Ulama,
p. 197), it is stated that the author assumed
a pseudonym from fear of the Abbasides,
under whom he lived at the very seat of their
empire, Baghdad. The notice is as follows :

& J

Jj

Q2

116

THEOLOGY.

Ufc Oj*.j

la*.

In another note, written on the same page,
the same name is given, and it is added that
Ibn Ta'us is also the author of j£* i— '\I/,

\, of jUi^ ^jlk^^i ^U" <— >UX and of
U» . The present work is there desig-
nated as uJ^jSaN (_^i* ,J <— fti^aN i_->\15 . The

title above given is found in the colophon of
the MS.

Assuming the part of a Dimmi (a Christian
or a Jew), who takes cognizance, as an
impartial outsider, of the Mohammedan sects,
the author remarks at the outset that the
great bulk of the Muslims is divided into
four sects founded by Malik, Abu Hanifah,
al-Shafi'i and Ibn Hanbal, and, being told
that these four doctors did not live in the
time of Muhammad, or of his immediate
disciples, but formed their systems at a much
later period, he wonders why the Muslims
did not rather call themselves after the
Prophet himself, or one of his kin.

After some observations throwing discredit
on the founders of the Sunni sects, he pro-
ceeds to relate how be discovered that there
was another sect, the Shi'ah, faithful fol-
lowers of the Prophet and his family, and
how he came to the conclusion, that, although
a minority, they alone stood on firm ground,
and, therefore, determined to devote his
attention to their doctrine.

The object of the author is to beat the
Sunnis with their own weapons, by showing
that the traditions which they accept as
genuine, are fully sufficient to establish the

superior claims of 'All and his descendants,
to demonstrate the unworthiness of Abu
Bakr, 'Umar and 'Uthman, and to support
the tenets and practices of the Shi'ah.

His Hadiths are taken from the standard
collections of traditions, and. from some later
works. Of the latter the following are most

frequently quoted : ^^ ^ju ^^ by Abu
'Abdallah Muh. B. Abi Nasr Futuh al-
Humaidi, who died A.H. 488 (Haj. Khal. ii.,
p. 619) ; the book of Abu' 1-Hasan 'All B.
Muh. al-Tabib, called Ibn al-Maghazili, and
a work of Sadr al-A'immah Muwaffak B.
Ahmad al-Makki al-Khuwarizmi, who is said
to have received traditions from al-Zamakh-
shari.

The author appears to have lived in the
seventh century of the Hijrah. He quotes
writers as late as Muh. B. 'Umar al-Razi
(fol. 181ft), who died A.H. 606, and Nasir
al-Mutarrizi (fol. 39«), who died A.H. 610.
His approximate date may be inferred from
a passage, fol. 466, where, speaking of the
Sunni sects, he says that their wandering
astray had now lasted more than five hundred
years, JbU ^>- 8J* &• <•&&? ^j <$ -^j- As
the sects can hardly be said to have been in
existence before the middle of the second
century, this would bring down the author's
period, at the earliest, to the middle of the
seventh. If, therefore, he lived, as above
stated, under the Abbasides, it must have
been quite at the close of the dynasty. More
precise dates, however, are supplied by the
Kisas al-'Ulama, where we read, p. 315, that
Radi al-Dm Abu '1-Kasim 'Ali B. Musa B.
Ta'us was born in Muharram, A.H. 589, and
died in Dulka'dah A.H. 664. He wrote
many works, three of which are mentioned
by name, viz., 1. jUi'^ (_->U^. 2. «_J^5 t-Aa
,_jjala!\ Jfcl (J6 on the death of Husain, and
3. (.JilaSI ^j\£s> , the work under notice.

THEOLOGY.

117

See also Amal al-Amil, p. 55, where a full
list of his numerous works is given. One of
these is noticed by Loth, no. 341.

The title, which is not found as such in
the text, is taken from the words

tii!J or efJJi i_Jb.y» ^j "another curious
point is, etc.," which occur at the beginning
of most paragraphs. In another copy, noticed
by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 2177,
the title is (_Jb\jlaM ^fcU* ,j ^JbyaM and the
author's name is given in full as Radi al-
Din Abu '1-Kasim 'Ali B. Musa B. Ja'far B.
Muh. B. Muh. B. al-Ta'us al-'Alawi al-Fatimi.
According to Ahlwardt, 'Abd al-Mahmud is
the author, and Ibn Ta'us the editor of the
work.

Copyist:

In the margin is a note dated Dulhijjah,
A.H. 1101, in which the writer, Muh. Rahim,
stating that Maulana Muh. Tahir Sabzawari
(the copyist) had carefully read the work in
his presence, grants him a licence respecting
the same.

192.

Or. 3110.— Foil. 283 ; 9 in. by 6 J ; 17 lines,
4 in. long; written in coarse, but distinct,
Neskhi; dated 26 Jumada I., A.H. 1264
(A.D. 1848).

[KREMER, no. 120.]

A polemical work, directed chiefly against
the Shi'ah, in support of the legitimacy of
the first five Khali fs.

The following title is written at the top of
the first page : ,Je.

Beg.

U)

See Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 110, where
is to be corrected to

The author, whose name does not appear,
is Abu '1-Abbas Ahmad B. Muh. B. Muh. B.
'Ali Ibn Hajar al-Haitami al-Sa'di al-Ansari,
who was born in Egypt, A.H. 907, studied in
Cairo, and settled, A.H. 940, in Mecca, where
he died, A.H. 974. He was called al-Haitami
from his early dwelling-place, Mahallat Abi '1-
Haitam,in the Gharbiyyah province of Egypt
(Yakut, vol. iv., p. 428). He was called the
Mufti of Hijaz, and left numerous works,
among which the present is mentioned.
See his life in al-Nur al-SaBr, Add. 16,648,
foil. 101 — 3, and a shorter notice in al-
Kawakib al-Sa'irah, Add. 16,647, fol. 191,
where he is said to have been born A.H. 911,
and to have died A.H. 973. Compare "Wiis-
tenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 529.

The author had written on the same subject a
less extensive work, which was read before him
in Mecca, A.H. 950. Of that work the present
is a later edition enlarged to twice the original
size. It is divided, as stated in the preface,
into three preliminary chapters, ten Babs,
and a Khatimah, the headings of which have
been given by Alhwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 2128. In the body of the work, however,
the Babs are eleven in number, the ninth
corresponding with the unnumbered chapter
of Ahlwardt, and the tenth and eleventh
with his ninth and tenth. For other copies
see the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 76.

Copyist

193.

Or. 3111 .—Foil. 38 ; 7| in. by 5£ ; 17 lines,
3i in. long; written in fair Neskhi, with

118

THEOLOGY.

red-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th
century. [KREMEE, no. 121.]

A treatise on the merits of the members
of the Prophet's family, written in comple-
ment of the preceding work, al-Sawa'ik al-
Muhrikah, by Shihfib al-DIn Ibn Hajar al-
Haitami al-Shafi'i.

Beg.

The following title is prefixed in the same
hand as the text :

The author says, in the preface, that four-
teen years after writing "that book" (not
otherwise designated), when it had spread
to the further Maghrib, to Mawara an-nahr,
India and Yemen, he determined to write
this appendix on the merits and glories of
the Prophet's family OJH^ J*l v-JJU* (j,
supplementing what al-Hafiz al-Sakhawi
(d. A.H. 902) had written on that subject.

The first rubrics are :

Fol. 2$ ij^t.iN J | \£. \sa .c-JJ^

Fol. 66 c-o-^y *U£Mj ~b^s? J*

Fol. 96

Fol. 105 ^\\ J-JJ^ IJ

After a few more chapters on kindred
topics, there is a long Khatimah, foil. 176 —
386, containing instances in proof of the
holiness and prerogatives of the descendants

of the Prophet. Towards the end, the author
refers to a previous work of his, entitled

Sk*»$\ «W j' , j Jk-^\ (one of the writings

?^ Cr ~ (js ~

enumerated in al-Nur al-Safir, fol. 1026).

194.

Or. 3112.— Foil. 6 ; 6£ in. by 4; about 23
lines, 3|- in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi,
dated 1 Rajab, A.H. 1168 (A.D. 1755);
bound up with Or. 3111.

[KREMEB, no. 122.]

A versified tract, in refutation of a poem
composed by a native of San'a in praise of
the founder of the Wahhabi sect, Muh. B.
'Abd al-Wahhab.

*~w

Beg.

The author, Sayyid Yasin B. Ibrahim al-
Basri, gives his name and the date of compo-
sition in the colophon : jj^J\ aJLJj liJJj Jls

His treatise includes many lines of the
refuted poem.

Appended is another piece of the anony-
mous poet of San'a, recanting his previous
adhesion, and protesting against the slaughter
and rapines perpetrated by the Wahhabis.

Beg. (j^r (j >^> t/JJ\ JyO\ ^

HAS ^ JO

Appendix to Theology.

195.

Or. 3972.— Foil. 34 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 23 lines,
3f in. long; written in fair, but sparely

THEOLOGY.

119

pointed Neskhi ; dated Friday, 13 Sha'ban,
A.H. 1073 (A.D. 1663).

[GLASER, no. 266.]

I. Foil. 1—26.

A treatise on the fate of souls after death,
and on the Day of Judgment, by Abu Hiimid
Muhammad B. Muh.al-Ghazzali(d. A.H. 505).

Beg.

i- ^f 3J\

jj &~tL>

This is the work which has been published,
with a French translation, by Lucien Gautier,
Geneve, 1878, and printed in Cairo, A.H. 1303.

For MSS. see Gautier's preface, pp. xi. —
xiii. ; the Berlin Catalogue, nos. 2735 — 41 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 505.

II. Foil. 266—32. Account of the death
of the Prophet, as handed down by Ibn

'Abbas, ^ i\j

.=-

Jl

196.

Or. 1032.— Foil. 118 ; 7* in. by 5£; 15 lines,
3| in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi, with
with red ink headings ; dated 8 llabl' I.,
A.H. 947 (A.D. 1540).

Ingenious questions relating to subtleties
of theology and law, by Shihab al.Dln Ahmad
B. al-'Imad al-Akfahsi.

Beg.

The author, whose full name is Shihab al-
Dln Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. 'Imad B. YQsuf
al-Akfahsi '(from Akfahs in upper Egypt),
commonly called Ibn al-'Imad, was a pupil
of al-Tsnawi, and a learned legist. He died
A.H. 808. See Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, fol. 135J ;
Husn al-Muhadarah, vol. i., p. 249 ; and
Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 1616.

The first question will give an idea of the
puerilities with which the work deals. Why
does the profession of faith &*s? aJl\ "& «J\ ^1
aJJ\ Jj**>, consist of seven words and twenty-
four letters, the Bismillah of nineteen letters,
and the Adan of nineteen words ? The
second is : Why does the negative in the
profession of faith precede the affirmative ?
The last question is : What is the use of
the guardian angels attending men and
writing down their actions, which are already
recorded in the " Guarded tablet " ?

The main authority quoted, almost on
every page, is al-Naisaburi, probably Muh.
B. 'Abdallah al-Hakim al-Naisaburi, who
died A.H. 405.

Other copies are mentioned by Aumer,
Munich Catalogue, no. 214, and in the
Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 90.

197.

Or. 3973.— Foil. 27 ; 9 in. by 6| ; from 30
to 35 lines, 5^ in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi, apparently in the 18th century.

[GLASER, no. 267.]

The first half of the same work, corres-
ponding with foil. 1 — 50 of the preceding
MS., Or. 1032.

The MS, breaks off in a paragraph relating
to the story of Jonas and the whale, Surah
37, verses 143-44.

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THEOLOGY.

Foil. 21 — 27 contain a commentary, with-
out author's name, upon ujJ»«jU *-"&> f* *jy*>
the 23rd Surah, from the beginning to
verse 73.

f.)

.)

198.

Or. 1199.— Foil. 61 ; 7f in. by 5$ ; 15 lines,
3J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 16th century.

[ALEX. JABA.]

Prophecies relating to coming wars and to
the events that will precede the day of
resurrection.

J\S jJu

From the following conclusion, the work
appears to have been abridged by 'Abd al-
Hafiz B. Shams al-Din al-'Umari al-Marsafi,
from a work entitled Miftah al-Jafr al-Jami',
by Zain al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. al-

Bastami : . . . ^aii i£Jd\ JJ*!) *iiu U

Al-Bastami, author of several cabbalistic
works, lived in the ninth century. For his
death, Haj. Khal. gives various dates, rang-
ing from A.H. 843 to 858. The following
of his works are dated : Shams al-Afak,
A.H. 826 (Arabic Catalogue, pp. 344 and 778);

Al-~Wafayat, A.H. 835 (Leyden Catalogue,
vol. ii., p. 153) ; and Azhar al-Afak, A.H. 848
(Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 261). The year 843,
mentioned in the present work, fol. 10«, is
apparently the date of composition. The
date A.H. 899, assigned in a Gotha MS.,
Pertsch, no. 1511, to his Mafatlh, is probably
due to an error of the scribe.

199.

Or. 4269.— Foil. 69 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 23 lines,
3f in. long; written in a rather cursive
Neskhi ; dated Saturday, 27 Sha'ban, A.H.
1139 (A.D. 1727). [BODGE.]

A treatise on the signs and prognostics of
the day of judgment, by Muh. B. 'Abd al-
Rasul B. 'Abd al-Sayyid al-'Alawi al-Husaini
al-Musawi al-Shahrazuri al-Barzanji al-
Madani.

Beg.

o JIS

ttif-

ft>j

The author, who gives his name as above
at the end, was born in Shahrazur, A.H. 1040,
and settled, after distant travels, in Medina,
where he died A.H. 1103. The present
treatise is mentioned among his numerous
works in Silk al-Durar, vol. iv., p. 65.

The main authorities followed are, as stated
in the preface.'Ibn Hajar al-'Askalani, Jalal
al-Din al-Suyuti, and Nur al-Dm al-Samhudi
(d. A.H. 911). The work consists of three
Babs, the headings of which are given in the
Berlin Catalogue, no. 2766.

The author completed it in Medina, in his
dwelling in the Suwaikat Hamid, on the llth
of Dulka'dah, A.H. 1076. '

Copyist :

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121

200.

Or. 4276.— Foil. 83; 6 in. by 4; 9 lines,
2f in. long ; written in rude Neskhi, A.H.
1215 (A.D. 1800). [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 46. An apocryphal book on
the questions put by Moses to God, con-
cluding with an account of his . death ;
imperfect at the beginning.

The work is apparently a late Muslim
fabrication. The first section, the heading
of which is extant, fol. 45, begins : <j

L_J b

In the last section, fol. 42<i,
Moses gives an account of his own death.

II. Foil. 49—83. A collection of Hadiths,
mostly spurious, relating to hell and the day
of judgment: e^s-

Beg.

i^a. wlj JU> ajy ^1 »j

201.

Or. 4278.— Foil. 65 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 15 lines,
4 in. long ; written in a fair large Turkish
Neskhi, apparently in the 18th century.

[BUDGE.]

The apocryphal book entitled Zubur
Da'ud (see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 5296,
where other MSS. are mentioned).

Beg.

The -present copy contains 169 Surahs.
The first Surah begins, like the MS. described
by Nicoll, p. 79, with a free translation of
the first Psalm, and ends like the third
Surah of Add. 7212 (Arabic Catal., p. 529).

The second Surah agrees, likewise, with
the fourth of the latter copy, the third
with the fifth, etc. But further on there
is no longer any agreement between the two

texts.

«

At the end, fol. 64, is a notice of David,
extracted from the 'Ara'is of al-Tha'alibi and
from the Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar.

A copy is noticed in the Paris Catalogue,
no. 1397.

SECTARIAN WORKS.

Ibadis.

202.

Or. 2606.— Foil. 232; 12f in. by 8J; 16 lines,
5^ in. long; written in fair large Neskhi, with
all the vowels, and with ruled margins ; dated
4 Rabi' I., A.H. 1104 (A.D. 1692).

[Presented by SIR JOHN KIRK.]

A work on the history of the prophets
and of religions and sects, designated in the
colophon as

This volume, which appears to be the
second and last of the entire work, com-
prises two main sections called ^»^f, namely,
the second and the third. Reference is in-
cidentally made to a first Kitab, in which the
theological system of the Ibadi sect, to which
the author belonged, was fully set forth.

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The author's name, which does not appear
in the MS., is found in the work entitled
Kamus al-Shari'ah, by Jumayyil B. Khamis
al-Sa'di, printed in Zanzibar, A.H. 1297.
In vol. viii., p. 309, he is called Abu Sa'id
Muhammad B. Sa'id al-Azdial-Kalhati, ,J\$&\
(from Kalhat, in Oman, v. Yakut, vol. iv.,
p. 168), and described as one of the 'Ulama
of Oman.

Extracts from Kitab al-Kashf wal-Bayan
are given in the first volume of the same
work, pp. 20, 37, also vol. v., pp. 2, 63, 84,
and the author, Abu Sa'id Muh. B. Sa'id, is
mentioned twice, vol. ix., pp. 312, 314, as
one of the great orthodox Imams of the past.

The Kamus al-Shari'ah was written during
the reign of the Imam Sultan B. Saif B.
Malik, A.H. 1059—1079. See Badger, His-
tory of the Imams and Seyyids of 'Oman,
pp. 78—90.

The subjects of Kitab II. and Kitab III.
are indicated at theend of the former,fol. 1095,

as follows : <_>*j*^j Ol^J! jU- t\sx\ ^J^ J

Kitab II. begins as follows

It comprises the following twenty-four
Babs: 1. Creation, fol. U. 2. Adam, fol. 8a.
3. Patriarchs and Prophets from Seth to
Jesus, fol. 10a. 4. Chronology of the Pro-
phets, fol. 40a. 5. History of the Ka'bah,
fol. 43&. 6. Ashab al-Ukhdud, and inroad of

the Abyssinians, fol. 456. 7. Mission of
Muhammad, fol. 496. 8. Life of the Prophet,
fol. 55a. 9. On the chronology of his life,
and on his superior qualities, fol. 606.
10. His prerogatives, fol. 64a. 11. Covenant
of the Ansar and Nakibs, fol. 686. 12. Ex-
peditions of Muhammad, fol. 706. 13. His
sayings, fol. 746. 14. Continuation of the
sayings ; death of the Prophet, fol. 756.
15. Khilafat of Abu Bakr, fol. 80a. 16. Khila-
fat of 'Umar, fol. 82a. 17. Khilafat of 'Uth-
man, fol. 846. 18. Khilafat of 'Ali, fol. 926.
19. Rising of Talhah, Zubair, and 'A'ishah,
fol. 946. 20. Rising of Mu'awiyah, fol. 95«.
21. Rising of the men of al-Nahrawan,
fol. 98a. 22. Debate of the Muslims with
'Abdallah B. 'Abbas, fol. 996. 23. Accession
of al-Hasan, fol. 1066. 24. Rule of Mu'awiyah
and his descendants, fol. 107a.

According to the author, Abu Bakr and
'Umar were the only legitimate successors of
the Prophet. 'Uthman, having, after the
first six years of his Khilafat, swerved from
the right path, was justly put to death by
the true believers. 'Ali, by acquiescing in
the arbitration proposed by Mu'awiyah, for-
feited likewise his claims, and the only faithful
Muslims were the Khawarij, who rose against
him, but were ultimately crushed on the field
of Nahrawan.

Kitab III., which treats of religions and
sects, comprises twenty-six Babs, numbered
in continuation of the preceding from 25 to
50. It follows in the main the arrangement
of al-Shahrastani, and is to some extent
abridged from his work. It contains, how-
ever, much additional matter of a controver-
sial nature.

In the following statement of the contents,
references are given in parenthesis to the
corresponding pages of Haarbriicker's trans-
lation of al-Shahrastani's work. Bab 25.
Introduction, on sects in general. Bab 26.

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123

Sects of the Magi, fol. 11] a. Bab 27. The
Sabseans, fol. 113«. Bab 28. Philosophers,
fol. 114a. Bab 29. The Arabs in the time
of ignorance, fol. 1145. Bab 30. Materialists
among the Arabs, i— >jA\ 5Ua** , fol. 1175.
Bab 31. Arab sages before the Islam, fol. 119«.
Bab 32. Doctrines of the Hindus, fol. 1246.
Bab 33. Sun-worshippers, fol. 126a. Bab 34.
Moon-worshippers, ib. Bab 35. Sects of the
Jews, fol. 1266. Bab 36. Sects of the Chris-
tians, fol. 131a. Bab 37. On the children
of idolaters and false Muslims, fol. 135a.
Bab 38. Sects of Islamism, fol. 1376. Bab. 39.
The Mu'tazilah and Kadariyyah, fol. 13 96.
Bab 40. Their fourteen subdivisions, enume-
rated as follows: 1. Vasiliyyah (Haarbriicker,
p. 44), fol. 1466; 2. Hudailiyyah (p. 48),
fol. 1476 ; 3. Nazzamiyyah (p. 53), fol. 1486;
4. Habitiyyah (p. 61), fol. 150a; 5. Bish-
riyyah (p. 65), fol. 15 la; 6. Mu'ammariyyah
(p. 67), fol. 1516 ; 7. Muzdariyyah (p. 71),
fol. 1516; 8. Tammamiyyah (p. 73), fol. 152«;
9. Jahiziyyah (p. 76), fol. 1526 ; 10. Khay-
yatiyyah (p. 79), fol. 153a ; 11. Juba'iyyah
Bahshamiyyah (p. 80), fol. 1536; 12. Jah-
miyyah (p. 89), fol. 154a; 13. Najjariyyah
(p. 92), fol. 1 55a ; 14. Dirariyyah (p. 94),
fol. 1556. Bab 41. Sifatiyyah, Hashwiyyah,
and Mushabbihah (p. 41), fol. 156a. Bab 42.
Refutation of the Tashblh, or anthropomor-
phism, fol. 157a. Bab 43. Sects of the
Mushabbihah, fifteen in number, viz., 1. Kar-
ramiyyah (p. 119), fol. 163a ; 2. Haidamiyyah
(p. 119), fol. 1636; 3. Ash'ariyyah (p. 98),
fol. 164a ; 4. Malikiyyah, fol. 1646 ; 5.
Hanafiyyah, fol. 1666 ; 6. Hanbaliyyah,
fol. 1706; 7. Shaf'awiyyah, fol. 171«; 8-
15. Da'udiyyah, Kahshamiyyah, 'Abidiyyah,
Thauriyyah, Zaribiyyah, Ishakiyyah, Wilhid-
iyyah, and Zahiriyyah (p. 119), fol. 1766.
Bab 44. Hadiths on which the adversaries
rely, fol. 180a. Bab 45. The Khawarij
(p. 128), fol. 1956. Their sixteen sects are
enumerated as follows : Bab 46. Wahbiyyah

and Azarikah (p. 133), fol. 196i. Bab 47.
Refutation of their arguments, fol. 1976 ;
Najdiyyah (p. 136), fol. 1996; 'Atawiyyah
(p. 133), fol. 201a ; A'samiyyah, ib. ; Sali-
hiyyah (p. 162), ib. ; Baihasiyyah (p. 139),
fol. 2016; 'Ajradiyyah (p. 143), fol. 202a ;
Maimuniyyah (p. 144), fol. 2026 ; Sufriyyah
(p. 154), ib. ; Hafsiyyah (p. 153), fol. 203a;
Tha'labiyyah (p. 147), ib. ; Akhnasiyyah
(p. 148), ib.; Hazimiyyah (p. 146), fol. 2036;
Khalafiyyah (p. 145), fol. 2036 ; Sa'diyyah
or Sa'idiyyah,ib. Bab 48. The Shi'ah (p. 48),
fol. 204a. Bab 49. Sects of the Shi'ah
(p. 49)5 fol. 2166. The following twenty-six
are mentioned, viz. : 1. Kaisaniyyah (p. 165),
ib. ; 2. Mukhtariyyah (p. 166), fol. 217a; 3.
Hashimiyyah (p. 169), fol. 2176 ; 4. Ban-
naniyyah (p. 171), fol. 218a; 5. Razzamiy-
yah (p. 173), fol. 2186; 6. Zaidiyyah (p. 174),
ib. ; 7. Jarudiyyah (p. 178), fol. 219a ; 8.
Sulaimaniyyah (p. 180), fol. 219a ; 9. Salih-
iyyah (p. 181), fol. 2196 ; 10. Iraamiyyah
(p. 184), ib.; 11. Bakiriyyah (p. 188),fol. 220a;
12. Nawisiyyah (p. 190), ib.; 13. Isma'Iliyyah
(p. 219), fol. 2206; 14. Abtahiyyah (p. 190),
ib. ; 15. Asmatiyyah (Sharaltiyyah, p. 191),
2206; 16. Fudailiyyah Musawiyyah (p. 191),
fol. 221a; 17. Ghaliyah (p. 199), ib. ; 18.
Saba'iyyah (p. 200), fol. 2216 ; 19. Kami-
liyyah (p. 201), ib. ; 20. 'Ala'iyyah ('llba'-
iyyah, p. 202), fol. 222a ; 21. Mughiriyyah
(p. 203), ib. ; 22. Mansuriyyah (p. 205), fol.
2226; 23. Khattabiyyah (p. 206), fol. 223a;
24. Kayyaliyyah (p. 208), ib. ; 25. Hisham-
iyyah (p. 212), fol. 2236; 26. Nu'maniyyah
(p. 215), fol. 224a. Bab 50. Exposition of
the creed of the orthodox sect (the Ibadis)
and demonstration of their tenets, foil. 224a —
232a.

The Ibadis, as stated in the last section,
base their creed upon the Goran, the Sunnah,
and the Ijma', or consensus of the learned
Muslims. The sect was founded by 'Abdallah
B. Ibad, called Imam al-Muslimin, who was

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born in the time of al-Mu'awiyah, and lived
down to the reign of 'Abd al-Malik B.
Marwan (A.H. 65 — 86). He-is said to have
received his doctrines from 'Abdallah B. al-
' Abbas, and from Abu '1-Sha'tha Jabir B.
Zaid, who died A.H. 103. He was one of
the Khawarij who declared, A.H. 64, against
'Abdallah B. Zubair on account of his par-
tisanship for Khalif 'Uthman, whom they
reproved as Kafir. See the Kamil, vol. iv.,
p. 137. Shahrastani states that he was
defeated near Tabalah by 'Abdallah B. Muh.
B. 'Atiyyah, sent against him by Marwan B.
Muhammad. See Haarbiicker's translation,
vol. i., p. 151. This last statement, however,
is erroneous. Shahrastani appears to have
confounded the founder of the sect with one
of his followers, the Ibadi chief 'Abdallah B.
Yahya al-Kindi al-Hadrami, called Talib al-
Hakk. It was the latter who was defeated
and slain near Ta'if, A.H. 130, in an en-
counter with Marwan's general, 'Abd al-Malik
(not 'Abdallah) B. Muh. B. 'Atiyyah al-Sa'di.
See Mas'udi, les Prairies d'Or, torn, vi., p. 27,
and the Kamil, vol. v., p. 300.

Ahmad B. al-Nazar, an Ibadi doctor and
poet, whose Diwan is contained in Or. 2434,
is frequently quoted.

Mubarak B. 'Abdallah al-Nazawi, \j}j&,
who wrote the present copy for Shaikh 'Abd
al-Rahman B. Muh. al-Battashi, says in the
colophon that the original MS. was faulty,
and that he often corrected it by the sense.

On the first page is written : " To George
Percy Badger, with D. Kirk's compliments,
Zanzibar, 14 March, 1873;" and lower
down : " Obtained from Muskat through
Seyd Hamedbin Salim bin Sultan bin Ahmed
al-Imam, J. K."

An account of the Ibadiyyah will be found
in Badger's History of the Imams and Seyyids
of 'Oman, pp. 385 — 98. See also Mas'udi,

les Prairies d'Or, v., p. 318; Fliigel, Fihrist,
vol. ii., p. 172 ; and Dozy, Histoire des
Musulmans d'Bspagne, vol. i., p. 238.

Zaidis.

203.

Or. 3977.— Foil. 320 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 18 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; with
Thulth headings and red-ruled margins ;
dated Thursday, 12 Safar, A.H. 10 L9 (A.D.
1610). [G-LASER, no. 271.]

A collection of the religious and legal
teachings of some early Imams of the Zaidis,
containing :

I. Foil. 26—186. Kitab al-Safwah, a tract
ascribed to Imam Zaid B. 'Ali B. al-Husain
(a grandson of Husain the Martyr), who
died A.H. 121 or 122 : JjH \*W ayUM L

It begins with the following Isnad :

Jli' i£j&4 C^f

JIS

,»!iLJ\ auAs-

lo\

The object of the author is to show that
the descendants of the Prophet are the
"Elect/' 'JjsLoN, whom the faithful are
bound to follow.

II. Foil. 19—676. Answers of Imam al-
Kasim B. Ibrahim (Tabataba al-Rassi, who
died A.H. 246) to questions put to him by
his son, Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad, and

SECTARIAN WORKS.

125

others, on various points of religious obser-
vances, and on the meaning of some texts
of the Goran and Hadith, with this title :

Beg. sj

JIS

There are detached series of questions
beginning at foil. 196, 276, 46a, 53a, 556, etc.
The Imam's son, Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad,
who in the first of these puts the questions
to his father, appears further on, foil. 586 —
63, as the author of some of the answers.

III. Foil. 686—726. Observations of the
same Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. al-Kasim on
the history of Moses, as told in the 'Coran.

Beg. Us

J1

IV. Foil. 73a— 77a. Letter written by
Imam al-Murtada lidin-aliah Muh. B. al-
Hadi ila'1-hakk Yahya B. al-Husain to the
people of Tabaristan after his father's death.

J\ . .

This is followed, foil. 776, by his answer
to Miisa B. Hiirun al-'Aufi, upon reason and
understanding, ^iMj Ja«]\

Al-Murtada, born A.H. 278, succeeded to
the Imamat after his father's death, A.H.
298, and died at the age of thirty-two,
A.H. 310. See al-Hada'ik al-Wardiyyah,
Or. 37S6, foil. 47—52.

V. Foil. 79o — 1806. Answers of the same
Imam to 'Abdallah B. al-Hasan on points of
law, and on the meaning of various texts
of the Coran and Hadith, with the title :

* 4N

Beg.

This is probably the Masa'il al-Ma'kili,
jl~*, mentioned among the numerous
works of al-Murtada in al-Hada'ik, Or. 3786,
fol. 476. It is divided into seven parts
(Juz'), the third of which is wanting. The
remaining parts begin as follows : Juz 2,
fol. 96a; Juz 4, fol. 115a ; Juz 5, fol. 1326;
Juz 6, foil. 149a ; and Juz 7, foil. 1 65a.

This work and the next articles, vi. — viii.,
have been transcribed from an earlier MS.,
noticed further on, Or. 3760.

VI. Foil. 181«— 1826. A few answers of
Imam al-Hadi Yahya B. al-Husain, and of
Muh. B. al-Kasim.

VII. Foil. 1836— 255a. Decisions of Imam
al-Kasim B. 'Ali B. 'Abdallah (al-Mansur-
billah, who died A.H. 393) on legal questions,
selected from Kitab al-Tafrl', with the title :

W\ J\S

Beg.

The decisions are arranged under the
usual headings of legal books from Kitab al-
Taharat, to Kitab al-Fara'id. The work is
divided 'into two parts, the second of which
begins fol. 223«.

VIII. Foil. 2566— 3196. Kitab al-Masa'il,
answers of Imam al-Kasim B. Ibrahim (v.
art. ii.) to his son al-Hasan on points of law,
arranged under the usual headings of legal

works, with this title :

126

SECTARIAN WORKS.

*j* ju

^ ^-

flM

Beg. Ll

The work is divided into two parts (Juz),
the second of which begins fol. 2936. The
last section has the heading {ja>)jS&\ JA— «.
The work is stated at the end to comprise
800 questions.

204.

Or. 3911.— Foil. 42; 8 in. by 7.

[GLASER, no. 202.]

I. Foil. 12—31 ; 24 lines, 5 in. long ;
written in an angular writing, apparently in
the 12th century ; containing:

1. Answers of Imam al-Kasim B. Ibrahim
to his son Muhammad, the same as in no. 203,
art. ii. ; imperfect at the beginning. The
contents correspond with foil. 51 — 67 of the
latter copy.

2. Fol. 24a. Observations of Abu 'Abdallah
Muh. on Moses, etc., the same as in no. 203,
art. iii.

3. Fol. 27a. Letter of al-Murtada Muh.
B. al-Hadi to the people of Tabaristan, the
same as in no. 203, art. iv. At the end is a
contemporary attestation, dated Rabi' I.,
A.H. 528.

The remaining portions of the MS. are
quite modern, and contain :

II. Foil. 1—11. Al-Jawahir wal-Durar, a
chronological list of the Zaidi Imams, abridged
from the tenth book of the Dibajah of al-

Bahr (Or. 4021, foil. 80—93), and brought
down to al-Mahdi al-'Abbas B. al-Mansur,
A.H. 1162.

III. Foil. 3— 37. The Badl'iyyah of Isma'il
B. Abi Bakr al-Mukri. See another copy
with the author's commentary, Or. 3846,
art. i.

205.

Or. 3760.— Foil. 185 ; 8 in. by 6J ; 22 lines,
• •> in. long ; written in archaic, sparely-
pointed, Neskhi ; dated Thursday, 4 Rajab,
A.H. 479 (A.D. 1086). [GLASER, no. 44.]

Answers of early Imams on points of
theology and law, namely —

I. Foil. 1 — 77ffl. Answers of al-Murtada
lidin-allah Muhammad B. Yahya B. al-Husain
to 'Abdallah B. al-Hasan, with the title :

Beg.

5) JM mo J* «)J

The same collection has been noticed
above, no. 203, art. v.

The third of the seven Juz of which it
consists is wanting here, as in the former
copy. The others begin as follows : Juz 2,
fol. 106; Juz 4, fol. 24a ; Juz 5, fol. 376;
Juz 6, fol. 51 a ; Juz 7, fol. 646.

II. Foil. 78a— 796. Answers of al-Hadi and
Muh. B. al-Kasim, the same as in no. 2(J3,

art. vi.

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127

III. Foil. 80a— 135*. Decisions of al-
Kasim B. 'AH, extracted from Kitab al-
Tafri', the same as in no. 203, art. vii.

The 2nd Juz begins fol. 1106.

IV. Foil. 136a— 1856. Answers of Imam
al-Kasim to his son al-Hasan, the same as in
no. 203, art. viii.

Juz 2 begins fol. 1646.

206.

Or. 3798.— Foil. 183 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 27 lines,
4f in. long ; written in large and clear
Neskhi, with ruled margins ; dated Monday,
18 Sha'ban, A.H. 1172 (A.D. 1759).

[GLASEE, no. 84.]

A collection of theological and legal trea-
tises, by Imam al-Hadi ila '1-hakk Yahya B.
al-Husain (who died A.H. 298; see Or. 3971),
with the following title : -U^ c^l/

J\

Thirty works of the above Imam, includ-
ing some of the contents of this volume, are
enumerated in al-Hada'ik al-Wardiyyah,
Or. 3786, fol. 18, where he is said to have
written about twenty more, not specified.

The contents of the MS. are —

1. Fol. 16. &j£\g\A\^,\iJ, setting forth
the duty incumbent upon every intelligent
adult with regard to religious belief.

Beg. J

J1

This is the 21st work in the above-men-
tioned list, where it is praised for the
elegance of its style.

II. Fol. 36.
faith ; the 24th tract.

Beg.

a profession of

III. Fol. 5a. *v^U i— >ll/, treating of the
fear of God ; the 25th tract.

Beg. gjjH «U ixlii ^ ^1 JJ i_^.U J^^

IV. Fol. 6a. ^^L-il v»^ on Tauhld, or
the doctrine of God's unity, and His attributes.

This extensive treatise, the 12th of the
list, is divided into two parts ^, the first
of which begins :

V. Fol. 24a.

a tract against anthropomorphism; the 13th
of the list.

Beg.

VI. Fol. 266. wjpjlj jjj ju

, on the omniscience, power, and will
of God ; designated in the list, no. 14, as

Beg. aj&\j\j «3ji\jj B&\ J* ^ JL> (^r*) Jljb

< — i^&>^ Lf^1 tj ^«d^ ? L)* J^-* *-i-
VII. Fol. 276. 5,5^ iJuJ) jjU- ^Ji

«JJ\ J^j y* ^^ f^J w* i-^*' aSainst those who
denied the divine origin of the Sunnah.

128

SECTARIAN WORKS.

It is called at the end *iJI

VIII. Fol. 346.
the Imam's answer to a question of his son,
Abul-Kasim Muhammad, as to the proofs of
the divine mission of Prophets and Imams.

laf' £

Jjjj

It is designated in the list, no. 19, as

IX. Fol. 37a.
t_J\l> ^yjl j.y, in proof of the Imamate of
'All B. Abi Talib.

Beg. t-

v^-i

X. Fol. 38a. Sjjutt oUS\ L_^b, in answer to
a question about the proofs of the divine
mission of Muhammad.

XI. Fol. 386. *«U^ J ill— e, in answer to
Abu 'Abdallah al-Husain B. 'Abdallah al-
Tabari about the Imamat of 'Ali.

XII. Fol. 396. ^ Js>! ^ Js-jJ SI—
in answer to a man of Kum, about the origin
of the knowledge of God in man's mind.

XIII. Fol. 426. jo* yj ui-* JA~
I?jlia5\ *i)\, in answer to the questions of al-
Husain B. 'Abdallah al-Tabari ; being the
Imam's apology for his conduct and enact-
ments.

XIV. Fol. 486. A short tract in proof of

the divine mission of Muhammad, beginning :
i Jc- JJ d\ U Jlai Jj.U JU y\

XV. Fol. 496. &^ <_j^ a summary of
the creed and of religious obligations, the
23rd of the list.

Beg. tj\+~>

XVI. Fol. 536. u;j L_^, a
defence of the Zaidi doctrine against the
other sects of Islam ; the 22nd of the list.

XVLI. Fol. 656. ^t^-^oJ L-jli, inter-
pretation of the word Kursi, the Divine
Throne.

Beg. y ^ «J\ 5) ^JJ^ dL5^ «U\ J^*\ J\i ^ Ul

XVIII. Fol. 676.
Jo)\ ewj^Ji JJ* aJl t>^> the Imam's answer

to the letter which the men of San'a sent to
him on his arrival.

Beg. -J^ *> •"* &i^A> (»A (j jJ! «W J-»*

XIX. Fol. 69a. ^\ ^yo\, the fundaments
of the faith ; the 17th tract of the list.

Beg. ^.^ U

XX. Fol. 716. j

—^fci, against those who allege that a
portion of the Goran is lost.

XXI. Fol. 73a. tjjz* JJL«e, answers to

various questions put to the Imam by his
son al-Murtada lidin-allah Muhammad and
others.

SECTARIAN WOEKS.

129

XXII. Fol. 776.

J\

£j\.

traditions of the Imam's disciples regarding
his life and precepts.

XXIII. Fol. 796. j J>\
admonition by the Imam.

an

XXIV. Fol. 846.

J\ *j

, or statement of
his claim to be acknowledged as Imam, sent
to Ahmad B. Yahya B. Zaid.

XXV. Fol. 92a.

3L-., his

answer to a question of his son, Abu '1-Kusim
Muhammad.

XXVI. Fol. 94>a.

, on Kiyas,

or inference by analogy, as a means of decid-
ing points of law ; the 10th tract of the list.

Beg. «3J],1

xxvu. Fol. loot,

JJ.L-

^^\, the Imam's answers to the theological
questions of Abul-Kasim al-Zaid.

XXVIII. Fol. 1196. J^ 6* &\\£ U

4}^, on that which God forbade to the
Prophet.

XXIX. Fol. 121«. IH>J! blk. ^ j, on
the sins of . the Prophets ; in answer to
Ibrahim B. al-Muhsin al-'Alawi ; (the 26th

Of the list, \JuJ

XXX. Fol. 1286. bj&)j "i J* o
a refutation of the Mujabbirah and Kadariy-
yah sects ; (no. 15 of the list &«>*
j).

Beg.

XXXI. Fol. 1386. U-

uc- *5l«*, answers to Abu
Ja'far Muh. B. Sulaiman al-Kufi on points of

law, arranged according to the usual order
of legal books.

Beg. C

J15

This is the u^lft)l t-jVlX no. 3 of the list ;
see Or. 3971, I.

XXXII. Fol. 160*. g*}\ (-Al/, on the

law relating to the suckling of infants ;
no. 6 of the list ; v. Or. 3971, II.

XXXIII. Fol. 1696. i.1^1 C..j-u"> J, in
proof of the Imamat of 'Ali ; v. Or.
3971, III.

XXXIV. Fol. 175o. i.1^1 c**rt s-Ai/,
another tract on the same subject, ascribed
by some to Zaid B. 'Ali ; v. Or. 3971, IV.

XXXV. Fol. 1796. Covenant of al-Hiidi
ila '1-Hakk . . . jJ^ J\ <^M f\A

v. Or. 3971, V.

XXXVI. Fol. 1806. ,^-A (J^\ u-»UL$, on
the spiritual significance of the " Throne,"
and of material attributes ascribed to God ;
v. Or. 3971, VI.

Beg. aolft >U\ O\jL« u^-^ (^ (^-^ J^*

207.

Or. 3884— Foil. 72 ; 8 J in. by 6 ; a volume
of mixed contents. [GLASER, no. 170.]

I. Foil. 1—33; 27 lines, about 3£ in. long;
written in a small and cursive Neskhi ; dated
from the Masjid Da'ud, San'ii, Sunday,
15 Jumada I., A.H. 1055 (A.D. 1645).

130

SECTARIAN WORKS.

Glosses of Sarim al-Din Ibrahim B. Yahya
al-Suhuli upon the treatise of theology known
as al-Thalathun al-Mas'alah, by Ahmad B.
al-Hasan al-Rassas, to which the following
description, in the hand of the scribe, is

prefixed :

444}'

Beg.

iO

The above treatise is called in some copies

».jJO\ ^^ iiy/o j, (,^U\ ^V^«- Its author,

Baha al-DIn Ahmad B. al-Hasan al-Rassas,
lived at the close of the sixth century of
the Hijrah. The author of al-Hada'Ik al-
Wardiyyah, Or. 3786, fol. 160, calls him his

master, U^*", and speaks of him as dead at
the time of writing, i.e., about A.H. 620.
His father, Husam al-DIn al-Hasan B.
Muhammad al-Rassas, was the Shaikh of
Imam al-Mansur 'Abdallah B. Hamzah, who
was born A.H. 561, and died A.H. 613.
See al-Tarjuman, fol. 142a.

The author of the gloss died A.H. 1060.
See, further on, Hashiyat al-Azhar, Or. 3756.

The text of al-Rassas, which is written in
full, with red ink, begins : ^ t/i A ^*U

It professes to set forth that knowledge
of God which every believer should possess,

and is divided into three parts J^-ai, each
of which comprises ten propositions
The first part treats of God's unity,
the second of His justice, J^, the third of
His promises and comminations, ^f-^j ^f-^-
The text is found in Or. 4026, foil. 106—113.
See also Ahlwardt, Glasersche Sammlung,
no. 59, 3, 4, no. 67, \ and no. 194, 2 ; and
Berlin Catalogue, nos. 2360-65.

The glosses, have been compiled and
arranged by the writer of the present MS.,
Salih B. Da'ud al-Anisi, who added mar-
ginal notes from Sharh al-Tahrir, al-Khula-
sah, and Sharh al-Asas.

II. Foil. 35—62 ; 11 lines, 3£ in. long ;
17th century.

A short treatise on Usul al-Fikh, without
author's name, endorsed &SAS1 ^yo\ ,j

Beg. . . .

It is divided into ten Babs, as follows :
1. \4^\j3j 5*PrU\ ^^ J, fol. 36a; 2. J
2^\, fol. 386; 3. ^\j J>A^ J, fol. 516;
4. jl^lj iiLaJ1 J, fol. 53a; 5. ^]jj^\ J,
fol. 54a ; 6. ^>^j r^ ^J, fol. 55a ; 7. J ,
u-uJ\J J^3^, fol. 566; 8. ^\ J, fol. 576;
9. JjJJa\j s>\&ry J, fol. 58a ; 10. ^XH J,
fol. 60a. The end of the last Bab is wanting.

III. Foil. 63—72, 19 .lines, 3 in. ; written
in small Nestalik; dated Dulhijjah, A.H. 1143,
(A.D. 1731).

A commentary, by Sayyid Muhammad B.
Zaid B. Muh. B. al-Hasan, upon a prayer to
be recited after completing the perusal of
the Goran, ascribed to Imam Zain al-'Abidln,

SECTARIAN WORKS.

131

Beg.

This copy was transcribed from the auto-
graph MS. of the commentator, who was
alive at the date of writing.

208.

Or. 3953.— Foil. 122 ; 8fin. by 5J ; 20 lines,
3 in. long ; written in small and neat Neskhi,
apparently in the 17th century.

[GLASEE, no. 247.]

A full commentary upon the work described
under the preceding number, art. i., al-
Thalathun al-Mas'alah.

Beg.

J

The commentary, the author of which is
not named, comprises the whole text written
in red. It is much fuller than the gloss
above mentioned, but contains many identical
passages.

The MS. was written for Sayyid Jamal
al-Dln Muh. B. al-Nasir B. 'Abd al-Rabb
(mentioned by the author of Tib al-Samar, i.,
fol. 68, as a senior contemporary). A note
states that it was read in Shibam, A.H. 1093
(A.D. 1682).

Foil. 1—8 and 116—122 contain miscel-
laneous notes and extracts.

209.

Or. 4009.— Foil. 44; 6-J in. by 4£ ; from 20
to 23 lines, 3^ in. long ; written in cursive

Neskhi, almost destitute of diacritical dots,
apparently in the 13th century.

[GI/ASER, no. 307.]

A treatise on theology (Kalam), imperfect
at beginning and end.

The first heading, fol. Ib, is ,j Jj5M
L^y-^ *)J&-\, and the chapter begins as fol-
lows ;

jo c

US

' J6

The work is divided into unnumbered
Babs, some of which are subdivided into
Fusul. The headings of the second and next
following Babs are : »^\ j JyDl <— >b, fol. 3i;
JoiU^ J* j JjSJ^, fol. 5; <jiy^ ij.jj j
fol. 6 ; cjy_y^ , fol. 76 ; ^ ^ ^-^ l^
\ j-«« , fol. 10 ; j.L*.^ Uij t>y>>\ l^ j
fol. 106; \j>\f$\ ^U-, J J^, fol. 126; J

rW^)\ uJAXi.^ fol. 136; jUi1 J

, fol. 15a ; Jj

J, fol. 17, etc.

The last chapter, s^JJl ^ J^> breaks off
at the fourth page. The author quotes two
of the Zaidi Imams as authorities, viz., Yahya
B. al-Husain (al-Hadi) author of the Mustar-
shid (no. 206 iv.), who died A.H. 298, and al-
Husain B. al-Kasim B. 'AH (al-Mahdi) who
died A.H. 404. He mentions also al-Rassas
(Ahmad B. al-Hasan,a great Zaidi theologian,
who died c. A.H. 600, v. no. 207). Under
each head the author sets forth the tenets of
the Zaidis, and then proceeds to discuss and
refute those of other sects. His polemic is
chiefly directed against the Ash'ariyyah and
Ja'fariyyah.

s2

132

SECTARIAN WORKS.

210.

Or. 3976.— Foil. 297 ; 12 in. by 8* ; 19 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
headings in fine Thulth, and red -ruled
margins, apparently in the 17th century.

[GLASEE, no. 270.]

Doctrinal and polemical writings of Imam
al-Mansur billah 'Abdallah B. Hamzah, who
was born A.H. 561, proclaimed A.H. 594,
and died A.H. 614.

This volume is designated on the edge as
the first of the collection:
*)Jb aLJ\ . It contains :

I. Foil. 1 — 144#. A full exposition of the
Zaidi doctrine respecting the Imamat, espe-
cially directed against the Imamiyyah, who
admit only twelve Imams, and bearing the

following title :

M Js- yj u-* ij^. ^
J\ 'i.>fj>\

Beg. . . . ^^>\ *^\ yc JU3 ^

'we \

Mentioned as one of the Imam's works in
Hada'ik al-Wardiyyah, Or. 3786, fol. 1916,
and in al-Tarjuman, fol. 1426.

II. Foil. 145 — 168a. A polemical work
against the Mutarrafiyyah, a sect of heretics,
whom the author stigmatizes as arrant apos-
tates and outlaws, with this title :

U&Uj

Beg. «J

J\

See Hada'ik, fol. 152a, and Tarjuman,
fol. 1426.

This work is mentioned by Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, no. 2077, but wrongly
ascribed to Hamzah B. Sulaiman.

III. Foil. 169— 209«. A treatise on the
laws relating to the taking of captives and
booty, «*joi!lj U-Jl <&»\ ^A-X-JO <jJ «-*Ju*N *jd\

Beg.

See Hada'ik and Tarjuman, ib. A copy is
mentioned by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 2077.

IV. Foil. 210 — 234a. Answers to various
questions relating to the Mutarrafiyyah and
other subjects, *jj!lai\ £'& ^-a" "•> JJL-« iuj>-\

Beg. ^ td

«Ut

V. Foil. 235—2716. A polemical treatise
on Kalam, entitled :

Beg.

This is the first of the Imam's writings.
He composed it in early youth by desire of
his Shaikh, al-Hasan B. Muh. al-Rassas, in
refutation of a circular letter sent from
Egypt, and advocating the Ash'ari doctrines.
See Hada'ik. fol. 149a. It consists of 48
sections, called

VI. Foil. 272a— 2776. Answers to divers
questions on points of doctrine and morals,

-»/e

Beg.

VII. Foil. 2776—2876. A treatise on

SECTARIAN WORKS.

133

Imamat, in four chapters, J^oJ, in answer to
the questions contained in the " two papers,"
beginning :

VIII. Foil. 2876—2916. Answers to five
questions relating to the prophetical office,
and to some points of doctrine and law.

IX. Foil. 292«— 293*. Answers to six
questions on the rights of Imams, put to the
Imam by Sultan al-Hasan B. Isma'il al-

Daf'ani, y-J^ J»^ ylUJll^ JUL, JSL\\

211.

Or. 3828.— Foil. 209; 10 in. by 6f; 14 or
15 lines, 4f in. long; written in a large and
flowing character by a skilled and scholarly
scribe ; dated (foil. 1486, 1906) Huth, Yaman,
Rajab, A.H. 625 (A.D. 1228). '

[GrLASER, no. 116.]

A volume containing some other theologi-
cal treatises by the same Imam, al-Mansur-
billah 'Abdallah B. Hamzah B. Sulaiman, as
follows :

I. Foil. 2 — 11. An exposition of the Zaidi
creed, with the following title in the hand-

writing of the copyist: Qj+A^ sjj&O! L->l^s

Beg.

JJI

Ul

This treatise is mentioned as one of the

writings of al-Mansur-billah in the Hada'ik
al-Wardiyyah, Or. 3786, fol. 192o, with the
title

II. Foil. 12—148. A treatise on the
fundaments of the faith and the authority of
the Imams, being a diffuse commentary by
the same Imam on his own metrical tract in
quatrains.

In an Ijazah, or licence, written at the
end, fol. I486, the work is designated as
Vy-J i^UI aupt ^U^. In the Hada'ik,
fol. 150, the commentary is called %'.**J\ Ji»

The same title appears on a folio written
by a later hand, to supply the lacuna of the
MS., and now placed at the beginning of the
volume.

The work is described in the Hada'ik as
consisting of two parts, the first of which
treats of Usul al-Dln, and the second of the
merits of the holy lineage, i^LJl. The second
part only is contained in the MS.

The beginning of the poem, as supplied by
the additional leaf, is as follows :

The commentary begins : ,.
*« «jj i_J^at j *

The commentary includes historical notices
of the Imams named in the text, and exten-
sive controversial discussions.

It is stated in the colophon that the MS.
was transcribed from a copy of a transcript
of the author's autograph MS. On the same
page and the next are two licences, »jM-
The first was granted to the writer, Huh. B.
al-Murtada al-Husaini al-Mar'ashi, by Imam

134

SECTARIAN WORKS.

al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar B. Yahya (d.
A.H. 697). The second, dated A.H. 706,
was given by Shaikh 'Ali B. 'Atiyyah to
Amir al-Muslimm Sulaiman B. al-Kasim, a
grandson of the author.

IIT. Foil. 151—156. The latter part of
al-'Akidat al-Nabawiyyah, mentioned under
art. i.

Here the author quotes, at some length, a
polemical work against the Mutarrafi sect,

entitled L^k^l ^U*. ^ J^LiM ^ai^l LJ*(^\

J^4 , by his predecessor, Imam al-Muta-
wakkil Ahmad B. Sulaiman (d. A.H. 566).

IV. 157 — 190. A theological tract, written
by the same Imam in answer to the questions
of Faklh Muh. B. As'ad al-Wakidi al-Sulaihi,
with this title : jf-

Beg. . . .

This tract is mentioned in Hada'ik, fol.
192a, as *

V. Foil. 194—206. A detached fragment
of the commentary mentioned under art. ii.
The place of this fragment, in which some
lacunae have been supplied by inserted leaves,
cannot be positively ascertained ; it belongs,
apparently, to the early part of the work.

VI. Another work treating of the pre-
rogatives of 'Ali and his descendants, written,
by an early hand, lengthways, on the outer
margins, through the whole volume. It has
neither beginning nor end, and the author
has not been ascertained. It is divided into
a number of chapters, J«a.;, in one of which,

the 22nd, one hundred and twenty miracles
of 'Ali are enumerated ; see fol. 1716.

212.

Or. 3959.— Foil. 198 ; 8£ in. by 5f ; 20 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi ;
dated Thursday, 23 Jumada I., A.H. 1062
(A.D. 1652). [GLASER, no. 253].

Theological writings of Sayyid Nur al-Dln
Abu 'Abdallah Hamidan (i.e. Hamld al-Din)
B. al-Kasim B. Yahya B. Hamidan al-Kasimi

al-Hasani al-Hashimi, with this title :

The Imam Al-Kasim B. 'Ali, the author's
ancestor in the eighth generation, died A.H.
393. Hamid al-Din B. Yahya B. Hamld al-
Din (for thus the author's name is found
written in other places) appears to have
lived in the seventh century A.H. He does
not quote any later Imam than 'Abdallah B.
Hamzah, who died A.H. 613.

I. Fol. 1. Kitab al-Tasrih, ^a^ <-*£, a

work in defence of the doctrine of the
Imams against the philosophizing sect of the
Mu'tazilah.

Beg.

It is divided into five sections, termed
, with the following headings :

Fol. 26. i^b^ c-jUi^i* y* iL»9-j^J j> I.

SECTARIAN WORKS.

135

Fol. 96. 'U*y\ JJL- j
Fol. 45a.

II.
III.

Fol. 52a. wUJ/bj «31i Ola*,

Foi. 596.

J IV.

v.

II. Fol. 71a. A treatise showing the
virtual agreement of the teachings of the
Imams, and reconciling their apparent dis-
crepancies, divided into six Fusul, with this

title : iS

Beg. *b^)\ i^c (J6 J_jft*Njl»i ^ J>»>- Jjo Ul

IIF. Fol. 83a. On the errors of theologians
of the philosophical school, in five Fusul :

Beg. »_j

IV. Fol. 118a. First selection from the
teachings of the Imams on the Imamat :

Beg.

V. Fol. 133«. Second selection from the
teachings of the Imams on substances and

attributes:

Beg.

VI. Fol. 1416. Extracts from the works
of al-Mansur 'Abdallah B. Hamzah (d. A.H.

613) against the Mu'tazilah, in four Fusul:

j)lb

with an appendix entitled ^ «i»-ljJ\
aSj\il J^y^)\ ^l**, fol. 1576, containing some
explanations by the compiler.

Beg. ^)

VII. Fol. 161a. The seventh Fasl of the
work entitled Ta'rlf al-Tarlk, against the

Mutarrafi sect :

VIII. Fol. 1736. A tract upon some ob-
scure points in the traditions relating to the
Mahdi :

IX. Fol. 183a. Four theological questions
ascribed by Hamldan to Imam al-Mahdi al-
Husain B. al-Kasim (died A.H. 404), and

directed against the Sifatiyyah sect:

X. Foil. 18 7 a — 197a. Metrical composi-
tions of Sayyid Hamid al-Din on theological

subjects : \^i/ JiiJ U* cJjj «J* «JJ\

U

The last and longest is an Urjuzah, foil.
1906 — 197a, entitled £b!l)i ^14 *J»UM ^^aJS\

W^li ,.f

It is directed against the Mu'tazilah, and
begins :

It is stated at the beginning that Imam al-

136

SECTARIAN WORKS.

Mutawakkil 'ala'llah al-Mutahhar B. Yahya
used to call that poem «JjI«U aLoP^) "&jijA\

At the end is a copy of a letter of Imam
al-Mahdi Ahmad B. al-Husain (died A.H.
656), referring with praise to a work of
Sayyid Hamidan.

Most of the above contents are found also
in a miscellaneous volume, Or. 3851.

213.

Or. 3727.— Foil. 171; 11£ in. by 7f ; about
31 lines, 5^ in. long ; written in Neskhi by
several hands ; dated A.H. 1 046 — 1107 (A.D.
1636—1696). [GLASER, no. 11.]

The main portion of the volume, foil. 47 —
135, contains the theological writings of the
same Hamid al-Dm Yahya B. Hamld al-Dm,

with this title : . . .

»\»$\

J\ ^.r ^ ~Ji}\ ^ j^iioi?-. They agree with

the contents of the preceding copy, but are
differently arranged, as follows :

I. Fol. 476. A treatise against the Mu'ta-
zilah, the same as no. 212, art. vi.

II. Fol. 54a. Tanblh al-Ghafilln, the same
as no. 212, art. iii.

III. Fol. 67«.
no. 212, art. ii.

Tanblh UK 'l-Albab

IV. Fol. 72a. Al-Muntaza' al-Awwal=
no. 212, art. iv.

V. Fol. 78«.
no. 212, art. v.

Al-Muntaza' al-Thani=

VI. Fol. 82a. Some pieces of verse=
no. 212, art. x., foil. 1876— 190a. They
are designated at the end as an appendix to
al-Muntaza' al-Thani, art. v. .

VII. Fol. 83&. Al-Risalat al-Nazimah,
etc., namely, the Urjuzah mentioned under
no. 212, art. x., foil. 190—197.

VIII. Fol. 87b. Al-Masa'il al-Bahithah,
etc., v. no. 212, art. vi., fol. 157.

IX. Fol. 89a. Fasl 7 of Ta'rif al-Tarik=
no. 212, art. vi.

X. Fol. 96a. Bayan al-Ishkal=^no. 212,
art. viii.

XI. Fol. 995. Kitab al-Tasrih=no. 212,

art. i.

XII. Foil. 134a=1356. Arbac Masa'il=
no. 212, art. ix.

Besides the above treatise the MS. con-
tains :

XIII. Foil. 1—41. A}\

*. A polemical treatise on

the claims of 'Ali, by Sayyid Muhammad B.
'Abdallah B. al-Husain al-Mihrabi.

Beg.

U\ . . .

\J

The work was written in answer to some
verses by a Shafi'i writer, who pretended that
'Ali had submitted to the preceding Caliphs.
It takes the shape of a commentary upon a
poem in support of 'Ali's claims, entitled »lsi

The verses of the Shafi'i begin :

The versified answer begins :

XIV. Foil. 43^— 46a. Eighteen questions
put by Shams al-Dm Ahmad B. Sulaiman

SECTARIAN WORKS.

137

al-Auzari to Imam al-Muayyad billah Yahya
B. Hamzah (d. A.H. 749) on points of theo-
logy, with the answers.

Beg. ^

XV. Foil. 137a— 1626. A collection of
Hadiths relating to those texts of the Goran
which, according to Shl'ah tradition, support
the claims of the descendants of the Prophet.

It is imperfect at the beginning. The first
words are: gjJu.,). «J

U J\S

The author's name does not appear, but
in the following Isnad his father is called
al-Hakim Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad :

The work follows the order of the Surahs,
from the Fatihah to Siirat al-Kauthar.

The following doubtful title is written at
the top of the first page :

XVI. Foil. 163 b— 1666. Tathbital-Imamah,
in confirmation of the claims of 'Ali, by al-
Hadi ila '1-Hakk Yahya B. al-Husain B. al-

Kasim (d. A.H. 298) :

W?

Beg. J*?

XVII. Foil. 167«— 1716. Fragment of a
collection of Shi 'ah traditions relating to the
life of 'Ali.

The principal sections are entitled : \ j*
and ^W^ ^-^.^-- Most

of the traditions are ascribed to Salman al-
Farisi.

214.

Or. 3947.— Foil. 330 ; 8J in. by 6 ; about
15 lines, 3£ in. long ; written in cursive, but
distinct, Neskhi ; dated from 9 Rabi* I. to
27 Jumada I., A.H. 1081 (A.D. 1670).

[G-LASER, no. 241.]

Theological and polemical writings of Imam
al-Mansur-billah al-Kasim B. Muhammad
(who died A.H. 1029; see his life, Or. 3329).

They consist chiefly of answers to various
questions put to him on matters of theology
and law.

I. Foil. 5 — 166. Answers to the questions
of Fakih 'Abd al-Jabbar B. 'Ali B. Shimr,

with the title : J*

Beg. UfOjL U J! »yj JUS 411) Ktty JAJ1

(J ^}>

y J

The work was completed, as stated at the
end, on Thursday, two nights before the end
of Ramadan, A.H. 1005.

II. Foil. 167 — 197. Answers to the ques-
tions of Sayyid Jamal al-Dm Muhammad B.

'Ashlsh al-Huthi : \$& JL» (J&\ O^j-Jl t J*

T

138

SECTARIAN WORKS.

Beg.

III. Foil. 198—209. Answers to various
questions, the author of which is not named.

Beg.
\ J\S t

J\»,

,jj\

The first question relates to the double
punishment threatened to the wives of the
Prophet for grievous sin (Surah 33, v. 30).

IV. Foil. 209S — 241. Answers to some
questions sent from San'a, and relating to

divergences of doctrine :

Beg. w

They include a tract against modern Sufis,
or Batinis, foil. 230—240.

V. Foil. 242 — 279. A guide to the right
path, showing how to choose among conflict-
ing authorities in matters of faith and law :

It is divided into six Fusul, and begins :

VI. Foil. 280—328. A warning against
revolt or disobedience : «Jca)\

Beg

It was written, as stated at the end, against
Fakih Muh. B. «Ali B. 'Umar al-Tihami, who
had advised people to stay afc home, and pay
tribute to the enemy.

The MS. was written for Fakih Jamal al-
Din «Ali B. 'Abdallah al-Anisi, by *Ali B.
Ahmad B. 'Ali al-Raziki al-Rughafi al-Sa'di.

Some leaves written by a later hand contain
the following poems :

Fol. 306. A Marthiyah, by Sayyid Ahmad
B. Salih Ibn Abi '1-Rijal (d. A.H. 1092), on
the death of Sayyid Sarim al-Islam Ibrahim
B. Muh. B. Ahmad B. 'Izz al-Dln.

Fol. 329. A Kasldah, by Shaikh Ahmad
B. 'Alawan.

Fol. 330. An impromptu poem of al-Faraz-
dak, in praise of Imam 'Ali B. al-Husain B.
'Ali B. Abi Talib.

215.

Or. 3974.— Foil. 60 ; 8J in. by 6 ; about 20
lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ;
dated Saturday, 5 Jumada II., A.H. 1015
(A.D. 1606). [GLASEE, no. 268.]

I. Foil. 2 — 57. A treatise on Usul al-Din,
or the bases of faith ; without title or author's
name.

Beg.

It is described on the fly-leaf as tjryc ljj»
l, and is really the work entitled (^L^

j\a«3 , by Imam al-Mansur-billah al-
Kasim B. Muhammad. See Or. 3851, ii.

II. Foil. 576 — 60. Answers of the same

SECTARIAN WORKS.

139

Imam to the theological questions of Fakih
Badr al-Din Muhammad B. {AH al-Ma'ruf :

JjL-0

Beg.

J\

\

U o&J

The Imam's name appears in the colophon,
in which he is spoken of as still living.

The MS. was written for Sayyid Fakhr al-
Din 'Abdallah B. Muh. B. Nasir

216.

Or. 3757.— Foil. 118 ; 8| in. by 6} ; 19 and
23 lines, 4 in. long; written in Neskhi; dated
A.H. 1164—8 (A.D. 1751—4).

[GLASEE, no. 41.]

I. Foil. 1—12. J^LaJI yp i*aJH A trea-
tise on the essential points of the creed, by
Sayyid al-Hasan al-Jalal :

Beg. «5U»-

j

\3ai!\

The writer, Sayyid Sharaf al-Din al-Hasan
B. Ahmad al-Jalal, author of Dau al-Nahar,
died A.H. 1079. See Or. 3996.

II. Foil. 17 — 116. A commentary by the
same author upon his own treatise on Usul

al-Fikh, entitled Jy»\ jM^> ^ cE^yV *

The following title is prefixed by the
copyist :

JW5 .1)1 ^

The treatise is directed against those who,
according to the author, falsely profess to be
followers of the Sunnah, but are in reality
its greatest enemies.

The text of the original treatise, written
in red, is included in the commentary.

The MS. was written for Jamal al-Islam
'Ali B. Muh. B. Tarnish, by Husain B. 'Abd al-
Kadir B. 'Ali, etc.

217.

Or. 3852.— Foil. 62; 8 in. by 5£; 21 lines,
3| in. long ; written in fair, but imperfectly
pointed, Neskhi ; apparently in the 17th
century. [GLASEE, no. 140.]

I. Fol. 5 — 35. A theological treatise in
defence of the Zaidi doctrine, by Shams al-
Islam Ahmad B. Salih B. Muh. B. 'Ali B.
Muh. Ibn Abi '1-Rijal al-'Adawi, with this

title :

Beg. 5

The author was Khatib of San'a, and died
in al-Bustan, near Dauran, on the 29th of
Rabi' I., A.H. 1100. See Bughyat al-Murid,
Or. 3719, fol. 23. He is chiefly known by
his historical work ^ ^°, one of the
sources of Khulasat al-Athar. See the last
T 2

140

SECTARIAN WORKS.

work, vol. i., p. 220, (where A.H. 1092 is
given as the date of his death), and Tib al-
Samar, Or. 2427, fol. 198. In the list of his
works given in Bughyat al-Murld, the above
treatise is called aa^lM o,1jJ juo.^1 ^JuJS .

A note on the first page states that 'Ali B.
Salih B. Abi '1-Rijal (the author's brother,
v. Tib al-Samar, fol. 200) heard the work
read by the author in the house of Imam al-
Mutawakkil in San'a, A.H. 1079.

II. Foil. 36 — 59. A treatise by the same
author on the evidences and authorities in
support of the Imamat of 'Ah, with this title:

Beg.

J0

CJIL- 0

The work was also read before the author
by his brother 'Ali B. Salih. This copy is

imperfect at the end. The J\jU *$#\ is also
mentioned in Bughyat al-Murid, among the
author's works.

Druzes.

218.

Or. 1435.— Foil. 100 ; 8 in. by 6 ; 13 lines,
4 in. long; written in fair, fully vocalized,
Neskhi, with red, yellow, and green headings,
apparently in the 16th century.

The second volume of the sacred books of
the Druzes.

Beg.

This volume contains twenty-six tracts,
ending with vj*iiS\v«-ii . The contents agree
with those of Add. 11,559, noticed in the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 521-2, and with those
of the Paris MS. fully described by S. de Sacy,
Expose de la religion des Druzes, vol. i.,
pp. 471 — 482. A former owner, M. Jules
Ferrette, has written on the cover, " Livre
sacr4 des Druzes conquis par les Chretiens
pendant la guerre de 1860."

For other copies of the same volume see
Aumer, nos. 218 — 220 ; Pertsch, nos. 855-6 ;
the Leyden Catalogue, no. 1978 ; Assemani,
Collectio Nova, nos. 379, 721 ; the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 1415-18 ; and Rosen, Notices
Sommaires, no. 97.

Nusairis.

219.

Or. 3113.— Foil. 195 ; 4J in. by 3£ ; from 7
to 8 lines, 2J in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi; dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1283 (A.D. 1866).

[KEEMER, no. 123.]

Prayer-book of the Nusairis.

j

Two leaves prefixed to the above title con-
tain a prayer, beginning: pku&\ ^\ A\JSLM~>\
*x»-Jl S->^^ » an(i including a declaration that
there is no God but 'Ali, no veil but Muham-
mad, and no gate but the Lord Salman :

SECTARIAN WORKS.

141

The work begins with the Ayat al-Kursi
and other verses from the Goran, followed
by a number of prayers addressed to 'Ali as
the Deity, in such terms as, b ^ b <J$y» b
b ^ b ^b b ^ b Jj\ b ^
, and ending mostly with these words,

b Ulff- b J' j*A b . These invocations
are in the name of holy personages of every
age and country. The names of the Prophets,
the twelve Imams, and other Shl'ah saints,
one would naturally expect ; but it is rather
strange to find in one place, fol. 23, those of
the ancient kings of Persia, Jem, Kubad,
Firuz, Anushlrwan, Kaika'us, and in another,
fol. 25, those of Evangelists and Christian
saints, John Chrysostom, t-^JJl *i U»-y., Paul,

), and Matthew,

The prayers are followed by rituals relating
to various sacred functions, such as the rite
called Kuddas, (_)>>lAJO), performed with a cup,
fol. 71, the initiation of neophytes by the
Naklb, fol. 89, the vows, ,i\&J\, fol. 101, the
water-kuddas, ?\\\ t_>JA>', fol. 106, the incense-
kuddas, j^£. ^>^', fol. 109, the wine-kuddas,
^_^D\ ^jS, fol. 114, the oath of allegiance,
tojUll, fol. 117, etc. .

Several of the above prayers and offices
will be found in the work entitled »j_/Ul
i^wajJ! BbjJl J\j*\ t_fl^ ^J LoUiLJ\, written
by a Nusairi converted to Christianity,
Sulaiman al-Adani ; printed in Beirut, 1864,
and translated by Edw. E. Salisbury in the
Journal of the American Oriental Society,
vol. viii., no. 2.

The prayer-book proper occupies foil. 1 —
128 and 173 — 186. It ends with prayers
for various occasions.

Foil. 130 — 152 contain hymns called i_**>-y ,
by the following Nusairi poets : Hasan al-

Ajrud, Salman Bisln, 'Ali al-Na'im, Muh. B.
Mahmud B. Ghadanfal, Kasim, 'Ali B. Sarim,

and Ahmad al-Daraniyah, *-i,Wl ±r\. At
the end is the story of Habib al-Najjar, j*>*

Foil. 153 — 186 contain some cabalistic
extracts, and some more poetical pieces, by
Ibn Sha'ban, Shaikh Khalil, and Salman
Bisin.

Foil. 187 — 194 contain questions put to
Abu Sa'id Maimun B. al-Kasim al-Tabarani
(died c: A.H. 400 ; v. Ahlwardt, Berlin Cata-
logue, no. 4292) by Abu '1-Husain Muh. B.

'Ali al- Jali : «la)l ** •*•*»-' ^ ^ _ •

JLJ

The first of these relates to the' seven
gates of Hell, which are said to mean degrees
of transmigration.

Copyist: J* ^ ~a>\j>\

c1. t— »

The origin of the MS. is thus stated by
von Kremer : " Erbeutet von den Tiirkischen
Truppen bei Erstiirmung des Gebel enna-
wasirah, »^o1_yJ!Jj»., im Sommer 1870. Dieser
Grebirgsdistrict liegt bei acht Stunden von
Tripolis und ist das Centrum des Districtes
der Nosairier, die bis in die neueste Zeit ihre
Unabhangigkeit zu wahren wussten."

On the Nusairi sect, see Shahrastani,
Haarbriicker's translation, vol. i., p. 216 ;
S. de Sacy, Religion des Druzes, vol. ii.,
pp. 559 — 586 ; Catafago, Journal Asiatique,
4" Se'riejtom. xi., p. 149 ; 7e Serie, torn, viii.,
p. 523 ; and Huart, ib., 7" Serie, torn, xiv.,
p. 191. A Nusairi catechism is described
by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 2086.

142

SECTARIAN WORKS.

Wahhabis.

220.

Or. 4529.— Foil. 244 ; 7f in. by 5£ ; from
13 to 17 lines, 4 in. long ; written in Neskhi
in the 19th century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The following works by Shaikh Muhammad
B. 'Abd al-Wahhab, the founder of the
Wahhabi sect, who was born A.H. 1115, and
died A.H. 1206 (see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 436a, 784«) :

I. Foil. 26—131. Life of Muhammad,
abridged from the Sirat al-Rasul by Ibn

Hisham :

Beg.

Jy

The work concludes with the history of
the Khalifs, which is brought down to the
time of al-Ma'mun.

The beginning and the end, viz., foil. 2 — 11
and 117 — 131, have been supplied by a some-
what later and cursive hand, A.H. 1277
(A.D. 1860).

II. Foil. 132—196. The Kitab al-Tauhld,
an exposition of the Wahhabi doctrine : \j*

v

JUS

Beg.

j

The same work is found in Add. 23,346,
foil. 281—332, described in the Arabic

Catalogue, p. 577 ; but the present copy has
in addition, at the end, nineteen short ques-
tions, JJL-«, relating to the 'Arsh and Kursi
mentioned in the last quoted Hadiths.

A short abstract of the Kitab al-Tauhid
will be found in the account of the Wahhabi
doctrine drawn up by 'Abdallah, the apostle's
son, and translated by O'Kinealy, Journal
of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1874,
part i., pp. 68 — 72.

III. Foil. 196—223. Kitab al-Kaba'ir, a
treatise on the major sins, or those which
involve perdition.

Beg. J\^£

i3 U

It is divided into short unnumbered Babs,
each of which begins with a verse of the
Goran, or a Hadith.

IV. Foil. 224—230. Exposition of the
confession of faith, «U) ^11 &)\ 5)

Beg. *-Juft> oU

The same tract is found in Add. 23,346,
foil. 373 — 383; where it is designated as
»jl^^)\ j*-*—>- The present copy has
doxology, wanting in the latter MS. ; but it
wants the concluding lines of the treatise.

a

V. Foil. 231 — 236. Comments of the same
author upon six passages of the Sirah, or

Life of Muhammad : 'ij>~>\

SECTARIAN WORKS.

143

Beg. CX»»-j J*«\3 ....

•u

The first passage relates to the beginning
of inspiration, (_^-J3\ Jjji LoS, namely, \#\ b
(Goran, chap. 74).

On the last page is the beginning of Ibn
'Abd al-Wahhab's comment upon a passage
of Surat Hud, bo^ t^a. jj^ ^ u« (chap. 11,
v. 18).

VI. Foil. 237-38. A tradition relating to
the eight points of doctrine which Shaklk al-
Balkhi had learnt from his master, Hatim
al-Asamm.

VII. Foil. 239—241. Fragment of a trea-
tise on the knowledge and the qualities
which a true believer should possess.

The first paragraph begins: (JUJ\

**

VIII. Foil. 242—244. An account of the
end of the holy Imam, Sa'id B. Jubair, who
was put to death by al-Hajjaj, A.H. 95 (Ibn
Khallikan, vol. i., p. 564).

Beg.

On the first page of the MS. are notices of
events in Wahhabi history, beginning with
the death of 'Abdallah B. Su'ud, A.H. 1232,
and ending with A.H. 1286.

Babis.

221.

Or. 3539.— Foil. 173 ; 8} in. by 5 J ; 19 lines,
2| in. long ; written in small and neat
Nestalik, with red and blue-lined margins,
in the 19th century. [S. CHURCHILL.]

A sacred book of the Babis, without title
or author's name.

Beg. iiJjA «>T u

The best source of information on the
history of the Babis, and their literature, is
to be found in the masterly and exhaustive
accounts published by Mr. Edward Granville
Browne, in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic
Society, New Series, vol. 21, pp. 485 — 526,
and 881 — 1009, and in the volume subse-
quently published by him under the title of
"A Traveller's Narrative," 1891. In our
notice of the present, and the four following
MSS., we cannot do better than to refer the
reader to those highly interesting works.

The present book is known as Tafslr Surat
Yusuf, *— i-*^. ijy» jj.~tt5, or Ahsan al-Kisas,
U«3*a£!\ t.r~»-!, and its author is the founder
of the Babi sect, Mirza 'Ali Muhammad
Shirazi, better known as Bab, or Nuktah,
who was born in Shiraz A.H. 1236, and
suffered martyrdom in Tebriz on the 27th of
Sha'ban, A.H. 1266 (July, 1850). See
Browne, Journal, pp. 512 and 993. The
Tafsir Surat Yusuf, is so called from the
verses of the Coranic Surah of that name,
which occur at the beginning of most
chapters, although the text which follows
has no obvious connexion with them. It

144

SECTARIAN WORKS.

is the second extant work of the Bab, and
the first in which he put forth his preten-
sions to divine inspiration. It was composed
shortly after the declaration of his divine
mission, which took place A.H. 1260. (See
" A Traveller's Narrative," p. 221.)

The first detailed account of the work was
given by Baron Victor von Rosen, Manuscrits
arabe de I'lnstitut, pp. 179 — 191, with copious
extracts, which agree verbatim with the
text of our MS. The character of the work
is described by Browne, I.e., pp. 904 — 909 ;
compare " A Traveller's Narrative," p. 338.

The present copy is divided, like the S.
Petersburg MS., into 111 sections, not num-
bered. In addition to the latter, it has titles
in red ink at the beginning of most sections.
The first has been given above. The second
is :

The remaining headings differ from the above
only by the name of the Surah. The eight
sections which next follow are called :

On fol. 7 la is found the passage y* w^
y* LJU$ «W <-j^i-f j (.Ui^, quoted by

Rosen, I.e., p. 185, from which he inferred
rather hastily that Bab allowed eight wives
to his followers. It is taken, with some
alteration, from the Goran, chapter vi.,
vv. 143-44, and relates to pairs of cattle.
The tendency of the Babis is, according to
Browne, p. 499, rather to monogamy.

In the body of the volume some leaves
have been transposed. They must be taken
in the following order : foil. 105, 110, 111,
108, 109, 106, 107, 112.

Baron von Rosen possesses a fine copy of
the same work, transcribed from a MS. in

the library of I'tidad al-Saltanah. 'See MSS.
persans de I'lnstitut, p. 50.

222.

Or. 3116.— Foil. 127 ; 8f in. by 7£ ; 14 lines,
4£ in. long; written in a cursive and not
easily legible Shikesteh, in the 19th century.

[KEEMER, no. 126.]

Another Babi book, without any title.
Beg. e£^. J sUJl yl WL-? J j^&\ <->USV
yp L_»>!1 gUaSJ^ $\ y'J^M [sic] jfc J^U, J!
b

It consists of Arabic passages, written
mostly in Neskhi, with a red line drawn
over them, and followed by extensive com-
ments in Persian, written in Nestalik. It is
the work known as Ikan, J&>\, one of great
authority with the Babis, and containing the
fullest exposition and defence of their doc-
trines. The author is Baha, who superseded
his brother Mirza Yahya Subh i Azal as
chief of the sect. He proclaimed his divine
mission in Adrianople, A.H. 1283, and is
now regarded by the bulk of the Babis as
the last " Manifestation," or embodiment of
the Deity. His proper name is Mirza
Husain 'Ali, son of Mirza 'Abbas, better
known as Mirza Buzurg Niiri. He was
born in Teheran, A.H. 1233, wrote the
present work in Baghdad, A.H. 1278, and
was subsequently confined by the Turkish
government, first in Adrianople, and after-
wards, A.H. 1285, in Acre, where he is
still living. (See Browne, "A Traveller's
Narrative," p. xxxix.)tt

The work is fully described by Mr. Browne,
who mentions other MSS. as well as an

' News has since been received of his death in
August, 1892.

SECTARIAN WORKS.

1 to

Indian edition of the Ikan. See the Journal,
I.e., pp. 944—948, and p. 1003. Copious
extracts have been given by Baron von Rosen
in the Collections Scientifiques de 1'Institut,
MSS. persans, pp. 32 — 50. Another MS. is
mentioned by the same scholar in the Zapiski
of the Archeological Society, torn, iv., p. 112.

The Ikan ends, fol. 67a, with these words :

Foil. 67 — 77 contain a Persian tract be-
ginning with an Arabic text as follows:

The rest of the MS., foil. 78-127, is
taken up by a collection of letters written in
Persian, apparently by the same Baha, to
some of his followers. The first begins :

*?

Most of the letters begin with the formula,
N (^^'^ «JJ\ f~*>, the last word of which
alludes to the writer's name, Baha.

223.

Or. 2820.— Foil. 46 ; 6f in. by 4 ; 11 lines,
2| in. long ; written in neat Shikesteh ; dated
A.H. 1301 (A.D. 1884). [S. CHURCHILL.]

Another Babi book, without title.
Beg. w

Jfcl

ti\

,*X«

JiS jl»

Jio JU

JJ ftj j'j

J5UJ!

This is the Kitab Akdas, (^»±>\ <~>]3-f, tho
last work of the same Baha, and the summary
of his teachings. Mr. Browne, who possesses
three copies of the work, has given a full
analysis of the contents, Journal, I.e., pp.
972—981 ; see also pp. 495 and 1007, and
compare " A Traveller's Narrative," p. 211.

The copy was written by Mirza Husain
'Ali Tablb, and was purchased at Yezd for
Mr. Sidney Churchill in 1884.

The colophon is ; ciJb ^

Ir. I ftju«» L_^. il» Iff.

At the end of Kitab Akdas, fol. 43a, is a
Persian tract written by the same Baha, in
answer to questions put to him respecting
the divine commands. It beins thus :

*JJ\

~~j

!.j» J?- *Jy

224.

Or. 3115.— Foil. 30 ; 7 in. by 4£ ; 9 lines,
2| in. long ; written in fair, fully vocalized
Neskhi, in the 19th century.

[K.REMER, no. 125.]

Copy of a letter of Baha to the reigning
Shah of Persia, Nasir ud-din.

Beg.

*J 01 U <JJO)Jj

146

The letter includes several extensive pas-
sages in Persian, written in Shikesteh, in
one of which, fol. 13, the writer speaks of

SECTARIAN WORKS.

A collection of tracts and letters by Baha.
Beg.

Adrianople as the place from which he was
writing,

It is stated in " A Traveller's Narrative,"
p. 102, to have been written by Baha, in
his latter days passed in Adrianople, namely,
in July or August, A.D. 1868 (A.H. 1285).

It is now included in a collection called
Surah i Haikal, J$4*> *jy*> or Alwah i Salatm,
u^^L* _\jN, comprising Bahii's letters to
various sovereigns. For a detailed account
of the letter to the Shah see Browne, Journal,
I.e., pp. 954—960 and p. 1004. The letter
is reproduced almost entirely in the " Travel-
ler's Narrative," pp. 133—183 of the text,
and pp. 106 — 151 of the translation.

On the fly-leaf at the end is found the
following notice, due, as we learn from
Kremer's catalogue, to an Austrian officer,
Oberlieutenant Schemua, who brought the
MS. from Persia : " Der Ueberbringer dieses,
em junger Mann Namens Aga Buzurg,
wurde, nachdem er sich als Anhanger Bab's
erhlarte und seinen Glauben nicht ab-
schwbren wollte, in Teheran vor beilaufig
12 Jahren hingerichtet."

In the account of the same event given by
Mr. Browne in " A Traveller's Narrative,"
p. 102, and in the Journal, pp. 520 and
956-57, the young martyr is called Mirza
Badl', and A.D. 1869 is given as the probable
date of his death.

225.

Or. 3114.— Foil. 96; 5 in. by 3 ; 11 lines,
2 in. long ; written in an elegant minute
Nestalik, in the 19th century.

[KREMER, no. 124.]

*5H

The first tract appears to have been
written in answer to a correspondent, not
named, who had complained of Baha's enig-

matical utterances, ^ _j3

It deals chiefly in complaints of the harm
done to the cause by false brethren.

The second piece begins, fol. 5«, with
prescriptions regarding fasting and prayer :

£ cyU!i« ,.b\

The contents are, for the most part,
letters of exhortation and encouragement
written by Baha to some of his followers in
various parts of Persia. The names of the
persons thus addressed are frequently written
in a minute character at the head of the
letters, and, in some instances, their place of
residence is indicated by initial letters, as J,
probably for Kazwm, k for Teheran, i__i&\ ^J\
for Kirman, or written in full, as Damaghan,
fol. 24&. The first names that occur are
those of Mulla Muhammad Shafi', Amat-
allah Khani, Mirza Karim Khan, Muhammad
'AH Khan, Tahmas Kuli Khan, Hasan Khan
Beg, Mahdi Kuli Khan, Mirza 'Ali Naki, etc.
In some of these letters the writer's name
appears at the beginning, as for instance,
foil. 14, 29, etc., \$A\ ^ L_Atf \*t>, or ^J u«
\t£\. Three of them, foil. 31, 69 and 88,
are addressed to Muhammad 'Ali Nabll,

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

117

author of the versified chronology of Baha's
life published by Mr. Browne, Journal, I.e.,
pp. 983—990. The last letter has this
heading : aJJ)

Similar collections of Baha's letters are
mentioned, p. 948-49, by Mr. Browne, who
in another place, p. 496, describes how that
correspondence was carried on by means of
secret couriers.

Baron v. Kremer has written inside the
cover : " Koran der Babys in Akka gekauft
durch Jusuf Chalidy von dem dort in Ver-
banmmg lebenden geistlichen Oberhaupte
der Babys."

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

226.

Or. 3958.— Foil. 46 ; 9J in. by 5 ; 19 lines,
3 in. long ; written in elegant Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins, apparently in the 16th
century. [(TLASER, no. 252.]

A collection of thoughts and precepts
relating to the rules and duties of religious
life, ascribed to Imam al-Sadik, i.e. the sixth
Imam, Ja'far B. Muhammad al-Sadik, who
died A.H. 148.

The MS. begins with the last lines of a
preface by the unknown compiler :

w jj

The work is divided into a great number
of short Babs, each beginning with JJloJ\ J\S
The headings of the first five are :
fol. 1 ; wUjn ^b , fol. Ib •

fol. 26 ; u\e}\ ^\J, fol. 3«
fol. 86. The last heading, after which the
MS. breaks off, is A\ J ijil ^b.

A fragment noticed by Loth, no. 694, iv.,
evidently belongs to the same work.

227.

Or. 3502.— Foil. 167 ; 9 in. by 5| ; 22 or 23
lines, 4£ in. long ; written in large and clear
Neskhi, with occasional vowels, and with
gold-ruled margins ; dated Thursday, 15
Rabi' I., A.H. 728 (A.D. 1328).

[S. CHURCHILL.]

The Eisalah, a celebrated text-book of
Sufism, by Abu '1-Kasim 'Abd al-Karim B.
Hawazin al-Kushairi, who was born A.H.
376, and died in Nishapur A.H. 465 ; with
the following title :

Beg.

The work is divided into fifty-four Babs,
not numbered (see Haj. Khal., vol. iii.,
p. 428). It was completed, as stated at the
end, at the beginning of A.H. 438. For the
author's life see Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. ii., p. 152 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 50, fol. 100 ; Nafahat al-Uns, p. 354 ;
and al-Isnawi, fol. 132.

The Eisalah has been printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1284, and again, with extracts from
the commentary of Zakariyya B. Muh. al-
Ansari, in the same place, A.H. 1287. For
MSS. see Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no.

148

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

2822, etc., where the headings are given in
full ; Aumer, Munich Catalogue, no. 136 ;
De Slane, Paris Catalogue, no. 1330 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 83.

Copyist:

On the fly-leaf is a prayer for the recovery
'of Ghulam Husain Khan, dated Shiraz,
A.H. 1278.

An early Persian translation of the Ei-
salah, beginning with the original Arabic
doxology, is preserved in Or. 4118, which is
dated Baghdad, A.H. 601 (A.D. 1205).

228.

Or. 3122.— Foil. 10 ; 7 in. by 5 ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently
in the 18th century. [KREMEE, no. 132.]

A moral treatise on the vices of the soul
and their cure, by Abu 'Abd al-Eahman
Muhammad B. al-Husain B. Musa al-Sulami
al-Naisaburi, with the title : ^Jy? (j <

Beg.

The author, who was called the chief of
the Sufis of Khorasan, was born A.H. 330,
or, according to others, A.H. 325, and died
A.H. 412. He wrote the Tabakat al-Sufiy-
yah, and altogether, it is said, more than
a hundred works. See Ta'rikh Baghdad,
Add. 23,320, fol. 4; al-Sam'ani, fol. 303;
Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 49, fol. 79 ; the Kamil,
vol. ix., p. 230; and Tabakat al-Huffaz,
xiii. 33.

The title of the present work, (_rs&\
(v. Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 285), is taken
from this passage of the preface :

A copy is described by Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, no. 3131.

A metrical version is noticed in the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 2976, 7766.

229.

Or. 3192.— Foil. 99 ; 8 in. by 5£ ; 25 lines,
3| in. long ; written in neat Neskhi with the
vowels, and with red-ruled margins ; dated
Friday, 27 Safar, A.H. 1032 (A.D. 1622).

[KREMEB, no. 201.]

A guide to devout life, by Abu Hamid
Muhammad B. Muh. al-Ghazzali, who died
A.H. 505.

Beg. jjj

To the above beginning is prefixed the
same Isnad which has been given in the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 105a, vi. For other
copies see Uri, nos. 105, 112, 155; the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 315 ; the Paris
Catalogue, no. 1292 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. ii., p. 138; vol. vii., p. 116; and
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, 3265-66, where
the contents are stated.

Copyist :

A table of contents is prefixed.

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

149

230.

Or. 3195.— Foil. 132 ; 9$ in. by 6f ; 17 lines,
4£ in. long; written in large bold Neskhi,
with vowels ; dated Sunday, 24 Muharram,
A.H. 748 (A.D. 1347).

[KREMEB, no. 204).

Homilies, or pious discourses in prose and
verse, by Ahmad B. 'AH B. Yusuf al-Kurashi
al-Buni.

Beg.

4)1

jLi-^

This is, as stated in the first rubric :
-jl^y ^ ^U5\ j^U, the second volume
of a work, only designated as Kitab al-Buni.
The author, who died A.H. 622, is chiefly
known as a cabalistic writer. The principal
of his numerous works is the Shams al-
Ma'arif (Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 74 ; Leyden
Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 171 ; Pertsch, no.
1262, etc.). The present work cannot be
identified with any ascribed to him by Haj.
Khal., nor with the Sufi works described by
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 2843, 3301.
It consists of edifying discourses intermixed
with verses, and illustrated with sayings and
anecdotes of the saints.

The present volume, which concludes the
work, comprises twenty- six chapters (J-aJ),
numbered 26 — 51, each of which begins
with a separate doxology, and ends with
a prayer.

The copy was written for Kadi Karlm al-
Din 'Abd al-Karim by Muh. B. Isma'il B.
Ibrahim, Khatib of the Jami' of Katya, a
village on the confines of Syria and Egypt.

231.

Or. 1610.— Foil. 493; 12fin.by8J; 49 lines,
4f in. long ; written in neat and extremely
minute and close Neskhi, with a tasteful
'Unwan, gold-ruled margins and gilt head-
ings ; dated Zabid, 11 RabI' I., A.H. 1003
(A.D. 1692). Bound in highly ornamented,
stamped and gilt covers.

The great Sufi work of Muhyi al-Din
Muhammad B. 'Ali al-Ta'i al-Hatimi, called
Ibn at-'Arabi, who died in Damascus A.H.
638. See Nafahat al-Uns, Calcutta edition.
pp. 633—645; Abu Shamah, Or. 1539,
fol. 73 ; Tabakat al-Munawi, foil. 264—272 ;
and Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 2848.
On the first page is the following title in
gold letters, within illuminated borders :

Beg.

The whole of that extensive work is con-
tained in the present volume. A table of
the 560 Biibs into which it is divided occupies
eight closely written pages in the preface,
foil. 3a—6b.

The following verses in praise of the work
are written in gold letters on the cover :

150

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 728a ; and the catalogues of Berlin, nos.
2856—2872 ; Vienna, vol. iii. p. 361 ; the
Bodleian, vol. i., nos. 84-5, vol. ii., p. 72 ;
Loth, nos. 628—44; Paris, nos. 1333—36;
the Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 99; and
Pertsch, no. 884.

The contents of the Futuhat have been
fully stated by Fleischer, Leipzig Catalogue,
no. 229, and by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 2856. The work has been printed in
four volumes in Bulak, A.H. 1274, and 1293.

232.

Or. 3931.— Foil. 35; 8 in. by 5| ; 18 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th
century. [GLASEE, no. 225.]

I. Foil. 1 — 7. Instructions and precepts
on religious life, by San al-Dm Ahmad B.
'Alawan, with the following title :

Beg. ^ Uilj

fott juU cJ^Sj

The author's father, a native of Khaw, a
town of al-Mikhlaf, was Katib al-Insha to al-
Malik al-Mas'ud Yusuf B. al-Malik al-Kamil
(the seventh and last of the Ayyubides of
Yemen). The son, whose Kunyah is Abu '1-
Hasan, was born in Du '1-Jinan, became a
great Sufi, and died in Tafrus, Yemen
(Yakut, v., p. 16), A.H. 665. See Tiraz
A'yan al-Zaman, Or. 2425, fol. 172, and al-
Munawi, fol. 236J.

The treatise consists of unnumbered sec-
tions, J-oJ, the second of which begins,

fol.

beginning ^U) JLJj

; the third, fol. 76,
&££• ^ b J^AJ
Ulwg ^ ^1, breaks off

~1\ J\
on the same page.

II. Foil. 8—22.

A treatise on the fate of souls after death,
imperfect at the beginning.

The author, whose name does not appear,
is Jalal al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman al-Suyuti,
who extracted it from his more extensive
work, entitled Jj ;JJ1\ JU. -jL> j3±*A\ _^»
.^HJ). For other copies see the Leyden
Catalogue, no. 1755; the Khedive's Library,
vol. vii., pp. 54, 233 ; and the Berlin Cata-
logue, no. 2669, where the headings of the
chapters are given.

The present copy begins with the last
page of the first chapter, followed by the
heading of the second : u^ JlaJLM c^U (

III. Foil. 24—35. The latter part of the
Kharidat al-'Aja'ib, by Ibn al-Wardi, treat-
ing of the resurrection and the day of
judgment.

It begins in the middle of the paragraph
relating to the future inroad of Yajuj and
Majuj (Cairo edition of A.H. 1302, p. 146,
penultimate line), and concludes with the
Kasidah entitled c^J^yi j jjU^MjjJ
S (pp. 153 — 157 of the same edition).

The author of the Kasidah is not named.
It is Ibrahim B. Yahya B. Ghannam al-
Harrani, who died A.H. 693. See Ahlwardt,
Verzeichniss, no. 533, and Haj. KhaL, vol. ii.,
p. 312.

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

151

On the last page of the MS. are entries
relating to the birth of the owner's children,
with the dates A.H. 1103 and 1104.

233.

Or. 4033.— Foil. 217 ; 7J in. by 5 ; 15 lines,
3£ in. long; written in a small and neat
Persian Nestalik, apparently in the 16th
century. [(JLASER, no. 335.]

A Persian commentary upon the Fusus al-
Hikam of Muhyi al-Din Muhammad B. 'Ali
Ibn al-'Arabi, who died A.H. 638.

Beg. J$\ «/

*^ " C^.

The commentator, whose name does not
appear, is the great Sufi Amir Kabir 'Ali B.
Shihab al-Din al-Husaini al-Hamadani, who
died A.H. 786 (v. Persian Catalogue, p. 447ft).
The commentary is mentioned by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 426, and another copy is noticed
in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 406ft, under the
title of

Persian Neskhi ; dated the eve of Tuesday,
25 Rajab, A.H. 756 (A.D. 1355).

[KKEMEE, no. 106.]

A work on the benefits accruing from
obedience to the divine law, by 'Izz al-Din
'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn 'Abd al-Salam, with the
following title, in the same hand as the text :

The author says in his preface, that the
many commentaries previously written on
the Fusus were so prolix and discursive as
to scare students. He condensed, therefore,
their essence in the present work, prefixing
a Mukaddimah in explanation of the technical
terms and phrases of Sufism. The commen-
tary includes the text, which is distinguished
by a red line drawn over it. For the original
work see the Vienna Catalogue, no. 1898 ;
Loth, no. 645 ; the Berlin Catalogue, no.
2876; and the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 101.

234.

Or. 3096.— Foil. 98 ; 10 in. by 7| ; 27 lines,
5} in. long ; written in small and close

tie-

Beg.

uii jli.

ail

The author, who was born in Damascus
A.H. 578, settled in Egypt, where he enjoyed
great authority and discharged the offices of
Kadi and Khatib. He died in Cairo on the
tenth of Jumada I., A.H. 660. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 379, note ft ; al-Isnawi,
fol. Ilia ; and Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, Add. 7356,
fol. 73ft.

In the present work, which is known as
us^aM j*^\ (v. Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 577),
to distinguish it from the author's larger
work, i/^-M ij^yiM, he does not follow the
usual divisions of law-books. His object is to
show, by numerous examples, that obedience
to the commands and prohibitions of the
law is the sure means of securing happiness
and averting evil, both in this life and in the
next. The scope of the work is set forth in
the fourth Fasl as follows: ^Ix? ,j

152

The work is divided into a large number
of short unnumbered sections, J.-AJ, the first
three of which have the following headings :

Oj y^UM JLo* Tb
JUU JjuaaJ

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

jJo£-« \__ *\*^ t

*j

Very similar headings are found in a work
of the same author, j-eliuJt J\*aZJ>-\ ^J 4$\jsd\,
described in the Berlin Catalogue, no. 3013.
See also the abridgment of <_?;J^ j*lyi5\
mentioned in the Leyden Catalogue, no. 1817.

Copyist : J.A& ^ j^*!* ^ $\ jot ^j

A similarly entitled work,
mentioned as anonymous in the Leyden
Catalogue, no. 1875, is by Jamal al-Dm
Hasan B. Yusuf Ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli,
who died A.H. 726. See Kisas al-'Ulama,
p. 275, no. 48.

235.

Or. 4271.— Foil. 226; 7 in. by 5; 15 lines,
3^ in. long; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 14th century, with the excep-
tion of some leaves at beginning and end,
as well as in the body of the volume, which
have been supplied A.H. 1281 (A.D. 1865).

[BUDGE.]

A treatise on the duties and observances
of religious life, by 'Abd-al-'Aziz B. Ahmad
B. Said al-Dahri.

Beg. L

The author's name appears as above in a

modern title, ^

*\*$\

ou», borrowed from Kashf al-Zunun,
Haj. Khal., iv., p. 172. In other MSS. his
Nisbah is al-Dlrini ; and Casiri, no. 747, adds
the Lakab Diya al-Din. See Pertsch, no.
648, and the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 164. He was a saint of great repute,
who took his name from DirTn, a small town
in the Gharbiyyah province of Egypt. He
died A.H. 694, or, according to others,
A.H. 689 or 690. See al-Munawi, fol. 2496,
where the present work is mentioned.

The work is divided into thirty Fasls, the
subjects of which appear in the following
headings :

1. WW.^ fol. 2a ; 2. >li:)\, fol. 7a ; 3./iN,
fol. lla ; 4. j&\, fol. 15a ; 5. A\ ^ /*,
fol. 12a ; 6. l^Uja-j i*Uai\, fol. 31a ; 7. ^f-^,
fol. 48a ; 8. *^\ fol. 53a ; 9. <->^, fol. 60& ;
10. 'U-A fol. 716 ; 11. ijdl, fol. 766 ; 12. ^jSi!\,
fol. 906 ; 13. j.*t.»\\, fol. 99a ; 14. ^.jSJI,
fol. 106a; 15. wl^ /ij »Ua-*, fol. 1136;
IG.jjSrajj al^l, fol. 1216; 17. ^j ^\,
fol. 130a; 18. ji-0^ ^^, fol. 140a ;
19. t-^lSJ^, fol. 1476; 20.^, fol. 153a;
21. jUJaxrtl, fol. 160a ; 22. UL~>^, fol. 1656;
23. i>W\j iSljJl, fol. 173a; 24.J(iU, fol. 182a;
25. SjPjJ\, fol. 1866; 26.^1, fol. 190fi;
27. L*J\ fol. 1956 ; 28. r^U^, fol. 2016 ;
29. .x**!0 J^3 fol. 207a; 30. #\P^ fol. 214a.

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

153

236.

Or. 1189.— Foil. 74; 8£ in. by 5$ ; 19 lines,
41 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Jumada I., A.H. 1060 (A.D. 1650).

[ALEX. JABA.]

Religious meditations and pious precepts
for every day of the month.

It will be seen from the above that the work
is ascribed in this copy to Imam al-Dm
Abu '1-Mafakhir Muhammad B. Mansur.
But Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 516, calls the
author Abu Sa'id al-Hasan B. 'Ali al-Wa'iz;
the same name, with the addition of the
Kunyah Abu Sa'd, is found in a Leyden MS.,
vol. iv., p. 325, while in a Munich MS.,
no. 155, the author is called al-Ustad Abu

Sa'id al-Hasan B.
al-Wa'iz.

'Ali Ibn al-Muttawwi'

It is noticed in the Leyden Catalogue, I.e.,
that the author mentions as his master, Abu
'Ali Zahir B. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah. The
same name appears in our copy at -the be-
ginning of the following Isnad, fol. 26 :

J\5

J\3

UJ\ UP J^Js. #\ USj.* JIS &\

This Abu 'Ali Zahir B. Ahmad, from
whom the author professes to have received
traditions, is mentioned in Ta'rikh al-Islam,

Or. 48, fol. 211, where he is called al-
Sarakhsi, described as the leading traditionist
of Khorasan, and stated to have died A.H.
389. This would lead us to place the author
in the 5th century of the Hijrah. But it
must be remarked that the style of composi-
tion would seem to point to a later period.
The work must, however, have been written
before A.H. 766, the date of the Munich
copy.

The author says in the preface, that the
title of the work was suggested to him by a
saying^of the Prophet, in which he called the
assemblies of prayer,jijj! ,jJU?, the gardens
of paradise, iuJ' u^.j- Further on he
invokes blessings on every man who will
disport himself every day of the month in
one of his " Gardens."

The work is divided, accordingly, into
thirty Raudahs, each of which concludes with
ten Nuktahs, or subtle thoughts. The fol-
lowing are the headings of the first three :

Fol. Bb.
Fol. 5a,.
Fol. 6b.
The last is headed :

Fol. 716. cjr04>La3\

237.

Or. 4273.— Foil. 165; 7fin.by4i; 17 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in neat Neskhi with
gold-ruled margins; dated Mecca, Monday,
15 Ramadan, A.H. 1089 (A.D. 1678).

[BUDGB.]

I. Foil. 2—49.

Exhortations to a religious life, by Taj al-
Dm Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahinad B. 'Ata-allah al-

Shadili.

154

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

Beg.

The author's full name is Taj al-Dm
Abu'1-Fadl Ahmad B. Muhammad B. (Abd
al-Karim B. 'Ata-allah al-Iskandarani al-
Shadili. He was a disciple of Abul-'Abbas
al-Mursi, disciple of Abul-Hasan al-Shadili,
and was one of the declared adversaries of
Ibn Taimiyyah. He attained a great renown
as a preacher, and died in Cairo A.H. 709
(al-Durar al-Kaminah, fol. 515, and Lawakih
al-Anwar, Add. 7348, fol. 30). He is the
author of two well-known Sufi works, viz. al-
Hikam and the Tanwir. See the Khedive's
Library, vol. ii., p. 72, where the work is
called (_j-yu5\ *^j o-jj*!! -A!>, and Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii., p. 92.

II. Fol. 50 — 55. Religious precepts and
maxims, by the same author.

Beg.

J\S

J\

III. Foil. 556—62. On the duties of the
Murids, by Muhyi al-Dm Ibn al-'Arabi.

Beg.

SM

IV. Foil. 626—64. Last precepts of
Shihab al-Dm 'Umar al-Suhrawardi to his

son,

Beg.

^U Jl

J\S

See for other copies the Berlin Catalogue,
nos. 3991-2.

V. Foil. 65—68. A formula ascribed to
'Ali B. Abi Talib, to be recited after reading

the Goran, i_Jlk ^>\ ^ ^

J\S

VI. Foil. 686-75. Aphorisms of Shaikh
Abu Madyan Shu'aib (died c. A.H. 590),

Beg.

VII. Foil. 755—164.

A treatise on litanies, ^&\, by Ibn 'Atii
Allah (v. art. I.).

Beg.

l ^J ail
JUS «Wj& yli

See Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 27 ; the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 342a, vi. ; and Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, no. 3696.

Copyist : o^ _\li

238.

Or. 2435.— Foil. 189 ; 8^ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins^; dated Thursday, 2 Rajab,
A.H. 1223 (A.D. 1808).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

" Disease and Cure ; " a treatise on the
spiritual remedies to be resorted to in case
of trial and temptation, by Abu 'Abdallah
Shams al-Dm Mull. B. Abi Bakr B. Ayyiib,
Imam of the Madrasah al-Jauziyyah, al-
Hanbali, with the title : ^'jjJIj s\^\ i_Aii

The subject is introduced by the following

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

155

question put to the 'Ulama, regarding a man
whose trial, if continued, would ruin his
welfare in this world and the next : J^aJ

Jl l$xj,i ^

The answer begins as follows

£,

erf151 (^ *i

ti-JJ*.

1 U JIS

The above title, which is not found in the
text, is taken from this Hadith, mentioned

at the beginning :

The author, generally known as Ibn
Kayyim al- Jauziyyah, was born in Damascus
A.H. 691, and died there A.H. 751. He
was a devoted disciple of the famous Ibn
Taimiyyah, whose persecutions he shared
and whose works he edited. The present
work is not mentioned among his numerous
writings enumerated in al-Durar al-Kaminah,
Or. 3044, fol. 666. Haj. Khal. notices it
under A3^\j Ad\ <-r>\#', vol. v., p. 82, and
under a fuller title, ^ JU
\)£\t vol. ii., p. 633.

The work is divided into sections, with the
heading J*»i, not numbered.

239.

Or. 4275.— Foil. 39 ; 7J in. by 5£ ; 13 lines,
85 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 14th century. [BUDGE.]

A refutation of attacks against Sufis, con-
tained in a work by 'Abd al-Kahim B. al-
Husain al-'Iraki, entitled :

U . . .

U

all

The author of the impugned treatise is
the celebrated traditionist, Zain al-Din 'Abd
al-Rahlm B. al-Husain al-Mihrani al-'Iraki
al-Kurdi, who was born A.H. 725, and died
in Egypt A.H. 806. See his life by his disciple
Ibn Hajar, al-Durar al-Kaminah, fol. 149.
The JECussas, against whom he wrote, are
those who in their religious teaching intro-
duce stories and personal notions not war-
ranted by the Coran or the tradition. He
inveighs especially against the arch-innovator
al-Harith B. Asad al-Muhasib (d. A.H.
243 ; Haj. Khal., iii. p. 471, v. p. 87, and
Hammer, Literaturgesch., iv. p. 212), also
against Ibn al-'Arabi and 'Abd al-Kadir al-
Jilani.

The anonymous author of the present
work, who appears to have lived in the same .
time as his adversary, follows him step by
step, giving copious extracts from his work,
and endeavours to explain away his con-
clusions against the Sufis.

240.

Or. 2712.— Foil. 293 ; 8 Jin. by 5f ; 20 lines,
in. long ; written in the Maghribi cha-
x 2

156

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

racter, with two illuminated titles ; dated
18 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1238 (A.D. 1823).

Homilies and edifying discourses in prose
and verse, with copious anecdotes of holy
men, by Shu'aib al-Huraifish.

Beg.

The author, who in the text calls himself
as above, is thus designated in the prefixed
title :

In a copy noticed in the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 3356, his name is completed by the follow-
ing addition : Ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz B. Yusuf
B. Ahmad B. Salamah al-'Amrawi al-Kafsi,
from which it may be infe'rred that he was
a native of Kafsah in the Maghrib. His
surname, al-Huraifish, is a diminutive of
Harfush, " a man of the lowest class, a
vagabond " (see Dozy, Supplement, vol. i.,
p. 273). He is not to be confounded with
another writer, also called al-Harfiish, or al-
Huraifish, viz., 'Abdallah B. Sa'd al-Misri,
who died in Mecca A.H. 801. See Inba al-
Ghumr, fol. 1126; Haj. Khal.,vol. iii., p. 42;
and Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 434.

The precise date of the author is not
known, but it cannot be earlier than the
8th century of the Hijrah. The latest writer
quoted in the work appears to be 'Abd al-
'Aziz al-Dirini (fol. 846), who died A.H. 694
(v. Tabakat al-Munawi, fol. 249). On the
other hand, a copy noticed in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 6616, can hardly be much later
than A.H. 800.

The work is divided into 53 chapters
the headings of which, in general agreement
with those of the present copy, have been

given by Rosen, Institut, no. 24. But there
are various recensions of the work differing
considerably with regard to contents and
division. An edition printed in Cairo, A.H.
1280, and reprinted A.H. 1304, is divided
into 56 Majlis. For other copies see Pertsch,
Gotha Catalogue, nos. 837-38 ; Sprenger,
nos. 902-3 ; De Slane, Paris Catalogue, nos.
1305 — 9 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 159.

241.

Or. 4272.— Foil. 78 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Muharram, A.H. 1159 (A.D. 1746).

[BUDGE.]

A treatise on religious life, imperfect at
the beginning.

The author, whose name does not appear,
was a member of the Wafa'i and Kadiri
orders. He had received the initiation to
the latter A.H. 849, from Shihab al-Dm
Ahmad Ibn Hajar (fol. 556). From other
passages it appears that . he appointed a
Naklb in Ghazzah (fol. 61), that he con-
ferred upon a postulant a licence for enter-
ing the Wafa'i order in Jerusalem, A.H. 878
(fol. 63), and that he appointed another as
Khallfah. He is probably identical with
Shaikh Shams al-Dm Abu 'l-'Aun Muham-
mad al-Ghazzi, who, as we learn from
al-Uns al-Jalil, Or. 1546, fol. 176, was at
the head of the Kadiri order in Palestine,
and was still alive A.H. 897. He was
initiated in the Wafa'i order by his father's
paternal uncle Sayyid Abu Bakr B. Sayyid
Abi'1-Wafa.

The MS. begins in the middle of a notice
of the founder of the order, Taj al-'Ai'ifin
Abu '1-Wafa', who died after A.H. 500. The
introduction treats of the qualifications of

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

157

the Shaikh and the duties of the disciples,
and concludes with a poem rhyming in j
on that subject.

The first Bab, £?y!l <j, begins, fol. 11, as
follows : \ i>'J) td)U\ J*>\ U5bL> U

The second Bab, fol. 17, treats of know-
ledge, ^xjl ^. The remainder of the
work, in which no division is observed,
treats of the Sufis, fol. 39, of the litany
>J$\, fol. 42, and concludes with some Ijazahs
and a chapter in defence of sacred music.

Foil. 73 — 77 contain a discourse on predes-
tination, without author's name, beginning :

*"

242.

Or. 3199.— Foil. 12 ; 7| in. by 5£ ; 26 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, appa-
rently in the 18th century.

[KBEMEB, no. 208.]

tXx*.^ SJj** ^J Jo^aM J>*N

A Sufi tract by Muhammad Damirdash al-
Muhammadi al-Sufi.

Beg.

J\ j,

J

J

U . . .

idJb

JlaSI
; Jy *5

Damirdash, originally a Circassian Mamluk,
embraced a religious life under Ahmad B.
'Ukbah, the Shaikh of Ahmad Zarruk,

and afterwards, having repaired to Tib-
rlz, became a disciple of Shaikh 'Umar
Rushani. After his return to Egypt, he
took up his abode in a Zawiyah, near Cairo,
where he made, with his own hands, a
plantation of palm trees, which became
celebrated. He died there on the 21st of
Dulhijjah, A.H. 929. See al-Kawakib al-
Sa'irah, Add. 16647, fol. 566. According to
the Lawakih, Add. 7348, fol. 233, and
Munawi, fol. 351, his death took place after
A.H. 930.

He -wrote the present tract, at the request
of a youth called Ibrahim, in explanation of

this Sufi saying : JfcW j^» A*a-^\ ^ JU» ^

For other copies, see the Berlin Catalogue,
no. 3229, and the Khedive's Library, vol.
vii., p. 109.

243.

Or. 3198.— Foil. 121; 8 in. by 5£; 13 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi,
with 'Unwan and red-ruled margins, appa-
rently in the 16th century.

[KEEMER, no. 206. J

Uej^l ^jlii J* U<>\jd\jj*

Answers of 'Ali al-Khawwas to questions
relating to spiritual life, put to him by his
disciple 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani, who
died A.H. 973, written down and collected
by the latter.

Beg. . . . JU J J*

158

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

'Ali al-Burullasi al-Khawwas was an
Egyptian saint of humble birth, who could
neither read nor write, and earned a liveli-
hood by plaiting palm-leaves (^y-), but
enjoyed a great repute for spiritual insight.
He died in Cairo, according to al-Munawi,
fol. 362, and al-Kawakib al-Sa'irah, fol. 145,
A.H. 939. But his disciple, al-Sha'rani,
who associated with him during thirty
years, and has devoted to him a long notice
in his Lawakih al-Anwar, Add. 7348, fol. 237,
says that he was still alive A.H. 941.

The same Sha'rani wrote subsequently,
under the title of..<i)^j J»^r, a more complete
collection of the spiritual utterances of his
Shaikh. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 341&,
and Rosen, Marsigli collection, no. 239. On
.the title-page of the present MS. the author
is styled a descendant of Muh. B. al-
Hanafiyyah :

,«

The Durar al-Ghawwas was printed in
Cairo A.H. 1277, and again A.H. 1304, on
the margin of Kitab al-Ibrlz by Ahmad B.
Mubarak al-Sijilmasi.

It is stated in the Khedive's Library that
there are two recensions of jj-^j j*\}*» a
larger and a medium-sized one, composed
respectively A.H. 940 and 942, while the
<->°\>*Njj<> was written A.H. 955. See vol. ii.,
pp. 78, 82, and 120.

244.

Or. 3200.— Foil. 70 ; 8 in. by 5±.

[KEEMEE, no. 209.]

I. Foil. 1—42; 17 lines, 2| in. long;
written in fair Neskhi ; dated Friday, 12
Muharram, A.H. 1209 (A.D. 1794).

Commentary of an unknown author upon
the Silsilat al-Dahab, a treatise on the
filiation and rules of the Nakshabandi order,
by Shaikh Muhammad Murad.

Beg.

JUH li^j UJJL-. . . .

The text, which is included in the com-
mentary, begins : jjoj . . . u^^ s-^j *N >>-»*
_jfc U^ iVjtf^^-. ^ t/^aaJI b\A\ ^

The author, Muhammad Murad B. 'Ali B.
Da'ud al-Husaini al-Bukhari al-Nakshabandi,
was born, A.H. 1050, in Samarkand, where
his father was Nakib al-Ashraf. He went to
India, and was initiated in the Nakshabandi
order by Shaikh Muh. Ma's urn al-Fariiki
al-Sirhindi, who died A.H. 1098 (see the
commentary, fol. 10<z). After many wander-
ings he settled in Damascus, where he
attained an eminent position. He died in
Constantinople, A.H. 1132. See the full
notice which his great-grandson, Muh.
Khalll al-Muradi, has devoted to him in his
Silk al-Durar, vol. iv., p. 129.

After tracing the Nakshabandi filiation
from his master, Muh. Ma'sum, to the
founder, Baha al-Dln Muh. B. Muh. al-
Bukhari, and from him upwards to the
Prophet, the author sets forth the funda-
mental principles and rules of the order.

II. Foil. 43—70; 23 lines, 8|in. long;
written in plain small Neskhi ; dated Satur-
day, 20 Muharram, A.H. 1085 (A.D. 1674).

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

159

A commentary by Ahmad [B. Ahmad] B.
Muh. B. 'Isa al-Burnusi, called Zarruk (d.
A.H. 896 or 899), upon the prayer of Abu'l-
Hasan <Ali B. 'Abdallah al-Shadili (d. A.H.
656), called^1 ^*.

Beg. JiUjM J?> **Uj^ xj

The commentary is preceded by a Mukad-
dimah, foil. 436 — 506, and followed, fol. 616,
by a Khatimah treating in three Fasls of
religious life.

For other copies of the commentary, see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 856, the Khedive's
Library, vol. ii., p. 202, vol. vii., p. 234, and
Nobles, Madrid Catalogue, no. 294.

245.

Or. 3684.— Foil. 202 ; 8£ in. by 6J ; about
21 lines, 3| in. long; written in minute and
cursive Neskhi ; dated (fol. 172) A.H. 1128
(A.D. 1716). [BODGE.]

I. Foil. 3—8.

A commentary upon the Sufi treatise
known as al-Risalat al-Raslaniyyah from
its author, Shaikh Raslan B. Ya'kub al-
Dimashki.

Beg. d

The commentator, who does not give his
name, is, according to Haj. Khal., vol. iii.,
p. 403, Zain al-Dln Zakariyya B. Muh. al-
Ansari al-Shafi'i, who died A.H. 926.
Shaikh Raslan died in Damascus before
A.H. 700. See al-Munawi, fol. 243.
Copies of the same commentary are noticed
in the Berlin Catalogue, nos. 2427-8, and
in the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., pp. 7,

103, and 522. Another commentary upon
the same tract is noticed in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 400a.

II. Foil. 96—12. A collection of Sufi
aphorisms by Muhyi al-Dln Ibn al-'Arabi
(d. A.H. 638).

JIS

III. Foil. 13—34.

A dissertation on the meaning of the
following passage in the Futuhat al-Makkiy-
yah of Ibn al-'Arabi, Bab 198,^1 ^ ^^
l^jj,&^fcj \-?*'&, by Ibrahim B. Hasan B. Shihab
al-Dln al-Kurdi al-Kurani al-Shahruzuri al-
Shahrani al-Madani.

Beg.

W

The above title and the author's name are
found in the colophon. The author appears
to have lived in the eleventh century of the
Hijrah. His master, Safi al-Dln Ahmad B.
Muh. al-Madani, whom he frequently quotes,
received traditions, through Shams al-Dln
Muh. B. Ahmad al-Ramli (v. Lawakih al-
Anwar, fol. 350), from Zain al-Dln Zakariyya
B. Muh. al-Ansari, who died A.H. 926.
The tract is a metaphysical disquisition on
the essence of the Deity, in which the
Futuhat al-Makkiyyah are freely quoted.

IV. Foil. 36 — 44. A treatise against the
unqualified persons who usurp the name of
Sufis ; without author's name.

Beg. J

160

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

The author refers at the end to two
previous works of his, viz., j^l *J^j and.
^y^K JljJ. Both of these are by the great

mystic 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani, who
died A.H. 973. The present tract is stated,
fol. 36&, to have been written in the same
year (e£*-J in the MS. by a clerical error for
tjj«A*»)» and is probably the last of his
numerous writings. He describes it as

jis ', and mentions a previous
work of his on the sciences necessary to the
saints, entitled j*- ^

An imperfect copy noticed by Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, no. 3367, gives A.H. 933
as the date of composition ; an obvious
error, for the Lawiikih al-Anwar, quoted iu
the work, is of much later date.

V. Foil. 445 — 47. A short tract on seclu-
sion as practised by Sufis, and its benefits,
without author's name.

Beg.

VI. Foil. 48 — 67. Explanation of some
difficult passages in al-Futuhat al-Makkiyah,
by 'Abd al-Karlm B. Ibrahim B. 'Abd al-
Karim al-Jilani :

Beg.

U . . . .

. . . illb ,_j>JI

JW5

The commentary relates especially, as
stated in the preface, to Bab 559, in which
the author has summed up his teaching in a
condensed form.

The commentator was born A.H. 767
(see below, art. xiv.), and died after A.H.
805, as stated in the Khedive's Library,
vol. ii., p. 91, or about A.H. 820, according
to Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 2874,
where the same work is described. Accord-
ing to Loth, no. 693, the date of his death is
A.H. 811. For a list of his writings see
Loth, no. 666, and for other copies of the
above work, the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 91, and vol. vii., p. 47.

VII. Foil. 69—71. Explanation of some
Sufi terms, by Muhyi al-Dm Ibn al-'Arabi.

Beg.

J\S

Noticed by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 2967.

VIII. Foil. 72—74. A collection of Sufi
sayings, by Ibn al-'Arabi.

Beg.

The same in the Berlin Catalogue, no. 2944.

IX. Foil. 75-76. A short tract on the
divine essence, by Ibn al-Arabi :

Beg. U ty--J\

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

\\ olji)

161

See the Berlin Catalogue, no. 2920.

X. Foil. 77—80, 83. A Sufi tract on the
unity of being, ascribed in the heading to
al-Balbani: d

Beg.

(jj

. J

There is towards the end a circular dia-
gram, illustrating various degrees of spiritual
insight. The author is Auhad al-Din 'Abd-
allah al-Balyani, a Sufi, who died A.H. 686.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 4546.

XI. Foil. 87—94. An alphabetical series
of mystic poems, in imitation of Ibn al-
'Arabi.

Beg. i_?

JIS,

The pieces, which have ten Baits each, are
arranged according to the rhyme letters.
There is one for each letter of the alphabet.
The first begins :

For the Mu'ashsharat of Ibn al-'Arabi see
the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 384.

XII. Foil 95—97,

J\

A tract on the various degrees of beings,
considered as manifestations of the divine
essence, by Muhammad B. al- Shaikh Fadl-
allah.

*U1

XIII. Foil. 98—123. Various extracts in
prose and verse, by 'Abd al-Kadir al-Jilani,
Ibn al-'Arabi, 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi,
Ibrahim al-Dasuki, 'Ali al-Khawwas, Abu '1-
Mawahib Muh. al-Shadili, etc.

XIV. Foil. 124—172. Commentary of
'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (d. A.H. 1143)
upon the mystical Kasidah of 'Abd al-Karim
al-JIli, with the text.

Je ab jcxi

Beg. of the Kasidah

The poet, 'Abd al-Karim B. Ibrahim B.
'Abd al-Karim al-Jili, who is also known as
the author of al-Insan al-Kamil, gives the
date of his birth, A.H. 767, in the following
lines, fol. 158i :

x* (

The commentary was finished, as stated
at the end, in Muharram A.H. 1086.

Haj. Khal., who calls the poem, vol. iii.,
T

162

ASCETICISM AND SUFISM.

p. 204, Vj-j.Ji jj^jiM ,J 4AJj*n *j^, says that
it consists of 533 Baits. For copies of the
poem and commentary see Uri, no. 45, art. ii.;
the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 312 ; and
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 3411 — 13.

Copyist : ^alS^ <.,U»o ^ jlv

XV. Foil. 172— 175. Commentary by 'Abd
al-Ghani al-Nabulusi upon four Baits of Ibn
al-'Arabi, beginning :

Beg. of the Comm.

J\

The commentator wrote first a poetical
explanation in ten Baits, which he afterwards
expanded into a prose commentary.

XVI. Foil. 178—186. A dogmatical tract
in refutation of the belief in predestined
damnation.

Beg. U

The tract is anonymous, and imperfect at
the end. Sa'd al-Dln al-Taftazani is quoted
fol. 185.

XVII. Foil. 188—201. A commentary by
Abu '1-Tayyib 'Abdallah al-Hiti upon the
Kasidah of Ka'b B. Zuhair, known as Banat
Su'ad.

Beg.

It is compiled, as stated in the preface,
from the commentaries of 'Jamal al-Din

'Abdallah Ibn Hisham, and of Abu Zaka-
riyya Yahya al-Tibrizi. For another copy
see Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, no. 103.

The last article is by another hand, and is
dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1115 (A.D. 1703).

246.

Or. 3196.— Foil. 52; 8J in. by 6; 19 and
21 lines, 3f in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi ; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1163 (A.D.
1750). [KREHER, no. 205.]

Jy"

I. Foil. 1—43.

Comments on a mystic verse of Ibn al-
Farid, by Mustafa al-Bakri.

Beg. . . . y &\j\ y- &jj>

Muhyi al-Dm Mustafa B. Kamal al-Din B.
'Ali B. Kamal al-DIn B. 'Abd al-Kadir al-
Siddiki al-Bakri, one of the most eminent
religious teachers of the 12fch century, was
born in Damascus A.H. 1099. He was a
disciple of Shaikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi,
and was initiated into the Kadtri order by
'Abd al-Latif B. Husam al-Din al-Halabi.
Afterwards he' became also affiliated into
the Nakshabandi order. After travelling
many years through Syria, Turkey, Egypt
and Irak, followed by flocks of disciples, he
repaired A.H. 1161 to Mecca, where he died
in Rabi' II., A.H. 1162. His life is fully
told, and his writings, amounting to 222 in
number, partly enumerated, in Silk al-Durar,
vol. iv., pp. 190 — 200. Some of his works
are noticed in the Arabic Catalogue, pp.

PRAYERS.

1G3

109-10; see also Rosen, Institut, no. 27;
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 3784 ; and
Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 901.

The verse commented upon belongs to the
Ta'iyyah of Ibn al-Farid. It is the following :

The commentary was completed, as stated
at the end, at the beginning of Rabi* I.,
A.H. 1129.

This copy was collated, A.H. 1166, with
the autograph MS. of the author.

II. Foil. 44—53.

A versified prayer, including the names
of the Prophets, with a prose preface, by the
same author.

Beg. of preface : <—*\j>\ 8*\H^ J*?" c

Beg. of the poem :

The same rhyme in j runs through the
whole piece. The last line includes a chrono-
gram for A.H. 1155, the date of composition:

PRAYERS.

247.

Or. 3954.— Foil. 281; 7J in. by 4; 9 lines,
2 in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi with
all the vowels, with a 'Unwan and gold-ruled

margins, dated
(A.D. 1675).

27 Ramadan, A.H. 1085
[GLASEE, no. 248.]

The prayer-book of 'Ali B. al-Husain B.
'Ali B. Abi Talib, the fourth Imam, known
as Zain al-'Abidin (d. A.H. 95), as handed
down by his grandson Yahya B. Zaid, who
died A.H. 125 (v. Kamil, vol v., p. 202).

The Isnad and the account of the finding
of the book are the same as in a MS.
described by Loth, in the Catalogue of the
India Office Library, no. 334. Compare the
Berlin Catalogue, no. 3769, and the Khedive's
Library, vol. ii., p. 219. The prayer itself
begins, fol. 163, as follows : !sb

In a marginal note at the end, it is stated
that the MS. was collated with a correct
Persian copy A.H. 1087, in al-Ghiras, in the
house of Saif al-Islam Ahmad B. al-Hasan B.
Amir al-Muminm al-Mansur (afterwards al-
Mahdi, A.H. 1087—1092)!

The same statement is repeated, foil.
279 — 281, with the transcription, from the
Persian MS., of various colophons dated
A.H. 955, 772 and 643.

248.

Or. 4282.— Foil. 182 ; 8 J in. by 5| ; 25 lines,

3f in. long; written in fair Neskhi, ap-

parently in the 14th century. [BUDGE.]

T 2

164

PRAYERS.

A vast collection of prayers, handed down
by tradition ; by Yahya B. Sharaf al-Nawawi
(d. A.H. 676). '

Beg. j

See further on, Or. 3485.

The last two leaves, supplied by a later
hand, are dated 1 Dulka'dah, A.H. 973
(A.D. 1566).

249.

Or. 3855.— Foil. 193 ; 10 in. by 6J ; 19 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with all
the vowels ; dated Friday, 5 Sha'ban, A.H.
905 (A.D. 1500). [GLASEE, no. 143.]

" The weapon of the believer ; " a collec-
tion of authentic forms of prayer, handed
down from the Prophet.

Beg. U . . . &$

On the title-page the work is wrongly
ascribed to Abu 'Abdallah Shams al-Dln
Muh. B. Muh. B. Muh. B. al-Jazari al-
Dimashki, who died A.H. 833. The real
author, as stated there in a marginal note, is
al-Hafiz Taki al-Din Muhammad B. Taj al-
Din Muh. B. Humam, Imam of the mosque
called Jami' al-Salih, situated outside Bab
Zawllah in Cairo :

This is fully confirmed by Ibn Hajar,
Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 120, who
calls the author Taki al-DIn Abu'1-Fath
Muh. B. Muh. B. 'Ali B. Humam al-'Askalani
al-Misri, known as Ibn al-Imam, adding that
he died A.H. 745, and that his work, Silah
al-Mumin, was abridged A.H. 730 by al-
Dahabi. See also Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 605,
and the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 235,
vol. ii., p. 228. After reproving the perverse
practice of reciting fanciful prayers resting
on no authority, the author describes the
scope of his work as follows : c

J\

uj^r

yjlj^ yj pjU ^ ^°J

The work is divided into twenty-one Babs,
in which the prayers are classed according
to subjects, a table of which is given in the
preface.

250.

Or. 3909.— Foil. 53 ; 7 in. by 5^ ; 14 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated Tuesday, 12 Rabi' I., A.H. 847 (A.D.
1443). [GLASER, no. 200.]

A collection of prayers, abridged by the
author from his own work, uj^oii 1^^-
The author, whose name does not appear, is
Shams al-DIn Abu'l-Khair Muh. B. Muh.
al-Jazari, who died A.H. 833. See Haj.
Khal.j vol. iii., p. 73.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,

PRAYERS.

165

p. 88a ; the Leyden Catalogue, nos. 2197
and 2789 ; and the Berlin Catalogue, no.
3702, where the headings are given.

The MS. is imperfect, beginning abruptly
with the last nine lines of Bab I.

For the contents and copies of al-Hisn al-
Hasm, see the Vienna Catalogue, no. 1705 ;
De Jong, no. 341 ; Loth, nos. 345 — 47 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 220, vol. ii.,
p. 223, etc.

251.

Or. 4283.— Foil. 94 ; 7£ in. by 4} ; 11 lines,
2 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with
three lines in each page in large Thulth and
red ink, and with 'Unwan and gold-ruled
margins; dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1169 (A.D.
1756). [BUDGE.]

The well-known collection of prayers for
Muhammad, by Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B.
Sulaiman al-Jazuli (d. A.H. 870).

See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 76a ; Loth,
no. 350 ; the Berlin Catalogue, no. 3919 ;
Pertsch, no. 807; the Khedive's Library,
vol. ii., p. 194, etc.

At foil. 13-14 is a coloured drawing repre-
senting the mosque of Medina.

252.

Or. 2890.— Foil. 193 ; 8 in. by 5$; 25 lines,
2| in. long ; written in small and neat Nes-
talik, apparently in Constantinople; dated,
fol. 181a, 13 Rabi' L, A.H. 1157 (A D. 1744),
although some portions must have been
written somewhat later.

I. Foil. 8—17. gU*H I

A commentary by 'Uthman B. Mustafa
upon the *L«5)\ *$***>, or pious precepts

addressed by the Imam Abu Hanifah to his
son Ham mad.

Beg.

The text consists of twenty precepts, and

y>\ J\»

begins as follows : b

JJ ,

The commentary was completed on the
22nd of Eajab, A.H. 1159.

Hammad, son of Abu Hanifah, died A.H.
176. See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane, vol. i.,
p. 469.

For copies of the original text, ^\ LUJJ
&AJ^) ii*^-, see the Berlin Catalogue, no. 3966,
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 9.

II. Foil. 19—160.

J*

ji-

A commentary by Muhammad B. Sulaimiin
al-Arihawi upon the Dala'il al-Khairat (see
no. 251).

(3=-

> _

The author, who calls himself at the end
Muhammad, commentator of the Kanz (v.
Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 604), son of Shaikh
Sulaiman, ^UjJ— £-J» ^ ^iO _,12» ^**^,
says in the preface that he gave to his work
the above title because it expresses the date

166

PRAYEKS.

of composition, viz. otf^5\ ji* == A.H. 1147.

He describes the work in the epilogue as a
compilation from the commentary of al-Fasi
(Muh. al-Mahdi B. Ahmad, v. Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 78a) and others.

In the Athar i Nau, Haj. Khal., vol. vi.,
p. 595, where the present work is mentioned,
the author is called Sayyid Muh. B. Sulaiman
al-Halabi, and stated to have died A.H. 1158.

The present copy was collated, as stated
at the end, with the autograph draft of the
author, in Jumada I., A.H. 1171. A prayer
to be recited after completing the lecture of
the Dala'il is appended.

III. Foil. 1616—162a. The prayer of
Shaikh 'Abd al-Salam B. Hashish, with the
heading : *&~2\ SAS- ^\ J

Beg. oHJii

'Abd al-Salam B. Bashlsh (or Hashish) B.
Mansur al-Hasani al-Idrlsi was a saint as
renowned in the Maghrib as al-Shafi'i in
Egypt. He dwelt in a cave near Tunis, and
is held in high honour by the Shadilis as
Shaikh of the founder of their order, Abu '1-
Hasan 'Ali B. 'Abdallah al-Shadili, who died
A.H. 656. He was a disciple of Sayyid 'Abd
al-Rahman al-Madani al-Zayyat. See al-
Mafakhir al-'Aliyyah fil-Ma'athir al-Shadi-
liyyah, Cairo, A.H. 1093, p. 12; al-Sha'rani,
Add. 7348, fol. 6 ; al-Munawi, Add. 23,369,
fol. 2546 ; and Husn al-Muhadarah, vol. i.,
p. 298. For copies and commentaries see
the Berlin Catalogue, no. 3911-12, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. ii., pp. 202, 204,
vii., pp. 374, 410.

IV. Foil. 162a— 181a. A commentary
upon the preceding prayer,

, by Muhammad B. Shaikh
Sulaiman al-Arihawi, author of art. II.

Jj«x> ^

The author says that, having travelled
from Halab to Egypt, and having proceeded
thence to Constantinople A.H. 1140, he
there composed, at the request of a friend,
the present commentary. The above date is
repeated at the end as that of composition.

A Turkish commentary, by Isma'Il Hakki,
upon the same prayer, is noticed in the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. iii., no. 1709. It has been
printed in Constantinople, A.H. 1256 (Zen-
ker, vol. ii., no. 1216). Another and shorter
Arabic commentary has been printed in
Damascus, A.H. 1300.

V. Foil. 1816—1835. An extract from
'$Jd\ ^s, relating to the transfer of the

reward of pious observances to the dead.

The author is called 'Akilah al-Hanafi, ^^

Appended are some shorter extracts and
a Turkish Ta'blr-Namah.

253.

Or. 3874.— Foil. 78 ; 8f in. by 6J ; 19 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated
(fol. 71)Muharram, A.H. 1169 (A.D. 1755).

[GLASEE, no. 162.]

A collection of Aurad, or litanies, by al-
Sayyid Mustafa al-Sibt al-Bakri al-Khalwati
al-Hanafi, with this title :

PRAYERS.

167

Beg.

I I |A

J\ ., j -,

The author died A.H. 1162. See no. 246.

The Aurad have separate titles, and the
first nineteen are numbered in the margin.
The collection concludes with litanies to be
recited night and day, on each of the days of
the week, from Friday to Thursday.

Foil. 63 — 73 contain additional prayers
and notices of saints. The most important
are : 1. A catena, &Ju*>, of the Khalwati
order, brought down to Muhammad al-
Hafnawi, a disciple of Mustafa al-Bakri,
foil. 65—67. 2. The " Wird " entitled a

composed A.H. 1122

by Mustafa al-Bakri, foil. 72 — 76 (commonly
called j^^ ijj ; see the Khedive's Library,
vol. vii., pp. 267, 511, and the Berlin Cata-
logue, nos. 3784 — 86. 3. A notice of Shaikh
Muhammad B. Salim al-Hafnawi, who died
A.H. 1181, fol. 77 (also called al-Hafni, from
his native village Hafnah, near Bilbais ; see
Silk al-Durar, vol. iv., p. 49).

254.

STOWE, Or. 3.— Foil. 100; 5£ in. by 3f ;
8 lines, 2f in. long ; written in a stiff and
angular Maghribi character, apparently in
the 17th century.

A collection of prayers, wrongly endorsed
Dela el-Keyrat (O^^U Jftb), containing:

I. Fol. la. The prayer of the coat of mail,
and how it was imparted to Muhammad by
the angel Gabriel.

Beg. y

J. J ^JJiS UJjj*- (j»jJ

See Pertsch, no. 825, and the Berlin Cata-
logue, no. 3649, art. 18.

II. Fol. 13a. The vision of Shaikh 'Abd
al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi, in which Abu Bakr,
'Umar, and lastly the Prophet, appeared to
him.

Beg.

J\

.JJ

This'is followed, fol. 306, by a long prayer
beginning thus : ^ b . . . . uUU f\f-d\ »i«>j

J^

J-i

III. Fol. 576. Description of the personal
features of the Prophet, with remarks on
the efficacy of its recitation.

«UI

,Ju«

j

IV. Fol. 62a. Another prayer, with a pre-
amble stating how Muhammad received it
from Gabriel, and traditions regarding its
efficacy.

Beg. ,3

The prayer begins, fol. 74a, as follows :

V. Fol. 86a. Another prayer, called

Beg. c_^

^«>. J *x!

168

LAW.

255.

Or. 4251.— Foil. 106 ; 6£ in. by 3f ; 11 lines,
2 in. long ; written in neat, fully vocalized
Neskhi, with 'Unwan and gold-ruled margins;
dated A.H. 1170 (A.D. 1757).

[BUDGE.]

Al-Fatihah, Surat al-An'am, Surat Yasin
and the shorter Sarahs, fol. 86. The 99

names of God, with a Turkish introduction,
fol. 626. The Hilyat al-Nabi, or description
of the person of the Prophet, fol. 696.
Coloured drawings, representing the hand of
Muhammad, the sword Dulfakar, and the
Ka'bah, fol. 726.

The rest of the volume contains prayers
and traditions in Arabic and Turkish.

LAW.

THE BASES OF JURISPRUDENCE
(USUL AL-FIKH).

256.

Or. 3093.— Foil. 84 ; 7f in. by 5J ; 17 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated 29 Babi' II., A.H. 739 (A.D. 1338)
in the Madrasat al-Saifiyyah, Cairo.

[KEEMEE, no. 103.]

A commentary by Taj al-DIn 'Abd al-
Eahman B. Ibrahim B. Siba' al-Shafi'i al-An-
sari al-Badri al-Fazari al-Misri al-Dimashki,
called al-Firkah, upon the Warakat, or
manual on the fundaments of jurisprudence,
according to the Shafi'I school, by Imam al-
Haramain 'Abd al-Malik B. 'Abdallah al-
Juwaini (died A.H. 478). See Ibn Khalli-
kan, vol. ii., p. 120, and Haj. Khal., vol. vi.,
p. 433.

The following title is prefixed by the same
hand as the text :

Beg.

Jro\

L-J\X/

The text agrees with that of Add. 9621 ,
iii., described in the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2526. For other copies see Pertsch,
G-otha Catalogue, no. 922, and De Slane,
Paris Catalogue, no. 1266, 2.

The commentator, born A.H. 624, was in
his day the greatest legist of Damascus.
He died on the 5th of Jumada II., A.H. 690,
in the Madrasat al-Badraniyyah, where he
was teaching. He got his nickname al-
Firkah (not Ibn al-Firkah) from a bodily
malformation (v. Kamus : tjo U> ^bj lJj&\
^jujW). See notices of his life in Ta'rlkh
af-Islam, Or. 1540, fol. 101; al-Isnawi,
fol. 1276 ; Tabakat Ibn Kadi Shuhbah,

USUL AL-FIKH.

1 69

fol. 84; and al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, Add.
23,358, fol. 195i.

From the initial words of the present
copy it appears that the text was handed
down by the author's son. This was, no
doubt, B urban al-Dm Ibrahim Ibn al-Firkah,
who succeeded his father as teacher in the
Badrauiyyah, and died A.H. 729. See al-
Isnawi, fol. 128a.

The commentary does not include the
whole text of the Warakat, but only the
passages explained, which are preceded by
aJy

It is stated at the end that the MS. was
collated, A.H. 739, with the original in the
handwriting of the author.

Copyist:

257.

Or. 3101.— Foil. 12 ; 8 in. by 5£ ; 21 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, probably
in the 18th century.

[KBEMEB, no. 111.]

A commentary upon the same work, al-
Warakat, by Jalal al-Dm Abu 'Abdallah
Muhammad (B. Ahmad) al-Mahalli al-Misri
al-Shafi'i (who died A.H. 864; v. Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., p. 433).

Beg. [sic]

The commentary is much shorter than the
preceding; but it includes the whole text,
which is distinguished by a red line drawn
over it.

For other copies see Pertsch, Gotha Cata-
logue, no. 923, and the Khedive's Library,
vol. ii., pp. 254, 259.

258.

Or. 3511.— Foil. 247 ; 13 in. by 7* ; 13 lines,
3 in. long ; written in large Neskhi, ap-
parently in India, in the 18th century.

[Presented by B. B. PORTAL.]

A work known as Kitab al-Usul, treating
of the 'bases of jurisprudence, according to
the Hanafi school, by Abu '1-Hasan 'AH B.
Muhammad al-Bazdawi.

Beg.

OLiN

*iu5\

The author, whose full name is Fakhr al-
Islam Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B. Muh. B. al-
Husain B. 'Abd al-Karlm al-Nasafi al-Baz-
dawi, so called from Bazdah, or Pazdah, a
fortress at six Farsakhs from Nasaf (Yakut,
vol. i., p. 604, Sam'ani, fol. 781), and desig-
nated as the legist of Mawara al-Nahr, died
on the 5th of Rajab, A.H. 482, and was
buried in Samarkand. See Ibn Kutlubuga,
p. 30, no. 122 ; Ibn al-Hinna'i, fol. 34a ;
and Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 335.

Science, the author says in the preface, is
of two kinds : the first deals with the unity
and attributes of God ; the second with the
precepts of the law. The first has been
expounded by Abu Hanifah in
and in other works, such as
and SUpl t-jlS^ The second, or Fikh, has
three branches, viz. : 1. Knowledge of the
ordinances in themselves; 2. Knowledge of
the texts and their meaning, and deter-

z

170

LAW.

ruination of the various sources from which
the ordinances are derived; 3. Practical
observation of the law. The present work
deals with the second of these three branches.
Its scope is set forth, fol. 46, as follows :

The last section, ^JoM u^b, beginning
fol. 244a, deals with certain Hadiths declared
spurious and untrustworthy.

The margins are well filled with annota-
tions in a small character.

For other copies see the Paris Catalogue,
no. 836 ; Rosen Institut, no. 16 ; Sprenger,
no. 597 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 236.

259.

Or. 4032.— Foil. 196; 9 in. by 6f; 17 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fine bold, but sparely
pointed, Neskhi ; dated San'a, Shawwal,
A.H. 671 (A.D. 1273). [GLASER, no. 334.]

The third volume of al-Mahsul, a work
upon the bases of jurisprudence accord-
ing to the Shafi'i school, by Muhammad B.
'Umar al-Razi, who died A.H. 606, with this
title : tuN Jye\ j

Beg.

The author's name is given at the end :

ljj\}\ yf-

Added to the original text, and mixed up
with it, are critical comments and refuting
argumentations by a Zaidi writer, whose
name does not appear. His standpoint is
made clear by the following passage, fol. 32a,
in which he declares against the doctrine of

Kiyas, or inference by analogy, held by
Sunni schools, and in favour of the authority
of the descendants of the Prophet : \i\ l^

In another passage he refers to a previous
work of his on the impeccability of the
prophets, buJ'i

The chapter on Kiyas is divided into an
introduction, i*jJU, fol. 26, and the follow-
ing three Kisins :

Fol. 8a.

Fol. 1396.

Fol. 97a.

Then come the following chapters :
Fol. 107a.

Fol. 1396.
Fol. 159a.
Fol. 167a.

2.

3.

The MahsuTis mentioned among the works
of Razi by Ibn Khallikan, translation, vol. ii.,
p. 652 ; Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah, vol. ii., p. 29 ;
and Haj. Khal.s vol. v., p. 423. For MSS.
see Uri, no. 267; the Paris Catalogue,
no. 790; the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 263 ; and Loth, no. 292.

Copyist :

USUL AL-FIKH.

171

260.

Or. 3100.— Foil. 119 ; 7f in. by 5 ; 15 lines,
3f in. long ; written in flowing and elegant
Neskhi, with occasional vowels ; dated in
the first decade of Du'lka'dah, A.H. 705
(A.D. 1306). [KREMBR, no. 110.]

An abridgment by Ibn Abi '1-Fath al-Ba'li
of al-Raudah, a treatise on the bases of
jurisprudence according to the doctrine of
Ibn Hanbal, by Muwaffik al-Dm Abu Muh.
'Abdallah B. Ahmad B. Muh. B. Kudamah
al-Makdisi, with the following title : (_*»**

Beg. ,.

The author of the original work, which in
the text is only designated as <^yo\ <j l*^
ia_flJ\, was born at Jamma'il, district of
Nabulus, A.H. 541, and spent most of his
life in Damascus, where he died A.H. 620.
He was a man of great learning and piety,
and was regarded as the great doctor of the
Hanbali school. Two of his disciples, Abu '1-
Muzaffar Sibt al-Jauzi and Abu Shamah,
devote to him long notices in their annals,
Add. 23,279, fol. 163, and Or. 1539, foil.
32—35. See also al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, Add.
23,358, fol. 22 ; Yakut, vol. ii., p. 113 ; and
Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 305.

The author of the abridgment, Shams al-Dm
Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. Abi '1-Fath B. Abi '1-

Fadl al-Hanbali al-Ba'li, or al-Ba'labakki, a
native of Balbek, was born A.H. 645. He
studied law and grammar, the latter under
Ibn Malik, and wrote a full commentary upon
al-Murjaniyyah. Towards the end of his life
he went to Egypt, where he fell ill and died
in the hospital, A.H. 709. See al-Durar al-
Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 1086. The present
copy was therefore written in his lifetime.

The work begins with an introduction
dealing with definitions and with the princi-
ples of dialectics. It is divided into Babs
and subdivided into Fasls. The main divi-
sions are as follows :

Fol. 10a.

Fol. 20a.

Fol.
Fol. 52a.
Fol. 58a.
Fol. 676.
Fol. 84a.
Fol. 94«.
Fol. 1176.

Copyist : ^

The Eaudah is not mentioned by Haj.
Khal., who notices, however, several works
of the same author on tho Hanbali Furu';
see vol. vii., p. 1178, no. 6632.

261.

Or. 3680.— Foil. 228 ; 10£ in. by 7; 23 lines,
5£ in. long; written in fair Neskhi, with
occasional vowels, in Cairo, apparently in
the 15th century. [BUDGE.]

z2

172

LAW.

>

An extensive commentary on a compen-
dious treatise on the sources of the law,
according to the Hanafi school, by Husam
al-Din Muhammad B. Muh. B. 'Umar al-
Akhsikati, who died A.H. 644. See Ibn
Kutlubugha, no. 167, and Haj. Khal., vol. vi.,
p. 163.

Beg.

The author of the commentary, 'Abd al-
'Aziz B. Ahmad B. Muh. al-Bukhari, died,
as stated by Haj. Khal., I.e., A.H. 730. See
also Ibn Kutlubugha, no. 103. After dwell-
ing in the preface on the great importance
of the science which deals with the bases
of the law, &Hi)l Jro\ J*, he says that
the Muntakhab far surpasses all the compen-
dious treatises written on that subject. He
wrote the present commentary at the request
of his disciples and friends, after completing
his j\^»^ «_ii/ [a commentary upon Jra\
c/j"^, another treatise upon the funda-
ments of the law ; see no. 258]. He says
further on that he had received the text of
the Muntakhab from his paternal uncle, the
Imam Fakhr al-Din Muh. B. Muh. B. Ilyas
al-Mayamurghi (Ibn Kutlubugha, no. 63,
Yakut, vol. iv., p. 408), who had it from the
author.

For copies of the same commentary see
the Leyden Catalogue, no. 1816 ; the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. ii., p. 239 ; and the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 714a. For copies of

the text, generally called ^LJA t- «£* , see

Loth, nos. 293—97 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. ii., p. 260, 266 ; and for other commen-
taries the Arabic Catalogue, p. 1186; the

Paris Catalogue, no. 802 ; and Daka'ik al-
Usul, a commentary by Fadl Hakk Akhun-
zadah, lithographed in Dehli, A.H. 1300.

Copyist :

262.

Or. 3970.— Foil. 72 ; 9 in. by 6fc; 20 lines,
3J in. long; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 19th century.

[GLASEB, no. 264.]

A commentary by Abu Mansur Jamal al-
Din Hasan B. Yusuf B. 'Ali B. al-Mutahhar
al-Hiili (who died A.H. 726), upon the
abridged treatise on Usul al-Fikh known as
Mukhtasar al-Muntaha, by Jamal al-Dm
'Uthman B. 'Umar Ibn al-Hajib al-Maliki
(died A.H. 646).

Beg. . . . JUiij ij

yd

41

U

The commentary includes the text of the
original work, which is designated in the
preface as ^s- ($ J*^j Jj~N <j£*> j^x?
Jjii, Jyo^. It is distinguished from the
commentary by J\5 and Jyl The present
copy contains only a small part of the whole.
It breaks off in the section relating to the
Goran as the first source of the law. The
last paragraph begins : >lib \y\jiZA <dl~* J15
J\ lAAto. jliil w/ j, J»&

The present commentary appears with the

USUL AL-FIKH.

above title among the author's numerous
works in Majalis al-Muminm, Add. 16,716,
fol. 281, and in the Kisas al-'Ulama, p. 274,
no. 14. It is also mentioned, but without
title, by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 175. For the
Mukhtasar al-Muntaha, see ib., p. 170;
Loth, no. 298 ; Pertsch, no. 1048 ; and, for
other commentaries upon the same work, the
Khedive's Library, vol. ii., pp. 249, 251, 253,
and vol. vii., p. 678.

263.

Or. 4213.— Foil. Ill ; 9f in. by 5|; 13 lines,
2 £ in. long ; written in neat Persian Neskhi ;
dated end of Safar, A.H. 1029 (A.D. 1620).

[LANE.]

Jy^fl > J\ JyajM ^>*£

A treatise on the Usul al-Fikh, according
to the Shi'ah school, with copious marginal
notes.

Beg.

i J\ u

Ul

The author, whose name does not appear
in the MS., is the celebrated Shi'ah legist,
Jamal al-Din Hasan B. Yusuf B. 'AH B. al-
Mutahhar, who was born A.H. 648 and died
A.H. 726. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 7256,
7695 ; Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 478 ; Majalis
al-Murnium, fol. 278 ; Muntaha '1-Makal,
p. 105 ; and Kisas al-'Ulama, p. 274, where
the Tahdib al-Wusul is mentioned as the
27th work of the author.

The work consists of twelve Maksads, treat-
ing respectively of the following subjects :

1. oUjJii\, fol. 3a ; 2. OUJJl, fol. 65 ; 3.jti\

173

fol. 206; 4. uolUj rW1, fol. 356;
5. uL*ttj J**^, fol. 49a ; 6. J1^, fol. 536 ;
7. £~i!l, fol. 566; 8. gU*^, fol. 646; 9,
fol. 72a; 10. o-USM, fol. 83a; 11.
grjftj, fol. 986; 12. Jl^^ll, foL lOla.
Copyist: le, ^

264.

Or. 3826.— Foil. 169 ; 8 in. by 5} ; 22 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair, but sparely pointed,
Neskhi ; dated Tuesday, 18 Jumada II.,
A.H. 894 (A.D. 1489). [GLASEB, no. 114.]

A commentary by Sadr al-Shari'ah 'Ubaid-
allah B. Mas'ud B. Taj al-Shari'ah al-
Mahbubi al-Bukhari al-Hanafi (died A.H.
747) upon his own treatise on Usul al-Fikh,
entitled al-Tanklh.

See Haj. Khal., vol. ii., pp. 443-44, and
for other copies the Arabic Catalogue, p. 1196;
Uri, no. 223 ; the Paris Catalogue, no. 796 ;
the Vienna Catalogue, no. 1774; Pertsch,
no. 933; Loth, nos. 319-321; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. ii., pp. 242, 261, 262.
The work has been printed in Dehli, A.H.
1267, and in Lucknow, A.H. 1281.

265.

Or. 3799.— Foil. 233 ; 8 in. by 6 ; about

26 lines, 4^ in- long ; written in cursive

Neskhi; dated A.H. 1051—1053 (A.D.

1 641—43). [GLASEE, no. 85.]

174

LAW.

I. Foil. 1 — 178. A commentary by Jalal
al-Dln Muhammad B. Ahmad al-Mahalli
(died A.H. 864) upon a Shafi'i treatise on
Usul al-Fikh, entitled ^^U £», by Taj al-
Dm 'Abd al-Wahhab B. 'AH al-Subki al-
Shafi'i (died A.H. 771), with the title : v^

xj

Beg.

See Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 610, and, for
other copies, the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv.,
p. 143-44 ; Aumer, no. 360 ; the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 803-4 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. ii., p. 250.

II. Foil. 181—186. A treatise on the
names of animals mentioned in al-Hawi
(probably j***$\ L?J^> by 'Abd al-Ghaffar
al-Kazwmi, Haj. Khal., iii., p. 5) and other
legal books, under the rubric S*»l>!9\ <— Aj,
explained according to the dialect of Yemen,
by Eadi al-Dln Ibn al-Khayyat.

Beg.

III. Foil. 187—190. A metrical treatise
(Urjuzah) on Usul al-Fikh, by Diya al-Dln
Ibrahim B. Abi '1-Kasim Mutair, with this
title :

**«

Beg. U

The title is conveyed in the following line :

\JU9

IV. Foil. 191—232. The author's com-
mentary on the preceding metrical treatise.

Beg. . .

The author says in the preface that al-
Shafi'i was the first who wrote on the
science of Usul al-Fikh, in a treatise ad-
dressed to 'Abd al-Bahman B. al-Mahdi,
and sent from Egypt to Khorasan. He
mentions also the Tamhid of al-Isnawi (Haj.
Khal., ii., p. 423), and its abridgment by al-
Azrak in the 2nd Kism of his JSTafa'is.

The MS. was written for Fakih Wajih al-
Din 'Abd al-Eahim B. 'Abd al-Rahman B.
al-Wali al-Nazili.

Zaidi Works.

266.

Or. 3721.— Foil. 138 ; 11$ in. by 8 ; 22 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Saturday, 10 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1089 (A.D.
1678). [GLASBE, no. 5.]

ft, — 1& ^fl

Continuation by Sayyid Abu 'Abdallah al-
Mansur-billah Muhammad B. 'Izz al-Dln al-
Hadi B. al-Muktadir billah Taj al-Din
Ahmad, etc., of, a treatise on Usul al-Fikh,
entitled al-Mukni'.

Beg. sJj

The author says that the best book written
on the bases of jurisprudence was al-
Mukni', by Imam al-Mu'tadid-billah al-Da'i

USUL AL-FIKH.

175

B. al-Muhsin, which, however, was left un-
finished by the author at his death. He
had, therefore, been urged by a friend to
complete it on the same plan.

The original work was intended to treat
of the following ten subjects: 1.

2. voye&j f^\ ; 3. uuU, J^»" ; 4.
5. £^~x^j **U\ ; 6. frr^ ; 7. j+J
8. il^j-^j o-USN; 9. feb^]^; 10.

The first five had been dealt with in the
first and only completed volume of the
original work. The present continuation
contains five discourses, *^ treating of the
last five subjects, namely : 6. fW*-^, fol. 2a ;
7.jU^M, fol. 266; 8. d^^ u-UBt, fol. 596;
9. *»b^ jkJI, fol. 126a; 10.
fol. 1306.

The first author, Yahya B. al-Muhsin B.
Mahfuz, a descendant of Imam al-Hadi
Yahya B. al-Husain, claimed the Imamat,
under the name of al-Mu'tadid billah, after
the death of al-Mansur, A.H. 614, but his
title was contested by the latter's son
Muhammad. He died A.H. 636. See Ibn
Ja'man, fol. 189, who mentions his work al-
Mukni', and its continuation.

The continuator's name and title are given
in the title-page as follows : »\*$\ ^t-

J\

He belonged to the noble family of the
Sadat al-Jibal, and lived about the close of

the seventh century of the Hijrah. His
grandfather Taj al-DIn Ahmad died A.H.
644, and his paternal uncle Imam al-Mahdi
Ibrahim B. Taj al-DIn Ahmad died A.H. 683.
See al-Tarjuman, foil. 150 and 160.

267.

Or. 3795.— Foil. 184 ; 12 in. by 7f ; written
in fair, but sparely pointed, Neskhi ; dated
(fol. 1196) Monday, 8 Ramadan, A.H. 1062
(A.D. 1652). [GLASER, no. 80.]

I. Foil. 5—119 ; 15 lines, 4| in. long.

A treatise on Usul al-Fikh, or the bases
of jurisprudence, by Sayyid Sarim al-Din
Ibrahim B. Muh. B. al-Hadi, called Ibn
al-Wazir, who died A.H. 914 (v. Hidayat
al-Afkar, Or. 3792), with the following title:

J\

Beg.

JLA-»

^ * Slalom

The work consists of a Mukaddimah, deal-
ing with preliminary notions and technical
terms, and of the following Babs : y.5)\

fol. 24a; ^\, fol. 28a; fj*i3\, fol.
0*y^\ fol. 356; ^JLJ), jlkJ^, fol. 42a ;
J^1, fol. 43a ; yrfjl, fol. 456; J^j*^,
fol. 47a; *->^ c^U^i., fol. 486; .-Ul
^-ill,, fol. 52«; tUr^, fol. 576; JUM1,
fol. 636;^^, fol. 69a; ^UJl, fol. 83a;

176

LAW.

, fol. 113a;
Jjl^l, fol. 1156.

, foL 104& ;
, fol. 114a ;

The author states at the end that he com-
pleted the work on Monday, 19 Safar, A.H.
879- This copy was taken from a transcript
of the author's original MS. For another
copy of the text see Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche
Sammlung, no. 68, and for a gloss upon the
same, ib., no. 180.

II. Foil. 121—180 ; 33 or 34 lines, 5J- in.
long.

A commentary upon the preceding work,
by Lutf-allah B. al-Ghiyath, with the follow-

ing title : j£

U AlN ti

015211

Beg. <j Ci^AJ

Shaikh Lutf-allah B. Muh. al-Ghiyath B.
al-Shuja' al-Zaflri, an eminent scholar and
prolific writer, died in al-Zafir, A.H. 1035.
See Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 303 ; Sirat
al-Kasim, Or. 3329, fol. 39; and Bughyat
al-Murid, Or. 3719, fol. 116, where the
present commentary is mentioned among his
numerous works. His contemporary, the
author of Tib al-Samar, Or. 2428, foil. 160,
calls him Shaikh Lutf-allah B. al-Mahdi B.
al-Ghiyath. See also Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche
Sammlung, no. 124.

The commentary includes the text, written
in red. It leaves out the preface, and extends
from the beginning of the Mukaddimah to
the sixth Fasl of ^Jl t_->l> (fol. 29« of the
present MS.). It is stated at the end, that
death stayed at that point the hand of the
author.

268.

Or. 3993.— Foil. 197 ; 12f in. by 8f ; 30 lines,
5f in. long ; written in small cursive, almost
unpointed, Neskhi; dated Friday, 16 Dul-
ka'dah, A.H. 1161 (A.D. 1749). *

[GLASEE, no. 287.]

A full commentary upon the first treatise
of the preceding volume, al-Fusul al-Lulu'iy-
yah, by Sayyid al-Hasan B. Ahmad B.
Muhammad al-Jalal, who died A.H. 1079
(see Dau al-Nahar, Or. 3996), with this title:

(_>»•£

Beg.

The author wrote this commentary, as he
states in a short preamble, for the use of his
children, who wished to read the text with
him, and with the object of correcting some
weak points which he had noticed in the
original work. The commentary includes
the whole text, written in red.

Copyist :

^ Jf- ^ ^i

269.

Or. 3764.— Foil. 199 ; 8 in. by 6 ; 6 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated Friday, 27 Shawwal, A.H. 1037 (A.D.
1628). [GIASEE, no. 48.]

A treatise on the bases of jurisprudence,
by Sharaf al-Dln al-Husain B. Amir al-
Muminin al-Kasim B. Muh. B. 'Ali, with
this title : JUL^ .^\ s- j J^J^ *>}» i

USUL AL-FIKH.

177

JT

*U1 JlW

Beg.

The author was the third son of Imam al-
Mansur billah al-Kasim. He was born A.H.
999, and died in Damar A.H. 1050. The
present work, and the author's commentary
upon it, entitled JyuN &>\**, are both men-
tioned with praise in the notices of his life,
Bughyat al-Murid, Or. 3719, foil. 114—122,
and Khuliisat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 104. The
author is mentioned in the former work,
fol. 115, as a pupil of Shaikh Lutf-allah B.
al-Ghiyath (v. no. 267, II.).

The treatise is divided into an introduc-
tion, fol. 116, and eight Maksads, treating of
the following subjects ; I. u->txJ^ fol. 466 ;

II. &J1, fol. 481; III. l^l, fol. 53«;

IV. i*\*jyA, fol. 636; V. o-LEH, fol. 1436;
VI. U'jL-^j *\&?.y, fol. 1786 ; VII. JjUdl,
fol. 1896 ; and VIII. JS.H ^, fol. 1966.

Foil. 3 — 8 contain a chapter on particles,
such as ^* Jy) U (.re, etc., and their meaning
in legal texts, ^^\\ <-Jjj>- (-yV- 1^ ^s stated
at the end to be extracted from a commen-
tary by Musa B. Ahmad B. Yusuf al-Wisali
al-Hamdani upon the Lutna' : k_»UL>

The work entitled &oaM
Abu Ishak Ibrahim B. (Ali

B.

is by
Yusuf al-

Shirazi, who died A.H. 476. It is men-
tioned, as well as the author's commentary
upon it, entitled »^-aJuU\, by al-Isnawi, Or.
3037, fol. 926, and by Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, fol.
446. See also Ibn Khallikan, vol. i., p. 9.
Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 331, calls the author
wrongly Ibrahim B. Muhammad.

270.

Or. 4019.— Foil. 315 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 26 lines,
4f in. long; written in fair, but sparely
pointed*, Neskhi ; with red-ruled margins,
apparently in the 17th century.

[GLASEE, no. 321.]

A voluminous gloss, by Kadi Sharaf al-Din
al-Hasan B. Yahya B. Sailan, upon Hidayat
al-'Ukul, a commentary written by Sayyid al-
Husain B. al-Kasim, upon his own treatise
on Usul al-Fikh, entitled Ghayat al-Sul (see
the preceding no.). The following title is
prefixed ; L^Uai- &.*>$ ^J\ ^yo^ {]> u* \

Beg.

From the above, it appears that the gloss
was written after the death of Sayyid al-
Husain, which took place A.H. 1050 ; but
probably not long after that date, for the
present MS. can hardly be later than A.H.
1100. A note on the title-page shows that it
passed from the owner to his son, A.H. 112-4.

The last four leaves have been supplied by
a later hand, dating A.H. 1028 (read 1128).

A A

178

LAW.

STATUTES OF THE LAW
(AL-FURTP).

Hanafis.

271.

Or. 3617.— Foil. 125 ; 7f in. by 5| ; 23 lines,
3£ in. long; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
A.H. 1076 (A.D. 1665-66).

[G. C. RENOUABD.]

A treatise on the legal prescriptions con-
cerning taxation, tithes, legal alms, etc.,
written, in answer to the inquiries of Harun
al-Rashid, by Abu Yusuf Ya'kub B. Ibrahim
al-Hanafi (the disciple of Abu Hamfah),
who died A.H. 182. See Ibn Khallikan, De
Slane's translation, vol. iv., p. 272, and
Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 79.

Beg. ^

lib A\ JIW

*

J\

The work has been printed at Bulak,
A.H. 1302. Other copies are noticed in the
Paris Catalogue, nos. 2452-53, and in the
Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 123.

The copyist, Muhammad al- Mudarris, was,
as it appears from a note on the first page, a
teacher attached to the Madrasah of Ayyub,
Constantinople.

This MS. belonged to Dr. John Lee. See
his catalogue, no. 32.

272.

Or. 3095.— Foil. 143 ; 9f in. by 7.

[KEE-MEE, no. 105.]

I. Foil. 1—128; 27 lines, 5£ in. long;
written in neat Neskhi, with frequent omis-
sion of diacritical points, apparently in the
13th century.

A commentary by Iftikhar al-Dln Abu
Hashim 'Abd al-Muttalib B. al-Fadl B. {Abd
al-Muttalib B. al-Husain al-Hashimi, upon
the Corpus of Hanafi law, entitled al-Jamie
al-Kablr, by Muhammad B. al- Hasan al-Shai-
bani (see Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 564).

The following title is prefixed by the same
hand as the text : *l

*t

The first three words have been purposely
erased, but are still faintly visible.

The author of al-Jami' al-Kabir, Abu
'Abdallah Muh. B. al-Hasan B. Farkad, a
Maula of the Banu Shaiban, was a disciple of
Abu Hanifah and of Abu Yusuf. He was born
in Wasit, A.H. 132, and died in Rai, A.H. 189.
See Sam'ani, fol. 342ft ; .the Fihrist, p. 203 ;
and Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version,
vol. ii., p. 590.

The commentator, a Sayyid born in Balkh,
A.H. 539, settled in Halab, where he taught
in the Madrasat al-Halawiyym, and died
A.H. 616. See Abu Shamah, Or. 1539,

HANAFI FURTJ'.

170

fol. 8 ; Mir'at al-Zaman, Add. 23,279, fol.
1555; Ibn Kutlubuga, p. 26, no. 106; and
Haj. Khal., I.e., p. 566.

After dwelling on the importance of a
knowledge of the divine law, as handed
down by inspired doctors, the commentator
describes the Jami' al-Kablr of Muh. B. al-
Hasan al-Shaibani as a book that had never
been equalled. Although many of the learned
had commented upon it at length, he deter-
mined to write himself a commentary of
moderate extent, holding a middle course
between the extremes of conciseness and
prolixity.

The commentary, which does not include
the text, begins as follows : aw

Jj J»-J\

LJSj, JU;i

The sections relating to prayer and legal
alms are followed by ^1*^1 1 u-'ltf', or book
of oaths, which begins fol. 19a, and _O t-jlj^,
or book of marriage, which begins at fol. 105a,
and occupies the remainder of the volume.

The rubric of the last section is ;

At the end is written by another hand :
j±>&\ £«U CJi w* Jj^» ^U?5^ J

A copy of the Jami' al-Kabir, and the 2nd
volume of the commentary of Iftikhar al-
Din al-Hashimi are noticed in the Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., pp. 34, 67.

A metrical version of the Jami' al-Kabir,
written A.H. 515, by Ahmad B. Abi '1-
Muayyad al-Mahmudi al-Nasafi, is mentioned
by De Slane, Paris Catalogue, no. 820, and
by Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 104.

II. Foil. 129—142 ; 17 lines, 5 in. long ;
written in rather cursive and angular Neskhi,
apparently in the 14th century.

A commentary by al-Haj Muhammad B.
'Abd al-Rahman B. Auba' (?) al- Janadi, upon
a metrical treatise on the errors of recitation
which invalidate the legal prayer, entitled
Zallat al-Kari, by Burhan al-Din Ahmad B.
Abi Hafs B. Yusuf al-Farabi.

The. following contemporary title is pre-
fixed: CA.^ i)

,\>j\ ^

The metrical treatise, which is included
entire in the commentary, begins as follows :

It was composed A.H. 570. The date,
the title and the author's name appear in
the epilogue :

ULU\

JLJ\ oJi

r-^

!_fl-a

The commentary begins

^^4] ^ii

A A 2

U\

180

LAW.

isLoU

The commentator was evidently a Hanafi,
as well as the author of the text. He refers
frequently to the authority of Abu Hamfah
and his disciple Abu Yusuf. The poem has
been divided by him into a number of short
sections, headed t-^b, the first of which is

Two works on the same subject are noticed
by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 541, under (jj&\ 2j.
See also the Persian Catalogue, p. 350a, and
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 571 — 75.

Among some miscellaneous notes and
extracts, which occupy the last three pages
of the MS., is an entry relating to the birth
of a son, A.H. 778.

273.

Or. 2407.— Foil. 190 ; 10 in. by 7 ; 25 lines,
5 in. long ; written in free Neskhi, leaning
to Nestalik; dated Shawwal, A.H. 960
(A.D. 1553). [SHAPIBA.]

A commentary by Husam al-Din Burhan
al-A'immah Abu '1-Ma'ali 'Umar B. Burhan
al-Din 'Abd al-'Aziz B. 'Umar B. 'Abd al-
'Aziz, upon the Adab al-Kadi, or " the
Judge's rule of conduct," a Hanafi treatise,
by Abu Bakr Ahmad B. 'Amr al-Khassaf , with

the following title :

Beg. J\5

) Jxi*i)!

U jJJ' »^.t?-j HxJ <lU\
^JJi J\

The above short preamble is followed by a
full table of the hundred and twenty Babs
of which the original work consists. (There
are 122 Babs in the body of the work.)
Then comes an introductory chapter by the
commentator upon the nature of the Kadi's
office, LaSJ), and on the qualifications required
for its proper dischai'ge.

The first Bab begins, fol. 7«, as follows :

Jl

The text of the original work is only
occasionally quoted, such passages being in
some instances preceded by }J+s- ^ ^o-\ J\i",
or by i_- jLaat^ J15

Abu Bakr Ahmad B. 'Amr (or 'Umar) B.
Muhair al-Shaibani al-Khassaf died A.H. 261.
See Fihrist, p. 206 ; Kutlubuga, no. 12 ;
and Hammer, Literaturgesch., vol. iv., p. 145.
A copy of his Adab al-Kadi, with a commen-
tary (occasionally quoted in the present
work) by Abu Bakr Ahmad B. 'Ali al-Eazi
al-Jassas, who died A.H. 370, is noticed in
the Leyden Catalogue, no. 1777.

The commentator, known as Burhan al-
A'immah, or al-Sadr al-Shahid, was born
A.H. 483. He fell into the hands of the
Turks who captured Sultan Sinjar, and was
put to death A.H. 536. See Kutlubuga,

HANAFI FURU'.

181

no. 139, and the Kamil, vol. xi., p. 57. The
present commentary is stated by Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 220, to be the most commonly
used. A copy is mentioned with the title

a,>6 *.fl j &*a>\ ~.j2>, in the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., p. 72.

In the colophon the original date
has been altered to

274.

Or. 4284.— Foil. 159 ; 8£ in. by 6£ ; about
13 lines, 4|- in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi; dated 12 EaW I, A.H. 1121
(A.D. 1709).

[BUDGE.]

A compendium of law according to the
Hanafi school, by Abu'l-Husain Ahmad B.
Muh. al-Kuduri (d. A.H. 428).

Beg.

—.

.1 U JU3 A\ Jli'
J\ f&>j?-j \jL-s-U S

The spaces between the lines, as well as
the margins, are crowded with glosses.

Copyist ; ^>,sil i_*jyoi- ^1 yU**"

The work has been lithographed in Lahore,
A.H. 1287; Lucknow, A.D. 1876; Bombay,
A.H. 1303 ; Dehli, A.H. 1305 ; and printed
in Constantinople, A.H. 1281. For MSS.
see Loth, no. 202 ; Pertsch, no. 994 ; the
Paris Catalogue, nos. 827 — 834 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 127.

275.

Or. 1031.— Foil. 195 ; 8 in. by 4J ; 25 and
23 lines, 2f in. long ; written in neat Nes-

talik, with red-ruled margins; with dates
ranging from Sha'ban, A.H. 1059, to the
6th of Dulhijjah, A.H. 1067 (A.D. 1649-
1657).

I. Foil. 1—117. 2»1U1 *&

Talibat al-Talabah, a glossary of terms
used in the Hanafi books of law, arranged
according to the usual division of legal
works, by Abu Hafs 'Urnar B. Muh. B.
Ahmad al-Nasafi, who died A.H. 537. See
Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 165.

Beg.

Uflxi Ju*»

»j aj

There is no preface, nor does the title or the
author's name appear in the text. But the
above title is written in the hand of the
transcriber at the top of the first page, and
there is in the upper margin of the second
page a short notice of the author, from the
jUi>-^\ <_JU>j\ in which the Talibat al-Tala-
bah is mentioned among his works. The
same title appears also, at the head of the
list, in the biographical notice of the author,
Ibn Kutlubuga, p. 34, no. 140.

The fly-leaf contains a table of the divi-
sions termed Kitab, the order of which is
followed in the glossary. The first is t
\, the last, L

II. Foil. 118—157. A treatise on legal
ordinances applying to peculiar classes of
persons, or to special cases, by Abu '1- 'Abbas
Ahmad B. Muh. al-Natifi al-Tabari, with the
following title, written by the same hand as
the text : <jJj*M ^ fU^J ^3)1 J J41 ^^

JiLttM

Beg. y>

182

LAW.

*i

J\

The author, only designated in the text as
Abu '!-' Abbas, is named in full in the follow-
ing notice, fol. 120a :

Ibn Kutlubuga states also, p. 6, no. 16,
that he died in Rai, A.H. 446. The same
date is given by al-Dahabi, Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 49, fol. 209, who adds to the author's
name al-Jurjani al-Hanafi. Haj. Khal.
notices the present work under J£»-^, vol. L,
p. 176, and under -^\ XU>, vol. ii., p. 622.

The work is divided into unnumbered sec-
tions of very unequal length. The first,
which has no heading, relates to the ordin-
ances concerning women. The subsequent
sections relate to the following classes of
persons : children, yU-j^oM Jb*\, fol. 128« ;
male and female slaves, f\*$\j j.JUk*J\ p&*'\,
fol. 131a; drunkards, LsJ'£~l\ *&>\, fol. 135a;
persons acting under compulsion, tjjfc^ |»^=>^>
fol. 1356; insane, (j?^ ^\, fol. 1366;
persons who have disappeared, ^j^ll *Ks-1,
fol. 1376 ; wives who have borne children,
fol. 139a, etc.

In the Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 3,
the work is called ,Jil»UJ\ ..K^, and stated
to consist of 28 Babs.

III. Foil. 159—195. The well-known
treatise of Siraj al-Dm Muh. B. Muh. al-
Sajawandi on the law of inheritance, (_>o5\jSiS\
L*-\j~3\. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 409 ;
Loth, no. 239 ; and Pertsch, no*. 1099.

The text of this last tract is written in a
larger character than the preceding, with 11
lines in a page. The margins are covered
with extensive notes in a minute handwriting.
They are taken from the commentary entitled
al-Minhaj, by Shams al-Dm Mahmud B. Abi
Bakr B. Abi 'l-'Ala al-Kulabadi al-Bukhari,
who died A.H. 700 (v. Ibn Kutlubuga, p. 52,
no. 210, and Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 404), and
from a supercommentary upon the Minhaj,

The transcriber, Ahmad B. al-Haj Hasan
al-Sara'i, describes himself in one colophon,
fol. 1946, as dwelling in one of the eight
Madrasahs (of Constantinople), A.H. 1059,
and in another, fol. 117i, as Kadi of Deh-
pul, A.H. 1067.

276-7.

Or. 1108 and 1109. — Two uniform volumes,
consisting respectively of foil. 261 and 236 ;
14^ in. by 8£ ; 27 lines, 5|- in. long ; written
in plain Neskhi, apparently in the 18th
century. [WAKBEN HASTINGS.]

Two detached volumes of al-Mabsut, an
extensive work on the Furu' of the Hanafis,
by Shams al-A'immah Fakhr al-Islam Abu
Bakr Muhammad [B. Ahmad] Ibn Abi Sahl
al-Sarakhsi.

The following title is prefixed to the first
volume :

The author's name is repeated in the same
form at the beginning of every book. It is
related that, in consequence of some bold
words of rebuke addressed to the prince, he
had been confined in a well in Uzjand, and
that there he dictated the present work from
memory to his disciples standing round the

HANAFI FURU'.

1-3

mouth of the pit. See Ibn Kutlubugha,
Fliigel's edition, p. 38, no. 157, and the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 201.

After his release the author proceeded to
Ferghanah, where he died about A.H. 500.
Other dates are assigned to his death, viz.
A.H. 490, by Ibn al-Hinna'i, Add. 23,363,
fol. 32, and A.H. 483, by Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 363. The last author says in another
place, vol. v., p. 22, that the Mabsut is a
commentary on the Kafi, ^aiU cjy ,j (jKM,
of al-Hakim al-Shahid [Abu '1-Fadl] Muh. B.
Muh. [B. Ahmad al-Marwazi], who was put
to death A.H. 334 (v. Ibn al-Hiuua'i, fol.
286, and the Khedive's Library, vol. iii.,
p. 101).

The extent of the Mabsut is variously
estimated at ten, fourteen, or fifteen, volumes.
The present MSS. appear to have formed
part of a copy in nine volumes. We read at
the end of Or. 1108,

A MS. dated A.H. 1150, described by
Loth, no. 204, and formerly belonging also
to Hastings, probably formed a part of the
same set.

Or. 1108, designated as vol. viii., begins :

J W&N J^> M and

JSU5\

contains the following books :
Fol. 16.
Fol. 92a.
Fol. 177 a.
Fol. 1936.
Foil. 2006— 261a. .

It is stated at the end that the next book
was to be ^.jo^ ^A*^ i_»AJLi'. At the be-
ginning of JSUn t-»\^/ it is said that the
author dictated that Kitab on Wednesday,
the 14th of RabP II., A.H. 466.

Or. 1109, a previous volume of the same

work, is imperfect at beginning and end. It
begins abruptly : C<otf ^j lo^ \iofcj* jt>j
Je. g-j> ^yij jts- l~*±. »^3. The first
rubric extant, fol. 11 a, is: ^^ (J»j v*b
ji^j. It belongs, like the preceding pages,
to ^jh v_>\l/. The subsequent books are :

Fol. 486.
Fol. 1086.
Fol. 164a.
Fol. 1796.
Fol.'l93a.
Fol. 233a.

The last book ends abruptly in a passage
beginning : *&»•>• l^7>\ Jy ^ t-^liij^ J ,£ J

_*j--^ jf

Another volume of the Mabsut is noticed
by Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 997. A
complete copy in ten volumes is described,
with extracts from the preface, in the
Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 108.

278.

Or. 4214.— Foil. 131 ; 6 in. by 4 ; 9 lines,
2 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 17th century. [LANE.]

A short manual of Hanafi law, with this
title :

Beg.

s vj&v

U L

184

LAW.

This is evidently the work mentioned in
the Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 81, under
the title of ^^siL^lj ^^uN 'i^f-, and ascribed
to al-Sadr al-Shahid.

The jurist thus designated is the author of
(_^olo)\ <-jS\ -jZ>, no. 273, namely, Husam
al-Dm Burhiin al-A'immah 'Umar B. 'Abd
al-'Aziz B. Mazah, who was put to death
A.H. 536. The present work is in all pro-
bability substantially identical with the *&*£•
i^jl^iM of the same author mentioned by Haj.
Khal., vol. iv., p. 262, although the initial
words there quoted do not agree with those
of our MS.

An anonymous MS. with the same be-
ginning, dated A.H. 858, is described by
Pertsch, no. 1041.

The work deals with ablutions, fol. 2b}
and with prayer, the latter section beginning
fol. 426 with &AflM &>• <~>\J. Then come the
following Kitabs: t^H, fol. 926; fyaS\,
fol. 99£; U fol. llOa; ^\, fol. 113a ;
£U,J1, fol. 129a ; and j^W, fol. 180&. The
last Kitab breaks off on the third page.

279.

Or. 2331.— Foil. 239 ; 10J in. by 6J ; 29 lines,
3f in. long ; written in minute and neat
Turkish Nestalik, with a 'Unwan ; dated 25
Dulhijjah, A.H. 986 (A.D. 1579).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

Glosses upon the Hidayah and its com-
mentary al-'Inayah, by Sa'd Allah B. 'Isa;
collected and edited by his disciple 'Abd al-
Rahman. See Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 485.

Beg. H$i 5)_, *Aj$

After extolling the learning and various

merits of his late patron, Sa'd [Allah] B.
'Isa B. Amir Khan, the editor says of him
that he was in the habit of covering the
margins of his books with notes. "When he
was raised to the office of Mufti, he collected
his notes to the Tafsir of al-Baidawi into a
book, but died soon after. The editor, who
was then Kadi of Adrianople, came some
time later, in the train of the Sultan, to
Constantinople, succeeded in securing his
late master's copies of the Hidayah and the
'Inayah, both copiously annotated, and col-
lected those notes in the present work.

The Hidayah, the popular text-book of the
Hanafi school, is the work of Burhan al-Din
'Ali B. Abi Bakr al-Marghlnani, who died
A.H. 593 (Ibn Kutlubuga, p. 31, no. 124).
Akmal al-Din Muhammad B. Muh. B. Mali-
mud al-Babarti, author of the 'Imlyah, was
born in Egypt a few years after A.H. 710,
and died as Shaikh of the monastery called
al-Shaikhuniyyah, Cairo, A.H. 786. See
Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 53, and al-Durar al-
Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 1276.

The author of the present gloss, Sa'd
Allah B. 'Isa, better known as Sa'di Efencli,
succeeded Ibn Kama! Pasha as Shaikh al-
Islam, A.H. 940, and died in that office,
A.H. 945. See Takwim al-Tawarikh, p. 182.
His disciple, 'Abd al-Eahman B. Sayyid 'Ali
al-Amasi, survived his master many years,
and was twice raised to the Seraskierate of
Rumili, A.H. 958—64 and A.H. 981. He
died shortly after his deposition from that
office, A.H. 983. See Dail al-Shaka'ik,
Add. 18,519, fol. 99, and Takwim al-
Tawarikh, p. 188.

The notes extend to the Hidayah and its
commentary from beginning to end. The
passages of the former are preceded by the
words t_x»U J\* in red ink, those of the
latter by the word «5y, also in red ink. A
copy of the same gloss is mentioned in the
Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 37.

HANAFI FURU'.

280.

Or. 4305.— Foil. 107 ; 7J in. by 5£ ; 15 lines,
3f in. long; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 15th century. [BnoGE.J

A treatise on the drawing up of legal
documents, by Zahlr al-Dln al-Marghlnani.

Beg.

This is the second part of the author's
Fatawa (Haj.'Khal., iv., p. 368). It treats
of Shurut, or legal instruments, in eleven
chapters. The author is evidently identical
with Zahir al-Dm Hasan B. 'Ali al-Marghi-
nani mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 46, among those who wrote on Shurut.
His full name is Zahlr al-Dln Abu '1-Mahasin
al-Hasan B. 'Ali B. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Mar-
ghmani. He lived about A.H. 600, and was
looked upon as the first of the 'Ulama of
his time. See Ibn Kutlubuga, no. 59, and
p. 153, note 474.

The eleven chapters, a table of which is
given at the beginning, have the following
headings : I. oUlN, j£ j, fol. 16 ; II. j
n, fol. 86 ; III. JJLJ^J jiJ\ j
fol. 13a ; IV. 1>J&\ J, fol. 155 ;
^ J, fol. 35a ; VI. J
, fol. 48«; VII. O^laO^ ^i
fol. 526 ; VIII. s+~&\ J, fol. 59a ;

cj,^!? «^li'^^!5 ^^ J, fol. 60a;
X. cJlS,^ ^», fol. 666 ; XI. f*~$\ ^ J,
fol. 695.

The first chapter is of some philological
value ; it contains the terms used in legal
documents for describing the age and bodily

V.

features of men and animals. The last
chapter comprises a great number of models
of legal deeds. It is imperfect at the end.

281.

Or. 4286.— Foil. 250 ; 9| in. by Of ; 23 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 14th century. [BUDGE.]

±uA\ [^xjoij +i+. ,..•;! &x;

A work on Hanafi Furu', by Najm al-Din
Abu'l:Raja Mukhtar B. Mahmud al-Ziihidi
al-Ghizmini, who died A.H. 658 (Haj. Khal.,
iv., p. 572, and Ibn Kutlubuga, no. 223).

J^^ ttqu ^ JJLaflSl

The author says in the preface, that he
extracted the present work from the treatise
entitled \$ai)\ Lj*, by his master Fakhr al-
Dm Abu Mansur al-'Arabi (or rather, Fakhr
al-Dln Bad!' B. Abi Mansur al-'Iraki ; see
Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 226).

The MS. is imperfect at the end ; it breaks
off at the 8th line of the ob.li^1 Utf.
From a table of chapters prefixed, it appears
to have lost the following books :
and

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 11 7a; Aumer, no. 288; Rosen, Notices
Sommaires, no. 116; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., p. 99.

282.

Or. 3099.— Foil. 149 ; 9^ in. by 6 ; 9 lines,

3^ in. long ; written in a cursive Turkish

B B

186

LAW.

hand; dated Erzerum, A.H. 973 (A.D.
1565-6). [KEEMEE, no. 109.]

A manual of Hanafi Furu', wrongly en-
dorsed wlij t_»\i

Beg.

There is no author's name. Another title,
and probably the true one, is found in the

colophon : j

According to this, we have here the work
entitled i/y&J j\3*r'. Its author, Majd al-
Dm Abu '1-Fadl 'Abdallah B. Mahmud B.
Maudud Ibn Baldaji al-Mausili, was born
in al-Mausil A.H. 599, was appointed Kadi
of Kufah, and afterwards teacher in the
Madrasah attached to the monument of Abu
Han if ah, Baghdad. He died in the latter
office in Muharram, A.H. 683. He had
composed al-Mukhtar lil-Fatwa in his youth,
and, later in life, he wrote a commentary
upon it entitled ^11^ JjJjd J\jJ_i-^\. See
Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 53, fol. 19 ; Ibn Kutlu-
buga, p. 23, no. 88 ; and Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 436.

The present copy leaves out the preface,
beginning at once with the book of purifica-
tion. It ends with the book of inheritance,

For copies of the Mukhtar and its com-
mentary, see the Catalogues of Leyden,
vol. iv., p. 126; Munich, nos. 290—94;
Paris, nos. 875—79 ; Loth, no. 238 ; Gotha,
nos. 1009 — 1011 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., pp. 3 and 126.

283.

Or. 2329.— Foil. 119 ; 8f in. by 6 ; 13 lines,

3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; ap-
parently in the 18th century.

[Presented by Cot. S. B. MILES.]

Another copy of al-Mukhtar lil-Fatwa,
with the preface, which begins : ^

The author's name does not appear. On
the first page is written by a later hand
JjlyM O^liai* (-j\Ji^, and in the preface
another wrong title, ^Ai-oN *«lU, has been
substituted for the original writing, which is
completely erased.

The MS. breaks off two pages after the
beginning of blojM <~Xif, in a passage cor-
responding with fol. 147a, line 9, of the pre-
ceding copy. The following spurious colo-
phon has been added : **U; <_s*~U <-J^£>\ *>

vr 1

284.

Or. 4289.— Foil. 274 ; 9J in. by 7J ; 7 lines,
3J in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently
in the 18th century. [BuDQE.]

A compendium of Hanafi Furu', by Mu-
zaffir al-Dm Ahmad B. 'Ali B. Taghlib Ibn
al-Sa'ati al-Baghdadi al-Ba'labakki, who died
A.H. 694. See Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 396,
and Ibn Kutlubuga, no. 10.

Beg. U . . .

J\

The work begins with
ends with

_->liX and

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 117ft; Uri, nos. 213, 268; Aumer,
no. 295 ; Loth, no. 249 ; Pertsch, no. 1012 ;
Paris, no. 881 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., p. 109.

HANAFI FURU'.

187

285.

Or. 1194.— Foil. 138 ; 10J in. by 6f ; 11 lines,
4J in. long ; written in cursive and close
Neskhi by a Turkish hand, apparently in the
16th century. [ALEX. JABA.]

The well-known manual of Hanafi Furu',
called al- Wikayah.

Beg.

-Jill

J^Oj

Jl

ousg UJ <wbl

The author, whose name is not found in
this copy, is Burhan al-Sharl'ah Mahmud B.
Sadr al-Shari'ah 'Ubaid Allah B. Mahmud
al-Mahbubi, who lived in the seventh century
of the Hijrah. See Fliigel, Ibn Kutlubuga,
p. 115, note 378, and Haj. Khal., vol. vi.,
p. 458.

The margins are covered with notes
written in a minute character, and extracted
from various commentaries, especially from
jjjjyJl, the author of which was, according to
Haj. Khal., I.e., Zain al-Din Junaid B. Sandal
al-Hanafi. A table of chapters by a later
hand occupies three pages at the beginning.

For other copies of the Wikayah and its
commentary Sadr al-Shari'ah, see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 1196 ; the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iv., p. 120; Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue,
no. 1024 ; Loth, nos. 319—28 ; De Slane,
Paris Catalogue, nos. 905-6 ; and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. iii., p. 148.

286.

Or. 1195.— Foil. 246; 8J in. by 6; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in small cursive Neskhi,
apparently in the 16th century.

[ALEX. JABA.]

Another copy of the Wikayah, with a

Turkish paraphrase. See the Turkish Cata-
logue, p. 15a.

287.

Or. 3683.— Foil. 267; 10£in.by6i; 17 lines,
3$ in. long; written in a Persian Neskhi,
leaning to Nestalik, apparently in the 17th
century. [BtJDGE.]

The well-known commentary of Sadr al-
Shari'ah 'Ubaid Allah B. Mas'ud al-Mahbubi
upon the Wikayah, a treatise of Hanafi law,
by his maternal grandfather, Burhan al-
Shari'ah Mahmud B. 'TJbaid Allah al-Mah-
bubi. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 119i.

Beg.

Jl i^JJl

Notices of both writers are given by Ibn
Kutlubuga ; see nos. 118, 216, and note 378.
In an anonymous notice, Or. 3328, fol. 201,
it is stated that Sadr al-Sharl'ah died about
A.H. 750, while in the Khedive's Library
a precise date, A.H. 745, is assigned to his
death.

For MSS. and printed editions see Pertsch,
Gotha Catalogue, no. 1024 ; De Slane, Paris
Catalogue, nos. 908 — 913 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., p. 71.

A table of contents has been supplied by
a later hand, as well as the first six and the
last six folios of the text. There are
numerous marginal annotations.

288.

Or. 4290.— Foil. 122 ; 8|in. by6|; 15 lines,
3 in. long ; written in plain Neskhi ; dated
Mossul, Friday,Rajab, A.H. 1108(A.D. 1697).

[B0DGE.]
B B 2

188

LAW.

A compendium of Hanafi Furu', by Hafiz
al-DIn Abu '1-Barakat 'Abdallah B. Ahmad
B. Mahmud al-Nasafi, who died A.H. 710.
See Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 249, and Ibn
Kutlubuga, no. 86.

Beg.

jel

The work begins with s/$la5\ i— >V^, and
ends with (ja*\j& i_Ai/. It has been printed
in Dehli, A.H. 1287, in Bombay, A.H. 1294
and 1297, and in Lucknow, A.D. 1874 and
1877. For MSS. see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 119a, 4176 ; the Ley den Catalogue,
no. 1830 ; Pertsch, no. 1013 ; Loth, no. 255 ;
the Paris Catalogue, no. 891 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., p. 105, etc.

Copyist :

>.1M

289.

Or. 3092.— Foil. 76 ; 8 in. by 5£; 23 lines,
3f in. long; written in coarse Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 19th century.

[KREMER, no. 102.]

Another copy of the Kanz al-Daka'ik.

290.

STOWE, Or. 4.— Foil. 68; 7f in. by 5£;
15 lines, 3|- in. long ; written in Neskhi,
apparently in the 17th century.

The well-known treatise of Sadid al-DIn
al-Kashghari on the ordinances relating to
ablution and prayer, according to the Hanafi
school. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 8S&,
and for other copies the Catalogues of
Leyden, vol. iv., p. 125; Upsala, no. 442;
Berlin, no. 3542; Gotha, no. 766; Paris,

nos. 1132 — 38 (the first of these is said to
be of the 14th century) ; Marsigli Collection,
nos. 206 — 15 ; the Khedive's Library, vol.
iii., p. 139, vol. vii., p. 407, etc.

The work has been lithographed in Bom-
bay, A.H. 1302, and, with marginal notes
extracted from al-Halabi's commentary, in
Dehli, A.D. 1873, and in Lahore, A.D. 1876.
The text with the last-named commentary
has been printed in Constantinople, 1878.

291-2.

Or. 4300-4301. — Two uniform volumes, con-
sisting respectively of foil. 136 and 148 ;
85- in. by 6 ; 17 lines, 4J in. long ; written in
large and rude Neskhi ; dated Monday, 4 Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 1177 (A.D. 1764). [BUDGE.]

An abridgment by Ibrahim B. Muh. al-
Halabi (d. A.H. 956) of his own commentary
upon the preceding work.

Beg.

The extensive commentary is entitled
Ljs- (v. Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 228;
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 89a ; Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., p. 86, etc.). The abridg-
ment has no special title, although in the
present copy it bears the heading : ixii

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 89, no. 133 ; Pertsch, no. 766 ; the Berlin
Catalogue, no. 3544 ; Leyden, no. 1813 ;
Paris, nos. 1149 — 51 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., p. 69, etc.

HANAFI FURU'.

The contents of the first volume correspond
with foil. 1 — 124 of the complete copy,
Add. 7256. The second completes the work.

Copyist :

293.

Or. 4212.— Foil. 299 ; 8 } in. by &± ; 19 lines,
8 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Wednesday, 5 Rabi' II., A.H. 1162 (A.D.
1749). [LANE.]

Another copy of the preceding work.

294.

Or. 4211.— Foil. 113 ; 8| in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi in the
18th century. [LANE.]

ojj

A commentary upon the Shurut al-Salat,
a manual on the legal prescriptions relating
to prayer, according to the Hanafi school.

Beg. «J

X~*>-

The commentator calls himself at the end,
Ibrahim B. Hijazi al-Rashidi, and states that
he completed the work in Dulka'dah, A.H.
1161, in Misr al-Kahirah. He begins with
a sketch of Muhammad's birth and genealogy,
followed by a list of 75 works which he had
consulted.

The text, written in red ink, begins fol. 96,
as follows: J^\ Li^ SLoM k i__>b

Then come the following main divisions :
Fol. 24 J.

j u^g U

Fol. 43J.

Fol. 516.
Fol. 69ct.

Fol. 896. ^

A few shorter sections relating to ablutions,
supererogatory prayers, etc., complete the
work.

Similarly entitled treatises are mentioned
without author's name, by Uri, no. 143, 3 ,
and Turk. MSS., no. 80, 3 ; Fleischer,
Leipzig Catalogue, p. 4416 ; Flugel, Vienna
Catalogue, no. 4, a ; Upsala, nos. 425, 427 ;
Pertsch, no. 777, s ; Berlin, no. 3538 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., pp. 28, 29.

The present commentator ascribes the
text, fol. 1076, to Shams al-Dm al-Fanari,
author of numerous and popular works.
Shams al-Dm Muhammad B. Hamzah al-
Fanari, the great Turkish scholar, died
A.H. 834. See Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 299,
and Shaka'ik, fol. 9. Among his writings
mentioned by Haj. Khal. is a Mukaddimat
al-Salat, vol. vi., p. 83, probably identical
with the present work.

A commentary with the same title and initial
words as the present is attributed in the
Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 42, to another
author, namely, Muslih al-DIn Mustafa B.
Hamzah B. Ibrahim B. Wall al-Dm, who
lived in the eleventh century of the Hijrah,
and was a disciple of Nuh Efendi, who
died A.H. 1007. One of the three copies
there mentioned is dated A.H. 1017.

295.

Or. 1192.— Foil. 401 ; 8} in. by 4J ; 25 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in minute and elegant
Nestalik, with 'Unwan and gold-ruled margins;
dated 24 Rajab, A.H. 1085 (A.D. 1674).

[ALEX. JABA.]

190

LAW.

A commentary by Muhammad B. Fara-
marz B. 'All upon his own treatise on Hanafi
Furii', entitled Ghurar al-Ahkam. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 1216, and Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 312.

Beg.

The author, better known as Menla Khus-
rev, son of a Greek convert, and a celebrated
legist, stood high in the favour of Sultan
Muhammad the Conqueror, by whom he
was appointed as second Kadi of Constanti-
nople, and afterwards raised to the offices
of Kadi 'l-'Askar and Mufti. He died in
the capital, A.IL 885. See the Shaka'ik,
fol. 41 a. His work, a popular text-book in
Turkey, was printed, with a marginal gloss
by Hasan B. 'Ammar al-Shurunbilali, Cairo,
A.H. 1294. For MSS. see the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 213 ; Aumer, no. 316 ;
Rosen, Notices Sommaires, nos. 129 — 32 ;
the Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 48 ; De
Slane, Paris Catalogue, nos. 936 — 42, etc.
The commentary was written, as stated by
the author at the end, A.H. 877—883.

In the early part of the volume there are
marginal notes, mostly from the commen-
taries of Wani (Muh. B. Mustafa, d. A.H.
1000) and of 'Azmi Zadah (Mustafa B. Plr
Muh., d. A.H. 1040). See Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 315).

A tabulated index occupies six pages at
the beginning.

Copyist: ^^ •t,

The last three folios contain a short
treatise by the same author on the right
of tutelage, exercised with regard to emanci-

pated slaves by their masters, with the head-
ing : *yj\ j

Beg. uj^

<^)J* y'j JJO U . . . . yij^ (j
&j3j<i *U Jl\jZ

It is written by another hand, and dated
A.H. 1181.

The Risalah fil-Wila is mentioned in the
Shaka'ik, I.e., as one of the works of Menla
Khusrev. See also Haj. Khal., vol. iii.,
p. 455, where it is stated that the tract was
written A.H. 873. Copies are mentioned in
the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., pp. 611, 630.

296.

Or. 2330.— Foil. 436 ; 8jin.by5f; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in small and cursive
Neskhi, with red -ruled margins, apparently
in the 17th or early 18th century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

Another copy of the Durar al-Hukkam,
with marginal notes, some of which are from
the commentary of al-Shurunbilali (Hasan
B. 'Ammar, d. A.H. 1069; Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 317).

297.

Or. 3682.— Foil. 80; 8£ in. by 6; written
in small and cursive, but legible, Neskhi ;
dated middle, of Jumada I., A.H. 1111
(A.D. 1699). [BUDGE.]

The well-known treatise on the Furu'
according to the Hanafi school, by Ibrahim
B. Muh. B. Ibrahim al-Halabi, who died
A.H. 956. See the Arabic Catalogue, p.
122a, and, for other copies and printed
editions, Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 1032;

HANAFI FTJRU'.

191

De Slane, Paris Catalogue, nos. 956 — 964 ;
the Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 135 ;
Rosen, Marsigli Collection, nos. 189 — 193,
etc.

A French translation has been published
by M. H. Sauvaire, Marseille, 1882.

A tabulated index of contents occupies
four pages at the beginning.

Copyist : (J^>^ ^/> u

298.

Or. 4292.— Foil. 206 ; 8 in. by 5£ ; 15 lines,
3| in. long ; written in Neskhi, A.H. 1230
(A.D. 1815). [BODGE.]

Another copy of the Multaka '1-Abhur.

299.

Or. 1110.— Foil. 844 ; 10f in. by 6f ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in India in the 18th century.

[WARDEN HASTINGS.]

ends with ^'IM u-j^ t_r>lL*'. It corresponds
with pp. 1 — 535 of vol. iii. of the Calcutta
edition. The second, foil. 447 — 843, begins
with L$\ <_->liX and ends with t_>«a»!\ t-^lJLS .
It corresponds with pp. 520 — 759 of vol. iv.,
and pp. 1 — 247 of vol. v. of the same
edition.

The last book is slightly imperfect at the
end. The MS. breaks off in the paragraph
beginning : buS» &a-\ li\ ix*? jfa». See vol. v.,
p. 247, line 14.

There is a table of chapters occupying
two pages at the end.

For MSS. and printed editions see ^
, Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 93.

A volume of al-Fatawa al-'Alamglriyyah,
a vast compilation of legal opinions by
Hanafi doctors, collected and arranged under
•the usual headings, by order of the Emperor
'Alamgir (Aurang/Ib), by Shaikh Nizam and
other Indian jurists.

The work was written in the early part of
the reign of Aurangzib, and is mentioned in
the 'Alamglr Namah, Bibliotheca Indica,
pp. 1086-87. It has been printed in Cal-
cutta, A.H. 1243, in six volumes, and in
Cairo, A.H. 1282.

The present volume, which is endorsed
tfjj^lp i/j& \\ cJ£ J^, consists of two
detached portions of the work. The first,
foil. 1—446, begins with i-*M i— »li/, and

300.

Or. 1111.— Foil. 677; 9fm.by7£; 19 lines,
5 in. long; written in Neskhi by several
hands, apparently in India in the 18th
century. [WAEEEN HASTINGS.]

The last volume of the same work, be-
ginning with i«il5\ \—te^, and ending with

The MS. is imperfect at beginning and
end. According to the original folioing, it
has lost the first three leaves. It begins with
J\ JuJ\ ,j S«it5\ <->b (vol. v. of the Calcutta
edition, p. 25a, line 22), and breaks off
before the end of the 13th Bab of
with these words : OU»- \$la— ^
\^J\ j& l~~*- ^-> corresponding with
p. 658, line 18, of vol. vi.

301.

Or. 3103.— Foil. 180 ; 9J in. by 6£ ; 17 lines,
2f in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi in
the 18th century. [KBEMEE, no. 113.]

192

LAW.

A collection of legal opinions, by Muham-
mad B. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Taj al-Din, Mufti
of Balbek, arranged by the author under
the usual headings of law books.

Beg.

—

-»(

The author, who had applied himself from
his boyhood to the study of law, filled the
offices of (Hanafi) Mufti and professor in
his native place, Balbek. He collected his
Fatwas in the present work in order to
refresh his memory in old age, and to assist
other Muftis in their functions.

The work appears to have been compiled
between A.H. 1111 and 1119. The former
is the date of a question sent to the author
from Tarabulus, fol. 645. The latter is the
date attached to a short extract from Sharh
al-Multaka on the first page.

MaliJcis,

302.

Or. 2989.— Foil. 81 ; lOf in. by 7f ; 25 lines,
5-| in. long ; written in a neat Maghribi
character, with ruled margins and headings
in pale gold, blue and red ; dated Monday,
22 Safar, A.H. 1301, 20 February, A.D. 1884.

j\>j\

i. Foil. 1—165.

A commentary upon the Eisalah of Ibn
Abi Zaid al-Kairawani (d. A.H. 386; v.
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 103«, 766a), by Abu '1-
Hasan 'Ali B. Muh. al-Manufi al-Maliki.

>.j ^\ ^\ 2U,

A supercommentary by 'Ali al-Sa'Idi
al-'Adawi, including nearly the whole of
the above commentary, was printed in
Bulak, A.H. 1281, and reprinted there A.H.
1288. The author is called there Abu '1-
Hasan 'Ali B. Muh. B. Muh. B. Muh. B.
Khalaf al-Manufi. It is further stated that
he was born in Cairo, A.H. 857, was a pupil
of al-Suyuti, and died on the 14th of Safar,
A.H. 939. He wrote no fewer than six
commentaries upon the Risalat Ibn Abi
Zaid, under the following titles: 1. ^U^ Jblc,
the large commentary referred to in the pre-
face ; 2. t^lfU ,3*^ the intermediate com-
mentary designated in the same passage as
Ja-jjJl (a copy of which is noticed in the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 128a, II.) ; 3.
4. j^ u-i^5; 5.

tyjf, the present

6,

work.

At the end of this copy, fol. 1646, is found
a biographical notice of the author, agreeing
in the main with the preceding statements,
and containing a full list of his numerous
works. His name is written there:

See also al-Sana al-Bahir, Add. 16,648,
fol. 259S, where a list of his works is also
given.

The commentary was completed, as stated
at the end, on the 27 Dulhijjah, A.H. 925.

MALIKI FURU'.

193

It includes the entire text of the Risalah, in
short passages or single words, written in
blue or red ink. For other MSS. see Casiri,
no. 1221 ; the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv.,
p. 110; Pertsch, no. 1046; Krafft, p. 173,
no. 470 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iii.,
p. 176 ; and De Slane, Paris Catalogue,
no. 1062. See also Haj. Khal., vol. vi.,
p. 653, no. 209.

II. Foil. 1666— 179a. A commentary by
Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. Muh. B. 'Abd al-
Rahman al-Hattab al-Maliki, upon a metri-
cal treatise by Muhammad Ibn Ghazi in
elucidation of some obscure points of the
Risalah of Ibn Abi Zaid.

Beg. of the Comm. : JUN «u5flM -^iM JlS

Jai

Beg. of the poem :

\f- ^ JIS

The author's full name, as given in the
commentary, is Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B.
Ahmad B. 'Ali B. Ghazi al-'Uthmani (so
called from Banu 'Uthman, a tribe of the
Maghrib) al-Miknasi. He was Imam and
KhaJIb of the Jami' al-Karawiyym in Fas,
and died A,H. 919. According to the Sana
al-Bahir, Add. 16,648, fol. 206ft, he was
born A.H. 841, was the greatest divine of

the Maghrib in his day, and died in Fas (or
according to Casiri, vol. i., p. 369, in Mik-
nasah) in the year above stated. Among his
works enumerated in that notice is the
present, designated as

The poem is stated at the end to have
been completed A.H. 867 :

The commentator adds that he finished
his work on the 6th of Dulhijjah, A.H. 943.
Although a Maghribi by descent, he was
born in Mecca, A.H. 902, and died in Cairo,
A.H. 9*54. See al-Sana al-Bahir, fol. 298,
where among his numerous works the present
commentary is mentioned as <j

III. Fol. 179a. A short metrical treatise
on the solar months of the Julian year, and
the number and length of days in each, by
Abu 'Abdallah Sayyidi Muh. B. 'Uthman al-
Kurtubi, with the heading: JjM ££J1 J\5

Beg.

It was composed, as stated in the epilogue,
in Safar, A.H. 961. The tract is there
designated as J->^ *jfr}» and ^ts 6PeCinc
title is given in this line :

The author gives his name, at variance
with the above heading, in the concluding

verses :

Js,

J

IV. Foil. 130a— 131a. The well-known
o o

194

LAW.

legend relating to the advice given by Satan
to Muhammad: sJ* ^--ofr «U1 «i*J

Copyist : ^

303.

Or. 1438.— Foil. 293; 12^ in. byS^; 34 lines,
and, from fol. 226 to the end, 45 lines, 6 in.
long in a page ; written in a fair Maghribi
character; dated Safar, A.H. 1149 (A.D.
1736).

The second half of an extensive commen-
tary upon the Mukhtasar, or compendium of
Maliki law, of Khalil B. Ishak (see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 127).

Beg.

jij.5) «jii .ii

The MS. has neither title nor author's
name ; but it is found to contain the latter
half of the larger commentary of al-Kharashi,
which was printed, with the supercommen-
tary of 'Ali B. Ahmad al-Sa'Idi al-'Adawi, in
eight volumes, Bulak, A.H. 1299.

The author, Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Abd-
allah B. 'Ali al-Kharashi, of the tribe of
Aulad Sabah al-Khair, derived his Nisbah
from his native place Abu Kharash, a village
of al-Buhairah, Egypt. He waa a disciple
of al-Burhan al-Lakani (d. A.H. 1041, vide
Arabic Catalogue, p. 7666) and of 'Ali al-

Ujhuri (d. A.H. 1066, ib. p. 1296, 768a).
He became the greatest Maliki doctor of his
time, and was looked upon as a saint. He
died in Cairo on the 27th of Dulhijjah,
A.H. 1101. See the notice prefixed to the
Bulak edition, and Jabarti, vol. i., p. 65.

In the present, or larger commentary, the
author refers to the text of Khalil (J*>"3\)
with a <jo in red ink, while the extracts
from his previously written short commen-
tary are marked with <__£.

The present volume begins with the chapter
on sales, and ends with the chapter on the

division of estates, (jeAj&\ aoi J?<i u->b. Its
contents correspond with volumes v. — viii. of
the Bulak edition of the commentary. The
portion of the text included corresponds
with vol. iii., p. 170 — 563, and voll. iv. — vi.
of Perron's French translation.

Al-Kharashi's commentary in four volumes
is noticed by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 447.
Detached volumes of the short commentary
are mentioned by De Slane, Paris Catalogue,
nos. 1093 — 96; by Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue,
nos. 1056 — 57 ; and in the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., p. 168. Compare Perron, Aper9u
preliminaire, pp. xx. and xxii.

The margins contain corrections and notes
in a minute Maghribi character. On the
first page is a deed of gift to Sidi Muhammad,
son of the Saint 'Abdallah B. Sa'id, and,
failing issue, to al-Shaikh al-Sanusi.

Shafi'is.

304.

Or. 3094.— Foil. 77 ; lOf in. by 7 ; 27 lines,
4f in. long ; written in cursive and angular
Neskhi, with occasional vowels, apparently
in the 15th century. [KBEMEB, no. 104.]

SHAFI'I FURU'.

195

An explanation of the difficult words of
Mukhtasar al-Muzani, by Abu '1-Mansur al-
Azhari, with the following title, written by
the same hand as the text : j- - °J &J

Beg.

* tjSi Js- 4^ \4ffjij\ l*j JjjilM Ob)

After praising al-Shafi'i for his insight,
elegance of speech and profound learning,
the author says that he had contemplated
the compiling of a full glossary of all the
difficult words used by him, but that subse-
quently, afraid of the magnitude of the task,
he confined himself to an elucidation of the
rare words occurring in the compendium of
Abu Ibrahim Isma'Il B. Yahya al-Muzani:

The Mukhtasar al-Muzani, a compendium
of the legal teaching of al-Shafi'i, is the
principal text-book of his school. The author,
Abu Ibrahim Isma'il B. Yahya B. Isma'il al-
Muzani, a native of Egypt, and the chief
disciple of al-Shafi'i, died in Misr, A.H. 264.
See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's translation,
vol. i., p. 200 ; Fihrist, p. 212 ; al-Isnawi,
fol. 7a ; and Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 459.
Copies of the Mukhtasar are noticed by
Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 938, and in
the Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 273.

The commentator, Abu Mansur Muhammad
B. Ahmad B. al-Azhar B. Talhah al-Azhari,
an eminent philologer and Shafi'i doctor, was
a native of Herat, and died in that city,
A.H. 370, at the age of eighty-two. See
Ibn Khallikan, vol. iii., p. 48; Ta'rikh al-
Islam, Or. 48, fol. 1166; al-Isnawi, fol. 76 ;
Bughyat al-Wu'at, Or. 3042, fol. 56 ; and
Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 461. In the above

works the present commentary is called
^i^l j*£jff klail ^..-fl-'i. The words are ex-
plained in the order in which they occur in
the Mukhtasar. The first rubric is: U U
rA^ (j J the last is *x<i3^\

It is stated at the end that the MS. was
transcribed from a copy dated A.H. 579.

On the title-page is a short notice of the
commentator, extracted from al-Isnawi.

TJie last five leaves, foil. 736—776, contain
a short fragment on the signs of the resur-
rection, and a longer one, being part of a
commentary upon a versified treatise on the
law of inheritance, by Salih B. Tharair B.
Hamid al-Ja'bari (Taj al-Din Abu '1-Fadl,
who died A.H. 706), entitled u±Aj&\ J "kj^-
See Or. 3098, and Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 535.

305.

Or. 3606.— Foil. 250; 11 in. by 7£; from
19 to 22 lines, 4f in. long; written in a
large cursive and scholarlike hand, with
frequent omission of the diacritical points,
apparently in the 14th century.

A commentary by Abu '1-Kasim 'Abd al-
Karim B. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Karim al-Rafi'i
al-Kazwmi upon al-WajIz, a manual of Shafi'i
jurisprudence, by Abu Hamid Muh. B. Muh.
al-Ghazzali, who died A.H. 505. See Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., p. 428.

This commentary is the most accredited
text-book of the Shafi'i school. The author
died in Kazwin at the age of sixty-six,
A.H. 623. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 438,
note a ; al-Isnawi, fol. 736 ; Ibn Kadi Shuh-
c o 2

196

LAW.

bah, fol. 68 ; Tabakat al-Subki, fol. 2136 ;
and Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 308.

In the present copy, which contains only
the first book, »j\$ia5\ <-->\£X the text of al-
Riifi'i is enlarged by considerable additions
from two later works, viz. cj^aM ,j JuJjjN, by
Yahya B. Sharaf al-Nawawi (d. A.H. 676 ;
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 506), and ,> OU$U
LojJ\, by 'Abd al-Rahim B. Hasan al-Isnawi
(d. A.H. 772 ; Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 278).
The author of the compilation, Taj al-Din
B. Bahadur, who is also the writer of this
MS., is thus designated in a note written by
an early hand on the first page :

. JUS 4)

The above mentioned disciple of Taj al-
Din, namely Shams al-Dm Muh. B. Zain
al-Din Hamid B. Ahmad al-Ansari, Kadi of
Jerusalem, died A.H. 782. See al-Uns al-
Jalll, Or. 1546, fol. 1925, and Inba al-Ghumr,
fol. 39.

The MS. breaks off before the end of the
Book of Purification. The last passage ex-
plained relates to the Tayammum, or ablu-
tion with sand, allowed in cases of illness or

wounds, and begins : j\ ^j

*«x> \»$* J JIS

Some volumes of al-Eafi'i's commentary,
the first of which is described as the author's
autograph, are noticed by De Slane, Paris
Catalogue, nos. 986 — 89. That popular work
is represented by numerous MSS. in the
Khedive's Library, vol. iii., pp: 251 — 254.
They are entered, however, under the title
adopted by Haj. Khal., namely ^jjj*^ &j

The real title, as stated by
Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, I.e., is as above : ,j ^^

A special glossary to that work, al-Misbah
al-Munir, has been often printed in Cairo.

306.

Or. 4287.— Foil. 329; 10J in. by 7J; 25 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi with red
headings; dated 11 Rajab, A.H. 764 (A.D.
1363). [BUDGE.]

The third volume of the Raudat al-Talibm,
a manual of Shiin'i law, abridged from the
Sharh al-Wajiz of al-Rafi'i (no. 305) by
Abu Zakariyya Yahya al-Nawawi (d. A.H.
676 ; v. Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 506), with

the following title :

,>

Beg. «AJJ ,j?

91a

It comprises the following Kitabs : J
fol. 16; iij\J\, fol. 296; ^^H\, fol. 366;
fol. 606 ; ^tyBI, fol. 786 ; WL~J\, fol.
i,U^, fol. 99a; 21^1, fol. 1326; >L*\
fol. 1356 ; iJSjJI, fol. 1476 ; L$, fol.
3*5^, fol. 174a; LuaU^, fol. 184«;
fol. 1976; bUjJI, fol. 2336; Lo.^1,
fol. 3096 ; iwJ«J|, J&\ 3, fol. 319a— 328.
At the end is written

165a

For other MSS. see Uri, nos. 216, 225,
242, 258 ; Nicoll, no. 345 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, no. 990 ; Wiistenfeld, Leben des
Nawawi, p. 53 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., pp. 229—31.

SHAFI'I FURU'.

197

307.

Or. 4293.— Foil. 33 ; 8± in. by 6; 13 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in large and fully
vocalized Neskhi, apparently in the 17th
century. [BUDGE.]

A brief compendium of Shafi'i Furu', by
Abu Shuja' Ahmad B. al-Husain (or al-
Hasan) B. Ahmad al-Isbahani, who was born
A.H. 434, and died some time after A.H. 500
(see Yakut, vol. iii., p. 598).

The first leaf is torn, and a portion of the
initial lines lost. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 4096, and further on Or. 3935, art. i.

The Ghayat al-Ikhtisar, also called Ghayat
al-Takrlb (Haj. Khal., vol. iv., pp. 269, 300),
or al-Takrib, has been printed in Bombay,
A.H. 1297, and, with a commentary entitled

u_*^L5)\ ]e>\&\ -jt* ,j t_*xsr U-O./M £j, in Cairo,
A.H. 1278, 1281, 1285, 1296, 1298, .etc.
(v. the Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 255).
The text has been edited, with a French
translation, by S. Keyzer, Leyde, 1859. For
other copies see the Leyden Catalogue, no.
1788; Aumer, no. 364; Pertsch, no. 942;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 317,
where a wrong date, A.H. 488, is given for
the author's death.

308.

Or. 3739.— Foil. 197 ; 9| in. by 6| ; about
35 lines, 5J in. long ; written in small and
close Neskhi ; dated Sunday, 13 Safar, A.E.
614 (A.D. 1217). [GLASER, no. 23.]

The third volume of al-Bayan, an extensive
work on the Shafi'i Furu', by Yahya B. Abi '1-
Khair B. Salim al-'Imrani, with the following

title : ,> «aa)\ J

The author is called the Shaikh of the
Shafi'is of Yemen. He was born A.H. 489,
and his great work, al-Bayan, consisting of
ten volumes, was begun A.H. 528, and com-
pleted A.H. 533. He died A.H. 558. See
Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, fol. 57J ; al-Isnawi, fol.
and al-Subki, fol. 2826.

In the works just referred to the author is
called, as above, Abu '1-Khair Yahya B.
Abi '1-Khair B. Salim al-'Imrani, while Haj.
Khal., leaving out the father's name, calls
him Abu '1-Khair Yahya B. Salim. The
date of the author's death, A.H. 558, is
recorded at the end of the MS.

This volume begins : **>.&j\ $ ioJj!l c

It includes the following main divisions
(u-»\sO : iojjJ^, fol. 26 ; *>j\Jt\, fol. 8<z ; u-ail,
fol. 14a; iilJl, fol. 29& ; u^\^\, fol. 43a;
»UU^ fol. 53& ; t}r$\, fol. 58a ; ^ &JK,
fol. 776; o^Wl,fol. 856; &m, fol. 91a ;
JajJUS^ fol. 986 ; iJujH, fol. 1066 ; **$, fol.
114a; UUjJ), fol. 120a; ^\, fol. 1466;
, fol. 1606; &W\ o^ j*P,fol. 178a;

ii^l, foil. 184a—1976.

It is stated at the end that the next volume
was to begin with -Kill i^lSJ

Bight volumes of the Bayan are preserved
in the Khedive's Library ; see vol. iii., p. 199.
Two detached volumes of a commentary upon
it are noticed by Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche
Sammlung, nos. 57, 172.

198

LAW.

309.

Or. 4017.— Foil. 59 ; 9f in. by 7$ ; about
30 lines, 5£ in. long ; written in cursive and
very sparely pointed Neskhi, apparently in
the 13th century. [GLASEE, no. 315.]

Fragment of a Shafi'i work on Furii',
without title or author's name.

It is another portion of the preceding work,
belonging apparently to the third volume.
It begins abruptly in the Kitab al-Shuf'ah

i_^\j^, the first paragraph commencing
as follows : 0 >to <•>

The next book i
fol. 86, as follows

J\ gj

. >\j/, which begins,
j

(Coran, xxv., v. 24) .
The next followin books are — Lab\

fol. 146; 3\jU, fol. 20;
1, fol. 36 ; 2^, fol. 426.

fol. 246

The last book breaks off fol. 566. Foil.
57 — 59 are leaves detached from a Coran
written in a fine Thulth character, with ten
lines in a page ; they contain Surah xlvii.,
v. 24—32, and Surah xlviii., v. 24—28.

310.

Or. 4285.— Foil. 143; lO^in. by7|; 15 lines,
4f in. long ; written in neat Neskhi with
vowels, apparently in the 15th or 16th
century. [BUDGE.

A volume of the Muharrar, a treatise on
Shafi'i Furu', with this title :

The author, whose name does not appear,
s Imam al-Dm Abu'l-Kasim 'Abd al-Karim
B. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Karim al-Bafi'i al-
Kazwini (d. A.H. 623 ; see above, no. 305,
and Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 419).

J\3

Beg.

The MS. appears to be defective in some
parts, and it comes to an abrupt termination.
It contains the following Kitabs : _&J\,fol. Ib ;

fol. 146 ; >iiJ1j p-3M, fol. 196 ;
fol. 216; io-jM, fol. 35a; f$S$\ fol. 36a;
fol. 38a; »,\a£j1, fol. 39a ; yUJI, fol.

41a;
fol. 60a ;
fol. 806 ;
846 ; \5J\

fol. 436; olftW^, fol. 53«;
. 70a ; ^
J\LJ, fol. 83a ;

, fol.

J iSJI

», fol. 856 ;
fol. 88a; i>jld
fol. 936
fol. 105a;
fol. 1096; ^)\.
fol. 1126 ; jj JJJ\, fol. 117o
fol. 1196; cAA^fol. 1276; C.
fol. 1336 ; jUI, fol. 1396.

., fol. 876 ;
, fol. 926;
, fol. 96a;
fol. 108a;
fol. 1106;

The above bqoks begin mostly with a
Coranic verse or Hadith on which the
respective laws are based. For other copies
see Loth, no. 278, and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., p. 272.

311.

Or. 4296.— Foil. 240; 12 in. by 8|; 31 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in small and cursive
Neskhi; dated Kabi' II., A.H. 1063 (A.D.
1653). [BUDGE.]

SHAFI'I FURU'.

199

A volume of a commentary upon the
Muharrar (no. 310), without author's name.

ttfS-jjjN cfc? SirtU,.^ 5,1*

The above title is found in the colophon.
The author is, according to Haj. Khal.,
vol. v., p. 420, Abu Bakr al-Shahruzuri.

This volume, which is designated in the
endorsement as forming the third quarter of

the work, -yo^\ ^ csJUM £^M, contains the
text distinguished by a red line drawn over
it, and comprises the following Kitabs : j.,UM,
fol. 2a; iijj«M, fol. la ; OlSaiH, fol. 216;
^, fol. 346 ; Ob jJ1, fol. 526 ;
rjJ1, fol. 766 ; Ju5l Jj»\ JUL5, fol.
fol. 866 ; Vij» j.*, fol. 896 ; ^m **, fol. 94a ;
, fol. 95a; L/*^, fol. 106a ; g*
JJLJ1, fol. 109a ; js-fl, fol. 115a;
, fol. 128a ; ^b jJ\j jjuaH, fol. 1366 ;
, fol. 143a; *M\, fol. 1466; jxJl
fol. 1516 ; wUi^, fol. 156a ; jjjj^, fol.
1686; >USM c_»^<, fol. 174a; oMfriN, fol.
1956; OUjuJlj ^jfr^^, fol. 210a; jLJ^, fol.
;^^1, fol. 2266 ; LU^JI, fol. 23 Oa.

A writer frequently quoted is Taj al-Din
Lflilvio^l). Taj al-Dm B. Mahmud al-Isfa-
handi al-'Ajami was born in Persia, A.H. 729.
After performing his pilgrimage to Mecca
he took up his abode in Halab, where he
taught numerous pupils and wrote a com-
mentary upon the Muharrar. He spent his
last years in Shamakhi, where he died,
A.H. 807 (Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 1546). He

is mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 420,
who calls him Taj al-Din Mahmud B. Muh.
al-Isfahldi al-Kirmani.

The MS. was transcribed from a copy
dated A.H. 1010, the colophon of which is
given.

Copyist: ^

312.

Or. 4295.— Foil. 238 ; llf in. by 8f ; 9 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently in
the 15th or 16th century. [BUDGE.]

A text-book of Shafi'i Furu', imperfect at
both ends, and without title or author's
name.

The MS. begins abruptly in the Book of
Purification. The first complete section
commences, fol. 3, as follows:

The Book of Prayer begins, fol. 46, as
follows : SjLaM ^lj JW <d)\ J\j S^LaM

f *li. JLUI Jk wUj Jl ^,,^11^ J^

t_jj4\ ti*Sj y> J I-HJ^ ^ j-o

The last extant book, ^JH>^ ^>^, begins,
fol. 237J : U^P^O ^»-j W1 &J* «U1

Jloi ^..fr JU a]

Comparison with no. 310 shows that the
present work is an abridgment of the
Muharrar. It follows closely its divisions,
and agrees with it to some extent verbally,
but with much condensation.

Copious notes in a small character crowd
the margins and the spaces between the

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lines. Many of them are ascribed to
i.e., 'Ala al-DIn 'AH B. Isma'Il al-Kunawi,
a learned Turk, who commented the Hawi
and the Mukhtasar al-Minhaj, and died
A.H. 729 (Durar al-Kaminah, vol. ii., fol. 5).
Others are taken from a commentary upon
the Muharrar,^*? rJi>, not further specified.

313.

Or. 4291.— Foil. 264; llin.by7J; 25 lines,
5J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
2 Jumada I., A.H. 863 (A.D. 1459).

[BUDGE.]

A commentary upon the Minhaj al-Talibm,
by Badr al-DIn B. Taki al-Din [Abi Bakr]
B. Ahmad, called Ibn Kadi Shuhbah al-
Asadi al-Shafi'i, who died A.H. 874. See
Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 209, and the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 1365 and 769«.

Beg. . . . alu
-j!a

L-JJaJ
<dM C

v^J *Sfl

J *

Minhaj al-Talibin is an abridgment by
Yahya B. Sharaf al-Nawawi (d. A.H. 676)
of the Muharrar of al-Kafi'i (no. 310). See
Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 204. It has been
published with a French translation, by van
den Berg, Batavia, 1882—84. For MSS.
and commentaries see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 410a; Loth, nos. 279—284; Pertsch,
nos. 955 — 963 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
1002—1011; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., pp. 279, 240.

The commentator is named in the colophon :

He says that he followed the 'Ijalah, a
previous commentary by Siraj al-DIn Ibn al-
Mulakkin ('Umar B. 'AH, d. A.H. 804; v.
Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 205, and the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 136a), but only in order to
improve upon it, to correct the errors of the
writer, and to refute his arguments. This
is the shorter of two commentaries written
upon the Minhaj by the author. It must
have been written before A.H. 851, for the
author refers in the preface to his father,
who died in that year, as still living. For

the larger commentary, entitled _l^a^ ali^
\$ii\ _^ ,J\, see the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., p. 191.

The commentary includes the entire text
of the Minhaj, written in red, and extends
from Sj^laN ujlSJ to u^i^ t-r1^ ^ne latter
beginning fol, 25 la,

It is stated in the colophon that this copy
was transcribed from the author's own MS.
for Shaikh Zain al-DTn 'Umar B. Ahmad B.
Taki al-Din B. Tarik al-Tabari,

314.

Or. 4294.— Foil. 172 ; 11 in. by 8f; 35 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in small Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 16th century. [BUDGE.]

A commentary upon a law-book, imperfect
at beginning and end, and endorsed

It is the commentary entitled (
L_,'5Ua!\ ^xc ~jZj, written by Zain aLDIn Abu
Yahya Zakariyya B. Muh. al-An?ari al-
Sunaiki (d. A.H. 926) upon his own com-
pendium of the Minhaj al-Taliblq of al-

SHAFI'I FURU'.

201

Nawawi (no. 313), entitled i

See Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 209, and the

Arabic Catalogue, pp. 1366 and 769a.

The Manhaj al-Tullab has been printed in
Cairo, A.H. 1285, and the author's commen-
tary will be found on the margins of the
Hashiyah of Sulaiman al-Bajirami, printed
in four volumes, Cairo, A.H. 1286.

The first words extant of the text are
&*J, (*j\j ^ki~>\ J. They belong to &U> «— A>
siUH, the third Bab of Kitab al-Salat (Cairo
edition, p. 12, line 11). The MS. breaks off
in the course of the chapter entitled i— »b
i.H)\ ija/', the fifth section of Hi* i-jljtf
(Cairo edition, p. 142).

See for the text the Library of the Khe-
dive, vol. iii., p. 289, and, for the commen-
tary, ib., p. 258, Loth, no. 281, and the
Leyden Catalogue, no. 1823.

315.

Or. 2898.— Foil. 545 ; 10± in. by 6f ; 31 lines,
4f in. long ; written in small and close
Persian Neskhi, with ruled margins ; dated
Abarkuh, from the 1st of Dulka'dah, A.H.
837, to the 6th of Jumada II., A.H. 838
(A.D. 1434-5).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

A commentary upon al-Hawi, the standard
text-book of Shafi'i Furu', by Najm al-DIn
'Abd al-Ghaffar B. 'Abd al-Karlm al-Kazwini,
who died A.H. 665. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 1346, and Haj. Khal., under i/jlU
, vol. iii., p. 5.

The work is divided into four quarters
(«j,), a division not found in the MS. of the
original, Add. 6532, noticed in the Arabic
Catalogue. The first quarter, treating of

acts of worship, otaU«M Q, wants several

leaves at the beginning. The first passage

explained, ^i^'j u-^ *~»

belongs to the third chapter,

of the Book of Purification, X)VtU\ <-. >\>. It

occurs on fol. 96, line 1, of Add. 6532.

The second quarter, O^l«U^ *>,, treating of
sales and other civil transactions, begins, fol.
143 a, as follows : J^ M*^. M *-M L->b

The third quarter, -&l\ gJ9 deals with
marriage, divorce, etc. It begins, fol. 2956 :
tj»\ J\

The fourth quarter, ObUii Q, begins,

fol.

The commentary does not include the
text, but only the first words of passages
explained, preceded by «5y.

The author, whose name does not appear,
must have lived in the 8th century of the
Hijrah, certainly before A.H. 837, the date
of the present copy. He quotes incidentally
previous commentators, namely, the author
of al-Misbah, i.e., Diyfi al-DIn 'Abd al-'Aziz
B. Muh.' al-Tusi, who died A.H. 706 (v. Haj.
Khal., vol. iii., p. 6), and the author of al-
Ta'likah, i.e., 'Ala al-DIn 'All B. Israa'il al-
Kunawi, who died A.H. 729 (v. Haj. Khal.,
ib., and al-Isnawi, fol. 1366).

202

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Copyist :

The passages of the text, only partially
included in the commentary, have been com-
pleted in the margin by a later scribe, Ahmad
B. Mahmud al-Iji, A.H. 910.

For copies of al-Hfiwi and its commen-
taries see the Bodleian Catalogue, vol. i.,
no. 186, vol. ii., no. 94, and p. 517& ; Pertsch,
Gotha Catalogue, no. 950 ; De Slane, Paris
Catalogue, nos. 997-98 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., p. 236-37.

316.

Or. 3834.— Foil. 298 ; 8£ in. by 6f ; from 20
to 22 lines, 4J in. long; written in small
Neskhi, apparently in Yemen, in the 16th
century. [GLASER, no. 122.]

A commentary upon al-Irshad, a treatise
on the Shafi'i Furu', by Ibn al-Mukri.

Beg. . . . &\

J\

Beg. of the text .-

all

The Irshad is an abridgment, with com-
ments and additions, of the work above
mentioned, jtj^\ ,jj^. Its full title is iiU»j\
.jrjlU ^A!L-« J\ ^jUn. See tbe Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., p. 191 ; the Bodleian Cata-
logue, vol. i., p. 72, no. 186, vol. ii., p. 571 ;
and Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung,no. 49.

The author, Sharaf al-Dm Isma'il B. Abi

Bakr Ibn al-Mukri al-Shawari (so called from
the Banu Shawar, a tribe in Yemen), was
born in Abyat Husain, district of Surdad,
A.H. 755. He taught law in the Madrasahs
of Ta'izz and Zabid, and stood high in the
favour of the Easuli sovereigns, al-Ashraf
and al-Nasir. He died in Safar, A.H. 837.
See al-Ahdal, Or. 1345, fol. 195, and Tiraz,
Or. 2425, fol. 1 98a.

The commentator, whose name does not
appear, is probably the author himself, who,
as we learn from Haj. Khal., vol, i., p. 256,
wrote a commentary upon his own Irshad in
two volumes. The title, however, which Nicoll
I.e. assigns to that commentary, ^jM t_>«5^,
is not found in this copy.

The first two pages, containing the pre-
face, have been supplied by a modern hand.
The original writing begins, fol. 3a, with the
last line of the preface, followed by the
heading : SJ\^la)\ k__?U y> t-^b. The chapter on

sale, x±d\ ,j L-Aj, which immediately follows
the chapter on pilgrimage, begins at fol. 177a.
The last heading is s^U^I L-A>.> fol. 292&.
The MS. breaks off before the end of that
chapter. The word& of the text are written
in red ink.

317.

Or. 4297.— Foil. 146 ; 10| in. by 8 ; 28 lines,
5|- in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently
in the 15th century. Many leaves more or
less torn have been repaired, and the text
supplemented by later hands. [BUDGE.]

A treatise on Shafi'i Furu'.
Beg.

SHAFI'I FURU'.

203

The author, -whose name is not given, is,
according to Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 484,
Jamal al-Dm Yusuf B. Ibrahim al-Ardablli
al-Shafi'i, who died A.H. 799. The head-
ings of the chapters are given by Loth,
no. 286. The present MS. contains only the
first part of the work, extending from i_>W
to i-oM (— >\i4, in which it breaks off.

318.

Or. 2899.— Foil. 408 ; 9 in. by 6f ; from 21
to 23 lines, 4 in. long ; written in rude and
cursive Neskhi, apparently in the 18th
century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

A commentary by Jamal al-Din al-Ramli
upon a metrical treatise on Shafi'i law,
entitled Safwat al-Zubad, by Ahmad B.
Raslan.

Beg. of the Comm. : *

Beg. of the Poem :

The author of the text, whose full name is
Shihab al-Dm Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad B.
Husain B. Hasan . . . Ibn Raslan al-Ramli
al-Makdisi al-Shafi'i, was born in Ramlah,
A.H. 773 or 775. He subsequently settled
in Jerusalem, where he died in Sha'ban,
A.H. 844. He was in high repute as the
head of the orthodox Sufis, and left numer-

ous works, relating mostly to law and Hadith,
among which the Safwat al-Zubad is men-
tioned, with a full commentary upon it, as
well as a shorter one. See al-Uns al-Jalil,
Add. 1546, fol. 206a, and a notice extracted
from al-Munawi's commentary and prefixed
to the edition of the poem printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1285.

The title Safwat al-Zubad, by which the
work is designated in the present and other
commentaries, as well as by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 105, does not occur in the text.
The fourth line, IfrUk? jjj ^ j^» **>3, implies,
according to the commentator, that the
poem is a metrical version of the Zubad of
al-Barizi. There is, in fact, a treatise entitled
aaftM j jjj)\ among the numerous works of
Hibat Allah B. 'Abd al-Rahim al-Barizi,
who died A.H. 738. See al-Durar al-
Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 155.

The name of the commentator is found in
this title, prefixed by the same hand as the

text : \ Jj J*

In a copy of the last section of the same
commentary noticed by Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, no. 1824, the commentator is
called Shihab al-Dm Ahmad al-Ramli. His
full name is Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B. Hamzah
al-Ramli al-Manufi al-Misri. He was a dis-
ciple of Shaikh al-Isliim Zakariyya al-Ansari,
after whose death he enjoyed the highest
authority in Egypt. He died in Cairo,
A.H. 957. See al-Kawakib al-Sa'irah, fol.
120 ; al-Sana al-Bahir, fol. 305 ; and Lawa-
kih al-Anwar, Add. 19,914, fol. 333, where
his commentary upon Safwat al-Zubad is
mentioned among his works. In the Khe-
dive's Library, however, vol. iii., p. 246, the
DD 2

204

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present commentary is ascribed to his son
Shams al-Din Muh. B. Ahmad B. Hamzah
al-Ramli, who died A.H. 1004, and who
wrote also a commentary, distinct from that
of his father, upon the same work. See
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 344.

The main part of the metrical treatise
deals with the Furu', but it contains also a
Mukaddimah treating of the Usul, and a
short Khatimah on Sufism.

The MS. is imperfect at the end ; it breaks
off in the explanation of the last line of
i_.>b (see the Bulak edition, p. 34).

For copies of the text and other commen-
taries see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 6785 ;
the Bodleian Catalogue, vol. i., no. 270, and
vrol. ii., p. 575a ; the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iv., p. 152-3; Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue,
nos. 919 — 921 ; Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
nos. 1822-23 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., pp. 232, 272, vol. vii., p. 523.

Hanbalis.

319.

Or. 4288.— Foil. 184; 10Jin.by6f; 27 lines,
5| in. long ; written in fine Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 14th century ; the latter
part, foil. 144 — 184, in a more cursive
character about the same time. [BuDGK.]

The first volume of a commentary by
Abu 'Abdallah Shams al-Dm Muhammad B.
'Abdallah al-Zarkashi upon the compendium
of Hanbali Furu' called Mukhtasar al-
Khiraki, with this title :

Beg.

S. A\ J-P

£15! JVS

^\

> JUS

jlJk-i'

>b-S !JJ»

The author of the text is Abu '1-Kasim
'Umar B. al-Husain B. 'Abdallah al-Khiraki
al-Hanbali, who died in Damascus, A.H. 334.
See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. ii.,
p. 377 ; Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 443 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 298.

The commentator appears to have lived
about the close of the seventh century of
the Hijrah. He quotes an earlier commen-
tary on the same work, the Mughni of
Muwaffik al-Dm 'Abdallah B. Ahmad B.
Kudamah, who died A.H. 620 (Haj. Khal.,
ib.), and Abu '1 - Barakat, author of al-
Muharrar, i.e., Majd al-Din Abu '1-Barakat
'Abd al-Salam B. 'Abdallah Ibn Taimiyyah,
who died A.H. 652 (Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., p. 297). The commentary is very
full; it includes only short passages of the
text, preceded by J\5, and separated by the
letter ,ji from the following comments.

The volume comprises the following Kitabs:
, fol. 25; 3&aB, fol. 366 ; tty, fol. lOOa ;
fol. 121* ; cJ&rtJl, fol. 132a ;

fol. 134a; and il AUI, fol. 162a— 184. At
the end is written c_,UJ" »jJo

On the first page is a note of purchase
dated A.H. 812.

CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE SUNNI SCHOOLS.

205

Controversy letween the Sunni Schools.

320.

Or. 1196.— Foil. 116 ; 9J in. by 7 ; from 12
to 18 lines, about 4 in. long ; written in
large angular Neskhi, apparently in Yemen,
with vowels, but with frequent omission of
the diacritical points ; dated Rajab, A.H. 787
(A.D. 1385). [ALEX. JABA.]

A metrical treatise on the debated points
of law, by Abu Hafs 'Umar B. Muh. al-
Nasafi, who died A.H. 537. See the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 1276, 541 a.

Beg.

There are copious marginal notes. For
the contents see Fleischer, Dresden Cata-
logue, no. 130, and, for other copies, the
Khedive's Library, vol. iii., p. 138, vol. vii.,
p. 85 ; and the Catalogues of Leyden, vol. iv.,
p. 112 ; Gotha, no. 1150 ; and Copenhagen,
no. 67, where the headings of chapters are
given. For the author's life see Ibn Kutlu-
buga, p. 34, no. 140.

The last page contains the first seventeen
lines of a metrical treatise on the law of
inheritance.

Beg. JW> Ujj j-»* ^ $\&\ £fti~i \- jy

It is the work known as al-Rahbiyyah.
See Pertsch, no. 1111.

The preceding four pages contain observa-
tions on some legal questions, transcribed
by 'Ali B. Da'ud B. Husain al-Zaila'i.

321.

STOWE, Or. 5.— Foil. 141; llf in. by 7£ ;
12 lines, 4|- in. long ; written in large
Neskhi with vowels, apparently in the 17th
century.

Another copy of the Manzumah fi'1-Khila-
, with copious interlinear glosses and
more extensive notes, written in a small
character in the margins.

322.

Or. 3109.— Foil. 47 ; 7* in. by 5£ ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in rather cursive, but
distinct and scholarlike, Neskhi ; about
A.H.. 870 (A.D. 1465).

[KREMEB, no. 119.]

I. Foil. 1—14. ^JU ^ jj^-N, r>3l

A treatise on the four orthodox schools of
jurisprudence, by al-Kafiyaji.

- U

Beg. »-

The author's name, which does not appear
in the MS., is given by Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 412. Shams al-Din, afterwards Muhyi
al-Din, Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad B. Sulai-
man B. Sa'd B. Sa'id, surnamed al-Kafiyaji,

was born in ^ aj^} province of Sarukhan,
A.H. 801. . He entered Cairo shortly after
A.H. 830, and became Shaikh of the Shaikh-
uniyyah. Al-Suyuti, who attended his teach-
ing for fourteen years and looked upon him
as a father, states that he died on the 4th of
Jumada I., A.H. 879. See Bughyat al-Wu'at,
Or. 3042, fol. 266, a full notice by Ibn
Tulun, Or. 3046, fol. 131a, who enumerates
a vast number of his works, but not the
present, and Ibn Ayas, Add. 18,515, fol. 1806.

The treatise consists of the following three
Babs : I. Definition of the term Madhab, and
discussion of the questions connected with
Ijtihad and Taklid, fol. 16. II. On the
belief of a follower, JJiV, with regard to his
own school and to others, fol. 94. III. A
short account of the founders of the four
schools, viz., Abu Hamfah, Malik, al-Shafi'i
and Ibn Hanbal, fol. 136.

206

LAW.

The author states at the end that he com-
pleted the work on the last of Dulka'dah,
A.H. 866.

J ju

II. Foil. 15—47.

A commentary upon the preceding treatise.

Beg. sab*

The author says in the preface that he
wrote this commentary by desire of a noble
personage, Amir Kanim, 3$ js$\. As he
occasionally refers to the words of the text
as Uy, it is clear that the commentator is
no other than the author of the text. The
commentary was finished, as he states at the
end, on the 6th of Shawwal, A.H. 869.

The copyist, Ahmad B. Ibrahim B. Muh.,
called Ibn al-Sarim al-Hanafi, says that he
transcribed the above statement from the
original writing of the author, to whom he

refers as still living : £&* ,j d\ ~J wJ^ JIS

323.

Or. 3097.— Foil. 46 ; 7J in. by 5J ; 19 lines,
4 in. long; written in a neat Maghribi
character, about A.H. 888 (A.D. 1483).

[KEEMEB, no. 107.]

A refutation of the attack of al-Kadi 'lyad.
upon him (i.e. al-Shafi'i), who made the
invocation of blessings upon the Prophet an
obligatory part of the legal prayer ; by Kutb
al-Dm Abu '1-Khair Muh. B. Mull. al-Haidari
al-Dimashki al-Shafi'i. See Haj. Khal., vol.
iii., p. 548.

Beg.

^^ Jfi

After speaking in terms of great admira-
tion of the Shifa bita'rif Hukuk al-Mustafa',
by the Kadi 'lyad B. Musa al-Yahsubi
(v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 97$), which he had
made his constant companion, the author
states that he had written a commentary
upon it, entitled litM klaM^.^ \&*A\ (v. Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., p. 61), in which he reproved
the writer's attack upon al-Shafi'i. He
afterwards refuted it at length in his lectures
in the Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyyah, and,
at the request of a friend, he set forth in the
present work his arguments in support of
al-Shafi'i's opinion.

The treatise is divided into a Mukaddimah
and two Fasls.

The author, who is called by Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii., p. 44, and vol. iii., p. 617, Mufti of
Damascus, .UN ,_^i», died, according to the
same author, A.H. 894,

In the colophon the author states that he
wrote this MS. from his rough draft in
Damascus, A.H. ' 862 :

But this has evidently been transcribed from
an earlier MS. The writing of the present
one is decidedly Maghribi, although it con-
forms, with regard to the punctuation of
uJ and j, to the Oriental usage.

CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE SUNNI SCHOOLS.

207

On the last page and in another hand (that
of the author) is a licence granted by him for
teaching this treatise and his other works to
the writer of the present copy, al-Sharlf Radi
al-Dln Muh. B. Mansur al-Husaini al-Halabi,
who finished reading it on the 13th of
Muharram, A.H. 888, in the author's house
in Cairo. It is signed Muh. B. Muh. B.
'Abdallah al-Haidari al-Shafi'i.

324.

Or. 3197.— Foil. 109; 10± in. by 5£;
17 lines, 3|- in. long; written in large and
fair Neskhi, with 'Unwan and red-ruled
margins ; dated Wednesday, 7 Sha'ban,
A.H. 1034 (A.D. 1625).

[KEEMEE, no. 206.]

«a^I uVjxJI (fol. 70*).

A treatise showing how the divergencies
of the doctors of the law can be reconciled ;
by 'Abd al-Wahhab B. Ahmad al-Sha'rani,
who died A.H. 973. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 342, note d, and al-Munawi, fol. 357.

The author was troubled in his mind about
the discrepancies of the doctors of the law,
and could find no one able to settle his
doubts, until, in answer to his prayer, " our
Lord Abu '1- Abbas Khidr " appeared to him,
A.H. 931, on the terrace of the Jam!' al-
Ghamri, and, at his request, gave him the
scales, w]}j^, by means of which these
divergencies could be reconciled.

The Mlzan proper ends at fol. 705. The
rest of the volume is occupied by a Khatimah,
in which the said standard is applied to

various debated questions relating to purifi-
cation and prayer.

The work was completed, as stated at the
end, in Cairo, on the 17th of Ramadan,
A.H. 963.

Haj. Khal. calls it sjiiyiM u^, vol. vi.,
p. 285. The same title is given by Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, no. 3045, and in the Paris
Catalogue, no. 814. This copy was tran-
scribed from the author's autograph MS.

*

Copyist : IjL ^WjxDl Lfj^»«J' J* ^

The Mizan has been printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1272 and 1279. See also the Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., p. 383.

325.

Or. 4298.— Foil. 226 ; llf in. by 8 ; 35 lines,
5 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi with red-
ruled margins ; dated Ramadan, A.H. 1113
(A.D. 1701). [BUDGE.]

Another copy of the same work, with the
title :

326.

Or. 4299.— Foil. 291 ; S| in. by 5f ; 15 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in small and cursive
Neskhi, apparently in the 16th century.

[BUDGE.]

A treatise on Sunni Furii', imperfect at
beginning and end.

The MS. has the appearance of an auto-
graph MS., having several passages erased
and others substituted for them. The
author, whose name does not appear, follows
the usual order of law-books, and gives on
every subject a large number of Hadiths

208

LAW.

and the opinions of the great doctors, Abu
Hanlfah, al-Shafi'i and Malik, as well as
copious quotations from al-Grhazzali. But
he mixes up with the strictly legal questions
a great deal of religious and Sufi comments.
From this and from the numerous verses of
Maulana Rumi added in the margin he
would seem to have been a religious charac-
ter, perhaps a Maulawi, rather than a pro-
fessional Faklh.

The MS. begins abruptly in the midst of
an introduction treating of lawful and un-
lawful science. Then comes a chapter on
understanding, beginning: JUJ JlxM ,j

j liA. JLo j\

J13

The first legal chapter, treating of purifi-
cation, fol. 115, has the following heading:

The most important of the subsequent
headings are as follows :

Fol. 32a.

Fol. 98a.

j.yflj

. 121ft.

Fol. 130a,

Then come chapters on the holiness of the
Coran and of the several Surahs, on various
prayers, and on what is lawful or unlawful.
The latter part of the work treats of civil
law in the usual order : «juH, fol. 202 ;
fol. 216«; JwlN, fol. 219a; S\*l4l, fol.

U*j®, fol. 2255; al», fol. 2295, etc. It
ends with some rules and observances of
religious life.

Endorsed by a recent hand,

SECTARIAN LAW-BOOKS.

Ibadis.

327.

Or. 2434.— Foil. 73 ; 11£ in. by 8 ; 20 lines,
5y in. long ; written in a rather rude and
cursive Neskhi, apparently in the 19th
century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The Diwan of Ahmad B. al-Nazr al-
Samau'ali al-'Umani al-lbadi, with the title :

Beg.

Jl?

+>.>

The Diwan is alphabetically arranged, and
consists of twenty-five didactic poems, treat-
ing severally of the precepts of the law with
regard to ablutions, fasting, pilgrimage,
sales, divorce, inheritance, unlawful drinks,
tithes, and other legal subjects, according to
the Ibadi sect. Three are strictly theological,
and have the following headings :

Fol. 175. SijjSM Jft'i^lj JUftN ji». J

Fol. 62a.

Foi. 715.

Ahmad B. al-Nazr is quoted in the Kamus
al-Shari'ah (see above, p. 122), vol. v.,
pp. 65, 67.

IBADI FURU'.

328.

Or. 2915.— Foil. 193 ; 8£ in. by 6J- ; 13 lines
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 19th century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES."

The second volume of a commentary upon
the preceding Diwan, u\yi ^J»

Beg.

<j JVii

y* IfcJ JiOli yW\ j JN

The text of the poems is written entire
and in red ink ; but their arrangement is
not, as in the preceding MS., alphabetical.
The first of the present MS. begins at fol.
386 of the preceding, and the first poem of
the latter begins at fol. 123a of the present
MS. The commentary deals principally in
verbal explanations, and contains copious
poetical quotations. The name of its author
does not appear. He is probably identical
with Muhammad B. Wassaf, who is men-
tioned in the Kamus al-Shari'ah, vol. viii.,
p. 307, as commentator of the poems of Ibn
al-Nazr :

329.

Or. 2085.— Foil. 70 ; 8f in. by 6$; 15 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi on
European paper in the 19th century.

[Presented by SIR JOHN KIBE.]

A full exposition of creed and law, accord-
ing to the Ibadi sect, by Darwish B. Jum'ah
B. 'Umar al-Mahruki al-Ibadi al-Adami al-
'Umani.

Ul . . .

w

Prefixed to the work is a table of the
sixty-seven Babs of which it consists, where
the author's name appears as follows :

J*

WAS-

yi

According to that table, the work com-
prised all the usual heads of legal books ;
but the present MS. contains only the first
nineteen Babs, which treat of religious belief
and obligations. Their headings are as
follows :

Fol. 56. *iyij fLJl «.JJ. J 1.

Fol. 96. i

2.

Fol. lib. $ U ^ JUo «U1 jj^-y J 3

Fol.

Fol. 23a.
Fol. 28«.
Fol. 306.

4.

5.

6.

Jlib Uj *la
I *_»,*., s}LJJ yVs^yi ^3 7

iojj Uj

Fol. 43a.

*j 8.

B E

210

LAW.

The next following Babs, 9—16, foil. 466
— 58o, treat of special kinds of prayers, such

as iifrU^ s&o, u±>.Jti »&e, ji-M »iL«, etc.
Then come the following Babs :

Fol. 59a. U »2J U3 - S5\ »to\ 17.

Fol. 656.

Fol. 676. a-iiuj U,

18.

J 19.

330.

Or. 3327.— Foil. 470; 10 Jin. by 7i; 24 lines,
3f in. long; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Isfahan, from 1 Jumada II., A.H. 1045, to
20 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1046 (A.D. 1635—37).

[H. A. STERN.]

A treatise of law according to the Shl'ah
tradition, by Abu Ja'far Muhammad B. 'Ali
B. al-Husain, called Ibn Babawaih al-Kummi,
who died in Rai, A.H. 381. See Tusy's List
of Shy'ah books, p. 304; Majalis al-Muminin,
fol. 223; Kisas al-'Ulama, pp. 293—99;
Muntaha '1-Makal, p. 282 ; and the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 3856.

Beg

\

\x>\

The author composed this -book at the
request of the Sharif Muh. B. al-Hasan B.
Ishak, called Ni'mat Allah, whom he met in

Balkh, and who suggested to him the above
title in imitation of the work of al-Razi,
entitled

The work is divided into four Juz, each of
which comprises a great number of sections
called Babs. Juz I. treats of ablution and
prayer. It begins, fol. 2a, with »U^ i— »b
V^j\a2j \&j$fj, and ends with 3jLa5\j^y L-^b.
Juz II. treats of the legal alms, of fasting and
pilgrimage. It begins, fol. 1176, with 2* i»->b
Sj$j5l i_. >j*-j, and ends with prescriptions
relating to the visitation of the tombs of the
Imams. Juz III. and IV. treat of civil law.
Juz III. begins, fol. 2356, with jy£ ^ t->b
&j.5\ f^-& , and ends with "up* <— >b
*, p &\ &£ J^\j)\^J\. Juz IV.
begins, fol. 3506, with LSd\ ,jbUe
and ends with ^_>lj^J\ <-?>^ j>-\

The last chapter contains precepts ad-
dressed by Muhammad to 'Ali, and other
utterances of the Pr"ophet. In an appendix,
foil. 4496 — 4696, the author gives his Isnads
for all the Hadiths quoted in the work.

Copyist : ,_yu-ii +J&M ^x« ^ J^La ±^ j*e

On the last page is a licence dated Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 1046, granted to the copyist,
there called Amir Sulaiman al-Husaini al-
Tuni al-Najafi, by Ahmad B. Zain al-'Abidm
al-'Alawi, before whom he had read the
work.

Sayyid Nizam al-Dm Ahmad B. Zain al-
'Abidin al-'Alawi al-'Amili, by whom the
above licence is signed, was a disciple of
Muh. Bakir Damad and of Baha al-Dm al-
'Amili. One of his numerous works is a
refutation of Geronimo Xavier, entitled Mas-
kal i Safa (Persian Catalogue, p. 286). See
Nujum al-Sama, p. 71.

For other copies of Ibn Babawaih's work

SHI'AH FURU'.

211

see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 41 5o. ; the
Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii., nos. 84 — 86;
and Loth, no. 289. A commentary upon
the same by Muh. Taki Majlisi is noticed in
the Petersburg Catalogue, no. 253.

331.

Or. 3585.— Foil. 276 ; 9f in. by 6£ ; 25 lines,
65- in. long ; written in fair old Neskhi,
probably in the 1 2th century, with the
exception of foil. 77-78, 157, 161—181, and
275, which have been supplied by a some-
what later hand and are dated al-Hillah,
Jumiida I., A.H. 697 (A.D. 1298).

[S. CHURCHILL.]

The first volume of an extensive work on
Furu' according to the Shl'ah sect, by
Muhammad B. al-Hasan al-Tusi, with the
following title written by the hand of the
original scribe ; .-a..,:^ ^ &Si5\ ,j

Beg.

Abu Ja'far Muh. B. al-Hasan B. 'Ali al-
Tusi, the great doctor of the Shl'ah, em-
phatically called Shaikh al-Ta'ifah, or simply
al-Shaikh, was born A.H. 385, lived chiefly
in Baghdad, and died in Najaf, A.H. 460.
His Kitab al-Mabsut is praised as a match-
less work, and the eighty-one books it com-
prises are enumerated in full in " Tusy's
List of Shy'ah Books," p. 286. See also
Majalis al-Muminin, Add. 16,716, fol. 237 ;
Muntaha '1-Makal, p. 269 ; Kisas al-'Ulama,
.p. 312 ; and Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 73.

The author was induced to write this work,

as he states in the preface, by the taunts of
legists of adverse sects, who reproached the
Imamiyyah with their deficiency in treatises
on the Furu*. He refers to a work written

long since by himself, b\$£\ S-»^L/, in which
he had set forth the leading principles of the
law according to the traditions of his school,
and he proposes in the present work, to set
forth in full detail their application to par-
ticular points of law. It embraces, he says,
both.Usul and Furu', and is more compre-
hensive than any work of the adversaries, not
to speak of the Shi'ah, who, with the excep-
tion of his own Kitab al-Nihayah, possessed
only compendiums.

The work is divided into books, <
some of which are subdivided into chapters,
J-aJ. The following are the Kitabs con-
tained in the present volume : Sj^UV fol. 3a ;

u^\ fol. 166 ; SjUM, fol. 27a; j\~J\ *£o,
fol. 516 ; **+£, fol. 54« ; i&lJ*, fol. 576 ;
, fol. 61a ; u>.±^\ *£*>, fol. 63a ;

, fol. 64a ; jVJ, fol. 646 ; ity,

fol. 706 ; »>iN, fol. 87a ;
Jfli% fol. 886; fyJ\, fol. 956;
fol. 1026; J', fol. 1046 ; L5*iuWj \^\ fol.
132a ; ^j\ i>-j ^\ fol. 135a ; »_y£
,fol. 145a; ^.Ui!\j Jl\ 'i^, fol. 153<J ;

, fol. 157a; ^J>\ fol. 187a; j}\ fol.
; u*X&\ fol. 212a ; j^\ fol. 221a ;

, fol. 223a ; *J^, fol. 2306 ; UU-J\, fol.
2336; '6j*\ fol. 240a ; *J^, fol. 2456;
}}1Kt fol. 260a ; h}^\ foil. 273a— 275a.

The volume is designated in the colophon
as the first of al-Mabsut, ^j-jtt ^ Jj^jj^ f,
and it is added that the next volume was to
t_-»Vl/

E E 2

begin with

212

LAW.

The scribe who wrote the supplementary
leaves, including the last, calls himself

At the beginning is a table of contents in
the handwriting of the original scribe, and
at the back of the same leaf, is an entry
relating to the birth of a son, Abu '1-Kasim
'Ali B. Yusuf B. Mutahhar, A.H. 635. This
was the elder brother of the well-known
Shi'ah scholar, Hasan B. Yusuf B. Mutahhar
al-Hilli, who was born A.H. 648. Both his
father, who made the above entry, and his
elder brother are mentioned as scholars of
note. See Amal al-Amil, pp. 40, 56, and
Muntaha '1-Makal, p. 335.

332.

Or. 4028.— Foil. 175 ; 7f in. by 6£ ; 14 lines,
3 in. long ; written in fair Persian Neskhi,
apparently in the 16th century.

[GrLASEK, no. 330.]

A Shi'ah work on the Furu', imperfect at
beginning and end.

The first paragraph begins :

M J\ c
Kitab al-Salat begins, fol. 8a, as follows :

*«J

*ju«

The next following books are

fol. 30a ;
fol. 38a ;
fol. 45a;
fol. 73a, etc.

, fol. 37a ; »
, fol. 44a ;

. 68a; i

The last books are (jo\*a&\ <-^, fol. 1666,
and c^>M V^, fol. 172a. The MS. breaks
off after the first four leaves of the last.

The work proves to be xfl^^oli? *jli)l,
an abridgment by Najm al-Dln Abu '1-Kasim
Ja'far B. al-Hasan al-Hilli, of his own work
entitled ^ J^Ai Jjl-- j ^W ^\^,,

noticed in the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 725a,
415a. The Mukhtasar al-Nafi' has been
lithographed in the press of Nawal Kishor,
Lucknow. The contents of the MS. corre-
spond with pp. 7 — 146 of that edition.

The author, whose full name is Najm al-
Din Abu '1-Kasim Ja'far B. al-Hasan B.
Yahya B. al-Hasan B. Sa'id al-Hilli, enjoys
the highest authority with the Shi'ah, who
call him al-Muhakkik al-Awwal. He was
born A.H. 602 in Hillah, and died there, in
consequence of a fall from the top of his house,
A.H. 676. The Nan' is mentioned among
his numerous works in the notices of his
life. See Muntaha '1-Makal, p. 75 ; Kisas
al-'Ulama, p. 276; Amal al-Amil, p. 36;
and Majalis al-Mumimn, Add. 16,716,
fol. 2786.

333.

Or. 3530.— Foil. 268; 10iin.by7f; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
25 Eamadan, A.H. 1019 (A.D. 1610).

The last volume of an extensive work on
Shi'ah law, imperfect at the beginning, and
containing neither title nor author's name.

It is part of the work entitled

J^U 'sJjM ^, by Jamal al-Dln Abu

Mansur al-Hasan B. Yusuf B. 'Ali B. al-
Mutahhar al-Hilli, the great Shi'ah doctor,
commonly called al-'Allamah, who was born
A.H. 648 and died A.H. 726. See Majalis
al-Muminin, Add. 16,716, fol. 278; Amal

SHI'AH FURU'.

213

al-Amil, p. 40 ; Kisas al-'Ulama, p.
and Muntaha '1-Makal, p. 105.

269 ;

The identity of the work is established by
the Wasiyyah, or pious exhortation, addressed
by the author to his son, with which it con-
cludes, foil. 2656 — 267a, and which is found
quoted in extenso in the Majalis al-Muminm,
fol. 282. There the author describes his
work as follows : Ua>

He says, further on, that he had then
completed his fiftieth year, which must have
been A.H. 698. In conclusion he enjoins
his son to complete and correct such of
his works as he should leave unfinished.
The latter was Fakhr al-Dln Abu Talib
Muhammad B. al- Hasan, called Fakhr al-
Muhakkikin, born A.H. 680, and deceased
A.H. 771. He wrote upon the present work
a commentary known as al-Idah, the full
title of which is c^^iJ^Le J»- Jj .w.\jaM ^^a^
ii£\j3', and he performed the task committed
to him by his father. See Kisas al-'Ulama,
p. 267 ; Amal al-Amil, p. 62 ; and Majalis
al-Mumimn, fol. 281.

The present volume begins abruptly in
the third Bab of Kitab al-Nikah. It con-
tains, besides, the following books: t-j'-I/
J^, or dissolution of marriage, in five Babs,
fol. B9b; jU\ ^tX fol. 68a;
fol. 986; A-^JI v_>\s/, fol. 1186;

fol. 128a; Ua)\ «-»\X, fol. 1626; a,jA i
fol. 2006 ; and Ob.Uii ^>\sf, foil. 21 9a— 2656.
The first of the above books begins : L-»t

Copious extracts from the commentary
above-mentioned, al-Idiih, are written in a
minute character on the margins, and, in
some cases, on inserted slips.

Appended is a short treatise of three pages
on errors committed in the legal prayer,
without author's name : ^JJl ^~J! £ ill-,

On the fly-leaf is written
Lex'Mohammedanorum, ad Joseph H. Churi
pertinet, emptus Beryti, die 20 Septeinbris,
1861.

For the beginning and preface of the work
see Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 135, and
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., no. 1875.

334.

Or. 1297.— Foil. 287 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 26 lines,
5 in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated Sunday,
5 Muharram, A.H. 1254 (A.D. 1838).

[SCHINDLEE.]

A commentary by Zain al-Din B. 'Ali B.
Ahmad al-Shami al-'Amili upon a treatise of
Shi'ah law, by al-Shahid Muhammad B.
Makki, entitled al-Lum'ah al-Dimashkiyyah,
or more fully (fol. 5a) &iu

Beg. of the Lum'ah:

l«U" "««»1

Beg. of the Comm. :

. . . *

<<ll

214

LAW.

The author of the Lum'ah, Shams al-DTn
Muhammad B. Makki al-'Amili, who is called
by the Shi'ah the first martyr, Jj^M ±&1\,
was thrown into prison as a Rafidi by Bai-
damur, governor of Damascus, upon the
denunciation of the Kadi Ibn Jama'ah, and
was put to death after a year's confinement.
It is said that he wrote the Lum'ah in prison,
and without any books, in the space of seven
days, and sent it as a present to Sultan 'All
Mu'ayyad of Khorasan, who had invited him
to his Court. Two dates are assigned to his
death, A.H. 782 (Kisas al-Ulama, p. 255)
and A.H. 786 (Majalis al-Muminm, Add.
16,716, fol. 283, and Amal al-Amil, p. 30).
The earlier date alone can be reconciled with
the fact that he was put to death by order of
Baidamur ; for that Amir (Saif al-Dm Bai-
damur al-Khuwarazmi) was deposed from the
governorship of Damascus A.H. 782. See
Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 356.

The commentator, Zain al-Dm B. 'Ali,
was born A.H. 911 at a place called *f=-,
near Saida, and was also put to death as a
Shi'ah, it is said in Constantinople, A.H. 966.
He is therefore called by his co-religionists
the second martyr, ^^ a-j^iN. See for his
life and numerous works Nakd al-Rijal,
fol. 86 ; Amal al-Amil, p. 14 ; Kisas al-
'Ulama, p. 197; and Muntaha'l-Makal, p. 141,
where the present work is mentioned.

The commentary contains the entire text
of the Lum'ah, in short passages, distin-
guished by a red line drawn over them.
The work is divided into two parts (Juz) of
equal extent. The first begins with i_AiL/
and ends with ts-R L_>\X/. The

second begins, fol. 140, with
and ends with ciA.J>M c

The commentator says at the end that he
finished the work on the eve of Saturday,
the 21st of Jumada I., A.H. 957.

Copyist :

Jot

joe.

335.

Or. 3578.— Foil. 199 ; 6f in. by 4; 14 lines,
1$ in. long ; written in small Persian Neskhi,
in the latter half of the 19th century.

[S. CHURCHILL.]

A commentary by Mulla Hadi Sabzawari
upon his own metrical treatise on Shi'ah
law.

Beg. of the Comm. :

aJJ

Beg. of the Poem :

\_lfcy ^JJ

The author's name is given in this line,
fol. 5b :

to which the commentary adds

Mulla Hadi B. al-Haj Mulla Mahdi al-
Sabzawari is noticed in the Riyad al-'Arifm,
lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1305, p. 241.
He studied philosophy in Isfahan under
Maulana Isma'il Isfahani and Mulla 'Ali
Nuri. He subsequently settled in his native
place, Sabzawar, where he was still alive at
the date of composition, i.e., A.H. 1278,
being then sixty-three years old. His poetical
name was Asrar. He had written, besides
the present work, a Manzumah on philosophy,
another on logic, glosses to the works of
Sadr al-Dm Shirazi, etc. Gobineau, writing
in 1865, speaks of him as still living. See

ZAIDI FURU'.

215

" Les Religions et les Philosophies dans
1'Asie Centrale," p. 99.

The above title is found in the preface to
the commentary, fol. 26. In the poem itself
the work is called

The work, which deals largely with the
hidden or spiritual sense of the legal or-
dinances, extends only to the first portion
of the usual divisions of legal works. The
main sections, which are termed J.fl**, treat
of the following subjects : tj\^\\, fol. 10a ;

, fol. 52a ; SKpl, fol. 79a ; ^\, fol. 936 ;

fol. 1026 ; \, foil. 152a— 199a.

This copy belonged originally to Prince
Jalal ud-Dln Mirza, who wrote his name in
it, with the date A.H. 1291.

Zaidis.

336.

Or. 3971.— Foil. 31 ; 12£ in. by 8J ; about
40 lines, 5£ in. long ; written in cursive and
ill- shaped Neskhi, with ruled margins; dated
San'a, the last day of Ramadan, A.H. 1215
(A.D. 1801). [GLASEB, no. 265.]

I. Foil. 1 — 15. Answers of Imam Yahya
B. al-Husain to legal questions put to him
by Abu Ja'far Muhammad B. Sulaiman al-
Kufi, written down by the latter.

Beg. c-JL.

Six,. yl JIS

On the first page is written this title:
3\ tjj~li ^ (_5Jdtf .,^-J\ »jJiP (j*\$ (^^ <-r>^if

Imam al-Hadi was proclaimed in Yemen
A.H. 283, and died A.H. 298. See his life,
Or. 3901, where Abu Ja'far B. Sulaiman is

often quoted as one of his principal followers.
Kitab al-Funun is mentioned as one of his
legal works. See Hada'ik, Or. 3786, fol. 18a ;
Yawakltal-Siyar,fol. 157; and al-Tarjuman,
fol. 126. The answers are arranged under
the usual headings of law-books, beginning
with _£J1, and ending with b\*o^\

II. Foil. 15—21. Kitab al-Rada', ^'^
£o}\, on laws relating to the suckling of
infants and to foster-relatives, by the same
Imam.

Beg. 4111 JU' altt

J'J

The Kitab al-Rada' is mentioned by the
above-stated authorities as one of th& works
of al-Hadi. See above, no. 206, xxxii.

III. Foil. 21—25. A work in support of
the claims of 'Ali to the Imamate, QJ^J Jj
\, by the same.

Beg.

See no. 206, xxxiii.

IV. Foil. 25—28. A tract on the above
subject by the same Imam, or, according to
others, by Zaid B. «Ali (d. A.H. 122),

,.

See ib., xxxiv.

V. Foil. 286— 29a. The covenant of al-
Hadi Yahya B. al-Husain, ^J\ ^\^\ J^fr 1J*

it » i

lt*p*t*f i,j^ <£- ^^J^*»' f**' |*^

See ib., xxxv.

VI. Foil. 29a— 31a. A tract on the
"Throne," by the same, <

>b/ 1 j*

216

LAW.

It sets forth the spiritual meaning of the
bodily attributes applied to God. See ib.,

xxx vi.

The last five tracts, ii. — vi., form the con-
cluding portion of an extensive collection of
theological and legal treatises by al-Hadi,
described under no. 206.

337.

Or. 3940.— Foil. 189 ; 10 in. by 6£ ; 23 or
24 lines, 5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi,
apparently in the 13th century, except foil.-
2 — 10 and 186 — 189, which have been sup-
plied by another hand, A.H. 1073 (A.D.
1662-3). [GLASEE, no. 234.]

Kitab al-Muntakhab, a book of law, con-
sisting of the answers of Imam Yahya B. al-
Husain to the questions of Abu Ja'far Muh.
B. Sulaiman al-Kufi (see the preceding no.),
compiled by the latter, and arranged under
the usual headings of legal works.

The title is :

> &Sfl!\ J

Beg.

JIS

The compiler says that he submitted all
disputed questions to the Imam, as the only
legitimate authority, and he proceeds to
demonstrate that Yahya B. al-Husain was
possessed of all the necessary qualifications
of a rightful Imam. The first chapter,
fol. 7«, Jj-e^ &JJ*A (_-)b , contains the Imam's
answers respecting the bases of the law.

The second, fol. 85, yt>J\ JjU—, relates
to ablution. The remaining subjects are
dealt with, in the usual order, in sections
termed Babs, and the work concludes with
the questions relating to bodily punishments.

The last chapter is u^ls^ .J Jj£!) i-^b

The Kitab al-Muntakhab is mentioned in
the Hada'ik, Or. 3786, fol. 18a, and in al-
Tarjuman, fol. 1256, as one of al-Hadi's
works.

338.

Or. 4031.— Foil. 126; 9J in. by 6; about
27 lines, 5 in. long; written in bold and
distinct, but sparely pointed, Neskhi ; dated
Saturday, last day of Safar, A.H. 721
(A.D. 1321). [GLASEB, no. 333.]

The Ifadah, or legal teachings of Imam al-
Mu'ayyad-billah Abu '1-Husain Ahmad B. al-
Husain, arranged by al-Ustad Abu '1-Kasim
Ja'far B. al-Hasan B. 'Ali al-Husami.

The following title is prefixed in the hand-
writing of the copyist : i_ju)\3

Jr-j

Beg. "U* *

Imam al-Mu'ayyad billah, called al-Haruni,
one of the great authorities of the Zaidis,
was born in Amul, A.H. 333, and died in
Lanja, in the Dailam country, A.H. 411.
See Yawakit al-Siyar, Or. 3771, fol. 163, and
al-Hada'ik, Or. 3786, fol. 72—97. Ustad
Abu '1-Kasim, one of his disciples, wrote

ZAIDI FURU'.

217

down and arranged his principal works on
law, the Ifadah and the Ziyadat. See al-
Tarjuman, Add. 18,513, fol. 133.

The first portion of the MS. contains the
following Kitabs in the usual order : s

fol. 16; «3LaM, fol. 4a; j?.UJJ, fol. 10a ;

fol. lla ; fyA\ fol. 146 ; fol. 17 a ;

fol. 226 ; J^m, fol. 28a. In the remaining
portion, folios have been transposed, others
are missing, and in the absence of catch-
words or of another copy, restoring the
original order would be a difficult task.
Kitab al-Siyar, which should conclude the
work, begins at fol. 766. The last section,
fol. 126a, is JbjSM ^J J-oi

339.

Or. 3858.— Foil. 317; Ilfin.by7f; 31 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Friday, the 1st of Dulhijjah, A.H. 1078
(A.D. 1668). [GLASER, no. 146.]

A new and improved recension, by Muhyi
al-DIn Abu ' Abdallah Muhammad B. Ahmad
B. 'AH Ibn al-Walid, of the commentary of
Abu Mudar upon the Ziyadat.

Beg.

J\S . . .

J-ifcM

The author says that he had perused most
of the books which his master Shams al-Dm
Ja'far B. Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Salam B. Abi

Yahya had brought back from Irak. He had
especially read with him the obbjH _^, or
commentary of Kadi 'Imad al-Dm Abu
Mudar Shuraih B. al-Mu'ayyad al-Mu'ayyadi
al-Shuraihi upon the Ziyadat, or " additional
decisions" of Imam al-Mu'ayyad-billah. Abu '1-
Husain Ahmad B. al-Husain al-Haruni al-
Hasani (see the preceding no.). His object
in the present work was to reduce its con-
tents to a more systematic order for the sake
of easy reference.

The legal teachings of Imam al-Mu'ayyad
were compiled in his life-time, by one of his
Faklh, Abu'l-Kasim B. Tal, in two works,
entitled al-Ifiidah and al-Ziyadat. The latter
was commented upon about the same time by
Kadi Abu Mudar Shuraih B. al-Mu'ayyad,
whose father, al-Mu'ayyad, held the office of
Kadi under the above-said Imam. See al-
Hada'ik al-Wardiyyah, Or. 3786, foil. 72—97,
and al-Tarjuman, fol. 132.

In the Riwayat, which the author gives at
the end of his preface for both the commen-
tary and the Ziyadat, Ustiid Abu'l-Kasim is
mentioned as the compiler of the latter.

The author of the present recension lived
in the time of Imam al-Mansur-billah 'Abd-
allah B. Hamzah (A.H. 594—614). The
author of the Hada'ik, who died A.H. 652,
calls him his own Shaikh, v. fol. 766.

The contents are arranged under the usual
headings of legal works. The first of the
two parts (Juz) into which the MS. is divided,
contains *£& JJi— *, fol. 26 ;

fol. 19a ; ?j(p\ J J-J, fol. 55a ;
fol. 796 ; J^ JJl—, fol. 88a ; ^&\ J J-f,
fol. 966; and jiUaH JJU-, fol. 1316. The
second part begins with ejjjJ^ JoL-c, fol. 1486,
and ends with J.A^ J^— «, fol. 316a.

This copy was written for Sayyid al-
p P

218

LAW.

Husain B. Ahmad B. al-Hasan B. Amir al-
Mumimn (who died A.H. 1094; v. Bughyat
al-Murid, fol. 102) by Sayyid Hasan B. Salah
al-Hamzi al-Haifi.

A MS. of the Ziyadat is mentioned by
Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 188, 2.

340.

Or. 4040.— Foil. 187; 9$ in. by 6£; from
22 to 26 lines, 5J in. long ; written in fair
Neskhi; dated Rabi' I., A.H. 558 (A.D. 1163).

, no. 342.]

A work on Zaidi law, by al-Sayyid al-
Natik bil-hakk Abu Talib Yahya B. al-Husain
B. Harun al-Hasani, with this title • prefixed

by the scribe : jkU-M ,x..J\

Beg.

«JJ\

»15!

Ufc^

jj

The author, commonly called Sayyid Abu
Talib al-Haruni, was proclaimed Imam in
al-Dailam after the death of his brother al-
Mu'ayyad-billah Ahmad B. al-Husain, A.H.
411, and died A.H. 424, upwards of eighty
years old. The Tahrlr and its commentary
in sixteen volumes are mentioned among his
numerous writings. See Hada'ik, Or. 3812,
fol. 27, and al-Tarjuman, Add. 18,513,
fol. 1336.

From the preface it appears that the author
compiled, and arranged under the usual
headings, the legal teachings 'of two earlier
Imams of great authority with the Zaidis,
al-Kasim B. Ibrahim (al-Eassi, who died

A.H. 246) and Yahya B. al-Husain (al-Hadi,
who died A.H. 298).

In the present copy the work is divided
into two equal parts. The first contains the
following main divisions (Kitab), variously

subdivided into Babs : *j\$A\, fol. U ;
fol. 106; jiWlfol. 276; *£}\, fol. 30a ;
fol. 41a; ^\, fol. 416 ; ^Uol. 466 ;
fol. 59a; j^JaH, fol. 71a; Ol5Ai3\, fol. 846;
gUp^, fol. 87a ; yjJI, fol. 88a.

The second part comprises the following
Kitabs: L*iJ^ fol. lOla; ^U^M, fol. 1036;
tfjjjh, fol. 108a; i,UJ^ fol. 1106;
fol. 113a; ^}\, fol. 1146; olSj-J^
fol. 118a ; USj\, fol. 1196 ; **IAJ\, fol. 1206;
«_j*a«n, fol. 1216 ; ^\, i>l^J\j jH^j J^Jl,
fol. 123a ; oj,\a^|, jj^j uUi*, fol. I27a ;
ik^j Jl^, fol. 1316; gyiN, J-^l, fol.
132a ; w^l, W»^^, fol. 1346 ; JLXj ^.UW
^Jj^.^1,, fol. 1356; 0\^\j c^V&JI, fol.
137a ; }}•$, fol. 141a ; oblfliH, fol. 143a ;
Uty\, fol. 146a; ^U^^ LJ^j, LJli£)l, fol.
1476; ^r-IijJ^ fol. I486; ^^ J-a3), fol.
1496; ^^\ L->^, fol. 1506; »j,jjl, fol.
1526; <j«US|,' cL>b.u4l fol. 1586; ObjJl,
fol. 1606 ; bUjN, fol. 1656 ;
168a ; jxJI, fol. 1806.

Copyist: ^ (> ^ >wj ^

On the last page is a note stating that the
MS. had been three times collated, A.H. 588.

For another copy see Ahlwardt, Glaser-
sche Sammlung, no. 74.

ZAIDI FURU'.

219

341.

Or. 3839.— Foil. 140 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; from 24
to 27 lines, 4>\ in. long; written in fair,
rather angular, Neskhi, apparently in the

[GLASER, no. 127.]

13th century.

The second volume of an enlarged edition
of the preceding work, al-Tahrir.

On the first page is the following early,
partly obliterated, inscription : ^ ,jU5\

Qaxii*

The text agrees in a great measure with
the preceding MS., the divisions and head-
ings of which are preserved ; but it is en-
larged by explanatory passages, beginning

mostly with ^^\ u*±£, and by other
additions, which, according to the above
title, proceeded from Kadi Muh. B. 'Abdallah
B. Mu'arrif, and were written down by Sayyid
Sharaf al-Dln Sulaiman B. Sahan (?) B. Kasim
al-Hamzi.

The present volume begins with Kitab al-
Buyu', as follows : e.xJ\

Jib. *JO

It ends with b.L?^)\ <~r>^, the last nine
lines of which have been supplied by a later
hand. The contents correspond with foil.
88a — 168a of the preceding MS.

342.

Or. 3949.— Foil. 225 ; 11 in. by 8 ; 20 lines,
4| in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Rabi' I., A.H. 814 (A.D. 1411).

[GLASEE, no. 243.]

The fourth volume of Kitab al-Luma', :i
text-book of law, by Jamal al-Dln 'Ali B. al-
Husain B. al-Hadi, with the following title:

Beg.

U\ cu

*

The author, 'Ali B. al-Husain B. Yahya
B. Yahya al-Nasir, one of the Sadat al-Jibal,
descendants of Imam al-Hadi Yahya B. al-
Husain, lived about the beginning of the
seventh century of the Hi j rah. He died in
Kata'ir, and was buried by the side of his
first cousin, Amir Badr al-Dln Muh. B.
Ahmad B. Yahya B. Yahya, who died A.H.
624, and whose son al-Hasan was raised to
the Imamate with the title of al-Mansur-
billah, A.H. 657, and died A.H. 670. See
al-Tarjuman, Add. 18,513, foil. 150—154.

The Luma' is an expanded recension of
al-Tahrlr (no. 340), and the foundation of
al-Tadkirah (Or. 3861). It follows the
arrangement of the former work, with almost
identical headings.

The present volume contains the following
Kitabs : O^laO^j ^V.^ fol. 2b ;

fol. 30a;

>&, fo1- 38a '>
F P 2

226 ;

fol.
fol.

220

LAW.

vjWj, fol. 426 ; y'JjjS-,^ j^ o^UN, foL
4Sb ; oUuuNj uateaN, fol. 536 ; ^\ fol. 716 ;

l, fol. 836 ; iKjN, fol. 104« ;
, fol. 113a; (j-jJuiW, fol. 118a
jxJl, si/^j \j>^, fol. 123a ; ^Jl
fol. 133a; ijjj\ fol. 1416;
1576; i*UD\j Objl, fol. 1756;
1846 ; jxJl, foil. 1976— 223a.

fol.
foL

The margins contain a gloss, sxi>W, with-
out author's name, written at the same time
as the text, in a minute character. It

begins: ^W

343.

Or. 3942.— Foil. 241 ; 10£ in. by 7f ; from
33 to 40 lines, 5^ in. long; written in fine
and small, imperfectly pointed, Neskhi; ap-
parently in the 14th century.

[GLASER, no. 236.]

A gloss upon the preceding work, al-
Luma', without author's name.

Beg.

*+*•

The gloss extends over the whole work.
It is divided in the present copy into four
parts of about equal length. The first

extends from *j\$A\ (_->l^/to ^ ^i-^', the
second, fol. 70, from _&)\ ^J^ to
<.)~A\ ; the third, fol. 113, from i»il3\
to ~M>*$\ <->Vi/; and the fourth, fol. 178,
from

On the outer margin is written &Ji'J\ jJuo
c- (.r^-\, "gloss of Fakih Ahsan (al-
Hasan) upon the Luma'."

Another gloss on the same work, by Yusuf
B. Ahmad B. 'Uthman, is mentioned by
Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammluug, no. 61.

The present copy was written for Kadi
Taki al-Dln al-Khidr B. Kasim B. Ahmad al-
ii arithi by Idris B. Sulaiman B. Muh. B.
H abash al-Nahwi.

344.

Or. 3800.— Foil. 197 ; 10 in. by 6f ; 23 lines,
5J in. long ; written in cursive, but distinct,
Neskhi ; dated Sunday, eight nights before
the end of Safar, A.H. 623 (A.D. 1226).

[GLASER, no. 86.]

I. Foil. 12—197. The latter portion of a
work on Zaidi law, without title or author's
name, designated on the outer edge as

It begins abruptly in the Kitab al-Wasaya.
The first heading, which occurs on fol. 21a, is

Beg.

±-

The next following Kitabs are
fol. 386, and UaN «->^ fo1- 646- Tlie ensuing
sections are not termed kitab, but jj J^HM
Obl^l, fol. 966; j^j u-jJ^N j J^!\, fol.
114a ; j\j$\ J JyO\ yjb, fol. 1196 ; JjSW L^b
j, fol. 129a, and so on, down to i—>b
i^b^j >U j J^EM, fol. 1736. The last
section isxJl L^^, foil. 1706—197.

ZAIDI FURU'.

The authority most frequently quoted is
al-Mu'ayyad-billah, author of the Ifadah
(no. 338).

II. Foil. 1 — 11, which are written by the
same hand, and were originally placed at the
end of the volume, contain—

1. Foil. 1—7. Answers of 'Ali B. Humaid
B. Ahmad B. al-Walid al-Kurashi to legal
questions put to his father, Shaikh Muhyi al-
Dln Humaid by al-Fakih 'Umair B. Mukbil
al-Darir.

Beg.

The author says that, his father being
extremely old, he took upon himself the task
of writing down and enlarging his answers.
The work was completed, as stated at the
end, in Sha'ban, A.H. 620.

The author's father, Shaikh Muhyi al-Dm
Humaid B. Ahmad al-Kurashi, was one of
the disciples of the great apostle of the
Zaidis, Kadi Shams al-Dm Ja'far B. Ahmad
B. {Abd al-Salam, who lived under al-Muta-
wakkil Ahmad B. Sulaiman (A.H. 533—566).
See Tarjuman, fol. 141.

2. Foil. 7 — 11. Another set of answers
by 'Ali B. Humaid B. Ahmad B. al-Walid
to the legal questions of the same Faklh.

Beg.

345.

Or. 3926.— Foil. 51 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in Neskhi, dated Satur-
day, 16 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1068 (A.D. 1658).

[GLASEE, no. 220.]

A treatise on the rites of pilgrimage,

entitled ^U,^ <->W, divided into seven
chapters, the contents of which are set forth
at the beginning as follows : i— *?jS '$> Jj\

*«J«»

Ji Jy^ ^ Ij/ij »i'j^ Ji

Lsuf ^J J-a*j aft^yl J-ai) uloo ^

ii |.Uj J\

The top of the first leaf has been cut
away, probably to disguise the fact that this
volume is only a portion of a larger work.
The title, Kitab al-Irshiid, appears in the
colophon. The author states at the end that
the work was completed on the last Friday
of Kabi' II., A.H. 632. He is designated in
a modern endorsement as al-'Ansi,

The sixth Fasl, which forms the main bulk
of the work, foil. 8 — 32, describes the obser-
vances of the pilgrimage under ten heads,
termed ^y^i'. At the end is an appendix on
the holiness of the descendants of the
Prophet, including the Imams of the Zaidis,
and on the Hadiths relating to them, foil.
46—51.

346.

Or. 3811.— Foil. 184; 9 in. by 6; from 14
to 17 lines, 4 in. long; written in fine large
Neskhi with the vowels ; dated Jumada II.,
A.H. 688 (A.D. 1289).

[GLASER, no. 98.]

I. Foil. 4—135.

Answers of Imam al-Mahdi lidln-allah
Ahmad B. al-Husain B. Ahmad B. al-Kasim

222

LAW.

to legal questions, collected and arranged
under the usual headings by al-Fakih Taki
al-Dm 'All B. Salamah B. Yahya B. 'Amir

al-Sarlmi : x«\ .d

erf J6

Jj

Beg.

.^^

Ui .

Ahmad B. al-Husain, a descendant of
Sayyid Isma'Il Tabataba, was proclaimed
Imam, with the title al-Mahdi lidm-allah,
A.H. 646. He was opposed by a rival Imam,
'Ali B. "Wahhas, who deposed him and put
him to death A.H. 656. See Yawakit al-
Siyar, Or. 3771, foil. 169—173, and Tiraz,
Or. 2425, fol. 165. His legal answers have
been collected in the Burhan by Muh. B.
Hamzah B. Muzaffar. See al-Tarjuman,
Add. 18,513, foil. 157—59.

The answers were gathered by the editor,
as stated in the preface, partly from the
Imam's own lips, partly from other enquirers,
and partly from the Imam's original drafts.
They are arranged under the headings of the
Tahrir, beginning with is/^laN i_->ljtf, and end-
ing

The compiler states at the end that he
completed the work on Monday, the ninth of
Dulka'dah, A.H. 663, in a place designated

II. Foil. 135—158.

Js>\ a,\. A political tract of the

same Imam, in vindication of his claims
against his opponents.

Beg. UJo.ij* i\ jjo Ujjli' ijj "^ Uo .

A copy is noticed by Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, no. 2175, under the title of

III. Foil. 159—174.
iL»\

Another tract of

the same Imam, reproving the remissness of
his followers in supporting his claims.

IV. Foil. 174—178. An address of the
same Imam to some of his Amirs,

V. Foil. 178— 183. A letter to some Amir,

by the same, j>-\

j»

^LJ\

347.

Or. 3979.— Foil. 174; 9J in. by 7; about
32 lines, 5| in. long ; written in bold flow-
ing, almost unpointed, Neskhi ; apparently
in the 14th century.

[GLASER, no. 273.]

The second volume of Kitab al-Intisar,
the most voluminous of the legal books of
the Zaidis, by Imam al-Mu'ayyad- billah
Yahya B. Hamzah, with the following title
prefixed by the hand of the scribe :

Below the above, but written by another
hand, is the author's name ; o-£^ _\5

ZAIDI FURU'.

2-2 :{

The author, the most prolific writer among
the Imams of the Zaidis, was born A.H. 669,
was proclaimed Imam A.H. 729, and died
A.H. 749. The Intisar, which is mentioned
among his numerous works, is praised as a
book unmatched in ancient or modern times,
and described as consisting of eighteen
volumes. The more popular work of al-
Mahdi, entitled al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar, is said
to contain the essence of the Intisar. See
al-Tarjuman, Add. 18,513, fol. 164a, and al-
Bahr, Or. 4021, fol. 93.

This volume begins with the fourth and
last Fasl of Bab 6 of Kitab al-Taharah,
as follows : JulSUJI d>\^^ ^Uj ^J g\}\

U jxjyi u-kab .Ks-^1 J i/jl^N J\S

It contains, besides, Babs 7 — 10 of the
same Kitab, and the first part of SjLoM \— jUi,
namely, al-Mukaddimah, fol. 1236; Bab 1,
OlS,^ yjLj (_5J, fol. 1306 ; and Bab 2,
^J^ J, fol. 1546—1746.

The same subjects are dealt with in a
much smaller compass in al-Bahr, Or. 3728,
foil. 17a — 40a. In the colophon the author
states that this portion of the work was
completed in the fort of Hiran, in the third

decade of Kajab, A.H. 742 :
^ JU1 jii J f

~«J

348.

Or. 3980.— Foil. 274; llfin.bySJ; 24 lines,

5J in. long ; written in fair, but imperfectly
pointed, Neskhi ; dated in the middle decade
of Dulka'dah, A.H. 947 (A.D. 1541).

[GLASER, no. 274.]

The third volume of the above work,
,>

Beg. yUU^ J\J c

This volume is the continuation of the
preceding, and contains Babs 3 — 9 of Kitab
al-Salat, as follows : Bab 3, sUSM JUH-j~>1 j,

fol. 16 ; Bab 4, SjLJI J»yi w\jo J, fol. 13a ;
Bab 5, Sj!i«a5\ HXJ ^Lj ^J, fol. 50a ; Bab 6,

ij, fol. 124a ; Bab 7,

j ifrUii, fol. 149a; Bab 8,
J, fol. 209a ; Bab 9,

fol. 244a.

Bab 9 is divided into four chapters,
the first three of which only are contained in
this volume.

The corresponding portion of the Bahr
occupies foil. 40o— 69a in Or. 3728.

The MS. was written for the library of
Imam Yahya Sharaf al-Dm, the author of
the Athmar, who died A.H. 965 :

349.

Or. 3981.— Foil. 145 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently in
the 18th century. [GLASER, no. 275.]

224

LAW.

A volume of the Intisar, designated on the

title-page as part of the fifth : ^,a-» (j»

Beg.

lU

. <i

JJ\.«*jS JJ

The volume is imperfect at the end. It
extends from the beginning of Kitab al-Hajj
to about the middle of the chapter treating
of al-Thram, A*-^ ,j J.21 This chapter,
which begins fol. 58&, is divided into sections,
i, the fourth of which, fol. 925, is headed :
e. *t U Uj

This Fasl is divided into sub-sections,
called ey, the first five of which, and a
portion of the sixth, are contained in the MS.
It breaks off in the tenth question of the

sub-section entitled jlo U ^U_j Jj

The contents correspond with foil. 1206 —
130a of the first volume of al-Bahr, Or. 3728.

From a note on the title-page, this MS.
appears to have been transcribed from the
author's autograph MS. for Kadi 'Imad al-
Dm Yahya B. Salih B. Yahya al-Suhuli,
whose name appears also on the preceding
and following volumes of al-Intisar, with
dates ranging from A.H. 1169 to 1179.

350.

Or. 3982.— Foil. 188 ; 9± in. by 7£ ; 22 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 14th century.

[GLASEE, no. 276.]

The sixth volume of al-Intisar,

Beg.

It contains the whole of Kitab al-Zakat.

The fly-leaves at beginning and end contain
an extract from the Fa'ik of al-Zamakhshari

(ci^U i_. *}js> j, jfoti, Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
pp. 327 and 348).

The volume appears to have belonged to
the library of the author. At the beginning

is written : LjV.*- ... *ib ,-l3\ L^ JJ ^xio ...*

351.

Or. 3978.— Foil. 224 ; uniform with no. 347,
and written by the same hand.

[GLASEE, no. 272.]

A volume of the same work, designated,
in a note on the fly-leaf, as the eighth of the
original division into eighteen volumes.

It has lost the first four quires and the
first leaf of the fifth, in all thirty-three leaves,
and contains the latter part of the book of
divorce, ji

It begins with the last five sections,
numbered 8 — 12 (the first imperfect at the
beginning) of the chapter treating of the
various formula? of repudiation. The ninth
section begins, fol. 5a, as follows : £-»l

The remaining chapters are as follows:
f.J\ J J^, fol. lla ; J^ ^ Jja!\, fol. 20& ;

j\£& J ^\ fol. 586 ; j\&& '

fol. 73a ; ^! J JjSM, fol. 91a ;

fol. 108& ; £*}\ J J^, foil. 140&— 1596.

ZAIDI FURU'.

225

The last chapter, which concludes the
Kitab al-Talak, is slightly imperfect at the
end.

The corresponding portion in al-Bahr
occupies foil. 2141— 2376 of Or. 3728.

Foil. 160—223 are a modern addition,
written by the same hand as no. 349, for
Kadi Yahya B. Salih, and collated, as stated
at the end, with the author's autograph MS.,
A.H. 1180.

They contain the chapter on alimony,
which forms the first part of the ninth
volume, and begins : w! oVSai3\

It is divided into four Babs, treating
severally of wives, children, parents, and
relatives.

The same subject forms a Kitab in al-
Bahr. See Or. 3728, foil. 237—243.

In a note written at the beginning, fol. 2a,
it is asserted that this MS. is in the hand-
writing of Imam Yahya, the author. Nos.
347 and 353 are by the same hand.

352.

Or. 3983.— Foil. 374; 9f in. by 7J ; 23 lines,
4f in. long ; written in a fine bold, but
deficiently pointed, Neskhi, apparently in
the 15th century. [GLASEE, no. 277.]

The sixteenth and seventeenth volumes of
al-Intisar, bound in one.

The first volume, entitled j^s- ^oU^ ^LJ\
jLoSJ^I! i—jli-i (Jlt) comprises the following
Kitabs : 2li£t, fol. 26 ; u\^\, fol. 96; <j4&\,
fol. 19a; j^, fol. 366; Jual\, fol. 436; \^\,
fol. 51 a; i\^\, fol. 546; ^}\3 jxJ\, fol.
58a ; ^j SUSN ^A\, fol. 696 ; and the first
part of *j*£ UVf, fol. 1096.

The MS. breaks off, fol. 1686, three pages
after the heading : j^y wLj j

The contents correspond with those of al-
Bahr, Or. 3729, foil. 1736— 203 b.

The second volume, designated at the end
as jLauJ^ fcjttf' ^jls. gU\ jUI, has lost
the first quire of eight leaves. It contains
the latter part of ijjil <-r>^X beginning
with a passage relating to the amputation of
the hand, in the case of a thief whose left hand
is crippled (this passage occurs in the next
MS., Or. 3984, fol. 66). It comprises, besides,
the following books : obliii, fol. 210a ;
Ob.^\, fol. 324a; and the main part of

The corresponding portion of al-Bahr
extends from fol. 2066 to fol. 240a in Or.
3729.

It is stated at the end that the MS. was
collated with the autograph MS. of the
author.

353.

Or. 3984.— Foil. 162 ; uniform with nos.
347 and 351, and written by the same hand.

The seventeenth volume of al-Intisar,

It contains the latter part of ^^ v^,
beginning with the penalties of thieves :
j^U! (> o*?1 i.\»l w^j J eJUN uJJ4', and
the following books : obliJ1, fol. 386; Ob jJI,
fol. 124a ; and UJDI, fol. 1556.

The volume was completed, as stated at
the end, on the last day of Ramadan,

A.H. 748 : ^ ^ J>\

G O

226

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The contents correspond with those of al-
Bahr, Or. 3729, foil. 2036— 240a.

354.

Or. 3861.— Foil. 211 ; 11 in. by 8 ; 19 lines,
5£ in. long ; written in Neskhi, with very
few diacritical points, apparently in the
15th century. [GrLASER, no. 240.]

The Tadkirah, a manual of Zaidi law, by
Sharaf al-Dm al-Hasan B. Muhammad B.
al-Hasan al-Nahwi.

Beg.

The full title written on the first page is
S.A*J\ &ai SUN sj^l In another

copy of A.H. 832, Or. 3934, the title is

The author, whose full name is not found
in this copy, was a contemporary, and
the biographer, of Imam al-Mu'ayyad-billah
Yahya B. Hamzah, who died A.H. 749
(Tarjuman, Add. 18,513, foil. 163, 166).
He survived him a long time, and died in
high repute of sanctity at San'a, A.H. 791.
See Bughyat al-Murid, fol. 806, where his
full name is given as follows : Sharaf al-Din
al-Hasan B. Mull. B. al-Hasan B. Muh. Sabik
al-Din B. 'All B. Ahmad B. As'ad B. Abi '1-
Su'ud B. Ya'ish al-Nahwi al-San'ani al-
Madhiji al-'Ansi. Besides the Tadkirah, he
left a commentary upon the Goran, ^juJbN *\v*» ;
a work on civil transactions, iU'^Jl Js- ^ ;
two Ta'likahs, entitled ObW^ ^j^J-* and
u*jj>\ ', an abridgment of the Intisar ; and a
work entitled Jy^l Ji±* J

The work is divided into books (Kitab)
subdivided into chapters (Bab). The Kitabs

are as follows : tj^aft, fol. 26 ; xjLoll, fol. 116 ;
l.29a; 'i/}\ fol. 32a ; ^-Ji, fol. 406;
\, fol. 416 ; J.\ fol. 456 ; ^KiN, fol. 566 ;
, fol. 69a; ^\, fol. 866; **£$, fol.
1086; *j\f3\, fol. 113a; L^\t fol. 126a ;
X*~ft)\, fol. 1296; ^}\, fol. 132a ; OU$J1,
fol. 137a ; ujS^, fol. 1396; *o^, fol. 144a ;
i^*A\, fol. 1456; j*N, fol. 1506; ^W.^,
fol. 1576 ; j^, fol. 163a ; LJU)', fol. 165a ;
jjua)^ fol. 166a; yjUU^, fol. 1696; &\*d\
fol. 1706 ; j^, fol. 1746 ; obl^J\, fol.
1776; *M}\, fol. 1816; 5Jli<J^ fol. 1836;
US^, fol. 1886; ^\ fol. 1906; ObuJl
fol. 1946; OM, fol. 1996 ; i.UEJ^,foL 201a ;
UUj5\, fol. 202a ; j*J\, fol. 205a.

The first folio and the last two have been
supplied by a later hand. On the fly -leaf at
the beginning is written this false title :

The margins of foil. 3 — 9 are covered with
notes in a minute character.

For copies of the Tadkirah see Ahlwardt,
Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 4, and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. vi., p. 123.

355.

Or. 3745.— Foil. 172; 11 in. by 8 ; 27 lines,
5 J in. long ; written in cursive and sparingly
pointed Neskhi ; dated Friday, eight nights
before the end of Shawwal, A.H. 809 (A.D.
1407). [GLASEE, no. 29.]

Another copy of the Tadkirah, wanting
the first leaf. It begins with ^o^\ v__>b.

ZAIDI FURU'.
notes in a minute

227

There are marginal
character.

At the end, foil. 1736 and 174a, is an
appendix on races and shooting matches,
^b jxJI ^b, by Shams al-Dm Yusuf B.
Ahmad B. 'Uthman, a disciple of the author
of the Tadkirah.

356.

Or. 3836.— Foil. 269 ; 12 in. by 8J ; 25 lines,
5 in. long; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Saturday, 21 RabI' I., A.H. 1078 (A.D.
1667). [GLASEE, no. 124]

A commentary upon the Tadkirah, by
Najm al-Dm Yusuf B. Ahmad B. Muh. B.

'Uthman, with the following title :

M

yj]

Beg.

J\

U laXo!

The commentator was a disciple of the
author of the Tadkirah, and the master of
'Irnad al-DTn Yahya B. Ahmad B. Muzaffar,
who mentions him in the Bayan. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 726a, and Tarjuman,
Add. 18,513, fol. 6. He says in the preface
that he had frequently consulted the author
as to his meaning, and states at the end that
the commentary was completed in Ramadan,
A.H. 796.

The commentary begins as follows : L

Jl g-j J *>\U US. It includes
only detached words of the text preceded by

A copy of the Tadkirah mentioned in the
Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 123, contains
the same commentary.

Foil. 2 — 4 and 269 contain the preface,
introduction, and the beginning of another
commentary, without title or author's name.

W

The commentary proper begins :

It breaks off in the explanation of the word
in the second line of the text.

357.

Or. 3726.— Foil. 283 ; 1]| in. by 8; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in small and fair Nesklii,
with red-ruled margins ; dated Thursday,
middle decade of Muharram, A.H. 924
(A.D. 1518). [GLASEB, no. 10.]

Another copy of the Tadkirah, with the
commentary called al-Kawakib al-Nayyirah,
by Kadi 'Imad al-Dm Yahya B. Ahmad B.

Muzaffar,

The commentary is written in oblique lines
and in a minute character in the margins.

Beg. of the Comm. :

The commentator, a disciple of the above-
mentioned Najm al-Dm Yusuf, lived in the
ninth century of the Hijrah. His grandson,
Badr al-Dm Muh. B. Ahmad B. Yahya, who
wrote about A.H. 930, mentions the Kawakib
with other writings of his grandsire in the
G G 2

228

LAW.

Tarjuman, Add. 18,513, fol. 6i. For other
copies of the commentary see no. 361 ;
Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 113 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 123.

358.

Or. 3809.— Foil. 295; llf in. by 8; 23 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated i«^ tj£, district
of Khaulan, Monday, last day of Jumada I.,
A.H. 1078 (A.D. 1667).

[GLASBB, no. 96.]

Another copy of the Tadkirah, with the
same commentary, written obliquely in a
minute character in the margins.

At the end the commentary is called

The MS. belonged to the library of Imam
al-Mutawakkil al-Kasim B. al-Husain, who
died A.H. 1139.

359.

Or. 3986.— Foil. 277 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 13 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in large Neskhi ; dated
Monday, 8 Eajab, A.H. 1090 (A.D. 1679).

[GLASEE, no. 280.]

The first half of the Tadkirah, from the
beginning to the end of £^-?N t-jlii

The margins contain a commentary desig-
nated at the end as ^\^J>\, written obliquely
in a minute character. It is the same as
that which has been noticed under no. 357.

On the fly-leaf is this false title : Jj!i)\ ^U

Copyist :

360.

Or. 3987.— Foil. 279 j 12 in. by 8 ; 13 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Friday, 8 Shawwal,
A.H. 1048 (A.D. 1639.)

[GLASEE, no. 281.]

The latter half of the Tadkirah, from the
beginning of S*ii.X\ L-jU-T to the end of the
work, with the same commentary, i^S\^J>\)
in the margins.

The MS. was written for al-Fakih Nasir
B. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Hakk.

361.

Or. 3939.— Foil. 248 ; lOf in. by 8 ; about
36 lines, 7 in. long; written in close, sparingly
pointed, Neskhi ; dated Monday, 24 Dul-
ka'dah, A.H. 904 (A.D. 1499).

[GLASEB, no. 233.]

A commentary upon the Tadkirah, by Ibn
Muzaffar, with this title : Sai

Beg.

The same commentary has been noticed
above, no. 357.

362.

Or. 3994.— Foil. 224 ; 11J in. by 8 ; 35 lines,
5f in. long ; written in small, mostly un-
pointed, Neskhi, apparently in the 17th
century. [GLASEE, no. 288.]

The second volume of an extensive com-
mentary upon the Tadkirah, by Sulaiman al-
Su'aitiri.

The title and the author's name are written

ZAIDI FURU'.

229

on the fly-leaf : j t

The author's name appears more fully
as Sulaiman B. Yahya B. Muh. al-Su'aitiri,
in two Berlin MSS., which contain portions
of the same commentary, with the title
•kj>\&\ S^jj^ J£»\ Jt ijt>\j\ (jj*^. See
Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung, nos. 144-5.

The present volume begins abruptly with
the last page of JJ- t_>l#', and concludes

^^ x

with the end of ^>\ t-^liS

The commentary upon _&)\ <~j\j£ begins
as follows : +*&

The MS. is not dated, but it bears notes
of former owners, the earliest of which is
dated A.H. 1106.

363.

Or. 3722.— Foil. 121 ; 11 in. by 8 ; 33 lines,
6 in. long ; written in a small and neat, but
nearly unpointed, Neskhi ; dated Saturday,
15 Rabr II., A.H. 914 (A.D. 1508).

[GLASEB, no. 6.]

The Tadkirah made easy ; being an im-
proved and elucidated recension of that
work, by Muhammad B. Ahmad B. Yahya
B. Muzaffar (author of al-Tarjuman, v. Arabic
Catalogue, p. 41 56).

The author's name is found on the title-
page supplied by a later hand : bjjuJ <_JuJV>

He wrote the work in obedience to the
commands of Imam al-Hadi ila'1-Hakk 'Izz
al-Din B. al-Hasan B. Amir al-Mumimn,
who was proclaimed A.H. 879, and died
A.H. 900. The work, which follows the
plan and all the divisions of the Tadkirah,
was completed, as stated at the end, in
Rabr II., A.H. 889.

364.

Or. 3899.— Foil. 116; 9f in. by 7£ ; from
23 to 25 lines, 5J in. long ; written in thick
and bold, mostly unpointed Neskhi ; dated
Thursday, 10 Ramadan, A.H. 796 (A.D.
1394). [GLASEB, no. 185.]

A manual of Zaidi law, without title or
author's name. The first leaf is wanting.
The first chapter begins : <»!&^j J— ^ <— >V

The composition of the work must fall
between that of the Tadkirah, which is
quoted in it (fol. 57a), and the date of the
present copy. It is, therefore, by some
years earlier than the Azhar. It may be the
work entitled jy*j>\, which is mentioned,
next to the Tadkirah, as the principal source
of al-Bayan al-Shafi. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 726a.

The arrangement is nearly the same as in
the Tadkirah, but many of the Kitabs of the
latter are represented here by Babs. .Most
of these Babs are subdivided into sections
called goj*. This copy is divided into two
parts of equal length. The first comprises

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the following Kitabs : ^\^>\, wanting the
beginning: S_jU5\, fol. 86; jftj^\ fol. 216 ;
*/}\, fol. 296; Jl, fol. 326 ; ^&\, fol. 33a ;
ending with J^laM i_jb, foil. 45o — 53a.

The second part contains only one Kitab,
<o, which begins, fol. 54a, as follows :

sx.

The remaining subjects are dealt with in
Babs, beginning with Z*sJ£\ i^b, fol. 636;
O^USW i_>b, fol. 67a; XP,^ cjb, fol. 70a,
etc.; and ending with lil^t <-_A>, fol. 1136;
jti&l jy L_>b, fol. 114a; SlJuH JULJ e_,b,
fol. 1156; and ^.^\/i i_>b, fol. H6a.

Copyist : ±*c- ^

The MS. is wrongly endorsed J^ij

Ustf »

365.

Or. 4025.— Foil. 150; 7£ in. by 5 ; 13 lines,
3| in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; ap-
parently in the 15th century.

[GLA.SEE, no. 327.J

jV1

A text-book of Zaidi law, by al-Mahdi
lidm allah Ahmad B. Yahya B. al-Murtada,
•with the following title in the same hand as
the text :

Beg. ^ jjJaj

The author, one of the most learned of
the Zaidi Imams, was born in Anis, A.H.
764, and was proclaimed Imam A.H. 793.
In the subsequent year, however, he was
deposed and cast into prison in San'a, where
he remained in captivity till A.H. 801. It
was during his confinement that he wrote
the present work, as well as the first half of
a commentary upon it, entitled j\j<±^\ c.u»]\.
He was carried off by the plague in Zafir,
A.H. 840. For his life and a list of his
numerous works see al-Tarjuman, Add.
18,513, foil. 176—189; Sirat al-Mutawakkil,
Or. 3918, foil. 22—30; and Ibn Ja'man,
Or. 3898, fol. 194. The Azhar is noticed
by Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 262. See also
Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 119.

The work begins with a short Mukaddimah
on the Taklid, or the following of human
authorities in legal matters. It follows the
arrangement of the Tadkirah, but has a less
number of Kitabs or main sections, the
subjects of some of the Kitabs of the earlier
work being dealt with in Babs.

The Kitabs are as follows : i^V^laM, fol. 4a ;
, fol. 126; j>\^f fol. 24a; l&\ fol.
27a ; ^JJ, fol. 32A ; f\-oM, fol. 34a ; il,

fol. 37«; C£J1, fol. 45a; j^JJI, fol. 526;
£«H, fol. 64a; l*sJ3\, fol. 79a ; l^\ fol.
•816 ; L(^\, fol. 8'9a ; ^, fol. 926 ; b^,
fol. 946; f^\, fol. 956; *J3j\, fol. 97a ;
io.J^, fol. lOOa ; <-~eA\, fol. lOla; jj-J^,
fol. 103a; WU>^, fol. 106& ; ^j^^, fol.
1146; j]^\, fol. 117 a; Obl^l, fol. 119a ;
2V j\, fol. 122a; ^, fol. 130a ; Ob\W\
fol. 134a ; \>\*j\, fol. 140a; ^jJI, fol. 143a.

The last two leaves, foil. 146-47, have been
supplied by a modern hand.

ZAIDI FURU'.

231

366.

Or. 3928.— Foil. 118 ; 6f in. by 5£ ; 15 lines,
3J in. long; written in Neskhi, apparently
in the 16th century. [GLASER, no. 222.]

Another copy of the Azhar.

Foil. 1—12, 117-18, supplied by later
hands.

367.

Or. 4006.— Foil. 104 ; 8 in. by 5 ; 12 lines,
3 in. long ; written in Neskhi, almost with-
out diacritical points, probably in the 15th
century. [G LASER, no. 303.]

A text-book of Zaidi law, imperfect at
beginning and end.

It is a portion of the Azhar, extending
from 1A t-jls-i" to ^-~4lj L->b, belonging to

The contents correspond with foil. 37 — 125
of no. 365.

368.

Or. 3960.— Foil. 309 ; 12in.by8i; 26 lines,
5£ in. long; written in Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins ; dated Monday, 3 Jumada II.,
A.H. 1053 (A.D. 1643).

[GLASER, no. 254.]

The first volume of a commentary upon
the Azhar by its author, Imam al-Mahdi
Ahmad B. Yahya, with the following title :

Lll^U JJs>

Beg. jji>

U-A^c

J*

\ JA

This extremely full and discursive com-
mentary includes the entire text of the
Azhar, written in red ink. The first volume
extends from the beginning of the work to
the end of the fourth

This copy was written for Sayyid al-Nasir
B. 'Abd al-Eabb B. 'Ali B. Shams al-Din,
whose sons are mentioned in Tib al-Samar,
Or. 2427, fol. 68.

Copyist : yVj* ^ \^ &

A volume of the same commentary is
mentioned by Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Samm-
lung, no. 167.

369.

Or. 3961.— Foil. 346; 12 in. by 8; about
33 lines, 5 in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi ; collated in Dulhijjah, A.H. 1119
(A.D. 1708). [GLASEE, no. 255.]

I. Two volumes of the same commentary,
bound in one, and endorsed

The first volume begins with
and ends with u^b, a chapter of

The second, foil. 199—340, begins with
the next following chapter, viz. t^\ t--»b»
and ends with (jyotsU uJ^->-^ J-J, the last
chapter of *^ \~>\jS. It is designated at
the end as the fourth of six volumes.

II. Foil. 341—44 contain a poem including
the names of God, and beginning: e^ljj

232

LAW.

pi, <jtt\ ^*«b, with a commentary ; dated
A.H. 1248. The Kasldah is by Mr al-
Dln al-Dimyati. It has been commented on
by Ahmad Zarruk (d. A.H. 896). See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 109<z ; the Berlin Cata-
logue, nos. 3753, 3755 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. vii., pp. 113, 255 and 363.

III. Foil. 2 — 6 contain a tract entitled
yA&)j ^Ub ^\ ^ jy,U\ u-Ax/,by 'Abd

al-Rahman al-Suyuti. See Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 8, and the Khedive's Library, vol. vii.,
p. 307.

370.

Or. 3964.— Foil. 228 ; llf in. by 8 ; 33 lines,
6 in. long ; written in small and close Neskhi ;
dated Ramadan, A.H. 1063 (A.D. 1653).

[GLASEE, no. 258.]

Two volumes (Juz) of the same commen-
tary, al-Ghaith al-Midrar, namely, the third
and the fourth of a copy in six Juz.

Juz 3 extends from the beginning of i_->b
to the middle of

U

Juz 4 begins, in continuation of the pre-
ceding, with jj*J\ i_jb, fol. 141, and extends
to the end of

371.

Or. 3962.— Foil. 295 ; 12 in. by 8 J ; 29 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Monday, 6 Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 1050 (A.D. 1641).

[GLASEE, no. 256.]

A volume of the same commentary, desig-
nated on the title-page as the third of a copy
in four volumes, \j>\ &*)j\ bj£ ^ t±JU)\

It begins with 8j*5\
and ends with i«

b in

It was written for Sayyid Yahya B. al-
Husain, a grandson of Imam al-Mansur al-
Kasim.

Copyist :

372.

Or. 3965.— Foil. 200 ; 11$ in. by 8 ; 30 lines,
5-| in. long; written in Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins ; collated in Jumada II.,
A.H. 1086 (A.D. 1675).

[GLASER, no. 259.]

Two volumes of the same commentary,
the fourth and the fifth, bound in one.

The first begins abruptly with the last
page of j^ (_->liX at the end of which is
written u->ll/ ^ jl&-^ &*> tiro g\J>\ ^U1 ^'
iJl It extends from i<ii)l c-jli/ to

.,
the end of

The second volume, foil. 138 — 200, begins
with J-U»M i_»lz/, and ends with *+*^\ t-^b

u^j (Or. 4025, foil. 114).

373.

Or. 3963.— Foil. 174; 12J in. by 8J ; from
31 to 35 lines, 6 in. long ; written in Neskhi
in the 17th century. [GLASEE, no. 257.]

The last volume of the same commentary,
beginning with o-UM t_-»b, in continuation
of the preceding volume, Or. 3965, and end-
ing

From notes of former owners on the title-
page, it appears that this volume was bought,
A.H. 1082, from Rukayyah, wife of Sayyid
'Ali B. Yahya, by Kadi L)iya al-Dln al-Mahdi
B. Jabir al-Ghaffari, after whose death it
passed, A.H. 1104, to his sons.

ZAIDI FURU'.

233

Foil. 173-74 contain the beginning of
*£>-})l &£>, a treatise on morals, by the
author of al-Azhar. See Or. 3910, II.

374.

Or. 3966.— Foil. 418 ; 12 in. by 8J ; 29 lines,
4J in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with
red -ruled margins ; dated Saturday, 14
Rabi< I., A.H. 1083 (A.D. 1672).

[GLASEB, no. 260.]

A commentary upon the Azhar, by Ahmad
B. Yahya B. Habis, with the following title :

lfepM j£,

Ac- jj

This is, as appears from the preface, a
much expanded recension of a commentary
upon al-Azhar, abridged by Fakhr al-Dm
Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. Abi'l-Kasim Ibn
Miftah from the Ghaith al-Midrar (no. 368),
and entitled ^^ <£-**& ^ cjSil^ {j^\ (see
Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung, nos. 156
and 199).

The author, Kadi Ahmad B. Yahya B.
Habis al-Dawari, died in Rabi' I., A.H. 1061.
He says in the preface that al-Azhar was the
best of the compendia of law written by the
Imams, and that, although it had been in
some measure superseded by the Athmar of
Imam Yahya Sharaf al-Dm, students still
applied themselves to the earlier work and

to its commentary, by the late Ibn Miftuh.
The latter being often obscure from its too
great brevity, the author undertook to eluci-
date it by means of additional explanations,
which he distinguished from the original

text by writing a dJ (for J^*^) at the
beginning, and t at the end of each.

This first volume extends to the end of
b in j^U\ ^^(no. 365, fol. 56i).

Copyist : ^ ^ ^t ^ ±**

The MS. was written for Sayyid 'Izz al-
Islam Muh. B. Amir al-Muminin (al-Muta-
wakkil Isma'il), who was afterwards pro-
claimed Imam, with the title of al-Mu'ayyad,
and died A.H. 1097. See Wiistenfeld, Jemen
im XI Jahrh., no. 19.

For other copies see Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche
Sammlung, nos. 119, 120, 152.

375.

Or. 3967.— Foil. 372; uniform with the pre-
ceding, and written by the same hand ; dated
Saturday, 18 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1087 (A.D.
1677). [GLASEB, no. 261.]

The second volume of the above com-
mentary. It begins with Sj*M M^* and ends
with ty\ L-»b, the last chapter of jU) u->li£
(no. 365, fol. 1066).

376.

Or. 3968.— Foil. 227 ; 12f in. by 8} ; about
21 lines, 3^ in. long, with 50 or 60 diagonal
lines in the margin ; written in rather cur-
sive Neskhi, apparently in the 18th century.

[GLASEB, no. 262.]

The last volume of the same commentary,
beginning with (jW.^ «— te, and ending with

H H

234

LAW.

The title is : j\t$$\

In this copy the original commentary of
Ibn Miftah is written in the centre of the
page, and the additions of Ibn Habis in the
margin.

377.

Or. 3897.— Foil. 331 ; llf in. by 8; about
22 lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair large,
but sparingly pointed Neskhi, with red-ruled
margins; dated 1 Sha'ban, A.H. 1112 (A.D.
1701). [GLASEB, no. 183.]

The latter half of a commentary upon the
Azhar, without author's name : ^ ^j\£

Beg.

J1

It is the above-mentioned commentary of
Ibn Miftah. This volume extends from the
beginning of 5*iLSJ\ <_->\^-5 to the end of the
work. It agrees with the text of Ibn
Miftah, as included in the commentary of
Ibn Habis, from Or. 3967, fol. 1576, to the
end of Or. 3968.

The margins contain an extensive gloss
written in slanting lines, by the same hand
as the text. It begins: j^LJi jii ^ »)y

*>.

Copyist :

Foil. 3. — 8, 325 — 331, contain miscellaneous
notes and extracts.

378.

Or. 3985.— Foil. 165; 10iin.by7i; 30 lines,
5 in. long; written in small, sparingly pointed,
Neskhi ; dated Shibam, district of Kaukaban,
28 Shawwal, A.H. 1004 (A.D. 1596).

[GLASER, no. 279.]

The last portion of the same commentary,
with marginal notes. It begins abruptly in
the initial lines of the section Lo^tf jfcj J^af,
belonging to the Kitab al-Rahn. The con-
tents correspond with foil. 66 — 323 of the
preceding MS.

At the end are two leaves, foil. 163-64,
belonging to the latter part of ^\ s->Wj of
the same commentary.

Copyist ; U-J

379.

Or. 3913.— Foil. 115; 12 in. by 8J; 29 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins, probably in the 18th century.

[GLASER, no. 158B.]

I. Fragment of a gloss on a commentary
upon the Azhar, without title or author's
name.

The commentary to which the gloss relates,
proves to be the Sharh al- Azhar, by Ibn
Miftah (v. no. 374). The fragment extends
from the latter part of ^o^ t-jli/ to the
beginning of *j*£ ^J^ (Or. 3967, fol. 321,
to Or. 3968, fol. 127).

The first rubric, fol. 87£, is L-*-aiJl
and the first gloss is U£

ZAIDI FURU'.

235

The folios are to be taken in the following
order: 86—108, 64—85, 1—63.

II. Foil. 109 — 115 contain the beginning
of a collection of early traditions in praise of
the Ansar, without author's name.

Beg. \j*

The author appears to have lived in the
third century of the Hijrah. From the
Isnads prefixed to the several statements it
is seen that he received them orally from
traditionists who died about the middle of
that century.

The most frequently quoted is Muh. B.
Bashshar, who died A.H. 252 (Tabakat al-
Huffaz, viii. 104). Others are Kutaibah B.
Sa'id (d. A.H. 240), Sulaiman B. Harb
(d. A.H. 234), Hajjaj B. Minhal (d. A.H.
217), etc.

380.

Or. 4012.— Foil. 122 ; lOf in. by 7f ; about
35 lines, 5f in. long; written in cursive
Neskhi, without any diacritical points ; dated
Friday, 8 Dulka'dah, A.H. 836 (A.D. 1433).

[GLASEB, no. 310.]

The second volume of a commentary upon
the Azhar, by Ibn Kamar, with the following
title written on the lower edge :

The commentary includes nearly the entire
text of the Azhar, in short passages preceded
by «)y. The date of the present copy shows
that it was written in the lifetime of the
author of the Azhar. This volume contains

and

fol. 16;
", fol. 73a

, fol. 366;

The full name of the commentator is
Jamal al-Dln 'Ali B. Muh. B. 'Ali B. Muh.
Ibn Kamar. It is found on the title-page,
where the original inscription has been
erased, and the following title has been
written beneath by a later hand : j

381.

Or. 3943.— Foil. 375 ; 11^ in. by 8; 31 lines,
5f in. long; written in fair, but very im-
perfectly pointed, Neskhi ; dated (fol. 231)
Sunday, 11 Sha'ban, A.H. 864 (A.D. 1460).

[GLASEE, no. 237.]

A commentary upon the Azhar, by Fakih
Jamal al-Dm 'Ali B. Muh. B. Abi '1-Kasim
al-Najri, with the following title, written by

the same hand as the text :

The author mentions in the preface, as
the best of the early compendia of the juris-
prudence of the Imams, the work entitled
kuail, by Ibn al-Akwa' ('Abdallah B. «Ali)
and the Tadkirah of Sharaf al-Dm. Both
were superseded, however, by the admirable
al- Azhar of Imam al-Mahdi, which the author
began to elucidate in the lifetime of the
Imam. The present commentary, which was
written after his death, is largely taken from
the Imam's own commentary, al-Ghais. al-
Midrar (no. 368).

H H 2

236

LAW.

Two chapters, treating of science in general
and of the importance of jurisprudence, are
prefixed to the commentary proper, which

begins, fol. 35: ' " ' ' " " ~' " " "

_
It includes the entire text written in red ink.

The author was a junior contemporary of
the Imam al-Mahdi (d. A.H. 840), and died,
it appears, before the date of the present
copy, A.H. 864.

The volume is divided into two parts
(Juz), the first of which concludes with
»,}«M u^b, a section of JiklaN i__>l^. At the
end, fol. 231, is the name of the transcriber,
al-Faklh 'Ali B. Da'ud B. Ahmad al-'Umari
al-Hayyi. On the verso of the same folio is
a Marsiyah composed by the same Fakih on
the death of al- Fakih Badr al-Dln Muhammad.

The second Juz, foil. 233—374, begins
with ib^M «— >b, and nearly completes the
work, wanting only a few lines at the end.
It is written by another hand, but about the
same time as the first.

Portions of the same commentary are
noticed by Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung,
nos. 31 and 112, with the title ^

382.

Or. 3792.— Foil. 238; 12 in. by 8J; 11 lines,
4^r in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Monday, 18 Ramadan, A.H. 1029 (A.D. 1620).

[GLASEK, no. 77.]

A commentary by Abu Muh. Sarim al-Dln
Ibrahim B. Muh B. 'Abdallah upon the
Azhar, with the following title.: ^J*

Jl

There is no preface. The commentary
begins with the first words of the text :

There are many glosses in the margins
and between the lines.

The author, Sarim al-Dm Ibrahim, a Sayyid
belonging to the family called Banu '1-Wazir,
died A.H. 914. See the Bassamah, Or. 3825,
and Zeitschr. der D. Morg. Ges., 1884,
p. 579, no. 20.

At the end, foil. 230 — 236, is an appendix
on the law of inheritance, beginning : L

Copyist : ^

383.

Or. 3950.— Foil. 284 ; Il|in.by8; 12 lines,
4| in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated Friday, 12 Eamadan, A.H. 1070
(A.D. 1660). [GLASEB, no. 244.]

Another copy 'of the above commentary,
J6j"3\ ib.lj*, with the same appendix and
marginal notes.

384.

Or. 3951.— Foil. 257 ; 11$ in. by 8; 30 lines,
5-| in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi ; dated
Monday, 9 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1085 (A.D. 1675).

[GLASER, no. 245.]

The first volume of a commentary upon
the preceding work Hidayat al-Afkar (no.

ZAIDI FTJRU'.

237

382), with the following title

j\

Beg. ^ Ll

sj*

The editor, whose name does not appear,
says that this commentary had been com-
menced by Sayyid Salah al-Islam Salah B.
Ahmad B. al-Mahdi, who, overtaken by death
in the bloom of life, left it unfinished at the
Book of Fasting, ,»U-aM u^UL^ when the editor
undertook to revise and complete it.

The present volume carries on the work
to the end of jjliU c-^zi'

385.

Or. 3756.— Foil. 220 ; 8iin.by5f; 23 lines,
4 in. long ; written in small and close Neskhi ;
dated Tuesday, 1 Kamadan, A.H. 1075
(A.D. 1665). [GLASER, no. 40.]

A gloss upon the Azhar, by Ibrahim B.
Yahya al-Suhuli, with this title : £x£.\i3

Beg. J«a!\

The author, whose full name is Sarim al-
Din Ibrahim B. Yahya B. Muh. B. Salah al-
Shajari al-Suhuli, was born in Damar,
A.H. 987, became Kadi of San'a, and died
there on the 20th of Jumiida I., A.H. 1060.
The sfj») j^j^ ^ t
his works. His original Nisbah,
derived from a tribe called Banu Shajarah.
His father was called *^ on account of

is mentioned among

s

a caravan of the tribe Suhul, which happened
to arrive on the day of his birth. See
Bughyat al-Murid, Or. 3719, foL 816, and
Tabak al-Halwa, Or. 3919, fol. 25.

Foil. 1—8 and 217—220 contain miscel-
laneous notes and extracts.

386.

Or. 3992.— Foil. 261 ; 8 J in. by 5f ; 23 lines,

4 in. -long; written in cursive Neskhi ; dated
Thursday, 25 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1093 (A.D.
1682). [GLASEB, no. 286.]

Another copy of the same gloss, with
marginal notes.

387.

Or. 3837.— Foil. 198 ; 12 in. by 8} ; 30 lines,

5 in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 17th century.

[GLASEB, no. 125.]

I. Another copy of the preceding gloss,
with the following title:

u

It has a few marginal notes in a minute
character.

II. Foil. 6 — 15 contain a gloss by Sayyid
Ahmad B. Muh. B. Lukman upon the com-
mentary of Ibn Miftah (v. no. 374) upon
the Mukaddimah of the Azhar, with this title:

Beg.

238

LAW.

The copy is dated A.H. 1075 (A.D. 1664).

Sayyid Shams al-Dm Ahmad B. Muh. B.
Lukman B. Ahmad B. Shams al-Din B. al-
Mahdi was Imam of the Mosque of Shaharah,
and received a military command from Imam
al-Mu'ayyad. He died A.H. 1039. See
Bughyat al-Murid, fol. 51&.

388.

Or. 3856.— Foil. 194; 11 Jin. by 7f ; 32 lines,
5 in. long ; written in small Neskhi ; dated
Dulka'dah, A.H. 1078 (A.D. 1668).

[GLASEE, no. 144.]

A commentary upon the Azhar, without
author's name.

The work is described in the above passage
as abridged from al-Anhar. In the colophon

it is also designated as

The abridgment is ascribed to Ibn 'Abd al-
Salam in the following note, written on the
first page : ^^LJI joe- ^ j\*fi\ J*

In another copy, Or. 3932, IV., the author
is called 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abd al-Salam.

The commentary extends over the entire
work, from the Mukaddimah to Kitab al-
Siyar, and includes the text, written in red.

389.

Or. 3996.— Foil. 303 ; 13 in. by 8J ; 33 lines,
5|- in. long ; written in rather cursive and
sparingly pointed Neskhi; dated Monday,
16 Sha'ban, A.H. 1171 (A.D. 1758).

[GLASEE, no. 291.]

The first volume of a commentary upon
the Azhar, by Sayyid Sharaf al-Dm al-Hasan
B. Ahmad al- Jalal, with the following title :

Beg.

The author died, as stated in the Khulasat
al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 17, in al-Khiraf, a depen-
dency of San'a, A.H. 1079. It is stated in
Tabak al-Halwa, Or. 3919, fol. 25, that he
was accused of heretical doctrines, A.H. 1060.
The present commentary is described as a
work of sharp and hostile criticism, dealing
severely with the text. The author left,
besides the present work, a gloss upon the
Kashshaf, a commentary upon the Fusul al-
Lulu'iyyah, and a Badi'iyyah. See Tib al-
Samar, Or. 2427, fol. 161. In his preface
the author refers to his previous writings on
Usul al-Fikh.

The present volume ends with J

^U>

Copyist :

For another copy see Landberg's Cata-
logue, no. 607.

390.

Or. 3997.— Foil. 364 ; 12± in. by 8 ; 27 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Friday, 28 Rajab, A.H. 1168 (A.D. 1755).

[GLASEE, no. 292.]

The second volume of the above work,
Dau al-Nahar, beginning with ^*!\ ^M, and
ending with

ZAIDI FURU'.

239

391.

Or. 2900.— Foil. 167; 1 If in. by 7}; 33 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 17th century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The second volume of the same work.
It breaks off at the end of £&\ i_^b. The
contents correspond with the first half of
the preceding MS., Or. 3997, foil. 1—165.

The MS. appears to have been written in
the lifetime of the author, whose name is
written on the title-page as follows :

«U1 .

392.

Or. 8871.— Foil. 189; 13f in. by 10.

[GLASEE, no. 159.]

I. Foil. 1—90 ; 34 lines, 6£ in. long ;
written by divers hands in Neskhi ; 18th
century.

The first portion of the preceding com-
mentary, Dau al-Nahar, ending with t_»'j
jfo ..... }\ J^*, a chapter of SjLaN cr'^-*> an(^ cor"
responding with foil. 1—104 of Or. 3996.

The title is : *.&<U

II. Foil. 91—146 ; 32 lines, 5 in. long ;
written in Neskhi with ruled margins ;
dated Thursday, 19 Rabl* I., A.H. 1176
(A.D. 1762).

Another portion of the same commentary,
extending from *»-jjU *«^ J-^i, a section of
^KiM v^X to the end of j^lJI ^\S^, and
corresponding with foil. 257—303 of Or. 3996.

III. Foil. 148—189 ; 29 lines, 5£ in. long;

written in fair Neskhi, partly vocalized,
apparently in the 17th century.

Fragment of a collection of those Hadiths
upon which the ordinances of the law are
founded, with a commentary including bio-
graphical notices of the earliest narrators of
the Hadiths.

The author, whose name does not appear,
quotes the canonical collections of Hadith
and other Sunni works on tradition, among
which is Fath al-Bari, by Ibn Hajar (d.
A.H. 852).

The Hadiths are classed under the usual
headings of law-books, and are numbered in
each section. The first section, the begin-
ning of which is wanting, comprises eighteen
Hadiths relating to such bodily conditions as
necessitate ablution before prayer. The next
section, i».\ii *LaS L-»M v__>b, begins, fol. 153a,

as follows :

The fragment ends abruptly with the
twenty-seventh Hadith of the section, t-jb
yte^M, which belongs to »jLo)\ t->U^

393.

Or. 3870.— Foil. 169 ; 13J in. by 9 ; 29 lines,
5 in. long ; written in cursive and mostly
unpointed Neskhi; dated Friday, 9 Jumada I.,
A.H. 1168 (A.D. 1755).

[GLASEB, no. 158.]

Glosses upon the preceding commentary,
Dau al-Nahar, by 'Izz al-Isliim Muh. B.
Isma'il al-Amlr, with the following title :

*

J«L>

240

LAW.

with this title :

The author was still alive when the present
copy was written, as stated at the end, for
himself. He was a son of Sayyid Isma'il B.
Salah al-Amlr al-Hamzi al-Kuhlani, Imam of
the Madrasah of San'a. The author of the
Tib al-Samar, writing A.H. 1144, Or. 2428,
fol. 153, describes him as a talented young
man and his personal friend.

In the preface the author says that he
was induced by his Shaikh, Sayyid 'Abduhu
B. 'Ali al-Wazir, to collect the present glosses.
They extend from the beginning of the work
to the end of A\ U& '(Or. 3997, fol. 58).

394.

Or. 3904.— Foil. 35 ; 12$ in. by 8£ ; 37 lines,
5f in. long ; written in small Neskhi ; dated
14 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1172 (A.D. 1759).

[GLASEE, no. 190.]

I. Foil. 1—6. Kitab al-Mirath, the last
section of Dau al-Nahar, treating of the law
of inheritance : o <o

*SiJ\

> J\3

Beg.

The contents correspond with foil. 3525 —
364 of Or. 3997.

. II. Foil. 7 — 14. The corresponding portion
of Minhat al-Ghaffar, a commentary upon
the preceding work, by 'Izz al-Islam Muh.
B. Isma'il al-Amir (see the preceding no.).

Beg.

III. Foil. 15 — 31. Gloss on the two pre-
ceding texts, by Hamid B. Hasan Shakir,

LJ&\

Beg.

U

The author, who completed the gloss in
Dulhijjah, A.H. 1172, speaks of the author
of Minhat al-Ghaffar, Muh. B. Isma'il al-
Amir, whom he calls his Shaikh, as still
living at the time.

IV. Foil. 32—35. Another treatise on the
law of succession, extracted from the Majma'
al-Zawa'id, by 'AH B. Abi Bakr al-Misri al-

Haithami,

Beg.

Nur al-Dln Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali B. Abi Bakr
B. Sulaiman al-Haithami, born A.H. 735,
was a disciple of Zain al-Dln al-'Iraki, and
one of the masters of Ibn Hajar al-'Askalani.
He died A.H. 807. See Husn al-Muhadarah,
vol. i., p. 205 ; Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 1566 ;
and Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 401.

395.

Or. 4021.— Foil. 239 ; 11^ in. by 8£; 23 lines,
•4^ in. long ; written in fair, but imperfectly
pointed, Neskhi ; dated Tuesday, Jumada I.,
A.H. 853 (A.D. 1449).

[GLASEE, no. 323.]

A full exposition of Zaidi law, with a
theological introduction, by al-Mahdi Mm-

allah Ahmad B. Yahya B. al-Murtada, author
of the Azhiir.

Beg. U

fr ,> ^

ZAIDI FURU'.

Fol. 226. l<
Fol. 244. jLo

41

In the preface the author declares that this
work will impart to any one who thoroughly
masters it, all the knowledge he requires to
become a Mujtahid, or independent legal
authority, after which he enumerates the
various sciences necessary to attain that
rank. The full title as given in the preface

is as follows : \*e*$\ -

jTj

*o *Jj

The preface concludes with a list of the
abbreviations used by the author in referring
to his authorities.

The introduction, is-U?.^, consists of
eleven books, treating of the following sub-
jects : 1. Religions and sects. 2 — 5. Articles
of faith, in four sections, counting as separate
books. 6. Distinction between unbelievers
and reprobates. 7. Imamate. 8. Scholastic
theology (Kalam). 9. Bases of the law.
10. History of the Prophet and Imams,
brought down to the death of al-Mahdi 'AH
B. Muh., A.H. 774, with a brief sketch of
the Umayyades and Abbasides. 11. Coranic
texts implying commands.

The headings are as follows :

Fol. 46. #n W U/ I.

Fol. 13a.

Ib.

Fol. 16«.

^.

II.
III.

Fol. 286.
Fol. 30a.
Fol. 33a.

Fol. 59a.

Fol. 806.

j jyun

241

IV.
V.

A I .

VII.

VIII.

ur ix.

X.

Fol. 96a.

XI.

The body of the work, treating of the
ordinances of the law, begins, fol. 112i, as

follows: j.>U^ ij\ *Si) ,.^^111 j.K*^\ ^jliT
CjUfr^U! ^ «Jjo ..jb. 'wkJ J-aJ. It has tun
same general arrangement as the Azhar,
but a greater number of books. The present
volume comprises the following :

Fol. 113a.
Fol. 1486.
Fol. 2056.
Fol. 215<i.
Fol. 2346.
Copyist: ^ ^

Haj. Khal. mentions the work under
\}\ j^\ vol. ii., p. 18. For other copies

see Ahlwardt, G laser' sche Sammlung, nos.

230-31, 25, 35, 46, and Landberg, no. 587.
i i

242

LAW.

396.

Or. 3728.— Foil. 285 ; 12 in. by 7f ; 25 lines,
44 in. long ; written in rather cursive Neskhi,
about A.H. 1057 (A.D. 1647).

[GLASER, no. 12.]

A volume of the preceding work, without
the introduction. It contains the first half
of Kitab al-Ahkam, with copious marginal
notes, and comprises the following books :

,fol. 2a; SjL»N, fol. 306 ; »jUJ\ fol. 786 ;
fol. 87a ; ^-"11, fol. 105« ; ^\, fol.
109a; A fol. 1206; C&)1, fol. 1486 ; j^W,
fol. 193a ; O\S£Jfl, fol. 2376 ; &$, fol. 243a.

397.

Or. 3729.— Foil. 293 ; uniform with the pre-
ceding, and written by the same hand; dated
Saturday, 24 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1057 (A.D.
1647). [GLASER, no. 13.]

The latter half of the Kitab al-Ahkam,
comprising the following books : i«i£^, fol.

16; S.U^, fol. 13«; lf^j\\ fol.

fol. 346;

fol.

46a ;

fol. 814 j

fol. 39«; JUA fol. 43a;

o,UN, fol. 526 ; OU^H, fol. 546 ;

l^^»Ji\j, fol. 586 ; i—aSjM, fol. 596 ;
fol. 676 ; ^^\ fol. 706 ; jj*N, fol.
78a ; wUrf1, fol. 936 ; j&\, fol. 1066 ; 2UJ^
fol. 1106 ; ^JJlj jJuJ\, fol. 1146 ; \i\*f^\ fol.
1206; i**l»^, fol. 1246; Jb^l^, fol. 128a;
0-ljJJ^, fol. 130a; JLJ\, fol. 1336; ^j^^^
fol. 1356; j\f$\, fol. 1476; uy^l^t)^ fol.
154«; *i^j3), fol. 1666; 2^jil, fol. 1726; .s.,
fol. 180a; LoJl, fol. 182a; |^^^ fol. 1826;

I, fol. 183a ;
, fol. 1866;

, fol. 184a ; USN
fol. 193«; v.

fol. 213a ;

fol. 2386 ;

, fol. 2406 ;

l. 258a

ca*

fol. 262a ;
J, fol. 2826 ;
fllj, fol. 2846.

The last two books are appendices which
are often met with as separate works. The
first treats of those passages of the Sirah, or
Biography of the Prophet, from which in-
ferences as to legal questions may be drawn.
The second is a treatise on moral offences
and vices.

The first begins : J

The second begins:

Copyist :

Foil. Ill and 112 are partly torn.

This volume and the preceding have
copious marginal notes.

398.

Or. 3736.— Foil. 62; 11 in. by 8; 30 lines,
5^ in. long; written in fair Neskhi, imperfectly
pointed, apparently in the 15th century.

[GLASER, no. 20.]

The Dibajah, or introduction, of al-Bahr
al-Zakhkhar, imperfect at the end.

It comprises the following books :

fol. 46; J*».j3N, fol. 116; Jj-H, fol.
146; O)^, fol. 19a; JOP^J J*J<, fol. 20a ;

fol. 226 ; i.U^, fol.

ZAIDI FURTJ'.

243

23 b;
41a ;

Li!*,, fol. 25a ;

*, fol.

In the last book spaces left for the inser-
tion of dates have mostly been left blank,
and the last section, treating of the Umay-
yades and Abbasides (Or. 4021, foil. 936—96),
is wanting.

Of the eleventh, book, Ob^k!
the first five lines are extant.

, only

399.

Or. 3934.— Foil. 184 ; lO^in. by7i; written
in small and distinct, but sparingly pointed
ISTeskhi ; dated from 26 Rajab, A.H. 832, to
27 RabI' II., A.H. 833 (A.D. 1429-30).

[GLASEE, no. 228.]

I. Foil. 2—114; 26 lines, 5£ in. long.

The Tadkirah of Sharaf al-DTn Hasan B.
Muh. al-Nahwi (v. no. 354), with this title:

II. Foil. 117—180; 33 lines, 5^ in. long.

The Dibajah, or Introduction, of Bahr al-
Zakhkhar (v. no. 395), with some additions,

The contents are as follows : J'j
fol. 1186 ; jj^',fol. 1246 ; J^\, fol. 125a;
Olj-iM, fol. 128a; o^V, ^, fol. 129a ;
jju-iSJ^ j\j&\ J jx5^\ fol. 131a; i.\A\, fol.
132a ; ^\ L±kj, fol. 133a ; J_^0\ }*«,
fol. 146a.

The second appendix to Kitab al-Ahkiim,
entitled ^^ L\£> u^U/ (v. no. 397, fol.
2846), fol. 158a.

The eleventh book of the Dibiijah, j'iijjjl)
aVtfir^ ,j »>>U 0\i^J (v. TIO. 895, fol. 96),
fol. 164a.

The first appendix to Kitab al-Ahkam,
entitled s^-Jl <vi» ^ *_ *>^\ ,j tjfj^\ ij^\
(v. no. 397, fol. 2826), fol. I71a.

A treatise on the law of inheritance, entitled
(_^\jBj\ ^s- ,j (_>ij'i^ (juy&\, by the author
of al-Bahr, fol. 1726.

Beg.

This treatise is mentioned in the Tarjuman,
Add. 18,513, fol. 1836, among the writings
of al-Mahdi.

The tenth book of the Dibajah, jj^\j j*^
J\yj\ jju- i^ ^ (v. no. 395, fol. 806),
fol. 175a.

III. Foil. ]81a. A poem by the same
author, entitled ^^j \j^ j&& ^^ *£^
Sji-^Jl, with a prose preface, beginning :

The first verse is :

It is noticed under the same title in al-
Tarjuman, fol. 1866.

IV. Fol. 1826. The Wasiyyah, or last in-
junctions of the same Imam, beginning:

V. Fol. 184o. A poem by the same, on
the trials of the Imams.

Beg.

It is quoted in Simt al-La'al, Or. 2426,
fol. 164.

Copyist (fol. 157):

n2

244

LAW.

400.

Or. 3755.— Foil. 40 ; 8 J in. by 6 ; 16 lines,
4^ in. long; written in fine Neskhi; dated
Monday, the last day of Kajab, A.H. 1049
(A.D. 1639). [GLASER, no. 39.]

A treatise on the bases of jurisprudence,
being the ninth book of the Dlbajah of al-
Bahr (no. 395, foil. 59a— 806).

401.

Or. 4022.— Foil. 293 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 27 lines,
5 1 in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 13th century.

[GLASEB, no. 324.]

The first half of Kitab al-Ahkam, the
main portion of al-Bahr, from S,V$U\ <_
to near the end of .A\ i

It breaks off a few lines after the rubric

* (no. 396, fol. 2826).

402.

Or.380L— Foil. 197; ll^in.byS; 25 lines,
5£ in. long ; written in fair, but sparingly
pointed, Neskhi, apparently in the 15th
century. [GLASER, no. 87.]

A volume of the Bahr, designated on the
edge as the second ^ ^ «jlj^

It extends from the beginning of Ji t-jl
(no. 396, fol. 1206) to the end of
J^Jl, ^^ ^jj\ (no. 397, fol. 596).
It has a few marginal notes.

403.

Or. 4013.— Foil. 147; 11 in. by 8; 23 lines,
5£ in. long ; written in fair, but imperfectly

pointed, Neskhi ; apparently in the 1 5th
century. [GLASER, no. 313.]

A volume of the same work, extending
from near the beginning of J£ u-jl^ (the
first page of which is wanting) to the end of
£^J\ t-jlsJ. The contents correspond with
no. 396, foil. 121—285.

S 404.

Or. 3915.— Foil. 218; 11£ in.by 8£; 27 lines,
6 in. long; written in fine bold, but sparingly
pointed, Neskhi ; apparently in the 15th
century. [GLASER, no. 209.]

A volume of al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar, desig-
nated as the second, jU-j3\ j$ ^ J>\&\ j_J^
with copious notes, written in a minute
character between the lines and in the
margins.

It contains the following books : -KJJ\,
fol. 26 ; J5UA fol. 37a ; oVaiiJ), fol. 756 ;
*i-fM, fol. 805 ; iUil^, fol. 121o. ; JjV^l f°l-
1316 ; ffijfi, fol. 1446 ; ^]J U^\, fol. 1466;
u±\p\j «,Uil, fol. 149a ; t(^\, fol. 153a ;
i«~A fol. I57a; ^\, fol. 1596; Jb^UN, fol.

T :' ' 4 M (' 1 "1 I ' "~ / *f \\ ** \\ \\

166a ; «^->u$!i, fol. 1676 ; (_s&-~"j (_5^/ ij <jj*^\
fol. 171a ; USj\, fol. 172a ; i*sj\, fol. 1786;
»_jwail\, fol. 1806 ; j-Zjtt, fol. 1876 ; J^^,
fol. 20la ; .jjj', fol. 212a ; 2^ fol. 2156.

The MS. breaks off at the third page of
the last book, in a passage corresponding
with no. 405, fol. 108«, last line.

405.

Or. 4023.— Foil. 274 ; 12 in. by 8^ ; 24 and
32 lines, about 5 in. long ; written in Neskhi ;

ZAIDI FURU'.

dated Thursday, 12 Jumada I., A.H. 1060

(A.D. 1650).

[GLASEE, no. 325.]

The latter half of Kitab al-Ahkiim, with
the same contents as no. 397.

406.

Or. 3896.— Foil. 263 ; 11^ in. by 8; 25 lines,
5| in. long ; written in bold and thick, nearly
unpointed, Neskhi; dated Thursday, last
decade of Dulka'dah, A.H. 852 (A.D. 1449).

[GLASER, no. 182.]

The last volume of al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar,
beginning with i_J5j5\ u.-'ljtf', and ending with
Jk>-^J m$u31 <-r>^Sj with marginal notes in a
smaller character.

407.

Or. 3921.— Foil. 201 ; llfin.by7J; 17 lines,

4 in. long ; written in fair, but almost un-
poirited, Neskhi; dated Sunday, 11 Eamadan,
A.H. 1045 (A.D. 1636).

[GLASEE, no. 215.]

The last volume of al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar,
beginning with the chapter headed J»- <_A>
uJJlsJl, belonging to Kitab al-Hudud (no.
397, fol. 198a), and ending with the first
appendix, iijjuU *j<d\, leaving out the second,
al-Takmilah lil-ahkam.

The MS. was written for Sayyid 'Izz al-
Din B. Duraib, an eminent and wealthy
legist, who lived in al-Tawilah, possessed a
large library, and died some time after A.H.
1060. See Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 110.

408.

Or. 3990.— Foil. 240 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 33 lines,

5 in. long ; written in fair, but sparingly
pointed, Neskhi, apparently in the 17th
century. [GLASEE, no. 284.]

The first volume of a commentary, by
'Imad al-Din Yahya B. Ahmad B. Murgham,
on al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar, with this title:

Beg. uJ

and

This volume begins with Xj
contains the following books ; X
fol. 42aj jjliU ^^, fol. 1276;
fol. 1446 ; ^^ v^UT, fol. 1786 ;
fol. 1856 ; and Ji i^li^ fol. 2036.

Of this last book the MS. contains only
the first three quarters. It breaks off a
page after the rubric C-oJI ^ U ^ J^ai
(no. 396, fol. 1456).

For another copy see Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche
Sammlung, no. 102.

409.

Or. 3806.— Foil. 134; 8f in. by 6J; 26 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair, but sparingly
pointed, Neskhi, apparently in the 18th
century. [GLASEE, no. 92.]

A gloss on al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar, by Diya
al-Dm Salih B. al-Mahdi al-Makyali,

246

LAW.

The author lived in the latter half of the
eleventh century of the Hijrah. Al-Haimi
describes him in Tib al-Samar, Or. 2427,
foil. 96 — 98, as a disciple of his grandfather
al-Hasan B. Ahmad al-Haimi, who died
A.H. 107L (Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii.,p. 16),
and as one of the Shaikhs of his own father,
Muh. al-Haimi. Among his works he men-
tions the present ^7 *J^>-, which contains,
he says, severe strictures upon the text of
the Imam. Al-Makyali spent the latter part
of his life in Mecca.

In his preface the author praises, as the
most excellent legal books of the Imams, the
Intisar of Yahya B. Hamzah and the Bahr of
al-Mahdi, adding that the latter contains
the quintessence of the former.

The gloss contained in the MS. relates to
the first part of the Kitab al-Ahkam from
its beginning to about the middle of
where the MS. breaks off.

The first note is on this passage,
gUs^'o jf, l»3U- *J (no. 395, fol. 1126,
line 6). The last relates to these words,
^5 Ja?j, Avhich belong to L-^b

a section of »^!\ c-'lJtf' (no. 395,
fol. 2286, line 16).

For another copy see Landberg, no. 588.

410.

Or. 3937.— Foil. 222; 10 Jin. by 7£; 27 lines,
5f in. long ; written in a small, neat and
close, Neskhi, almost destitute of diacritical
points, apparently in the 15th century.

[GLASEB, no. 231.]

An extensive commentary upon several

treatises included in the Bahr al-Zakhkhar,
by the author, al-Mahdi lidin-allah Ahmad
B. Yahya.

Beg.

lc

It consists, as stated in the preface, of
nine distinct works, each bearing a separate
title, as follows :

ix.

The first six of the above commentaries
elucidate the following treatises included in
the Dibajah of al-Bahr : 1. Kitab al-Milal
wal-Nihal ; 2. Kitab al-Kala'id, comprising
four separate books (nos. 2 — 5 of the Dibajah);
3. Riyadat al-Afham (no. 8) ; 4. Mi'yar al-

ZAIDI FURU'.

247

'Ukiil (no. 9) ; 5. Al-Jawahir wal-Durar
(no. 10) ; and 6. Kitab al-Intikad (no. 11).

The seventh is a commentary upon the
Hadiths quoted in the Kitab al-Ahkam, or
main part of al-Bahr. The eighth and ninth
are commentaries upon the two appendices
of the same work, the Durrat al-Munirah and
al-Takmilah lil-Ahkiim. See above, no. 397.

The present volume contains, after some
preliminary matters, the first of the above
commentaries and the first half of the second,
as follows : Commentary upon the preface of
al-Bahr, fol. 3a ; Mukaddiraah upon the suc-
cessive generations of jurists, fol. 10a;
Commentary upon Kitab al-Milal, fol. 22a ;
Commentary upon the introduction of Kitab
al-Kalaid, fol. 64a ; upon Kitab al-Tauhid,
fol. 66a ; and upon Kitab al-'Adl, fol. 138a.

The Kitab al-Munyat wal-Amal begins :

j

jt, jj\ kli

The Kitab al-Durar al-Fara'id begins :

The commentary includes the original text
written in red.

The last portion was completed, as stated
by the author at the end, on Monday, the
21st of Rajab, A.H. 835. The commentary
upon the preface of al-Bahr was finished on
Monday, the llth of Dulka'dah, A.H. 833.
See fol. 21a.

411.

Or. 4027.— Foil. 195 ; 9 in. by 6J ; from 35
to 40 lines, 3f in. long ; written in minute

and close Neskhi ; dated Friday, 19 Rajab,
A.H. 1178 (A.D. 1765).

[GLASEE, no. 349.]

A diffuse commentary upon the Dlbfijah
of al-Bahr, without title or author's name,
imperfect at the beginning.

The first paragraph begins :

It relates to this passage of Fasl 2 of
Kitab al-'Adl, the third book of the Dibajah :

Ji' J^i ^

The commentary upon the next following
books begins as follows : O\jjJJ\ u
fol. 68a ; jj^J), **j\ i_»t£ fol. 936 ; i
j^fc )V, jli^ll J jJl^\ fol. 150a; L
i«U^^ foil. 161i— 186&.

The passages explained are written in the
margin. The portion of the text included in
the commentary occupies foil. 17a — 33a iu
the first volume of al-Bahr, no. 395.

On the first page is the following note :

Sayyid Hashim B. Yahya al-Shami, to
whom the work is dubitatively assigned, was
Kadi and Khatib in San'a, and a friend of
the author of Tib al-Samar. See Or. 2427,
fol. 1716.

Foil. 187 — 189 are
cellaneous extracts.

taken up by mis-

Foil. 190 — 195 contain a fragment of a
dissertation on the service due by wives to
their husbands, according to the decisions of
Imam al-Hiidi.

248

LAW.

412.

Or. 4034.— Foil. 353 ; 10 in. by 7| ; 25 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in small and fair, but
sparingly pointed, Neskhi ; dated al-Sudah,
Sunday, 27 Rajab, A.H. 981 (A.D. 1573).

[GLASEK, no. 336.]

A commentary upon the Hadiths quoted
in Kitab al-Ahkam, the main portion of al-
Bahr al-Zakhkhar, by 'Izz al-Din Muh. B.
Yahya Ibn Bahran al-Tamlrni al-Basri al-
Sa'di, with the following title : _/>\j>- <--X&

4- *

ri)l

Beg. U li

The scope of the work, as stated in the
preface, is to give the complete text of the
Hadiths referred to in the Bahr, with the
necessary explanations, and to show in what
part of the authentic collections of traditions
they are found. The works to which they
are referred are the six canonical books of
Hadith, the Jyo^ j*U (by Mubarak Ibn al-
Athlr, d. A.H. 606 ; Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 501) ; L_-oJ6^-Nj ^-AjLJ^JkN, by 'Abd al-'AzIm
al-Mundiri (d. A.H. 656 ; Arabic Catalogue,
p. 720a), and u*^; by Ibn Hajar (d. A.H.
852; v. Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 283).

The Hadiths peculiar to the Prophet'
family are referred to the work callec
J£»-^ Jyo} (by Imam Ahmad B. Sulaiman,
who died A.H. 566), and to \ >'.ii (com-

menced by Amir al-Husain B. Badr al-Din,
who died A.H. 662, and finished by Sayyid
Salah, son of al-Mahdi Ibrahim, who died
A.H. 683 ; see Tarjuman, foil. 13 9a, lola).

The commentary follows the order of the
text (Or. 3728, fol. 2a— Or. 3729, fol. 293a)

from 'ij\£4\ *_jt^ to jxJ! «-_>^X and includes
the two appendices, namely *ji&\ »j^, fol.
338a,,and ^W X*<^\, foil. 341J— 346^.

The author states at the end that the fair
copy was completed on the 7th of Shawwal,
A.H. 937. The work is mentioned in the
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 306, under the
title of j^ C^JJU^ j>.j£, by Ibn Bahran.

The present copy was transcribed from
the MS. of 'Imad al-Dm Yahya B. Muh. B.
'Amr B. al-Mu'afa, a copy of the author's
original draft.

Copyist : ^

^ J6 ^

Foil. 347 — 353 contain some extracts, the
most important of which is entitled **£\ Xii^
i*jfj\j 2^\ J^la2 (J, a contest between palm
and vine, by 'Abdallah B. Muh. al-Najri.

413.

Or. 3804.— Foil. '300 ; 9Jin.by6i; 19 lines,
4 in. long; written in Neskhi, apparently in
the 16th century. [GtASEE, no. 90.]

I. Foil. 10—284. The first portion of the
preceding work, jV*»-^ J>\jr, concluding with
Kitab al-Hajj, and corresponding with foil.
2 — 195 of the preceding MS. The writing
is much crowded at the end, the last folios
having about forty lines in a page.

II. Foil. 1 — 9 ; written apparently in the
18th century.

ZAIDI FURU'.

249

The preface of a collection of Hadiths,

entitled (fol. 9a) ^ ^ Jii^} JUi-^)\ ^^

jl^3' y.jjjl, by Abu '1-Hasan 'All B. Muhyi

al-Din Humaid B. Ahmad B. Ja'far Ibn al-

Walid.

Beg.

ijjfc

The author's name is found on the title-
page : ^j

He says at the beginning that he had
received the Hadiths in Sa'dah, A.H. 602,
from his father Muhyi al-Din, who had them
from Kadi Shams al-Din Ja'far B. Ahmad
B. Yahya. The preface is chiefly taken up
with the author's various Isnads. At the
end he says the work comprises 2500 Hadiths,
classed under a number of Babs, the first of
which is ^J Jus (Jj>i5\ ^ f\o-

The work is mentioned, as one of the
leading collections of Hadith, in Falak al-
Dawwar, Or. 3850, fol. 21, where to the
author's name is added

III. Foil. 285—292 ; written apparently
in the 17th century.

A treatise on the duties of the Muhtasib,
an extract from the Jawami' al-Nusus, by
Imam al-Natik bil-Hakk al-Nasir (Yahya B.
al-Husain, who died A.H. 424?): ,_Atf

Beg.

JIS

414.

Or. 3772.— Foil. 297 ; 8J in. by 6 ; 15 lines,
3£ in. long; written in cursive and sparingly
pointed Neskhi ; dated Tuesday, 21 Jum&da
II., A.H. 1110 (A.D. 1698).

[GLASEE, no. 56.]

The first part of Ghayat al-Afkar, corre-
sponding with foil. 2 — 64 of the preceding
MS., no. 410.

Contents : Commentary upon the preface
of al-Bahr, fol. Qb. Mukaddimah upon tin-
generations of jurists, fol. 43a. Commen-
tary upon Kitab al-Milal, foil. 100«— 288.

For another copy see the Berlin Catalogue,

no. 2807.

The MS. was written for Faklh Diyii al-
Din Ishak B. Muh. al-'Abdi.

Copyist :

Foil. 1—8, 289 — 298, contain miscellaneous
notes and extracts.

415.

Or. 3956.— Foil. 243 ; 10iin.by7f ; 30 lines,
5| in. long; written in fair, sparingly pointed,
Neskhi ; dated 15 Shawwal, A.H. 836 (A.D.
1433). [GLASEE, no. 250.]

j*

Another copy of the second of the com-
mentaries included under the common title
of Ghayat al-Afkar.

The contents correspond with foil. 64 — 221

of the preceding MS., no. 410. They

comprise : An introduction to Kitab al-

Kala'id, fol. Ib. A commentary upon Kitab

K c

250

LAW.

al-Tauhid, fol. 46. A commentary upon
Kitab al-'Adl, fol. 1176.

The MS. was written for al-Faklh Najm
al-Dm Yusuf B. Ibrahim B. Ahmad al-Anisi.

Copyist :

416.

Or. 4020.— Foil. 207 ; 1 If in. by 8; 33 lines,
6 in. long ; written in a rude and almost un-
pointed Neskhi, apparently in the 16th century.

[GLASER, no. 322.]

Another copy of the second book of
Grhayat al-Afkar.

Contents : Introduction, fol. 11. Kitab
al-Tauhid, fol. 36. Kitab al-'Adl, fol. 104a.

The last section wants three or four leaves
at the end. The contents correspond with
foil. 64a— 219a of no. 410.

Foil. 1 — 8 and 13-14 have been supplied
by a later hand.

417.

Or. 3840.— Foil. 177; 12£in.by8£; 29 lines,
4|- in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Saturday, 21st of
Muharram, A.H. ivp (probably for 1074,
A.D. 1663). [GLASER, no. 128.]

I. Foil. 1 — 54. A commentary upon Kitab
al-Tahkik fi '1-Ikfar wal-TafsIk, the sixth
book of the Dibajah. of al-Bahr (no. 395,
fol. 28), by the author.

Beg. t_>Ui'Us> jju^lMj

The commentary includes the text, written

in red. The author completed it, as stated
at the end, on Saturday, the 13th of Rajab,
A.H. 822, in Kal'ah Abi Yazid, on the slope

of the hill of Miswar, lai'L-e (j ^jj. LJJ\ LJi' (j

Jo*

II. Foil. 55 — 177. A commentary upon
Kitab al-Imamah, the seventh book of the
same Dibajah (no. 395, fol. 30), by the
author, with the text.

Beg.

It was completed on the 25th of Dulka'dah,
A.H. 822, in the same place. The author
adds in conclusion that, having finished the
exposition of the questions relating to J^o)
^.jJI, he was going to enter upon the expla-
nation Of

(the 8th book of the Dibajah).

418.

Or. 3807.— Foil. 257; 11£ in. by 8; from
31 to 33 lines, 5£ in. long; written in small and
neat Neskhi ; dated Thursday, 10 Shawwal,
A.H. 1044 (A.D. 1635).

[GLASER, no. 94.]

A commentary upon Riyadat al-Afham,
a treatise on Kalam, or scholastic theology,
the eighth of the Dibajah of al-Bahr, by the
author.

Beg. (J^

The commentary includes the text of al-
Bahr, written in red. It was completed, as
stated at the end, on Friday, the 8th of
Rajab, A.H. 828, the author being then at
Hasyan, "having fled from the oppressors,

ZAIDI FURU'.

251

and waging war upon the infidels,

«4»

The date of composition is five years
earlier than that of the preface of Ghayat al-
Afkar. But it appears that this commentary
was subsequently embodied in the latter
work, as its third book, with the title of

\ which, although not found in the text,
is written on the title-page of this MS.

419.

Or. 3925.— Foil. 300; 8 in. by 5f ; 25 lines,
4 in. long ; written in small and close Neskhi ;
dated Thursday, 9 Ramadan, A.H. 1056
(A.D. 1646). [GLASEB, no. 219.]

A commentary upon the Mi'yar al-'Ukul,
a treatise upon Usul al-Fikh or the bases of
the law, the ninth book of the Dlbajah of al-
Bahr, by the author.

Beg.

,j Jyull ^1*

*w»^ ^

This commentary is the fourth of those
included in the Ghayat al-Af kar. It includes
the text of the Mi'yar al-'Ukul (no. 395,
foil. 59 — SO), written in red.

Copyist : ^^ ^ A\ jj* ^ j^>1

There are a few marginal notes, and, at
the end, an Ijazah, or licence, granted by
Muh. B. Ibrahim Lutfallah to Sayyid al-
Hasan B. Salah B. al-Mutahhar, A.H. 1064.

420.

Or. 3771.— Foil. 174; 7f in. by 6; about

35 lines, 3f in. long ; written in small and
close Neskhi ; about A.H. 1025 (A.D. 1616).

[GLASEB, no. 55.]

The fifth of the treatises included in the
Ghayat al-Afkar (v. no. 410), with the

following title : _^» ,_y

J\

Beg.

It is a commentary upon, or rather a
much expanded recension of, the Kitab al-
Jawahir wal-Durar, the tenth, or historical,
treatise of the Dlbajah of al-Bahr. It com-
prises eight books enumerated in the title-
page, each of which bears its own title. Of
these the first six are contained in the present
volume, as follows :

I. Fol. 46. Account of creation, and
description of the world and of the earth,

II. Fol. 176. History of Adam and the
Prophets, concluding with Juraij the monk,
and the story of Ahl al-Ukhdud, Uj^\

The above two sections form what the
author designates as the introduction, al-
Mukaddimah. It was completed, as stated
at the end, on Friday, the 25th of Jumada II.,
A.H. 831, in j.Ji\ a village near Haruz.

III. Fol. 42a. History of the ancestors of
the Prophet, jlj*.^ UJb\ ^ i\^/J

IV. Fol. 46a. Life of the Prophet, *jJ1

V. Fol. 120a. Lives of the ten blessed
Companions (the MS. contains only those of
'AH, Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, Talhah
KK 2

252

LAW.

and Zubair), w

^»

VI. Fol. 141 a. History of the Imams of
the Zaidis, sij^s. j^, £» ^

The last book is imperfect at the end.
The history is brought down to the- death of
al-Mahdi Ahmad B. al-Husain (A.H. 656),
and breaks off with a brief mention of the
proclamation of al-Mansur al-Hasan B. Muh.
(A.H. 657).

The last two books are as stated on the
title-page :

VII.

>

viii.

421.

Or. 3890.— Foil. 76 ; 8 in. by 6£ ; about
35 lines, 3f in. long ; written by the same
hand as the preceding ; dated Saturday,
18 Jumada I., A.H. 1025 (A.D. 1616).

[GrLASER, no. 176.]

I. Foil. 1 — 54. Continuation of the pre-
ceding MS. It begins with the last para-
graph of Riyad al-Fikar, namely, a notice
relating to the tombs of Imam al-Hadi (died
A.H. 298), of his son al-Murtada, and of other
Imams in the Mashhad of Sa'dah,and contains
the above-mentioned seventh and
books of Yawakit al-Siyar, as follows :

Fol. 1. An account of the Umayyades and
Abbasides brought down to al-Nasir Ahmad
B. al-Mustadi :

Beg.

eighth

L*\ Ji lali- u^>

The author states at the end that he com-
pleted it on Saturday, the 26th Kamadan,
A.H. 836, in al-Daka'ik, in the district of
Miswar.

Foil. 32a — 54&. The concluding portion
of the Yawakit al-Siyar, consisting of anec-
dotes of saints and edifying stories, borrowed
from Abu '1-Faraj 'Abd al-Eahman B. 'Ali B.
Muh. al-Jauzi.

Beg. tl^jjly. i—^ >U$o

li'lU

It consists of sixty stories entitled
and numbered.

The following title has been written at the
end of the preceding section, over the original
text, which has been obliterated:

II. Foil. 55—65 ; dated 19 Rajab, A.H.
1112 (A.D. 1700). A collection of Hadiths
handed down by al-Hadi Yahya B. al-Husain,
who died in Sa'dah, A.H. 298.

Beg.

They are arranged under the usual headings
of legal books, beginning, after an introduc-
tory chapter, with SjV^kM <_;b,

and ending

III. Foil. 65S — 73; dated al-Sharaf,
3 Sha'ban, A.H. 1112 (A.D. 1701). Tak-
milat al-Ahkam, the second appendix of al-
Bahr. See no. 397, fol. 284.

IV. Foil. 736—76 ; dated 30 Muharram,
A.H. 1113 (A.D. 1701). Al-Mukaddimat
al-Jazariyyah, a versified treatise on the
correct pronunciation of the Goran. See
no. 93.

ZATDI FURU'.

253

422.

Or. 3989.— Foil. 256; 9 in. by 6f ; from
30 to 35 lines, 5 in. long ; written in a
cursive and ill-shaped scrawl, almost desti-
tute of diacritical points ; dated from Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 1189, to Safar, A.H. 1190
(A.D. 1776). '[GLASER, no. 283.]

Another copy of Yawakit al-Siyar (nos.
420 and 421), with the following contents:

I. Fol. U.

II. Foil, lla— 28a. *>

».—

i,j3l (

III. Fol. 756. \u\>\

IV. Pol. 826. »

V. Fol. 1816.

There are, in addition to the preceding
copy, short notices of Sa'd B. Abi Wakkas,
Sa'Id B. Zaid, 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Auf, and
Abu 'Ubaidah.

VI. Fol. 200a.

This account of the Imams is brought
down to al-Mahdi 'Ali B. Muhammad, who
died A.H. 774.

VII. Fol. 225«— 2486.

At the end is found the title of the next
following book, viz. ^x>j (jJW*^ iJ5^P i— >'^-S

however, is wanting in this copy.

VIII. Foil. 30—74; 19 lines, 4 in. long;

dated Friday, 18 Rabi' II., A.H. 11. Vj
(A.D. 1739).

A commentary by Sarim al-Dln Ibrahim
B. Yahya al-Suhuli upon the "Thirty
Questions " of Shams al-Din Ahmad B. al-
Hasan al-Rassas, with this title : *Jjj

The contents agree substantially with
those of no. 207.

Foil. 249 — 256 contain a tract upon the
practice of reciting the Dikr, or litany, in
the mosque of San'a, an extract from the
Nahj al-Balaghah, and other miscellaneous

extracts.

423.

Or. 3788.— Foil. 133; 9J in. by 7; about
31 lines, 4f in. long ; written for the most
part in fair Neskhi, A.H. 708-9 (A.D.
1308-9). [GLASEE, no. 73.J

I. Foil. 2 — 18. Answers of Imam al-
Mutawakkil-'ala'llah al-Mutahhar B. Mull.
B. Sulaiman to legal questions.

Bog.

J'j'

Al - Mutawakkil claimed the Imamate
shortly after the death of 'Ali B. Salah and of
al-Mahdi Ahmad B. Yahya, who both died
A.H. 840. After a very chequered tenure
of that office, he died in Damar, in the
month of Safar, A.H. 879. See Tarjuman,

254

LAW.

Add. r 18,513, fol. 240. His Diwan is de-
scribed in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 750.

Answers by 'Abdallah B. Yahya al-Naziri
to nine more questions are appended, fol. 1 7b.

II. Foil. 19-20. Answers of Imam 'Izz al-
Din B. al-Hasan B. Amir al-Muminm (who
claimed the Imamate A.H. 879, and died
A.H. 900) to legal questions- put to him by
the last-named scholar, 'Abdallah B. Yahya
al-Naziri.

II. Foil. 22 — 25. A treatise on the laws of
marriage and divorce, without author's name.

Beg. ^-^ i\« *? ua as

The writing is the same as in the two
preceding articles, and the author, whose
blessings are invoked at the end, $\ <te\
&aLa* 'i£j> ^, is probably one of the above-
mentioned Imams.

IV. Foil. 26—32. The beginning of a
commentary upon the Tadkirah, without
author's name.

Beg. . . . J^^ x»»- d\ lx»s- <jjo U

The commentary does not include the text.
It breaks off in the chapter on ablution
(Wadu), in the explanation of this passage :

CJ^Jb i,l^aJ\ 1^. ja_^. $ (no. 354, fol. 4,
line 9).

V. Foil. 34 — 100. A commentary, 'jJuo,
without author's name, upon the legal
treatise of Kadi Ja'far B. Ahmad (about
A.H. 550, v. Or. 3916), entitled

Beg. i*0j\ J* 4

The commentary does not include the text.
It follows the usual order of legal works,
and contains the following Kitabs : xj^W',

fol. 346 ; SjUM, fol. 38b ; ji'J^\ fol. 45a ;
, fol. 50a ; £, fol. 516 ;

, fol. 466 ;
H, fol. 546 ;
, fol. 956 ; *\Q, fol. 97a.

, fol. 626 ; ^^ fol. 70a ;

Dated at the end, Eajab, A.H. 708 (A.D.
1308).

The work

is referred to in

Ahlwardt's Glaser'sche Samnilung, no. 107.

VI. Foil. 100—131. A treatise on the
law of succession, by Sayyid Jamal al-Din
'Ali B. al-Husain B. Yahya B. al-Hadi ila '1-
hakk, with this title :

JU?- . . •

The author lived, as has been stated under
no. 342, about the beginning of the seventh
century of the Hijrah. He wrote the follow-

ing three works upon law: 1. ^! ; 2.^J»^
.J^ ; 3. c_^£J\, and two treatises on the
law of succession, viz., jjd\ (the present
work) and bUejflj <j£j>.^ ^J U]^! L\j*. See
al-Tarjuman, fol. 154.

i>1j)

ZAIDI FURU'.

255

The work is divided into four Fasls,
described in the preface as follows :

w Jill

l&**r iu/j

The fourth Fasl, which forms the main
bulk of the work, is subdivided into eight
sections, £>oj«, which begin respectively at
foil. 102a, 1096, 11 OJ, 1166, 118a, 1186,
119a, and 129a.

This copy is dated Thursday, 3 Muharram,
A.H. 709 (A.D. 1309).

Articles V. and VI. are written by the
same scribe, Ahmad B. Khalifah al-Naziri.

424.

Or. 3796.— Foil. 578 ; 12 in. by 8£ ; 27 lines,
4f- in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Sha'ban, A.H.
1066 (A.D. 1656). [GLASEB, no. 82.J

A commentary by 'Imad al-Din Yahya B.
Muh. B. Hasan B. Humaid B. Mas'ud B.
'Abdallah al-Mukrani upon the text-book of
Zaidi law entitled Athmar al-Azhar, by
Imam Yahya Sharaf al-Dm B. Shams al-
Dm, with the following title:

Jy

Beg.

S*AJ\>. w

The text of the Athmar, which is included
in the commentary and written in red ink,
begins : J* talb J,i ^JJ^ u*U*l\ t- 4)

It is an improved and condensed edition of
the Azhar(no. 365), by Yahya Sharaf al-Din,
who was proclaimed Imam A.H. 912, and died
A.H. 965. The commentary, which was
written in his lifetime, and completed, as
stated at the end, on Friday, the 6th of
Jumada I., A.H. 941, purports to be mainly
based upon the oral explanations of the
Imam. We learn from the life of the latter,
Or. 3731, foil. 29 and 42, that both text and
commentary were solemnly read in an as-
sembly of jurists in Sa'dah, A.H. 940—943.

In the present copy the work is divided
into two equal parts. The first ends, fol.
315, with £^\ t_^. The second, foil.
316 — 578, begins with i»a^J\ <~r^, and ends

Copyist :

Other commentaries upon the Athmar are
noticed by Ahlwardt, Grlaser'sche Sammlung,
nos. 88 and 184.

425.

Or. 3894.— Foil. 273; 11£ in. by 7f; 241ines,
5£ in. long ; written in large and fair, but
imperfectly pointed, Neskhi, apparently in
the 16th century. [GLASEB, no. 180.]

The first half of the above commentary,
j\y\\ JjljN, ending with £jJ1 t_^ but
wanting the last page. It has copious
marginal notes.

255

LAW.

426.

Or. 3838.— Foil. 300 ; 12 in. by 8£ ; about
30 lines, 5 in. long ; written in rather cursive
Neskhi; dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1067 (A^D.
1656). [GLASER, no. 126.]

A commentary by the same 'Imad al-DIn
Yahya B. Muh. B. Hasan B. Humaid al-
Mukrani upon his own work, Fath al-Gbaffar,
an abridgment of his full commentary upon
the Athmar entitled al-Wabil al-Mighzar.

The following title has been prefixed by
the copyist: ji\ ^ LJQaJ\jUi'^j (j»j^J\ i— >Ui

Beg. U . .

i il*fl3\ II Jli

The text of the Fath al-Ghaffar, which is
included in the commentary, begins : j

It is stated at the end that the Fath al-
Ghaffar was completed on Sunday, the 24th
of Jumada II., A.H. 966, and the present
commentary on Monday, the 20th of Muhar-
ram, A.H. 972. Both works, Fath al-Ghaffar
and al-Shumus wal-Akmar, are mentioned in
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 304. See also
Glaser'sche Sammlung, nos, 4 and 157.

427.

Or. 3944.— Foil. 269 ; 12 J in. by 8J ; 33 lines,
5 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi ; dated
Friday, 19 Jumada II., A.H. 1082 (A.D.
1671). [GLASER, no. 238.]

Another copy of the same work,

428.

Or. 3808.— Foil. 328 ; 11 f in. by 8£ ; written
in fair Neskhi, with red-ruled margins ;
dated (fol. 294) Sunday, 5 Muharratn, A.H.
1102 (A.D. 1690). [GLASER, no. 95.]

I. Foil. 17—36 ; 29 lines, 4| in. long.

A commentary upon the Mukaddimah of
al- Athmar (no. 424).

Beg. £-jUx^ »&Jj\ s->^J j/> (_?<^ <

u **> U . . .

t -Jj

The author, whose name does not appear
in the text, is only designated by his patro-
nymic, Ibn Bahran, in the following endorse-

ment: ill

His full name is Muhammad B. Yahya Ibn
Bahran al-Sa'di. He is mentioned in the
life of Imam Sharaf al-DIn Yahya, Or. 3731,
fol. 29, as the first of four commentators of
the Athmar, and his commentary is described
as extensive laj~f«. See Ahlwardt, Glaser'-
sche Sammlung, no. 184, and Wiistenfeld,
Jemen im XI Jahrh., p. 86.

It appears from the preface that the
commentary was written by order of Imam
Sharaf al-DIn, and that it includes expla-
nations orally received from him. The
present portion extends only to the end of
the Mukaddimah. The title of the commen-

tary is ,Ujl

J J^~

jl*j^. See Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 184.
II. Foil. 37—294 ; 13 lines, 3£ in. long.

Hidayat al-Afkar, a commentary upon the
Azhar, by Sarim al-DIn Ibrahim Ibn al-

ZAIDI FURU'.

207

Wazlr, with copious notes, written in a
minute character, on the margin and between
the lines. See no. 382.

III. Foil. 2—16, 295—328, contain mis-
cellaneous notices and extracts. The most
important are the following :

Foil. 300-301. Notice of Sayyid Ibrahim
Ibn al-Wazir, from the j>j}\ Jl gfi, by
Sayyid Ahmad B. 'Abdallah.

Foil. 304-305. «HJ ^ «_^iJ\ j \^,\ '^
S^-Jl, from al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar (v. no. 397).

Fol. 306. &F Sjj&Jl, by al-Mutawakkil
Isma'Il B. al-Kasim (d. A.H. 1087).

Foil. 3066—309. Lo^ ^ J ^lyN I,*
(jo\*ojA, by Sayyid Jamal al-Dln al-Hadi B.
Ibrahim Ibn al- Wazlr.

429-30.

Or. 3793-94. — Two volumes consisting re-
spectively of foil. 211 and 219 ; 12 in. by 8 ;
about 35 lines, 5 in. long; written by the
same hand in rather cursive Neskhi, and
divided only by the binding ; dated al-
Sharaf, Saturday, 7 Ramadan, A.H. 1101
(A.D. 1690). [GLASEE, no. 78-9.]

A versified treatise on the Furu' of Zaidi
law, by al-Husain B. al-Nasir B. 'Abd al-
Hafiz al-Muhalla, with a short prose preface

beginning : J*M i^lU? UuJ* <j J.M all

The first verse is :

i J

The same rhyme la is kept up throughout
the work.

The author's name appears on the title-
page, in the hand of the scribe, as follows :

liuiU

J/J

His father, al-Nasir B. 'Abd al-Hafiz, of
al-Sharaf, an eminent jurist and Wazir to
Imarfi al-Muayyad-billah (A.H. 1029—1054),
completed the versified legal treatise of al-
Imam al-Busi, ^j^ i»^ku, J~£>, and died
A.H. 1081. See Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iv.,
p. 244. The author, who was Imam of al-
Sharaf, wrote upon the above treatise an
extensive commentary, consisting, as stated
in the above preface, of seven volumes, and

entitled SJU«AM _ JS> &x*.jjiJ\ *\j^ from

J _ *. ^

which the present work is abridged. He
was killed in an affray at al-Sinn, near al-
Sharaf, where the author of Tib al-Samar
visited his tomb. See Or. 2428, fol. 201.

The author says at the end that he had
reduced the work from 50,000 lines (Bait)
to 30,000, and had completed the abridg-
ment on Monday, the 18th of Jumada II.,
A.H. 1098. The following title, which does
not appear in the text, has been written by
a later hand on the first page :

The work follows the usual arrangement
of law-books, but contains only the following
kitabs, the remaining sections being termed

babs: *}&$, Or. 3793, fol. 5a; SjUM, fol.
23a ; j\J*P, fol. 49a ; i£\, fol. 54o ;
fol. 656 ; fU-JI, fol. 676 ; Jl, fol. 74a ;
fol. 926; j^U^ fol. 120a; ^\ fol. 148a;
JJI, fol. 2026 ; 5,U^, Or. 3794, fol. 8a ;

L L

258

LAW.

£b, fol. 32a ;
212^—218.

Copyist : j»\*N

Jl, fol. 122a ; j^\, foil

431.

Or. 3923.— Foil. 283 ; 8iin.by5f; 21 lines,
3-g in. long ; written in Neskhi, with ruled
margins ; dated Saturday, 8 Kajab, A.H.
1163 (A.H. 1750). [GLASER, no. 217.]

A collection of legal tracts, by Sarim al-
Dm Ibrahim B. Khalid al-'Ulufi, with the
following title :

Beg. e

r-

The author lived in the twelfth century of
the Hijrah. One of the tracts included was
composed, according to a date transcribed
from his autograph MS., fol. 44&, in Muhar-
ram, A.H. 1147. The tracts appear to have
been mostly written in answer to questions
put to the author. They relate for the most
part to points of law, and have been arranged
according to the usual order of legal works,
from Kitab al-Salat to Kitab al-Siyar.

In the first tract, fol. 35, the author
discusses the import of this Hadith, \jj&

•IjAfr jli. JJ

The subject of the second, fol. 6a, is
denned as follows:

The third tract, fol. 11&, is' an answer to
a letter charging the author with a sweeping
condemnation of the 'Ulama.

The fourth tract, fol. 155, belongs to
Kitab al-Salat, and relates to the question
whether it is lawful to go to sleep shortly
before the time of prayer. It was written
in answer to Sayyid 'Izz al-Din Muh. B.
Isma'il al-Amir, whose writing is given in
full.

The fifth tract, fol. 3 la, relates to the
lawfulness of the joint performance of two
legal prayers, ^^\ ^o £*^

Another copy of the same is found in
no. 432, II.

The collection concludes with a tract
against the prevailing practice of inoculating
children with small-pox, fol. 2766.

The MS. was transcribed, as stated at the
end, for Kadi 'Imad al-Islam Yahya B.
Salih al-Suhuli.

Foil. 279 — 282 contain an annotation to
al-Manar, a gloss upon al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar
(no. 409).

432.

Or. 3907.— Foil. 35 ; 8f in. by 6$ ; 23 lines,
4J in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi,
apparently in the 19th centiiry.

[GLASER, no. 195. J

I. Foil. 3—15. A treatise on the meaning
of Kafa'at, ts>\a&>\, or equality of rank, in
relation to the marriage-laws, by Sayyid al-
Hasan B. Ishak B. al-Mahdi, with the
following title : <j jii y> L

Beg. UjJij

The author is mentioned by the writer of

ZAIDI FURU'.

259

Tib al-Samar, writing A.H. 1144, Or. 2428,
foil. 14 — 19, as one of his contemporaries.

Foil. 5 — 8 are written on one side only.
The fly-leaves, foil. 1 and 2, contain a table
of the early Goran-readers, and mnemonic
verses on the pauses in the Goran and the
pronunciation of the final nun,

II. Foil. 155 — 23. A tract on the question
whether it is lawful to join two of the
obligatory prayers into one, by Sarim al-Islam
Ibrahim B. Khalid al-Kurashi al-'Ulufi,

Beg.

J^

See the collection of the author's legal
treatises, no. 432, where the same tract
occupies foil. 31 — 44.

III. Foil. 24—35. A treatise on the
question whether it is lawful for the de-
scendants of the Prophet to receive part of
the Zakat, or legal alms ; written by Safi al-
Din Ahmad B. Salih B. Abi '1-Rijal in
refutation of a tract by Sayyid Sharaf al-

Din al-Hasan B. Ahmad al-Jalal, &J\ \^s>

W1 •>

The author died A.H. 1092. See Khulasat
al-Athar, vol. i., p. 220.

433.

Or. 3889.— Foil. 94 ; 8J- in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently
in the 18th century.

[GLASER, no. 175.]

A Takhrij, or collection of Hadiths quoted
in legal books, with their Isnads, without
title or author's name.

Beg.

U, Jl«3 4N JS

(Goran xcviii., v. 4) ^.

CJLlj. ^ 411

The first rubrics are J^l^U^ v'j fol. 16 ;
OU\^^ u^b, fol. 2a; jLj^M ^l^t J
fol. 56 ; *K u-^-^Ljiil,, fol. 7a, etc.

The Kitab al-Saliit, which begins fol. 586
thus : tj3jie ^.jJ\ ^ i*j*\\ flk*^ J6j\ ±»1 ,jb
breaks off, fol. 806, a page after the heading :

The works most frequently quoted are

JU\, all traditional works
belonging to the Zaidis, and the following
Sunni works : Jjil tyj, by Ibn Hajar ; IM£
\ by Siraj al-Dm Ibn al-Mulakkin; and
\ by al-Suyuti.

In Dr. Glaser's list the work is called
Kitab al-I'tisam, by al-Kasim B. Muhammad
(d. A.H. 1029). Neither name appears in
the MS. Al-I'tisam was left unfinished. See
Bughyat al-Murid, fol. 446.

Foil. 81 — 94 contain two fragments of
theological treatises.

L L 2

260

LAW.

Law of Inheritance.

434.

Or. 4302.— Foil. 80 ; 8J in. by 5f ; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
1 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1207 (A.D. 1793).

[BUDGE.]

A commentary by 'Abdallah al-Shanshuri
upon tlie metrical treatise on the law of
inheritance, entitled Grhunyat al-Bahith, and
commonly called al-Rahbiyyah, by Muh. B.
'Ali al-Kahbi, who died A.H. 577 (v.
Or. 3935, V.).

Beg.

The commentator's full name is 'Abdallah
B. Baha al-Dm Muhammad al-'Ajami al-
Shanshuri al-Faradi al-Shafi'i. He was
Khatib of the Mosque al-Azhar, and died
A.H. 999. He wrote this commentary
A.H. 984. At the end is an appendix on
the law of succession in five Babs, foil. 70 — 80.
The commentary has been printed with a
gloss by Ibrahim B. Muh. al-Bajuri (d. A.H.
1276), Cairo, A.H. 1282. For other MSS.
see the Khedive's Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 312,
vol. vii., pp. 457, 499. A French translation
of the commentary has been published by
J. D. Luciani, under the title of " Traite des
successions musulmanes, extrait du commen-
taire de la Eahbia par Chenehouri," Paris,
1890.

435.

Or. 4304.— Foil. 159 ; 8 in. by 5^ ; 14 lines,

3 in. long; written in fair Neskhi, probably
in the 17th century. [BUDGE.]

A commentary upon the well-known trea-
tise on the law of inheritance, s-a-l^-N ^ja>\^,
by Siraj al-Din Muhammad B. Muh. B. 'Abd
al-llashid al-Sajawandi, who lived about
A.H. 600.

J* A\

j\s

The commentator, whose name does not
appear, is al-Sayyid al-Sharif Muh. B. 'Ali
al-Jurjani, who died A.H. 816. See Haj.
Khal., vol. iv., p. 201 ; and for other copies,
Loth, nos. 239-40 ; Pertsch, no. 1102 ; the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 409 ; and the Khedive's
Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 308.

Foil. 135 — 159 are written in a smaller
character, with twenty-five lines in a page.

436.

Or. 3098.— Foil. 21 ; 7J in. by 5 ; 13 lines,
3f in. long ; written in an elegant Neskhi on
red-tinted paper, with all the vowels ; dated
Wednesday, 3 Dulka'dah, A.H. 726 (A.D.
1326). [KBEMEK, no. 108.]

A metrical treatise on the law of inheri-
tance, according to the Shafi'i school, by Taj
al-Dm Abu Muh. B. Abi Hamid B. Hamid
al-Ja'bari al-Shafi'i.

The following title, enclosed in an orna-

^

mental border, is prefixed : J* <j (Ji)J\

_G

LAW OF INHERITANCE.

261

> fS »ty U

A short preamble of four Baits is followed
by the heading : (j*>.}j&\ tr>U*'. The poem
is divided into short sections G— >b), the
first of which has the heading :
*jol_ycj ^jj^ — the second : tU^j

Hi«x=>-j

The author, whose proper name is Siilih
B. Thamir B. Hamid al-Ja'bari, so called
from Kal'at Ja'bar on the Euphrates, was
successively Kadi of Balbek, and assistant

judge, *ilii i_-oli, in Damascus. He died
in the latter city on the 16th of Rabi' I.,
A.H. 706. His poem on Fara'id, commonly
known as al-Ja'bariyyah, is mentioned with
praise in the notices of his life. See al-
Isnawi, fol. 436 ; al-Durar al-Kaminah, Or.
3043, fol. 1396 ; and Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 535. For other copies see Pertsch,
Gotha Catalogue, no. 1116, and Houtsma,
Brill's Catalogue, no. 920.

Copyist : v^Ajl«jJ

437.

Or. 4303.— Foil. 49; 8£ in. by 6; 19 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated A.H. 1231 (A.D.
1816). [BDDGJB.]

A treatise on the law of inheritance, by
Badr al-Din Muhammad B. Muh. Sibt al-
Maridini, who died A.H. 934.

Beg.

It will be seen from the above that the
work is simply an improved and better ar-
ranged recension of al-Kallai's earlier treatise,
called al-Majmu'. The author of the latter
is Abu 'Abdallah Shams al-Din Muhammad
B. Sharaf al-Kalla'i al-Faradi al-ShiiB'i, who
died. A.H. 777. See al-Durar al-Kaminah,
II., p. 76, and Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 407.
Al-Kalla, from which his Nisbah is taken, is
a quarter of al-Basrah (Yakut, vol. iv.,
p. 293).

For other MSS. see the Khedive's Library,
vol. iii., pp. 304 and 316, and vol. vii., p. 197,
where the work is called

438.

Or. 3058.— Foil. 33 ; 8 in. by 5£ ; written in
cursive Nestalik and Neskhi, in the latter
half of the 18th century.

[KEEMEE, no. 65.]

I. Foil. 26— 13a. Tables showing the
transmission of sacred traditions from the
earliest authorities down to the twelfth
century of the Hijrah.

Starting from Abu Bakr and other Com-
panions of the Prophet, from the founders
of the Sunni schools of law, and a few others,
they give under each a bare list of successive
traditionists. They are arranged in three
columns, and some are brought down to
'Abd al-Ghani B. Isma'il al-Nabulusi, who
died A.H. 1143.

II. Foil. 136— 14J. Teaching licence
granted by the traditionist 'Ali al-Hasani al-
Husaini to Sayyid Mustafa Efendi, assistant-
secretary to the Defterdar 'Ah' Efendi,

26:2

LAW.

date(i Constan-

tinople, A.H. 1182.

III. Foil. 15&— 336. A tabulated treatise
on the law of inheritance.

Beg. fL&l\ "s^ji »U«N J~> tf&\ & *&

The author, whose name does not appear,
dedicates the work to his patron, 'Ala al-
Dm, and gives for the date of composition
the chronogram J&S.J J jS

Haj. Khal., who notices the work under
the title yifljiM J£M, vol. i., p. 322, ascribes
it to Ahmad Ibn Kamal Pasha, who died
A.H. 940, and gives the above chronogram
in its correct form, JKJW1 ^^ — A.H. 927.
The patron to whom the work is dedicated
was 'Ala al-DIn 'Ali al-Jamali, who was
Mufti A.H. 909—932, and in whose Medreseh
the author held the post of professor. See
Shaka'ik, fol. 1326.

Zaidi Works.

439.

Or. 3877.— Foil. 195; 8 in. by 5^; about
18 lines, 3f in. long ; written by various
hands, with dates ranging from A.H. 852 to
A.H. 995 (A.D. 1448—1587).

[GLASER, no. 165.]

I. Foil. 1 — 46. A treatise by Faklh Jamal
al-Din Muhammad B. Abi '1-Kasim upon
disputed points of the law of inheritance,

with this title : ^ gia^t

Beg.

It is divided into Babs, not numbered,
and subdivided into Fa sis. This copy is
dated Safar, A.H. 852 (A.D. 1448), and it
appears from the above title that the author
was then living. In the colophon the work

is called

II. Foil. 47 — 175. An extensive treatise
on the same subject, imperfect at the begin-
ning, and without author's name.

It begins with the latter part of the
preface, from which it appears that the work
was divided into six Kisms. The last two
of these are thus described :

This is the work a complete copy of
which is extant in Or. 3754.

The contents of the present copy corre-
spond with foil. 3—116 of the latter MS.

The last four leaves have been written by
al-Hadi B. 'Abdallah B. Abi '1-Rijal, and are
dated 10 Jumada II., A.H. 995 (A.D. 1587).

III. Foil. 176—181. uitoM ^Uc Miftah
al-Fa'id, a short treatise on the law of
inheritance, by al-Fadl B. Abi Sa'd al-
'Usaifiri, (^>\j&\ ^ ^ (je£&\ .-. I

Beg.

According to a notice appended to Or.
3735, the author, who is there called

was a contemporary of Imam al-Mansur
'Abdallah B. Hamzah (A.H. 594—613).
He wrote three works on the law of inheri-

tance, viz.

, composed by desire of the

LAW OF INHERITANCE.

268

above-named Imam, an abridgment of the
same, entitled e^OjI^Jl Ae- ^j c^ojU.^ &>£•
(Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 78), which was
not finished, and the present compendium.
He left, besides, commentaries on the Mu-
fassal of Zamakhshari, on the Kafiyah, and
a work entitled Kitab al-Lami'.

The present work is mentioned by Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., p. 27. Several copies are
noticed by Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung,
nos. 62, 65, and 233, 2.

IV. Foil. 182—190. A gloss, aaJ^, upon
the preceding treatise, without author's name.

Beg.

This copy, dated end of Muharram, A.H.
883 (A.D. 1478), was written by Fakih Salih
B. "Yusuf, ,_f3UU, for Sayyid al-Husain B.
al-Hasan B. Muh.. B. Rasul-allah.

V. Foil. 192—194. Genealogical notice
relating to al-Mutahhar B. 'Ali B. al-Imam
al-Nasir-lidm-allah Muh. B. al-Imam al-Hadi
ila'1-hakk Yahya B. al-Husain (who lived in
Yemen at the close of the fourth century of
the Hijrah) and to his descendants; extracted
from the Mushajjarah, or genealogical table,
of Sayyid Salah B. Ahmad B. al-Diya al-
Hadawi. This al-Mutahhar was the great-
grandfather of Imam al-Mutawakkil Ahmad
B. Suleiman, who died A.H. 566.

440.

Or. 3735.— Foil. 78 ; 11 in. by 7£; 29 lines,
5|- in. long ; written in fair close Neskhi,
apparently in the 18th century.

[GLASEE, no. 19.]

A full and exhaustive commentary upon

the Miftah al-Fa'id (no. 439, III.), by
Muhammad B. Da'ud al-Khalidi, with this
title :

Beg.

bb

It will be seen from the next copy that
the work must have been written before
A.H. 950.

Contents : Mukaddimah ; definition, scope,
and importance of the science of Fara'id ;
what has to be deducted from the estate
before its division, fol. \b. Twenty-one
Babs, containing the commentary proper,
fol. 4a. Khatimah ; portion of divorced
women ; some necessary notions of arith-
metic and geometry, foil. 526 — 78.

Fol. 786 contains the notice of the author
of al-Miftah mentioned under no. 439, III.

The text of the Miftah is written by a
later hand in the upper margins.

441.

Or. 4039.— Foil. 227 ; 8} in. by 5£ ; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in large .and fair Neskhi ;
dated Dulhijjah, A.H. 950 (A.D. 1544).

[GLASEB, no. 341.]

An older and better copy of the same
commentary, wanting the first leaf.

Copyist :

It is stated in the margin that the MS.
was corrected by the autograph MS. of the
author, al-Faklh Shams al-Din al-Khalidi, in

San'a.

264

LAW.

442.

Or. 3903.— Foil. 65 ; llf in. by 8 ; 29 lines,
5 in. long ; written in plain Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 17th century.

[GLASEB, no. 189.]

A commentary upon Miftah al-Fa'id, with-
out author's name, with this title :

Beg. *il

This copy is slightly imperfect at the end.
It breaks off in the comments upon the last
words of the text. See, for another imperfect
copy, no. 443, II.

443.

Or. 3875.— Foil. 103 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; about
24 lines, 4 or 4?J in. long ; written in cur-
sive Neskhi by several hands, apparently in
the 17th century.

, no. 163.]

I. Foil. 1 — 30. A commentary by 'Alam
al-Dm Kasim B. Muh. B. Isma'il al-Hijji
upon Miftah al-Fa'id, with this title :

JU51

Beg.

i U \

The commentary wants a few lines at the

end. For other copies see Or. 4026, where
the author's name is more fully given, Or.
4005, I., dated A.H. 914, and Ahlwardt,
Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 62, 2.

II. Foil. 31—102. Another and fuller
commentary upon the same work, slightly
imperfect at beginning and end, without
author's name.

The first passage explained is the first
clause of the text, viz., «_*~J «ilj
^)jj --&j. The commentary begins :
J\

..

The MS. ends abruptly with the expla-
nation of the last chapter but one of the
Miftah, Jji

This is the commentary contained in no.
442, with the title

444.

Or. 3885.— Foil. 54; 8J in. by 5| ; 21 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi ;
dated Friday, end of Ramadan, A.H. 1090
(A.D. 1679). [GLASEE, no. 171.]

A commentary by Diya al-Dm Salih B.
Ibrahim al-N"uhaim upon the Miftah al-Fa'id
(no. 439, III.), with this title : ,>~j£-K \.

Beg. . . .

J>\i

The commentary includes the whole text
written in red. In another copy, Or. 4026,
II., the author's title (Lakab) is Salah al-Din.

LAW OF INHERITANCE.

265

Appended is a short tract, foil. 51 — 54,
containing instructions for pilgrims to the
Ka'bah and the tomb of the Prophet, begin-
ning : LpliSl Jjll A\ uLoo J>\ Ji

f

445.

Or. 3995.— Foil. 72 ; 12J in. by 8 ; 27 lines,
4} in. long; written in neat Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Habur, "Wednesday,
9 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1130 (A.D. 1718).

[GLASEB, no. 289.]

A commentary by Sayyid Ibrahim B.
Yahya B. al-Huda al-Kasimi al-Haburi upon
the Miftah al-Fa'id, with this title: <— ^

j>

Beg. y

The author belonged to a Sayyid family
called al-Jahhafi and settled in Habur. He
is mentioned as an eminent scholar in the
life of his son Isma'il, Khulasat al-Athar,
vol. i., p. 404, and in Tib al-Samar, Add.
2428, fol. 166. At the end of the present
MS., foil. 69 — 72, the author enumerates the
works he had studied under the following
masters : 1. Imam al-Mu'ayyad billah Muh.
B. al-Kasim (d. A.H. 1054). 2. Jamal al-
Dm 'AH B. al-Husain al-Maswari. 3. Jamal
al-Dm 'Ali B. Muh. Mutair (d. A.H. 1084).
He gives in extenso the Ijazahs, or licences,
which he had received from the last two,
dated respectively A.H. 1031 and 1039.

There are two appendices to the commen-
tary proper, viz., 1. A chapter on testaments,
b.Up\ ._»b, fol. 61ft. 2. A collection of
Hadiths enjoining the study of the law of

succession, borrowed from 'Abd al-'Azim al-
Mundiri, fol. 64i.

This copy was written for Imam al-Mansur-
billah al-Husain B. al-Kasim B. al-Muayyad
by Yahya B. Ibrahim al-Jahhafi, apparently
the author's son.

446.

Or. 3754.— Foil. 128 ; 8 in. by 5£ ; 19 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Monday, 8 Rabi' I., A.H. 817 (A.D. 1414).

[GLASEB, no. 38.]

•A treatise on the law of inheritance, with-
out title or author's name, with the following
modern endorsement : (_>i>Ui!l (^ LLijo sj*
\%&y* &UI j^-j, and this misleading title on
the outer edge :

Beg.

*/kw> H

JJ

J JJ W

After giving some oral instruction in the
law of inheritance to the eminent jurist,
Nizam al-Din al-Kasim B. Ahmad al-Shakiri,
the author was requested by him to write the
present full manual, illustrated by copious
examples. He consulted the following works :
Durar al-Fara'id, by Amir Jamal al-Din 'Ali
B. al-Husain Ibn al-Hadi (no. 423, VI.) ;
Kitab al-Lami', by Shaikh al-Fadl B. Abi '1-
Sa'd al-'Usaifiri (v, no. 439, III.) ; and a
Shafi'i work entitled Kitab al-Kafi (by Ishak
B. Yusuf al-Faradi al-Zarkali, who died c.
A.H. 500 ; v. Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 21).

The work is divided, as stated in the
preface, into the following six Kisms :

1.

M U

2(56

HISTORY.

2.

3. *«jjL»5\

4.

5.

6.

This plan, however, is not fully carried
out in the body of the work, which contains
only the first four of the above Kisms,
beginning respectively at fol. 3a, 36, 7a,
and 636. The fourth Kism is subdivided
into fourteen Babs, the last two of which
have headings identical with those of Kisms
5 and 6 and the preface. The thirteenth
Bab, fol. 1016, is entitled ^ cJOM t-»\*M
iuuo l«j <-r>j-oM {J. The fourteenth Bab,
fol. 116a, bUjJb jfc, jis. g\J\ <-AN> consists
only of a brief reference to more extensive
works: ,u£fl L_^J\ J CJOJ jKlai. The
subject it was to deal with is treated in a
separate book, bUjJ\ L_>IJ/, foil. 1166—128,
which forms an appendix to the work.

A treatise with the same beginning is
mentioned by Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Samm-
lung, nos. 62, z and 84, under the title of

(jaJ\j&\ ^J laJu-jM L-jl^s. The author is
called

Copyist :

HISTORY.

Ancient and General History.

447.

Or. 1491.— Foil. 136 ; 9| in. by 7* ; 25 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi ;
dated Zabld, the last day of Sha'ban, A.H.
710 (A.D. 1310).

[SiE HENRY C, RAWLINSON.]

A manual of early Muslim history and
biography, by Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. Muslim
Ibn Kutaibah al-Dlnawari al-Katib.

Beg. ^

*i6\ ^

The author died in Baghdad, in Rajab,
A.H. 276, at the age of sixty-three. See al-
'Ibar, fol. 92, al-Kamil, vol. vii., p. 305. An
earlier date, however, A.H. 270,is given for his
death in the Fihrist, p. 77. But Ibn Khalli-
kan, who mentions both, gives the preference
to the former (see the autograph MS., Add.
25,735, fol. 163. A.H. 296 in De Slane's
edition, p. 353, is a clerical error for 276).
Compare Kamil, vol. vii., p. 305 ; "Wiistenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 73 ; and Hammer,
Literaturgesch., vol. iv., p. 454.

The present copy agrees with the text
published by Wiistenfeld, Gottingen, 1850.
But the chapter relating to extreme Shl'ah
sects, p. 301, is left out, and the history of
the kings of Persia, which in the printed
edition comes last, pp. 320 — 340, is here
placed before the kings of Yemen, foil. 125a
— 129a. The account of the Abbasides is
brought down, fol. 85£, to the death of al-
Muktadir, A.H. 320.

The work has been printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1300. For other copies see the preface
of Wiistenfeld's edition; Pertsch, Gotha
Catalogue, no. 1552 ; Rosen, Notices Som-
maires, no. 155 ; Institut, no. 30 ; and the
Paris Catalogue, no. 1465.

At the end is the following notice of the
author and of his son Ahmad, transcribed
by the copyist from an earlier MS. :

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

267

Copyist : ^ j.

II. Another text, written lengthways in
the margins, by a Maghribi hand, has no
connection with the work of Ibn Kutaibah.
It consists, as stated at the beginning, of
extracts from two works thus designated :

5L-M AAfr

(.

The first of these works, al-Bad' wa'l-
Ta'rikh, written by Abu Zaid Ahmad B.
Sahl al-Balkhi, A.H. 355, has been described
by C. Huart, Journal Asiatique, 1887, II.,
pp. 160 — 164. The second, Nuzhat al-
Majalis, a collection of edifying stories, by
'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abd al-Salam al-Shafi'i
al-Saffuri, who wrote it in Mecca A.H. 884,
has been printed in Cairo A.H. 1281 and 1300.
See the Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 179.

The extracts, in which no distinction is
made between these two works, begin with
remarks on the sanctity of the formula «J\ 5)

d\ $\ and al)\ *-^. They are chiefly taken
up with religious exhortations to patience
and trust in God, with the merits, t-JiUc,
of the Prophets of old, of Muhammad, and
of his principal Companions, with records of
the Umayyades and early 'Abbasides, and
with anecdotes of saints. They conclude
with traditions relating to the Dajjal, or
Antichrist. Comparatively late writers, as
al-Nasafi, Ibn al-Janzi and Ibn al-'Arabi,
are occasionally quoted. On the last page is
written, by the same Maghribi hand, the

letter of 'Amr B. al-'As to 'Umar B. al-
Khattub, describing Egypt. On the fly-leaf
at the beginning is Ibn Khallikan's notice of
Ibn Kutaibah, by a later Oriental hand.

A short notice of the MS. written on the
first page by its former owner concludes
thus: "Very fine and ancient copy, pur-
chased by me at Baghdad, Jan. 8, 1847.
H. Rawlinson."

448-9.

Or. 1343-4. — Two uniform volumes, consist-
ing respectively of foil. 392 and 399 ; 9£ in.
by-6i ; 25 lines, 3| in. long; written by the
same hand in plain Neskhi; dated 13 Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1263 (A.D. 1847).

[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The " Golden Meadows ;" the well-known
historical work of Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali B. al-
Husain al-Mas'udi, who wrote it A.H. 332 —
336, and died A.H. 346. See Wiistenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 119, and Barbier de
Meynard, les Prairies d'Or, Avant-propos>.
p. iii., seqq.

The first volume ends with the account of
Hasan, Prairies d'Or, vol. v., p. 14. The
second contains the rest of the work.

Copyist : <j£>\ J* o*J1 ^ *jjy\

The work has been printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1283, on the margin of Nafh al-Tib,
Bulak, A.H. 1304, and on the margin of the
Kamil, Cairo, A.H. 1303. For MSS. see
the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1476 — 85 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 146 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, no. 752, etc.

450-1.

Or. 1518 and 1519. — Two uniform volumes,
containing respectively foil. 226 and 235 ;

M M 2

268

HISTORY.

in. by 8| ; 22 lines, 5£ in. long ; written
by the same hand in large and clear Neskhi,
apparently in the 19th century.

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The same work.

The two volumes form a continuous text,
divided only by the binding. The first ends
in the middle of the chapter devoted to the
sayings of 'Ali, the last passage correspond-
ing with vol. iv., p. 449, of the Paris edition.

The second volume, beginning with the
sequel of the above chapter, concludes with
the brief record of the reign of al-Muti',
which is found at p. 2, vol. ix., of the same
edition. The subsequent chapters are want-
ing. An extensive passage, consisting chiefly
of poetical quotations, vol. viii., pp. 385 — 407,
is also omitted.

On the first page of vol. i. is a note written
by a former owner, whose name has been
erased, with the date A.H. 1252 (A.D. 1836).

On the fly-leaf Sir Henry Rawlinson has
written : " Very good copy of Massoudi's
Muruj edh Dheheb .... bought by me at
Baghdad, 1854."

452.

Or. 1521.— Foil. 293 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 19 lines,
4$ in. long ; written in rather cursive Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins, apparently in the
18th century, except foil. 1 — 44, 52, 53,
which have been supplied by a later hand.

[SiK HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The first half of the same work, ending
abruptly with an anecdote relating to
Mu'awiyah and Jumail B. Ka'b (Paris
edition, vol. v., p. 117).

A table of contents has been prefixed by
the same hand that supplied the deficiency
of the MS.

453.

Or. 1520.— Foil. 144; 9J in. by 6J; 27 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair distinct Neskhi,
apparently in the 15th century, except foil.
1 — 8 and 144, which have been supplied by a
modern hand. [SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The first volume of the same work, ending
with the chapter on the black races,

The contents correspond with the Paris
edition from the beginning to p. 61 of
vol. iii.

The old writing begins in the middle of the
table of chapters (vol. i., p. 39), and ends with
an account of the Bajah race (vol. iii., p. 33).

The MS. is described by Sir H. Rawlinson
as tolerably well written, and more than
usually correct. It was bought at Baghdad,
April 5, 1844.

454.

Or. 1522.— Foil. 99 ; 12iin. by 9£ ; 19 lines,
7^ in. long ; written in large and bold Neskhi,
with a fair supply of vowels, apparently in
the 13th century.

[SiK HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A portion of the same work, designated as
the fourth volume, with this heading:

y-tt yl

It begins with the reign of 'Abd al-Malik
B. Marwan, and ends with that of Musa al-
Hadi. Its contents extend from p. 209 of
vol. v. of the Paris edition to p. 287 of
vol. vi. At the end is written : jU ^J

Copyist :

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

269

The last page is covered with notes of
successive owners, or readers, the dates of
which range from A.H. 760 to 1232.

On the first page is written : "Purchased by
me at Baghdad, May 26, 1844. H. Rawlinson."

455.

Or. 2773.— Foil. 126; 9 in. by 5£ ; 15 lines,
3 in. long ; written in a most elegant Nestalik,
with a highly-finished 'Unwan, gold headings,
and blue and gold-ruled margins ; dated end
of Sha'ban, A.H. 834 (A.D. 1431). Bound in
ornamental stamped leather covers.

[COMTE DE GOBINEAU.j

The well-known historical compendium of
Hamzah B. al-Hasan al-Isbahfmi, generally
called pti\ gjU (Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 115).

Beg. c

The author gives at the end the close of
Jumada II., A.H. 350, as the date on which
the work was completed. He died, according
to al-Sam'ani, fol. 41a, before A.H. 360. The
same writer, who calls him Abu 'Abdallah
Hamzah B. al-Husain al-Mu'addib al-Isba-
hani, says that he wrote the great history
of Isfahan and several philological and
historical works. Ibn Nadim, who calls
him (Fihrist, p. 139) Hamzah B. al-Hasan,
ascribes to him the same history and some
philological treatises, but does not mention
the present work. Yakut, who frequently
quotes him, calls him invariably Hamzah
B. al-Hasan. See vol. i., pp. 26, 292, &c.

The Arabic text has been edited by J. M. E.
Gottwaldt, under the title of " Hamzae Ispa-
hanensis Annalium Libri X.," Petersburg,
1844 ; and a Latin translation was published
by him in Leipzig, 1848. The text has also
been printed in Calcutta, 1866.

For notices of the author and his works
see Gottwaldt's preface; S. de Sacy, Me'moires
de 1'Institut, torn, x., pp. 1—29; De Slane, Ibn
Khallikan, vol. i., p. 497, note 2 ; Wiistenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 126; and Hammer,
Literaturgeschichte, vol. v., p. 511.

His edition of the Divan of Abu Nuwas is
mentioned by Rosen, Notices Sommaires,
p. 211, and his Proverbs by Aumer, Munich
Catalogue, no. 642.

The present copy was written by Ja'far
al-Baisunghuri for his patron Biiisunghur
Mirza (son of Shahrukh), who died A.H. 837.
The latter's name and titles appear in tho
following inscription, written on gold ground
and enclosed in an illuminated circular border
of high finish : ^IkLJ^ i_*l<J\ lJ1

The text agrees closely with the printed
edition. The ten Babs into which the work
is divided begin respectively as follows :
I. fol. 5a; II. fol. 336; III. fol. 40*;
IV. fol. 416; V. fol. 42a; VI. fol. 47a;
VII. fol. 58a ; VIII. fol. 63a; IX. fol. 73a;
X. fol. 736.

The author's name, which is not found in
the text, appears in the following title, written
by a later hand :

456.

Or. 1496.— Foil. 107; 8 in. by 4f ; 14 lines,
2f in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with
'Unwan and gold-ruled margins ; dated
Shawwal, A.H. 1089 (A.D. 1678).

[SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The same work, without author's name.
The ten Babs begin respectively at foil. 6«,

270

HISTORY.

31a, 376, 38a, 386, 43a, 516, 55a, 626, and
636.

This copy appears to have been derived,
either immediately or indirectly, from the
preceding. It has the same reading, j±t*-

jt-jtf (J instead of Ji^ ^ v*?"' a* *De en<^
of Bab III. ; the same wrong heading, ^W\
U»*\Q, at the beginning of Bab VI., fol.
43a ; and it presents blank spaces in those
passages (v. fol. 51) where the names of Abu
Bakr and 'Umar have been erased in the
preceding copy (v. fol. 58) by some Shl'ah
zealot.

Copyist: ^obl wy^ (.r^° ±*^

On the fly-leaf is a notice of the work by
Sir Henry Rawlinson, who describes the MS.
as exceedingly incorrect. He purchased it at
Baghdad, Jan. 15, 1847.

457.

Or. 1495.— Foil. 157 ; 11 1 in. by 8; 20 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Friday, the last day of Safar, A.H. 1254
(A.D. 1838).

[SiR HENEY C. RAWLINSON.]

Chronology of ancient nations by Abu '1-
Raihan Muhammad B. Ahmad al-Blruni.

The author was born in Khwarizm, A.H.
362, and died in Ghaznah on the 2nd of
Rajab, A.H. 440. The work has been
edited by Prof. E. Sachau, who gives in his
preface a full notice of the life and works of
the author. See " Chronologie Orientalischer
Volker von Alberuni," Leipzig, 1878, and
the English version by the same scholar,
London, 1879.

The pronunciation of the author's Nisbah,
al-Biruni, is fixed by al-Sam'ani, who says

(Add. 23,355, fol. 986, and Add. 7352, fol.
105a) that the b is to be sounded with Kasrah :

<— *j»j* j*-\ A^ u^"J »J*-_jU *UM jj&> Jj^V
This does not exclude the sound e, or Yai
Majhul, which in writing is expressed by the
Kasrab, no less than the Yai Ma'ruf; but
that distinction is confined to Persian words.
In Arabicized forms the Yai Majhul is, of
course, inadmissible.

The above title does not appear in the text ;
but it is that by which the author refers to the
present work in the Kanun Mas'udi, Or. 1997,
fol. 33a. See also the catalogue of his writings,
Sachau's Einleitung, p. 46. The date of com-
position has been fixed by the learned editor
to A.H. 390-1. See ib., p. 24.

The present MS. is one of the three upon
which Prof. Sachau based his text. He de-
scribes it, Einleitung, p. 54, and designates
it by the letter R. A Taylor MS., now Add.
23,274, noticed in the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 550A, was transcribed from it a year
later, viz. A.H. 1255. For other MSS. see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 2026; the Paris
Catalogue, no. 1489 ; and Pertsch, no. 1525, a.

Copyist: <J»j&

On the last page, fol. 1576, is written :
"The MS. was copied for me at Teheran
from a fine and ancient exemplar. Teheran,
June 20th, 1838. H. Rawlinson."

The three preceding pages, foil. 156a-157a,
contain tables drawn up by al-Fadl B. Hatim
al-Tibrlzi, showing on what day of the week
and month the Christian and Jewish festivals
fall in any year of the Era of Alexander, with

the heading:

The tables are followed by directions for
their use. They are no part of al-Blruni's

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

271

work, but appear to have been found at the
end of the Teheran MS.

Two fragments of smaller size are bound
up at the end of the volume. The first is
the last page of the first half of the work
entitled JljiN, jS\j}\ >U*I J JI^M ^ k»»
(v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 573a). It is dated
A.H. 1183. The second is part of a circular
drawn up by Dr. Sprenger for the Earl of
Munster, and enumerating Arabic works on
military science.

458.

Or. 3328.— Foil. 238 ; 9£ in. by 5J ; con-
sisting of two MSS. of different dates bound
together. [H. A. STEKN.]

I. Foil. 1—143; 23 lines, 4 in. long;
written in small and close Neskhi ; dated
18 Muharram, A.H. 1075 (A.D. 1664).

The same work.

The existence of this copy was not known
until it came into the Museum in July, 1886,
so that it has not been used by Prof. Sachau
for his edition. It has evidently been tran-
scribed from the same old Teheran MS. as
two previously described copies, Add. 7491
and Or. 1495 (designated by L and R in
Sachau's preface), and it presents all the
lacuna? and transpositions noticed by the
editor (Einleitung, pp. 54 — 67). Although
dating a few years earlier than L, the
present copy is not so carefully written ;
but it has over the latter the advantage of
containing all the tables of the printed
text. It has, however, several blank spaces,
apparently reserved for pictures.

The colophon, fol. 142a, is as follows :

It may be noticed that the copyists of the
three MSS. were men of Persian birth. The
scribe of the present copy designates himself
as a native of Jarbadakan, a town near Hama-
dan; and that of Add. 7491 derives his Nisbah
from Junabid., a town near Naishapur. The
latter's name appears in the following colo-
phon, which was not given in the Arabic

Catalogue:

At the end of the present copy, foil. 142/;

—1436, is found the additional table of

Christian and Jewish feast-days, which has

beeh noticed, no. 457. It occurs also at the

end of Add. 7491.

II. Foil. 144—237 ; 23 lines, 4J in. long;
written in fair large Neskhi, apparently in
the 18th century.

Detached extracts from the geography of
al-Kazwmi (JibJl j^T), here called t_r>\JLi'
*jk)\i'^n. Intermixed with these are also some
miscellaneous extracts from other sources,
such as biographical notices of celebrated
authors, taken from Ibn Khallikan, from
the Suluk (fol. 205a), from the Tabakat of
Taki al-Dm (ib.), from the Tabakat of Khayali
Zadah 'Ali Chelebi (fol. 2056), etc. There
are also extracts from the Taisir of 'Umar
al-Nasafi (fol. 206a), and from the Hayat
al-Hayawan (fol. 235a), a Turkish Fatwa
of Abu '1-Su'ud (fol. 156a), and a letter, also
Turkish, of Ahmad Pasha, Beglerbegi of
Basrah (fol. 235a). From these last it
would appear that the compiler was a
Turk, living probably in the last century.

459.

Or. 1493.— Foil. 120 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 24 lines,
4^ in. long, in the centre of the page, with
7 lines, lOf in. long in the lateral margin,
and about 13 oblique lines in the upper

272

HISTORY.

and lower margins of each page ; rather
incorrectly written in an indistinct Neskhi,
apparently about the beginning of the 17th
century.

[SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A historical compilation, without title or
author's name.

Beg.

o .

Further on the author describes his work
as follows : * \»-> -.iii 5^ \ ,J

The work appears to have been written
about the close of the fifth century of the
Hijrah. Its approximate date may be in-
ferred from the following facts. Although
very sparing of quotations, the author refers
in one place, fol. 5b, to Muhammad B. Jarlr
(al-Tabari), and in another, fol. 71a, to a
still later authority, ^ ,J* jAlli\ j\y^l\ i^litf
^yjjjl i_j^». The Kitab al-Anwiir here
meant is probably the work of al-Farra al-
Baghawi, who died A.H. 516 (Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 84). In the same passage the

author remarks that, since the conquest of
'Umar, no Christian had ever entered Jeru-
salem but in fear; from which it. would
appear that he wrote before the conquest of
the holy city by the Crusaders, A.H. 492.

The passage is as follows : AJ

The MS. contains three parallel texts,
namely, the history of the Prophets in the
centre of the page ; the life of Muhammad,
written in oblique lines on the upper and
lower margins ; and the history of kings,
written lengthways in the lateral margins.

In the history of the Prophets the author
quotes freely the usual authorities, as Ibn
'Abbas, Wahb B. Munabbih, Ka'b al-Ahbar,
and a few of the early commentators. In
the latter part, after the chapter on 'Isa, the
following subjects are treated : Ashab al-
Kahf, fol. 91a; Dul-karnain, fol. 956; the
two men mentioned in the Goran (xviii., v. 31),
fol. 996 ; Barslsa al-'Abid, fol. 1006 ; Juraih
al-Rahib, fol. 1016 ; Saba and its people,
fol. 1026 ; Jannat San'a, fol. 104o ; Ashab
al-Ukhdud, fol. 1046; Jirjis al-Nabi, fol.
1066; Sharasun al-'Abid, fol. 1106; al-
Tubba', fol. Ilia ; Khalid B. Sinan al-'Absi,
fol. 1126; Ashab al-Fil, fol. USa.

At the end of this section, fol. 115, the
author says that he had written all that
relates to the history of the Prophet at the
beginning of the book, with red ink, in the
margins.

The life of Muhammad, which occupies, in
fact, the upper and lower margins from fol.
2a to 946, ends with an account of some of
his miracles. The chapter on his campaigns,
which was to follow, is wanting.

The history of the kings occupies the
lateral margins of foil. 2a — 1156, and the

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

273

whole page in foil. 116a — 1206. It com-
prises the following sections : Ancient kings
of Persia, from their origin to the Muslim
conquest, fol. 2« ; Kings of the Arabs, viz.,
Himyaris, Lakhmis and Ghassanis, fol. 40« ;
Muslim chronicle, year by year, from the
death of Muhammad to A.H. 74, where it
breaks off, fol. 486.

According to the author's statement, fol.
40a, this last section was to comprise the
Abbasides and contemporary dynasties, down
to the reign of the Khalif under whom the
work would be completed :

b a\ J\, «i

The MS. appears to have been transcribed
from a copy the first leaf of which was dis-
figured by holes. Hence at the beginning
a few short gaps, which have been filled up
at random by a later hand. The following
false title, ascribing the work to al-Asma'i,
has been prefixed by the same hand : 1J*

& U*

On the first page is a note by a former
owner, with the date A.H. 1023.

On a separate folio at the end is the first
part of the article of Yakut on Shahrazur, by
a modern hand.

460.

Or. 3004.— Foil. 286 ; 9£ in. by 6£ ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in rather cursive, but
fairly legible, Neskhi ; dated Rajab, A.H.
1259 (A.D. 1843). [KBEMEE, no. 1.]

A volume of the Muntazam, the annals of
Abu '1-Faraj 'Abd al-Rahmin B. 'Ali Ibn al-
Jauzi al-Bakri, who died A.H. 597.

The above title and the author's name are
found at the end of the year A.H. 247, fol.
1055, where one of the volumes into which the
work was originally divided is said to end.

The MS., which begins abruptly, comprises
A.H. 228-289 ; but the first year and the
last are imperfect. The text begins in the
middle of a notice relating to Abu Tammam,
who^is said to have died A.H. 228, with the

following words : ^^ajo U d\j Jlai Ap ^1
A\ .U3 W

The subsequent year, A.H. 229, begins,
fol. 46, as follows :

The author gives, under every year, first
the political events, and then obituary notices
in alphabetical order. The last year, A.H.
289, begins at fol. 286a, and ends, on the
next page, with the records of the death of
al-Mu'tadid, of a violent earthquake, and of
a shower of shooting stars on the 8th day of
Ramadan. The next Juz was to begin with
the reign of al-Muktafi.

It is stated in the subscription that the
MS. was transcribed from a copy in the
Cairo Library, *>^ »\K?°V. See the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 160.

The following detached volumes of the
Muntazam are found in European libraries.
The first volume in Leyden ; Catalogue,
vol. ii., p. 146 ; a fragment comprising A.H.
63—164 in Gotha ; see Pertsch, no. 1553 ;
another, containing A.H. 96—136, in the
Bodleian ; see Uri, no. 779 ; another, A.H.

N N

274

HISTORY.

297 — 447, in the Berlin library; see Zeit-
schrift der D. Morg. G-es., vol. v., p. 279.
A fragment, A.H. 167—216, is in the
Museum, Arabic Catalogue, p. 170a, 4; and
others, comprising A.H. 176—202, 297—300,
are in the collection of M. Ch. Schefer ; see
Histoire des Croisades, Introduction, p. 61,
note.

461.

Or. 3685.— Foil. 166 ; 7| in. by 5£ ; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; appa-
rently in the 14th century. [BUDGE.]

A portion of a general history arranged
by dynasties, imperfect at the beginning.

This is evidently the work contained in
the Gotha MS. entitled *»ko.>.l\ JjjJl jLx^
(hitherto the only known copy), by Jamal
al-Dm Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B. Abi '1-Mansur
Zafir B. al-Husain B. G-hazi al-Halabi al-
Azdi. See Mb'ller, no. 245, and Pertsch, no.
1555. The identity is fully established by
a comparison of extracts from the Gotha
MS. given by Freytag in his Appendix to
Lokmani Fabulae, pp. 34 — 40, which are in
verbal agreement with the corresponding
portion of our MS., foil. 25a— 29a. The
same agreement obtains with regard to other
extracts translated by the same scholar in
his Geschichte der Hamdaniden, Zeitschrift
der D. Morg. Ges., Band 10, pp. 432—498,
and by Weil, Geschichte der Chalifen ; see
vol. ii., p. ix., no. 9, and the notes passim.

The author, who was born A.H. 567, and
died A.H. 623, studied law under his father,
Abu Mansur Zafir, and became a perfect
master of history. He succeeded his father
as teacher in the Madrasat al-Malikiyyah,
Cairo, and was appointed Wazir by al-Malik
al-Ashraf . He left, besides the present history
called al-Duwal al-Munkati'ah, the following
works: Bada'i' al-Bada'ih (v.Makkari, preface,

p. 14), with a continuation ; Akhbar al-Shuj-
'an, Akhbar al-Muluk al-Saljukiyyah, Asas
al-Siyasah, Nafa'is al-Dakhirah (unfinished),
Kitab al-Tanbihat, and Kitab Man Usiba (a
history of martyrs, beginning with 'Ali). See
Fawat al-Wafayat, vol. ii., p. 64, where many
of the author's verses are quoted. Compare
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 239 ; vol. i., p. 265 ;
vol. ii., p. 26 ; Derenbourg, Escurial, no.
420, 2 ; "Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no.
309; Ibn Khallikan, Wiistenf eld's edition,
no. 313, p. 150 ; and De Slane's translation,
vol. iv., p. 567.

The author's name is found in the present
copy at the beginning of the history of the
Fatimide dynasty, fol. 41«, as follows : Jl»

A subsequent volume contained a history
of the Saljuk dynasty, to which the author
incidentally refers, fol. 69a.

'Ali B. Zafir is frequently quoted by al-
Makkari in his Nafh al-Tlb. See vol. ii.,
p. 167, and the Index underylk.

The contents of the volume nearly coin-
cide with those of the Gotha MS. A quire
of ten leaves is wanting at the beginning.
The text commences abruptly in the early
part of the history of Saif al-Daulah with
an anecdote relating to one of the panegy-
rists of that prince. The first event recorded
is the expedition of Saif-al Daulah against
the castle of Dadim and Hisn Ziyad, and
his victory over' the Domesticos, A.H. 326
(see Freytag, Geschichte der Hamdaniden,
p. 465).

The next following sections relate to three
princes of the same line, viz., 'Uddat al-
Daulah al-Ghadanfar Abu Taghlib B. Nasir
al-Daulah, fol. 116 ; Sa'd al-Daulah Abu '1-
Ma'ali Sharif B. Saif al-Daulah, fol. 16a;
and Abu'l-Fada'il B. Sharif, fol. 22a.

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

275

The following dynasties occupy the rest
of the volume :

JUi-b Ls

Fol. 25«.
Fol. 29«.
Fol. 34«.
Fol. 41a.
Fol. 94a.
Foil. 976— 166a.

There is in the last section a considerable
lacuna after fol. 110. The latter part of the
account of al-Mansur, the reigns of al-Mahdi
and al-Hadi, and the beginning of that of
al-Rashid, are lost. The history of the
Abbasides concludes with the accession of
al-Nasir, A.H. 575, of whom it is only said
that he made vast conquests, and that the
whole world submitted to his sway : •ii-lj

From this it would appear that the author
was writing before the invasion of Chingiz-
khan.

The date of transcription is imperfect, the
leaf being torn, and what remains of it is

hardly legible :

\as-

462.

Or. 1515.— Foil. 355 ; 11| in. by 8J ; 27 lines,
4f in. long; written in small and neat Neskhi,
apparently in the 17th century.

[Sm HENET C. RAWLINSON.]

The first volume of the Kamil, by 'Izz al-

Din 'Ali B. Muhammad al-Jazari, called Ibn
al-Athir, who died A.H. 630.

It extends from the beginning of the work
to the end of A.H. 69. The contents corre-
spond with voll. i. — iii. of Tornberg's edition
and the first 251 pages of vol. iv.

There are two lacunae, apparently due to
the loss of some leaves in the MS. from
which this copy was transcribed. The first
occurs on fol. 92a, and extends from vol. i.,
p. 421, line 22, to p. 426, line 15 ; the second
at fol. 1056, corresponding with p. 493, line
15 — p. 495, line 8, of the same volume.

At the end is a seal bearing the name
(.jUN jk *+*, with the date A.H. 1104. It
is probably the seal of the Shaikh al-Islam
Muh. Bakir Majlisi, who died A.H. 1110.

On the first page is written : " A good
copy, neatly and correctly written, purchased
by me at Baghdad, Feb. 18, 1846. H. Raw-

linson."

463.

Or. 1516.— Foil. 396; 11$ in. by 7f ; 23 lines,
4| in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, A.D.
1845. [SiR HENEI C. RAWLINSON.]

The first volume of the same work, ending
with the death of 'Uthman (Tornberg's
edition, vol. iii., p. 153).

On the fly-leaf : " Copied from a fine and
old MS. in 1845."

464.

Or. 1517.— Foil. 452 ; 10£ in. by 7J- ; 25 lines,
4% in. long; written in neat Neskhi, A.H.
1261 (A.D. 1845).

[SiB HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

Continuation of the above from the acces-
sion of 'Ali to the end of A.H. 199 (Torn-
berg's edition, vol. iii., p. 153 — vol. iv.,p.217).

NN2

276

HISTORY.

On the fly-leaf: " Copied for me at Baghdad,
1845, from a very fine MS. in the possession of
Col. Taylor. H. Rawlinson."

The Taylor MS. referred to, Add. 23,295,
is described in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 554a.

465.

Or. 4215.— Foil. 245; 10 in. by 6£ ; 31
lines, 4J in. long ; written in fair small
Neskhi, apparently in the 15th century.

[LANE.]

The first volume of the great historical
work of Abu '1-Muzaffar Yusuf B. Kizughli
(daughter's son of Ibn al-Jauzi), who died
A.H. 654.

After mentioning the various subjects
which may attract men curious of the
records of the past, the author describes

his work as follows : j>.j£ ^ JU3

U,

/i U? or^\ ^^ als/y J^i Jk>.

^llj 0\J*~J\ jU. y* t-»W^

}-$ Ob^l j

(j iiA
o^!

_j

There is a lacuna after fol. 2, and some
inversion of the original order in the next
following leaves. The work began with five
preliminary chapters relating mostly to eras
and chronology. The fifth contained a table
of chapters. All five, however, are lost, with
the exception of the beginning of the first.

Fol. 3 begins abruptly with the latter part
of an account of the Nile, followed by an
article on the Euphrates,

The following are the principal subjects
contained in this volume : Rivers, fol. 3a ;
wonders of the world, t_>*Usf"' ^ UiJl ,j U^j,
fol. 56 ; the earth and its inhabitants, fol.
86 ; hell, fol. 96 ; creation of the Jinns and
Iblis, fol. I0a; creation of heaven, of the
zodiac, the planets, the mansions of the
moon, the stars, the Throne, and the Angels,
fol. 126. Adam (beginning lost), fol. 28a;
Shith and his descendants, fol. 356 ; Idris,
fol. 37a; Harut and Marut, fol. 386; Tah-
murath, fol. 41a ; Null and his descendants,
fol. 416 ; Dahhak and Farldun, fol. 48a ;
Hud and the 'Adites, fol. 496; Salih, fol.
536; Ibrahim, fol. 55a ; Isma'Il, fol. 716;
Ishak, fol. 736; Ya'kub, fol. 74a; Liit,
fol. 746 ; Du '1-karnain, fol. 77a ; Yusuf,
fol. 86a; Ayyub, fol. 986; Shu'aib, fol.
1026; Musa, fol. 1046; Bal'am, fol. 121a;
Karun, fol. 1226 ; Yiisha', fol. 123a ; Khidr,
fol. 124a; Ilyas, fol. 125a ; Illsa', fol.
127a; Ashmu'il, fol. 1276; Da'ud, fol.
1306; Lukman, fol. 134&; Sulaiman, fol.
135a; Bakht-Nasar, fol. 146a; Daniyal,
fol. 149a; Zakariyya and Yahya, fol. 152a;
Maryam and 'Isa, fol. 155a. Number of the
Prophets and their order, fol. 1636. Ancient
nations, viz., Indians, fol. 1656 ; Chinese,
fol. 168a ; Syrians and Chaldees, fol. 169a ;
Persians, fol. 170a ; Iskandar, fol. 1746 ;
Greeks and their sages, fol. 1806; Banu'l-
Asfar,fol. 183a; Muluk al-Tawa'if, fol. 1846;
Sassanides, fol. 185a. Arabia : — tribes and

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

277

poets of the Arabs, fol. 194a ; kings of Hirah,
fol. 198a ; kings of Yemen, fol. 2066 ; Grhas-
sanides, fol. 211a ; Abyssinians, fol. 2126;
Ashab al-Fil, fol. 215a; 'Abdallah B. al-
Samir, fol. 21 7 b. Battles of the Arabs, fol.
218a; their proverbs, fol. 2266; their races
and their creeds, fol. 239a.

On the last leaf is the beginning of the
history of Muhammad, <j)J\ (J^> liuuj

Copies of the first volume, or parts of it,
are noticed by Casiri, no. 1639, and in the
Leyden Catalogue, no. 756. For MSS. of
other portions of the work, and for notices
of the author, see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 145a, 5546; Pertsch, no. 1556 ; Aumer,
no. 937; "Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber,
no. 340 ; Historiens des Croisades, Introduc-
tion, p. 64, vol. iii., p. 513 ; Abu Shamah,
Or. 1539, fol. 103 ; and Histoire des Sultans
Mamlouks, vol. i., p. 64.

A contemporary inscription on the first
page of the MS. states that it belonged to
Ibrahim B. al-Shaikh Nasir B. 'Ali B. al-Kutb
Shaikh 'Izz al-Dm al-Rifa'i al-Talawi.

466.

Or. 1510.— Foil. 271 ; 1\ in. by 5£ ; partly
(foil. 2—97) 17 lines, 3± in. long, partly
(foil. 98—271) 19 lines, 4£ in. long ; written
in a small, rather cursive, but distinct and
scholarlike hand, probably in the 15th
century.

[SiR HENRY C. RAWHNSON.]

Two detached and imperfect volumes of
an historical work, without title or author's
name.

The first, which contains a full account of
Creation and of the prophets anterior to
Muhammad, begins abruptly with the follow-

ing words:

U, JU3

The above passage is part of a chapter
treating of the first things created. After
this come several short sections, with the
heading J^J, treating of the heavenly
"Tablet," ^o*M p\, of the six days of
creation, of the day on which creation began,
of the creation of day and night, of the first
thing created, etc. ; lastly, a description of
Paradise, and some Hadiths relating to the
life of the blessed.

The history of the Prophets begins, fol.
10a, with Adam. The subjects of the sub-
sequent sections are as follows : Shith and
his descendants, fol. 23a ; Idrls, fol. 246 ;
Harut and Miirut, fol. 26a ; Nuh, fol. 276;
his sons, fol. 30a. Events of the period
elapsed between Nuh and Ibrahim, viz., the
story of Uahhak and Feridun, fol. 31a ; Hud
and the Adites, fol. 326 ; Shaddad B. 'Ad,
fol. 34a ; Salih, fol. 36a ; Ibrahim, fol. 386 ;
Isma'Il, fol. 556 ; Lut, fol. 56a ; Du '1-karnain,
fol. 586; Yusuf, fol! 646; Ayyub, fol. 88a;
Shu'aib, fol. 926 ; Musa, fol. 95a ; Bal'am,
fol. 1196; Karun, fol. 1206; Kalib B.
Yufanna, fol. 122a ; Hizkll, ib. ; Al-Khidr,
fol. 1226; Ilyas, fol. 123a; Da'ud, fol. 127a;
Lukman, fol. 1326 ; Sulaiman, fol. 134a ;
Zakariyya and Yahya, fol. 146a; Maryam
and 'Isa, fol. 149a ; Bukhfc-nassar, fol. 153a ;
Yunus, fol. 162a. Some holy men who
lived in the period between 'Isa and Mu-
hammad, fol. 164a.

The last section, relating to Ashab al-Kahf
wal-Rakim, ends abruptly, fol. 1656.

The second volume, foil. 166 — 271, which
is also imperfect at the beginning, contains a

278

HISTORY.

full and minute history of Muhammad. The
first section, fol. 166a, relates to the four-
teenth year of his life, and begins as follows :

The subsequent sections have headings
indicating the years of the Prophet's life,
from the fifteenth to the forty-first. After
the beginning of revelation ^U* Jj J-aJ
0o-jM, fol. 169a, the headings refer to the
years as counted from the prophetic mission
down to the tenth. The last section, fol.
1775, deals with the Mi'raj, _^l\ e^o^^i

The remainder of the volume deals with
the Hijrah and subsequent years, as follows :
Hijrah, fol. 1786 ; second year, fol. 1846 ;
third year, fol. 198a ; fourth year, fol. 2046 ;
fifth year, fol. 2056; sixth year, fol. 2066;
seventh year, fol. 213a ; eighth year, fol.
2156 ; ninth year, fol. 2236 ; tenth year,
fol. 2346.

The account of the death and burial of
Muhammad is followed by short sections
relating to his personal appearance, fol. 251a ;
his mental qualities, fol. 252a ; his miracles,
fol. 2556 ; his expeditions, weapons, horses,
etc., his companions and his wives, fol. 2676.
The last sections, foil. 269a — 271 a, contain
traditions relating to the invocation of
blessings upon the Prophet, to the tank
destined for him in Paradise, to his interces-
sion for the faithful, to his being the last of
Prophets, to the number of his transmitted
sayings, and to the promises made to
countries in which any of his companions
would die.

The last words of the present MS. are :

b ^j

The author's reference, fol. 61J, to his
grandfather's work, al-Muntazam, shows
that we have here a portion of the history
mentioned under the preceding no. ; and, in
fact, the part which relates to the prophets,
foil. 19 — 153, shows, to some extent, verbal
agreement with the corresponding portion of
Or. 4215, foil. 29—163. But the text of the
present MS. is considerably abridged by
omissions, and some sections have been
transposed.

On the last page are entered by a former
owner, Ahmad B. Yunus al-Zahiri, notices
relating to the birth of his children, with
dates ranging from A.H. 832 to 849.

On the upper edge of the MS. is written
the following misleading title :

».\. Abu

Ahmad al-Hasan B. 'Abdallah B. Sa'id al-
'Askari, to whom the work is here ascribed,
died A.H. 382. See Ibn Khallikan, De
Slane's version, vol. i., p. 382.

On the fly-leaf is a short notice of the
work by Sir Henry Eawlinson, who pur-
chased the MS. at Baghdad, Nov. 15, 1847.

467.

Or. 4016.— Foil. 53 ; 10Jin.by6f; 19 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 15th century.

[GLASEB, no. 314.]

Detached fragments, without title or
author's name.

The first rubric is :

The writer's occasional references to his
grandfather as the author of the Muntazam,
and comparison with the preceding MS.,

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

279

show that these fragments are parts of the
first volume of the Mir'at al-Zaman. In the
absence of a complete copy, it is not easy to
determine their exact sequence. They have
been apparently transcribed from a MS. the
leaves of which had been transposed.

The subjects of the fragments are as
follows :

Foil. 19, 6—12, 52, 53. Mountains, in
alphabetical order, hills, deserts, and seas.

Foil. 1 — 18. Springs and rivers.

Foil. 21, 26— 35, 48— 50. The seven climes ;
Babylon ; wonders of Syria, Egypt, and the
Maghrib. The elements, earth and fire.
The Jinns and Iblls.

Foil. 36 — 44. Age of the world. Creation.
The beginnings of things, JJ^tsll Years
and months of the Arabs.

Foil. 22—25, 20, 47. Idrls and Nuh.

468.

Or. 1540.— Foil. 247 ; 8| in. by 5J ; 21 lines,
2f in. long ; written in small and neat Neskhi ;
dated 15 Du'1-Ka'dah, A.H. 1089 (A.D.
1678). [Sm HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The last portion of the great historical
work of Shams al-Dm Muhammad B. Ahmad
al-Dahabi, who died A.H. 748, comprising
A.H. 681—700.

The title and the date of completion,
Jumada II., A.H. 714, are found in the

author's conclusion, fol. 134a : U j»-T \Jj»j

y- &ajJ£ J
JlS . . .

The arrangement is precisely similar to
that of the six volumes of the same work
described in the Arabic Catalogue, pp.
738—740. The volume begins with the
obituary notices of the 69th Tabakah, or
generation, comprising men who died A.H.
681—690, foil. 1—109. The notices are
arranged under each of those ten years in
the alphabetical order of ihe proper names.
The first page, which is partly torn, begins :

Then comes a chronicle of political events
for the subsequent period of ten years, A.H.
691—700, foil. 110—134. Lastly, obituary
notices for the same period, designated as
the seventieth Tabakah, foil. 134J — 247.

The first part of the MS., foil. 1— lOla,
has the same contents as Or. 53, described in
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 740a.

On the first page is a notice of the MS.,
concluding as follows : " A neat and correct
copy, purchased by me at Baghdad, April 20,
1846. H. Rawlinson."

For other copies see Uri, no. 654 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 148 ; Copen-
hagen Catalogue, no. 133 ; Pertsch, Gotha
Catalogue, no. 1563 ; Aumer, Munich Cata-
logue, no. 378 ; Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 410; De Slane, Paris Cata-
logue, uos. 1580 — 2 ; Landberg, no. 1 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 21 ; and Zeit-
schrift, der D. Morg. Ges., Band 40, p. 310.
Compare also Histoire des Croisades, Preface,
p. 47, and Tiesenhausen, Recueil, vol. i.,
p. 310.

280

HISTORY.

The author's works are enumerated in
Fawat al-Wafayat, vol. ii., p. 228, and in al-
Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 54.

469.

Or. 4581.— Foil. 197 ; 10 in. by 7 ; 22 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair, but imperfectly
pointed, Neskhi ; dated Ramadan, A.H. 724
(A.D. 1324).

A general chronicle, abridged from the
Kamil of Ibn al-Athir, with a special history
of Yemen from -the time of Muhammad to
A.H. 714, the date of composition.

The MS., which is imperfect at the be-
ginning, has been endorsed by a later hand,

\>^^\ -j2>. The author's name, although

J •* ->

not explicitly stated, is found incidentally
given under A.H. 696, fol. 192ft, where he
records the birth of his son 'Izz al-Dm
Muhammad B. Idris B. 'All. There is also
frequent mention of his father, al-Sayyid
Jamal al-Dm 'Ali B. 'Abdallah B. al-Hasan
B. Hamzah, who played a prominent part in
military transactions under three Rasuli
Sultans, al-Malik al-Muzaffar, al-Ashraf,
and al-Mu'ayyad, and whose death is re-
corded, fol. 193a, under A.H. 699.

The above endorsement proves to be
correct. The full title of the work is u->lJ^

AJ*-^J t~>\ s»f* (jj^-^- It ig found in the
author's life as contained in the Tiraz A'yan
al-Zaman, fol. 191, where he is called al-
Amir al-Kabir al-Sharif Abu Muh. Idris B.
'Ali B. 'Abdallah B. Sulaiman, etc., 'Imad
al-Dm. He was a descendant of Imam Abu
Hashim al-Hasan (d. A.H. 433), through
whom his genealogy is traced up to al-Hasan
B. 'Ali B. Abi Talib. After his father's
death he was received with honour by Malik
al-Mu'ayyad, who conferred upon him his

father's command, and gave him in fief the
town of al-Kahmah, and afterwards that of
Lahj (Yakut, vol. iv., pp. 38, 352). By
successful raids he brought the tribe of al-
Jahafil to submission, and died on the 20th
of RabI' II., A.H. 714. He left, besides the
present history, a work entitled Jj J^~^ <—&&
^y»J\ d»# JJUoi. His Kanz al-Akhyar is
mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 246, as
one of the sources of al-Khazraji. See also
H. C. Kay's Yaman, Introduction, p. xvi.

From the author's references to previous
or subsequent portions of his work, it appears
that it consisted of three parts termed Babs.
The first contained a history of the Imams
recognized by the Zaidis. The second is
partly represented by the present volume.
The third was to treat in its seventh chapter
of the ancient history of Yemen.

The main part of the present MS., foil.
1 — 170, is taken up by the latter portion of
the chronicle abridged from al-Kamil, with a
few additions by the author. It begins

abruptly with A.H. 292 :

***"

J-iM (Kamil, vol. vii., p. 369),
and concludes, like the original work, with
A.H. 618.

This is followed by a short summary of
subsequent events down to A.H. 713, under
two heads, namely, 1. Irak, fol. 170a, and
2. Egypt and Syria, fol. 171«.

The history of Yemen, which occupies the
latter part of the volume, foil. 1716 — 197,
is written in a small and cursive hand, much
closer than the preceding, having from 30 to
37 lines in a page. It begins as follows :

lc J

U*

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

281

U ji'jj Jj y^jJb *$i

IJJ» y

There are first two preliminary chapters
upon the origin of San'a, and on the building
of its mosque. The history proper begins,
fol. 172«, with the governors of Yemen at
the time of Muhammad's death, and is carried
on for the first five centuries without any
division. Further on are found the following
headings :

'Ali B. Mahdi, ^^ ^
fol. 1866.

The Ghuz, or Ayyubites,

The Rasuli Dynasty,
fol. 1876.

Reign of al-Muzaffar, «^ilaU «3j^l, fol. 188a.

The latter portion, from A.H. 670, at
which date the author's father appears on
the scene, fol. 190a, to the end, has all the
value of a contemporary record written by
a man who had been, as well as his father,
not only a witness of, but one of the main
actors in, the events he relates. Dates are
copiously inserted, and, from A.H. 696,
fol. 1925, to the end, the events are fully
chronicled year by year. The last entry
relates to the 24th of Safar, A.H. 714. The
work concludes as follows : Uo$IJ\

J\ yU

.j.j

470.

Or. 3006.— Foil. 291 ; 7$ in. by 5£ ; 19 lines,
3f- in. long ; written in a cursive and scholar-
like hand, in the first half of the 15th
century. [KEEMEB, no. 3.]

An abstract of the chronicle of al-Dahabi,
entitled j*s- ^ ^*i- j^Jl, by Abu Bakr B.
Ahmad B. Kadi Shuhbah, who died A.H. 851.

This valuable MS. is in the handwriting
of Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, already well known to
us from autograph notes in a copy of his
Tabakat al-Fukaha (see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 178 and 7716). It is a scholar's hand-
writing, hastily formed, and almost entirely
destitute of diacritical points. The text is
scarcely distinguishable from the original
work of al-Dahabi, the first volume of which
has 'been described in the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 559a. It only differs from it by trifling
omissions.

The title and the abbreviator's name are
found in the following inscription at the
beginning of the second of the three parts
(Juz) contained in the MS. : ^

The first two leaves of the first quire are
lost. They have been replaced by a spurious
beginning in a late handwriting. The
original text begins, fol. 4a, in the middle
of a passage relating to the battle of Badr,
A.H. 2, with the following words :

After fol. 12 there is a gap due to the loss
of an entire quire, and extending from A.H.
38 to A.H. 84. The first Juz ends with
A.H. 200, fol. 686. The second Juz, begin-
ning fol. 706, comprises A.H. 201 — 400.
The third Juz, beginning fol. 1906, comprises
A.H. 401—554.

The contents of the MS. correspond with
the first volume of the 'Ibar, as stated in the

subscription : ^ Jj^)\

0 0

282

HISTOEY.

There are some marginal additions, partly
by Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, partly by a later
hand.

The original work, completed byal-Dahabi,
A.H. 715, concluded originally with A.H. 700.
It was subsequently brought down by the
author to A.H. 740, as stated by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 182. Copies of the first edition
are described in the Vienna Catalogue,
vol. ii., p. 40, and in the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 1584-85. A MS. of the second recen-
sion is noticed in the Bodleian Catalogue
under the wrong title p>.j\j3\ j, tjjA vol. i.,
p. 148, vol. ii., p. 590. The same MS. con-
tains a further continuation from A.H.
741 to 764, by Abu '1-Mahasin Muh. B. 'Ali
B. al-Hasan al-Husaini, who died A.H. 765
(Durar al-Kaminah, fol. 94a). A Gotha MS.
described by Pertsch, no. 1566, contains a
later recension of the 'Ibar and of the above
continuation, by Ibn al-Shamma', who died
A.H. 936.

471.

Or. 1558.— Foil. 123 ; 8± in. by 5£ ; 23 lines,
3f in. long ; written in rather small Neskhi ;
dated 27 Safar, A.H. 1007 (A.D. 1598).

[SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

An abridged Muslim chronicle, brought
down to A.H. 744.

It is imperfect at the beginning, and has
neither title nor author's name. The first
lines relate to the tragical end of 'Uthman,
A.H. 35, and begin as follows : j*3\ +y Jlj

Jui^ Juo> $ \J* 1jJ\3 u\ Jl
JUJ

It is in all probability the abridgment
made by al-Dahabi of his own large history,
Ta'rlkh al-Islam, and entitled by him Duwal

al-Islam (Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 239), two
copies of which are noticed in the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. ii., nos. 763, 764. See also
the Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 39 ; Rosen,
Notices Sommaires, no. 165 ; and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. v., p. 56.

The present text differs from al-Dahabi's
other compendium, al-'Ibar, inasmuch as it
gives more space to political events, and less
to obituary notices. The latter are fewer in
number, and mostly confined to bare names.

The work was evidently written in Damas-
cus (to which, in the latter period, constant
reference is made), and during the reign of
al-Malik al-Nasir Muh. B. Kala'un (A.H.
693 — 741), who is frequently spoken of as
the reigning sovereign. It was, however,
subsequently brought down to A.H. 744.
The last event mentioned is the execution
at Damascus, in Jumada II. of that year, of
Ibrahim B. Yusuf B. Abi Bakr, Jl~4\, a
Rafidi, who was sentenced to death for
abusing the " Companions " and slandering
'A'ishah. See Orientalia, vol. ii., p. 381.
It may be noticed that the author designates
as his Shaikh, Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi, who
was in fact one of al-Dahabi's masters.

There are two gaps, due to the loss of a
few leaves, in the MS. The first occurs
after fol. 6, and extends from the beginning
of the reign of 'Abd al-Malik B. Marwan
(A.H. 65) to A.H. 113. The second occurs
after fol. 117, and extends from A.H. 699
to 725.

Copyist :

472.

Or. 3005.— Foil. 177 ; 8f in. by 6± ; 19 lines,
4f in. long ; written in cursive, but distinct,
Neskhi, apparently in the 14th century.

[KEBMEE, no. 2.]

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

283

The thirteenth volume of the 'Uyun al-
Tawarlkh, a chronicle by Muhammad B.
Shakir B. Ahmad al-Kutubi al-Shafi'i, with
the following title :

\s»

O

Beg. »/•

Salah al-Dm Muh. B. Shakir B. Ahmad al-
Mu'arrikh al-Kutubi al-Darani al-Dimashki,
a native of Darayya settled in Damascus,
was a pupil of Ibn al-Sbihnah (Ahmad B.
Abi Talib, d. A.H. 730 ; v. Durar, fol. 26),
and of al-Mizzi (d. A.H. 742). He acquired
considerable wealth in the book trade, and
died in Ramadan, A.H. 764. See al-Durar
al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 755. Ibn Kadi
Shuhbah, who agrees with the above with
regard to name and date, adds that the
autograph MS. of the 'Uyun al-Tawarikh
consisted of twenty-four volumes, and that
the historical part was mainly transcribed
from Ibn Kathlr (d. A.H. 774), and the
biographies from al-Safadi (d. A.H. 764).
See Or. 23,290, fol. 48a. Ibn Shakir wrote
also a supplement to Ibn Khallikan, entitled
Fawat al-Wafayat, which has been printed
in Cairo, A.H. 1283. (Compare "Wiistenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 422.)

Other volumes of the 'Uyun al-Tawarlkh
are noticed by Dr. John Lee, nos. 72, 72a,
726 ; by Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 1567 ;

and by De

1586-88.

Slane, Paris Catalogue, nos.

The present volume comprises A.H. 404 —
437. Under each year the political events are
first briefly sketched ; then come the obituary
notices, which occupy by far the greater
part of the space, and are swollen by exten-
sive poetical quotations. Both parts contain
considerable extracts from the Ta'rlkh al-
Islam of al-Dahabi. At the end is written :

In the same place are the following
marginal notes, the first of which is dated
A.H. 810, by two scholars, who had read

and excerpted the work :

To the latter, Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, are also
due some autograph annotations in the
margins of foil. 196, 866, 1676.

473.

Or. 1511.— Foil. 412 ; 13 in. by 9 ; 31 lines,
5f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 16th century.

[SiK HENKY C. RAWLINSON.]

A chronicle of Islamism from A.H. 1
to 750, by Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. As'ad B.
'All, Nazil al-Haramain, al-Yamani, called
al-Yafi'i.

Beg.

Jl j£

o o 2

284

HISTORY.

The author, who was called al-Yafi'i from
Yafi', the name of a Himyarite tribe in
Yemen, and was surnamed 'Aflf al-DTn, was
born two or three years before A.H. 700.
He grew up in 'Aden, and attached himself
to a religious teacher, Shaikh 'AH B. 'Abd-
allah al-Tawashi (d. A.H. 748 ; see fol. 400),
who invested him with the Khirkah of the
Sufis. Having settled in Mecca, A.H. 718,
he studied law under Najm al-Din (Muh. B.
Muh.) al-Tabari (who died A.H. 730 ; v. al-
Isnawi, fol. 1086). He subsequently visited
Syria and Egypt, and, returning to the Hijaz,
spent the rest of his life between Mecca and
Medina. He died in the former place on the
20th of Jumada II., A.H. 768. See his
contemporary, al-Isnawi, who devotes to him
a long notice, the last of his Tabakat, Or.
3037, fol. 173i. It has been reproduced
with additions by Ibn al-Ahdal, Or. 1345,
fol. 233. (Compare Ibn Hajar, al-Durar al-
Kaminah, Or. 3043, fol. 1485, and Wiisten-
feld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 429.)

The annals of al-Yafi'i are chiefly founded
on the Ta'rikh al-Islam of al-Dahabi, and on
the Wafayat of Ibn Khallikan, with additions
relating to the 'Ulama of Yemen, from
Ta'rikh Ibn Samurrah. They consist mainly
of obituary notices, which are pointed out, in
the present copy, by leading names written
with red ink in the margins. At the end of
A.H. 740, fol. 3986, the author remarks:
" Thus far the history of al-Dahabi ; and a
few years later, viz. A.H. 760, comes also to
an end Ibn Khallikan, both of whom I have
followed in this history of mine. I shall now
mention some of the great men who died in
the ten subsequent years, gathering their
records from some recent writers."

The first nine and the last seven folios
have been supplied by a modern hand.

A notice of the work, written on the fly-
leaf, ends with these words : " It certainly

is not deserving of much estimation. Pur-
chased by me at Baghdad, Feb. 8, 1847.
H. Rawlinson."

For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 4266 ; the Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii.,
p. 43 ; Loth, nos. 706-7 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, nos. 1589-91 ; and Houtsma, Brill's
Catalogue, no. 174.

474.

STOWE, Or. 8.— Foil. 224; 11 in. by 7; 23
lines, 5 in. long ; written at Damascus, in
large and elegant Neskhi ; dated 4 Shawwal,
A.H. 836 (A.D. 1433).

A detached volume of the chronicle of
Ibn Kathlr, with the following title :

'Imad al-Dm Isma'il B. 'Umar B. Kathir
al-Kaisi al-Busrawi, was born A.H. 700.
Having lost his father in infancy, he was
brought, A.H. 706, to Damascus. There he
applied himself to the study of sacred tradi-
tion, and became the disciple of al-Mizzi, and
of Ibn Taimiyyah. He wrote, besides his
great chronicle, lives of the Shafi'ites, c^liul»
wuellM, and died in Damascus on the 15th
of Sha'ban, A.H. 774. (See Ibn Hajar, Inba
al-Ghumr, fol. 7a ; al-Durar al-Kaminah,
Or. 3043, fol. 70a ; and Wiistenfeld, Ge-
schichtschreiber, no. 434.)

The present volume is designated in the
colophon as the third, c^JllM #jAi J, but the
numeral has been altered to *?\j\, probably
by the same hand to which the title above
given is due. It is entirely taken up with
the history of Muhammad, and extends from

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

285

the latter part of the third year of the Hijrah
to the middle of the ninth. It begins with
traditions relating to the wounds received by
Muhammad at the battle of Ohod, as follows :

It partly fills up the blank left in the
Vienna copy, described in full by Hammer,
Handschriften, no. 160, and more summarily
by Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 44,
which wants the second of the seven volumes
of which it originally consisted. The latter
part of our MS., beginning with the conquest
of Mecca, foil. 129 — 224, coincides with the
first part of the third volume of the Vienna
MS., and contains the sections stated by
Hammer, I.e., p. 181, from no. 1 to no. 35.
The last section relates to the deputation
sent to the Prophet by the princes of Himyar,
and begins, fol. 2235, as follows : ^\ JIS

uJj S.AS- alM

This part of Ibn Kathlr's work, being a
copious and careful compilation of early
authorities textually quoted, deserves to
rank as an important source for the history
of Muhammad.

Copyist:

A set of three volumes preserved in the
Munich Library (see Aumer, nos. 953-55)
contains the latter part of the work, from
A.H. 64 to A.H. 767, with which it concludes.
For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 143ft ; Landberg, no. 2 ; Houtsma, Brill's
Catalogue, no. 175 ; Sprenger, nos. 60, 61 ;
Mission Scientifique en Tunisie, no. 66 ;
Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 1568; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 19.

For notices and extracts, see Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii.,p. 24; Historiens des Croisades, preface,
p. 62; and Tiesenhausen,Recueil,pp. 272-77.

475.

Or. 3266.— Foil. 70 ; 10 in. by 7£; 17 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in fair Maghribi cha-
racter, apparently in the 17th century. The
MS. has been subsequently interleaved, and
consists now of 140 leaves, a part only of the
inserted leaves being written upon.

A versified compendium of Muslim history,
with special reference to Africa and Spain,
written in the Rajaz metre, by Abu 'Abdallah
Muhammad B. 'Abdallah B. al-Khatib al-
Salmani ; with a prose commentary by the
the author.

Beg.

J\5

The author, better known as Lisan al-Din
Ibn al-Khatib, the celebrated writer, and
Wazir of the kings of Granada, was born in
that city A.H. 713, and was put to death
there A.H. 776. Al-Makkari has devoted the
second half of his Nafh al-Tib, Bulak edition,
voll. iii. and iv., to an exhaustive account of
his life and writings, of his masters and con-
temporaries.

The author's autobiography, with which he
concluded his history of Granada, al-Ihiitah,
is given in a condensed form, with an addi-
tion due to his friend Ibn Khaldun, by Ibn
Hajar, al-Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol.
79. The same notice has been published by

286

HISTORY.

Dozy, Historia Abbadidarum, vol ii., pp. 156
— 168. See also Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 17a;
Casiri, vol. ii., p. 71 ; Gayangos, Mohamme-
dan Dynasties, vol. i., p. 306 ; and Wusten-
feld, Geschicbtschreiber, no. 439.

The present poem is mentioned by the
author, in his autobiography, among his
Urjuzahs, or versified treatises. See al-
Makkari, Bulak edition, vol. iv., p. 653 ; and
Historia Abbadidarum, vol. ii., p. 167. It
is not to be confounded with another com-
position, of similar name and kindred subject,
mentioned in the same passage under the
title of iykiU jJJI j, i*j}.\ ,jUi. Of the
latter, two copies are described, with copious
extracts, by Casiri, vol. ii., pp. 177 — 319.
The former is noticed by Haj. Khal., vol.
iii., p. 477.

The poem is divided into twelve sections,
not numbered, dealing with as many dynas-
ties. Each of these sections is followed by
the author's own commentary, in which
single passages of the poem are introduced
by the word 0)y, and are explained and
supplemented by more precise and circum-
stantial statements in prose.

Contents: Muhammad andthe early Khalifs,
down to the resignation of al-Hasan, fol. 76 ;
the Banu Umayyah in the East, fol. 15a ; the
Khalifs of the line of al-'Abbas, down to al-
Musta'sim, fol. 22a. ; the kings of the Maghrib,
viz. the Banu '1-Aghlab and the Shi'ah kings,
or 'Ubaidis, in Ifrikiyyah and Egypt, fol. 286;
the Banu Umayyah in Spain, fol. 38a ; the
Muluk al-Tawa'if, or local dynasties, which
rose in Spain after the extinction of the
Uinayyades, fol. 456 ; the Murabitun of
Lamtunah, fol. 51a ; the Muwahhidun in
Maghrib and Spain, fol. 55a ; the Banu Abi
Hafs in Ifrikiyyah, fol. 626 ; the Banu Zayyan
in Tilimsan, fol. 675 ; the Banu Marln, fol.
73a ; the Banu Nasr in Spain, fol. 876.

The last two sections are brought down

to A.H. 763. The last concludes with the
entry of the then reigning Abu 'Abdallah
Muhammad B. Isma'Il into the palace of
Granada, on Saturday, the 20th of Jumada
II., A.H. 763.

The other historical compendium of Ibn
al-Khatib, al-Hulal al-Markumah, extracts
from which have been published by Casiri,
vol. ii., pp. 177 — 246, shows some amount
of verbal agreement with the prose com-
mentary of the present poem ; but it is
rather fuller in the latter period, and ap-
pears to have been written a little later. It
was completed, as stated at the end, p. 319,
in Muharram, A,H. 765.

On the first page of the MS. a former
owner has written : " Rakm El Hulell Fy
Achbar Duel. Histoire d'Orient, d'Affrique
et d'Andalous, 760 ans de 1'hegire. A Tunis,
1691, le 22 d'Aoust. J. G. Sparwenfeld."

The volume passed since into the hands
of Petis de Lacroix, to whom Frencli glosses
and translations of some passages on the
inserted leaves are probably due.

476.

Or. 3007.— Foil. 198 ; 7| in. by 5^; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in a large and cursive
Neskhi of a peculiar rounded shape ; ap-
parently in the 14th century.

[KREMEE, no. 4.]

A detached volume of a general history
by Nasir al-Dm Muhammad B. 'Izz al-Dm
'Abd al-Rahim, known as Ibn al-Furat.

The title is found in the subscription,
written by the same hand as the text :
J\ uiJy-41 ^ #>»
M U, a\ yij-U (3 *

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

2*7

The same title is written on the first page
by another hand, of the same period, with the
addition of the author's name :

SU5M

J\S «i\

The author was the son of 'Izz al-Dln
'Abd al-Rahlm B. 'Ali B. al- Hasan Ibn al-
Furat, a Hanafi jurist, who died A.H. 741
(v. al-Durar al-Kaminah, fol. 1686). He
applied himself to the study of tradition,
especially to the Dalii'il al-Nubuwwah and to
the Shifa of Kadi 'lyad, and compiled a vast
historical work in about twenty volumes,
described as very useful, but written in
vulgar style, which he left unfinished. He
spent nearly all his life in his native city of
Cairo, where he died at the age of seventy-
two, on the eve of the 'Id al-Fitr, A.H. 807.
See Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 1576 ; Ibn Tulun,
Or. 3046, fol. 146a; Husn al-Muhadarah,
fol. 128a ; Jourdain, Mines de 1' Orient, vol.
iv., p. 308 ; and Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 454.

The author's great chronicle, to which the
present volume apparently belongs, is not
generally known by the above title. It is
simply called Ta'rikh Ibn Furat ; see Haj.
Khal., vol. ii., p. 104. Ibn Hajar, who calls
the author one of his masters, mentions it
among his authorities as £-£JJ ji^-^ gj^
O\jiN ^ ^.jjl^eb (Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 16) ;
but its original title, ti)^-4\ J>\£\ ^J^\ has

been preserved by Munajjim Bashi, who gives
considerable extracts from it, as noticed by
M. Schefer, Chrestomathie Persane, vol. i.,
p. 149. Nine volumes of Ibn Funlt are pre-

served in Vienna, and two in Paris ; but they
all belong to the post-Islamic period. See
the Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 46, and the
Paris Catalogue, nos. 1595-6. They have
been used as a valuable authority for the
history of the Crusades. See Histoire des
Croisades, preface, p. 51, and Tiesenhausen,
pp. 351—364.

The present volume is mainly taken up
with the history of the Patriarchs from Seth
to Isaac. The contents are as follows :
Terrors of the Resurrection, and the Day of
Judgment, ending with the intercession of
Muhammad, fol. la ; Seth and his descend-
ants, Uj j.^J\ wJ* C-xl &"&>• fi ij J-oi

«x.b) ,j uijjjs., fol. 186 ; Idrls and the sub-
sequent period down to Noah, fol. 23a ;
Noah, his descendants, and -what happened
after him down to Ibrahim, fol. 33a ; the
tribe of 'Ad and the Prophet HQd, fol. 536 ;
the tribe of Thamud and the Prophet Salih,
fol. 606 ; Daniel the elder, j>&\ JUib, fol.
65a ; Ibrahim, and what happened after him
down to Yusuf, fol. 656 ; history of Lot,
fol. 109a ; history of Isma'il and his de-
scendants, fol. 115a ; Ishak, fol. 194a —
1986.

The last section but one comprises a full
enumeration of Nisbahs designating a tribal
origin, foil. 122 — 193. They are arranged
in alphabetical order, their pronunciation is
fixed, and their origin explained. The
author's object, as stated at the end, was
to enable readers to understand the tribal
names of " Companions," 'Ulama, poets, and
other eminent men, who were to be mentioned
further on in his work.

The history of Tabari and the Muntazam
of Ibn al-Jauzi are frequently quoted. The
only living authority referred to is the
author's master, 'Izz al-Din 'Abd al-'AzIz
B. Muh Ibn Jama'ah al-Kinani (d. A.H. 767),

288

HISTORY.

whose opinion as to whether the intended
victim, g^Jtt, was Isma'Il or Ishak is quoted
at length, fol. 926.

477.

Or. 1182.— Foil. 254; 11$ in. by 6$; 21
lines, 3f in. long ; written in neat Turkish
Neskhi, with two 'Unwans, and gold-ruled
margins ; dated A.H. 1220 (A.D. 1805).

[ALEX. JABA.]

The historical Prolegomena of 'Abd al-
Rahman B. Muh. Ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami,
who died A.H. 808. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, pp. 1445, 4276.

The MS. is divided into two parts. The
first ends, fol. 205, with the fifth chapter
(Fasl), which in the text edited by Btienne
Quatremere, Notices et Extraits, voll. xvi. —
xviii., ends at p. 363 of vol. xvii. The second
part, which begins with a 'Unwan, fol. 2066,
is imperfect at the end. It extends from the
beginning of the sixth chapter to the end of
the Kasidah on the Za'irjah, ascribed to
Abu 'l-'Abbas al-Sibti (v. ib. vol. xix., p.
245). That poem, which in Quatremere's text
occupies pp. 147 — 161 of vol. xviii., has been
omitted by De Slane in his translation (ib.
vol. xxi., p. 200).

At the end is found the author's colophon,
with the date of composition, A.H. 779, as in
Quatremere's edition, vol. xviii., p. 434. The
Mukaddimah has been printed in Bulak, A.H.
1274, and in Beirut, A.D. 1879.

. 478.

Or. 1618.— Foil. 150; 10| in. by 6f ; 21
lines, 5 in. long; written in fine large Neskhi;
dated 14 Shawwal, A.H. 925 (A.D. 1519).

A compendium of general history, from
the earliest times to A.H. 806, by Muhibb
al-Dm Abu '1-Walid Muhammad B. Muham-
mad B. Mahmud Ibn al-Shihnah al-Hanafi.
See the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 1466 and
568a.

The author, who was born in Halab,
A.H. 749, filled for many years the office
of Kadi in his native city, where he died
on the 12th of Rabi' II., A.H. 815. Full
notices of his life will be found in Inba
al-Grhumr, fol. 206 (where the above work
is described as an elegant composition, in
which there are numerous errors), and in
the Tabakat of Ibn Tulun, Or. 3046, foil.
177—183. See also Wustenfeld, Gfescbicht-
schreiber, no. 460, and, for other copies,
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 153 ;
Pertsch, no. 1573 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
1537 — 1541; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 63. The Raudat al-Manazir, which
is called by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 491, Raud
al-Manazir, has been printed with the Kamil
of Ibn al-Athir, Cairo, A.H. 1290 and 1303.

Copyist :

'479.

Or. 1536.— Foil. 204; 10 in. by 6f ; 15

lines, 4f in. long; written in cursive Neskhi,
apparently in the 18th century.

[SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A later copy of the same work.

The first page, which is lost, has been
replaced by a spurious beginning. There is
a lacuna of two leaves after fol. 148, extend-
ing from A.H. 584 to 588. The latter por-
tion of the MS. is written by several hands.
Some passages are left out, and the Khatimah
is wanting.

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

0,r,

On the first page :
H. Rawlinson."

Baghdad, Nov. 1846.

480.

Or. 2902.— Foil. 218 ; 10$ in. by 7 ; 27 lines,
5 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, before
A.H. 848 (A.D. 1444).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The fourth and last volume of the Suluk,
or Chronicle of the period extending from
the beginning of Saladin's reign to A.H. 844,
by Taki al-Din Abu '1- 'Abbas Ahmad B. 'All
B. 'Abd al-Kadir al-Makrizi, with the follow-
ing title written on a gold ground at the
beginning:

(JL>

The author, born in Cairo, A.H. 766, died
there on the 29th of Ramadan, A.H. 845.
See the notice of his life by his contem-
porary Ibn Hajar, Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 357,
Quatremere, Ilistoire des Sultans Mamlouks,
preface, and Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber,
no. 482.

Beg. 3&d±

.A*

This volume extends from the beginning
of A.H. 815 to A.H. 844, the last year
recorded in al-Suluk. The MS. is slightly
imperfect at the end ; it breaks off in the
account of the trial of Shams al-Din Muh.
al-Safadi, Hanafi Kadi of Damascus, which
took place before the Sultan and the four
chief Kadis, on the 16th of Rajab, A.H. 844.

A portion of the work, A.H. 648—693,
has been translated by Quatremere, "Histoire
des Sultans Mamlouks de 1'Egypte," 2 voll.,
1837 — 42. For notices and extracts, see

Historiens des Croisades, Introduction, p. 58 ;
Hamaker, Specimen, pp. 207 — 238 ; Tiesen-
hausen, Recueil, pp. 417 — 442 ; and, for
other copies, Uri, nos. 688, 724, 729, 751 ;
Pertsch, no. 1620 ; Preston, Biblioth. Burck-
hardt., p. 10, no. 50; and the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 1726—28.

The earliest of several notes written by
former owners on the first page is dated
Jumada I., A.H. 848.

481.

Or. 4306.— Foil. 109 ; 8 in. by 5£; 15 lines,
3f in. long ; written in plain Neskhi ; dated
15 Muharram, A.H. 1070 (A.D. 1659).

[BUDGE.]

Jfcl

A work on general history, by 'Abd al-
Rahman B. Muh. B. 'Ali B. Ahmad al-
Hanafi al-Bastami.

^ >\L ^

The author, a dervish of the Bastami
order, wrote several works of a cabalistical
nature, one of which he dedicated, A.H. 835,
to Sultan Murad II., in Brusa. Two others
were written in A.H. 845, which was,
according to Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 464, the
year of his death. See also Wiistenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 481 ; the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 344<z ; and the Leyden Cata-
logue, vol. ii., p. 158, and vol. v., pp. 24-5.

The present work is said to consist of five
Biibs, a division not observed in the body of
the volume. It is of little historical value,
dealing largely with fabulous traditions,
cabalistic calculations and eschatology. The
history proper is a mere chronological sketch
p P

290

HISTORY.

of the Caliphs, and of the great religious
teachers who appeared in each of the cen-
turies of the Hijrah. The last event men-
tioned is the sack of Halab by Timur,
A.H. 803, which the author appears to have
witnessed.

A work of the same author, beginning
with the same words as the present one, is
noticed by Pertsch, no. 1511, under the

title j|ji5)l £J^K>j jlf*^ ^^x>- Its contents
are nearly identical with those of a later
composition of the same writer, described in
the Leyden Catalogue, no. 1131.

Copyist : ejjU

482.

Or. 1555.— Foil. 296 ; 8 in. by 5| ; 16 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in rude Neskhi, by an
ignorant scribe ; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1211
(A.D. 1796).

[SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A manual of general history, the title of
which is found at the end of the first chapter,
fol. 1096 : Q\£ v1^ w* Jj

The author, whose name does not appear
in the MS., is called in other copies Muham-
mad al-Shatibi, or fuller, Abu 'Abdallah
Muhammad B. 'Ali B. Muh. al-Shatibi
(alias al-Shatibi, both forms being in use
to designate a native of Xatiba). See the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 154; the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 1545 — 49 ; Aumer, no. 379 ;
Uri, no. 661 ; Pertsch, no. 1575 ; Gayangos,
Mohammedan Dynasties, vol. i., p. xxiv. ;
Barnamaj al-Kutub, Haj. Khal., vol. vi.,
p. 660 ; the Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 142 ;
Rosen, Institut, no. 63 ; "Wiistenfeld, G-e-
schichtschreiber, no. 485 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 24, where the work is
noticed, but without title or author's name.

Silvestre de Sacy, who gives a full analysis
of this compendium in the Notices et Extraits,
tome II., pp. 125 — 163, calls the author
Shihab al-Dln Ahmad al-Mukri al-Fasi, and
draws from some passages the inference that
he wrote between A.H. 845 and 855. A
somewhat later date, however, must be as-
signed to the work ; for in both the present
MS. and an older copy, Or. 3008, the enume-
ration of the Mamluk Sultans of Egypt con-
cludes with al-Malik al-Zahir Khushkadam,
who reigned A.H. 865 — 872, and of whom
the author speaks as still living. See the
present MS., fol. 2796, and Or. 3008, fol.
1366, where we read : ±*a-\ jj^U <^X\\ »Jj J
\3 [sic]

The present copy, apparently transcribed
from a MS. which wanted the first page,
begins with the last line of the preamble :

The three parts (Fasl) into which the work
is divided begin respectively at foil. Ib, 1096,
and 184a. But the third is imperfect. It
ends abruptly with a record of the defeat of
Muhammad B. al-Khair by Baljln B. Ziri,
called Abu'l-Futuh, A.H. 360. See Or.
3008, fol. 142a, line 8, and S. de Sacy, I.e.,
p. 161.

483.

Or. 1563.— Foil. 238 ; 9iin.by5f ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi, partly supplied with vowels ; dated
A.H. 961 (AJ). 1554).

[Sm HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A history of the Khalifs, by Jalal al-Dln
al-Suyuti. See the Arabic Catalogue, pp.
1516, 5706.

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

291

The work has been edited by N. Lees,
Calcutta, 1857. Another edition was litho-
graphed in Lahore, 1870 ; and a third was
printed in Cairo, A.H. 1305.

The entire work has been translated into
English by Major H. S. Jarrett, Bibliotheca
Indica, Calcutta, 1881. For MSS.,see Pertsch,
no. 1584 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1609 —
1614; and the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 22.

On the first page is written : " Purchased
by me at Baghdad, Jan. 20, 1847. H. Raw-
linson."

484.

Or. 1533.— Foil. 193; 11$ in. by 7f; 22
lines, 4| in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ;
dated 1st Sha'bao, A.H. 1053 (A.D. 1643).
[SiR HENBT C. RAWLINSON.]

The same work.

Copyist : ^ jjj y>\ JJL««> ^

485.

Or. 3018.— Foil. 334 ; 7| in. by 5 ; 21 lines,
3|- in. long; written in plain Neskhi ; dated
23 RabI' I., A.H. 1059 (A.D. 1649).

[KEEMER, no. 16.]

The same work, wanting the first page.

Copyist : j

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(jlo)1 joe-

Prefixed is a tabulated index of the Khalifs,
with reference to the folios of the MS.

486.

Or. 3019.— Foil. 300 ; 9 in. by 6$ ; 19 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
13 Muharram, A.H. 1272 (A.D. 1855).

[KREMER, no. 17.]

A transcript of the preceding MS.
Copyist :

487.

Or. 1550.— Foil. 88; 7 in. by 5£ ; from 20
to 25 lines, 4^ in. long ; written in a scholar-
like cursive Neskhi, about A.H. 900 (A.D.
1495). [SiR HENRY C. RAWLIXSON.]

Historical treatises, notices, and extracts,
collected by 'Abd al-Kadir B. Muhammad
al-Nu'aimi.

The whole MS. is in the hand of the com-
piler, This appears from several notes ; for
instance, the following, fol. 29a : w5\

Abu '1-Mafakhir Muhyi al-Din 'Abd al-
Kadir B. Muh. B. 'Umar al-Nu'aimi al-
Dimashki al-Shafi'i, the historian of Damas-
cus, and one of its leading traditionists, was
born in that city A.H. 845, rose to the office
of deputy-judge, ^ISM u_<ol>, and died there
on the 4th of Jumada II., AH. 927. He left
numerous works, among which the following
four, not noticed by Haj. Khal., appear to
be of some historical importance : 1.

' 2.

3.

^Ujll J&\ OUJjj ±d\y» kxxj ^. See al-Kawa-
kib al-Sa'irah, Add. 16,647, fol. 76a.

The contents of the present compilation
are as follows —

I. Foil. 1—28. A short history of the
Khalifs, from Abu Bakr down to A.H. 824, to
which is prefixed a life of Muhammad ;
without author's name.

Beg.
i fy

J Uiii

PP2

J\

292

HISTORY.

The work concludes with a short chrono-
logical sketch of the Abbaside Khalifs of
Egypt, ending with the bare names of Da'ud
al-Mu'tadid, of al-Mustakfi billah Abu '1-
Rabi' Sulaiman (who died A.H. 854), and
of his brother, al-Mumb lillah Yusuf (not
mentioned by other historians).

II. Foil. 29 — 42. A short metrical sum-
mary of the Khalifs, and of the kings of
Egypt, by Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. Ahmad
al-Ba'iini (who died A.H. 871), with the

following title : \j*\

JUJ A\

The compiler adds, that the author had
given him, A.H. 870, in the Jami' al-Man-
jaki, Damascus, a general licence for the
teaching of his works in prose and verse.

Beg.

The sketch of the Khalifs is brought down
to al-Musta'In billah (d. A.H. 833), and that
of the kings to al-Malik al-Ashraf Barsabai
(A.H. 825—842). The work is only desig-

nated by the author as JcLW tjfrj. It is
noticed by Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 231, and
vol. iv., p. 391, under the title £ \jj^>\ &i£
liliij ii)jiU *!.}•?•> which is also given to it
by Pertsch, no. 18666 ; by Fleischer, Leipzig
Catalogue, p. 534a ; and in the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 140. Other copies have
no title. See Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, nos.
714-15, and the Paris Catalogue, no. 1615, i.

III. Foil. 43—45. List of the Abbaside
Khalifs of Baghdad. Five obituary notices
of traditionists, dated A.H. 720 — 728, from
the autograph MS. of Shams al-Dln Muh.

(B. Abi Bakr) Ibn Nasir al-Dln, who died
in Damascus, A.H. 842. (See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 1773, 7716.)

IV. Foil. 46—53. w.^ t\jfj\ J wj A\ *jM\

A chronological sketch of the governors
and kings of Egypt, from the Muslim con-
quest to A.H. 826, with obituary notices of
'Ulama; by Muhammad B. Hasan al-Banbi
al-Shafi'i.

It is divided into centuries, from the first
century of the Hijrah to the ninth, and
concludes with the accession of Barsabai,
A.H. 825, and with an obituary notice of
Wall al-Dln Abu Zur'ah Ahmad [B. 'Abd al-
Rahman] Ibn al- 'Iraki, who died A.H. 826.

It has been brought down by the com-
piler, in successive additions, to the Turkish
conquest, A.H. 923.

The above title is borrowed from an earlier
sketch of Egyptian history, ulJjlU ^ A^,^ s£*>\
&>jo^\, written in verse by Jamal al-Dln Abu '1-
Husain Ibn al-Jazzar, circa A.H. 676 ; for
copies of which see the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. ii., no. 835; Pertsch, nos. 1667-8 ; and
Derenbourg, Escurial, no. 470, 10.

V. Foil. 54—62. A short account of the
Egyptian dynasties, from the rise of the
Fatimides to the accession of Kayitbai,
A.H. 872 ; without author's name.

Beg.

[sic]

VI. Foil. 63—70. Chronicle of Damascus,
consisting chiefly of obituary notices of 'Ulama,

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

298

from A.H. 777 to A.H. 810, transcribed by the
compiler from the autograph MS. of the
author, Shams al-Dln Abu 'Abdallah Muh.
B. Baha al-DIn Abi Bakr 'Abdallah B. Nasir
al-Dm Muh. (v. supra, art. III.).

«*A>> L:

Some additional notices for A.H. 815 —
837, due to the same author, have been added
by the compiler, foil. 71-2.

VII. Foil. 73 — 87. Extracts from the
Kitab al-Raudatain of Abu Shamah, from
the Kamil of Ibn al-Athir, and from al-Fath
al-Kussi of 'Imad al-Din, relating to the
history of Syria under Nur al-DIn and Salah
al-DIn.

VIII. Foil. 88. A short extract from the
work entitled &>.j^ *£-^ ij l-j^ «— "^jP'i
relating to the death of Saif al-DIn Ghazi
B. Zinki, lord of al-Mausil.

The compiler calls the author, fol. 73a, his
shaikh, Badr al-DIn al-Asadl. His full name
is Badr al-DIn Abu '1-Fath Muh. B. Abi Bakr
Ibn Kadi Shuhbah al-Asadl. He was a son
of the well-known author of the Tabakat al-
Shafi'iyyah, and he died A.H. 874. The
above-named work, which Haj. Khal. de-
scribes, without naming the author, vol. v.,
p. 261, is only another recension of the same
writer's history entitled eJiU* j, u>iN jd\
^^ jj>. See Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 188,
and Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 175.
The two works have the same beginning,
and the same headings to their seven
chapters.

488.

Or. 1544— Fol. 144 ; 11^ in. by 7| ; 25

lines, 4f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ;
dated 18 Jumada I., A.H. 974 (A.D. 1563).
[SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A general history, with special reference
to Jerusalem, from the earliest times to
A.H. 896, by Mujlr al-DIn 'Abd al-Rahman
B. Muh. al-'Umari al-'Ulaimi al-Hanbali.

Mujlr al-DIn, who is well known as the
author of a history of Jerusalem entitled
al-Uns al-Jalil, was Kadi of Jerusalem, and
died, there A.H. 927. See Wiistenfeld, Ge-
schichtschreiber, no. 512. He gives his full
name and title in the concluding lines : .Wj

The character of the work is set forth in
this short preamble : cr»-a3

The work, which in the present copy bears
no specific title, is probably identical with
the history entitled^ y* *\+>\ ,j jf>\\ £j^>
which Haj. Khal. ascribes to the same author.
See vol. ii., p. 150, and vol. v., p. 619.

From some incidental references of the
author to himself, it appears that while

294

HISTOEY.

staying in Cairo, A.H. 888-9, he was fre-
quently admitted to the court of the Khalif
al-Mutawakkil, and that he heard the Sahib,
of al-Bukhari read in his presence (see foil.
996, 148a). Mujir al-Din gives, in the Tins
al-Jalil, pp. 598 — 603, an extensive biography
of his father, Shams al-Dm Abu 'Abdallah
Muh. B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Dmari al-'Ulaimi,
who was born in al-Ramlah A.H. 807, filled
the post of Hanbali Kadi of Jerusalem A.H.
841 — 873, and died in his native town on the
4th of Dulka'dah, A.H. 873. His Nisbah was
derived from the name of a sainted ancestor,
'Ali B. 'Ulail, vulgarly called Ibn 'Ulaim, who
died in Ramlah A.H. 474. See Tins al-Jalil,
pp. 420 and 602.

The author begins with a computation of
the time elapsed between the descent of Adam
upon earth and the Hijrah, and bases his
calculation upon the Septuagint, *>?V>jA\ hj^>
which he declares to be the genuine version
of the Pentateuch, after which he proceeds
to state what he calls the garbled chronology
of the Samaritans and of the Jews.

Contents : The Prophets, from Adam to
Jesus, concluding with the second destruction
of Jerusalem, fol. 16 ; Jews, fol. 8b; Christians,
fol. 9a; Indians, fol. 96; Negroes, ib. ; Chinese,
Canaanites, Berbers, Arabs, fol. 10<z; Story
of the Elephant (Abrahah), fol. 106 ; Life of
Muhammad, fol. lla; the Khalifs, from Abu
Bakr to al-Hasan, fol. 496 ; the Umayyades,
fol. 596 ; the Abbasides, fol. 716 ; the Fati-
mides, fol. 876 ; the Abbasides of Egypt,
from al-Mustansir to al-Mutawakkil (who
was proclaimed A.H. 884), fol. 96a ; Sultans
of Syria, from 'Imad al-Dm Zinki, A.H. 534,
to the death of al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il,
A.H. 577, fol. 996 ; Salah ad-Din B. Ayyub,
fol. 1036; Banu Ayyub in Syria, fol. Ilia;
Banu Ayyub in Egypt, fol. 118a ; the Turkish
dynasty in Egypt, from al-Malik al-Mu'izz
Aibak, A.H. 648, to al-Malik al-Ashraf

Kayitbai, the reigning Sultan at the date
of composition, foil. 122& — 1446.

The account of the last reign takes the
form of a detailed chronicle, in which the
events of Egypt and Syria, more especially
those relating to Jerusalem, are recorded
year by year. The last occurrence men-
tioned is the passage of the Turkish envoys
on their return journey through Jerusalem,
in Ramadan, A.H. 896, and the simultaneous
departure of Amir Janbulat, sent by al-Malik
al-Ashraf to Ibn ' Uthman ( S ultan Bayazid II. )
in answer to the latter's proposals of peace.
These transactions are recorded in nearly
the same words in Uns al-Jalil, p. 688.

489.

Or. 1761.— Foil. 324 ; 11 in. by 7 ; 15 lines,
4 in. long; written in Nestalik, about A. D.
1850. [SiB HENRY M. ELLIOT.]

Extracts from historical works, mostly
Persian, described in the Persian Catalogue,
p. 1022. The following is Arabic : foil.
277 — 321, extracts from a MS. in the Moti
Mahall Library, Lucknow, wrongly endorsed
Ta'rlkh i Tabari, with the heading j\

Beg.

A notice of the original MS. by Dr. Sprenger,
prefixed to this extract, foil. 275-6, gives a
list of the chapters it contained, beginning
with the 38th, on the Tahirides, and ending
with the 76th, on the Osmanlis. The last
chapter is said to fill nearly one-third of the
volume, and to come down to A.H. 997.

The headings of these chapters and their
arrangement, from the first, numbered 38th,

ANCIENT AND GENERAL HISTORY.

295

to the 75th, which treats of the Ima'ilis, or
Safawis, of Persia, agree exactly with those
of chapters 52-86 of the history of al-
Jannabi, ^U*- £.j£, described by Baron
Rosen, Manuscrits Arabes de 1'Institut, no.
50. The Lucknow MS. represents evidently
an earlier edition of the same work, which
contained only seventy-six dynasties, while
their number was subsequently increased to
eighty-two, as stated by Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 18, and even to eighty-seven, as must have
been the case with the recension represented
by the MS. of the Institut. An Oxford MS.,
described by Uri, nos. 657-8, and Nicoll, vol.
ii., p. 590, contains only seventy-six dynasties.

The author, Abu Muh. Mustafa B. al-Sayyid
Hasan B. Sinan al-Husaini al-Jannabi (who
followed the career of Turkish 'Ulama, and
rose to the office of Kadi of Halab), died
A.H. 999. See 'Ata'i, Bail al-Shaka'ik, p. 308,
and Wiistenfeld, G-eschichtschreiber, no. 538.
His father, al-Sayyid Hasan B. Sayyid Sinan,
a native of NIgusar, had entered before
him the ranks of Turkish 'Ulama, and held
during five years the office of Kadi of Mecca.
He died A.H. 975. See Dail al-Shaka'ik,
Add. 18,519, fol. 46. In a passage of the
present extracts, fol. 2796, the author states
incidentally that in A.H. 961 he was staying
in Mecca with his father, whom he calls the
Kadi of Mecca, 'Afif al-Dm al-Sayyid Hasan
al-Husaini.

The present work, generally known as
Ta'rikh al-Jannabi, is mentioned by Haj.
Khal. under that name, vol. ii., p. 124, and
again under two different titles ; namely,

t}\ vol. ii., p. 18, and ^1
j-\}\ vol. iv., p. 281.
This last title is the one which 'Atai gives
to the work.

For other copies, see Uri, nos. 785-6, and
Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 183. An

abridged Turkish version by the author is
noticed in the Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii.. p. 85.

The extracts are as follows : Timurides
of India, from Babar to Akbar, foil. 277a.
Bab 70 : Kings of India, from Kutb al-Din
Aibak to Ibrahim Lodi, j>'& ,j wyu— N i__ >U!\
&*$\ cLJ^Ju*, fol. 2806 ; local dynasties of India,
jJ^\ i_oi\jk ci^uyj j, fol. 2896 ; the Kipchak
and the Khans of Crimea, c*ijJI J^lo ^,
fol. 2956. Bab 43: the Ghaznawis, fol.
309o. Bab 44 : the Ghuris, fol. 3156.

490.

Or. 1979.— Foil. 38 ; lOf in. by 8 ; 15 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Nestalik, about
A.D. 1850. [SiE HENRY M. ELLIOT.]

Foil. 2 — 30, extracts from the same MS.
of Ta'rikh al-Jannabi, viz., Bab 43: Ghaz-

nawis,

fol. 2«. Bab 44 : Ghuris, fol. 86. Bab 70 :
Kings of India, or Sultans of Dehli, fol. 146;
local dynasties of India, fol. 24a.

491.

Or. 1548.— Foil. 392; 8| in. by 5f ; 25 lines,
3f in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th
century. [SiR HENRT C. RAWLINSON.]

An abridgment of general history, from
the earliest times to A.H. 1007, by Abu '1-
'Abbas Ahmad B. Sinan (or Yusuf) B. Ahmad
al-Dimashki al-Karamani, who died A.H.
1019. See the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 147
and 428 ; for the author's life, Khulasat
al-Athar, vol. i., p. 209 ; and "Wiistenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 550.

The work has been printed on the margins

296

HISTORY.

of the Kamil of Ibn al-Athir, Bulak, A.H.
1190. For other copies, see Pertsch, BO.
1579 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1556 — 59 ;
Rosen, Notices Soramaires, no. 185, Institut,
nos. 52 — 54; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 6.

492.

Or. 1552.— Foil. 318 ; 11J in. by 6; 27 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, by several
hands, apparently in the 18th century.

[SiE HENKY C. RAWLINSON.]

A work on general Muslim history, from
the earliest times to A.H. 1103, commonly
called

The author, whose name does not appear
in the text, but only in this late endorsement,
^/elAfr r.j\i> j£ Jj\ i_s*ai, was 'Abd al-Malik B.
Husain B. 'Abd al-Malik al-Shafi'i al-Makki
al-'Isami. He was born in Mecca A.H. 1049,
was attached as teacher to the Masjid al-
Haram, and made himself known as an elegant
writer in prose and verse. He died in his
native city, A.H. 1111. (See Silk al-Durar,
vol. iii., p. 139.) His grandfather, 'Abd al-
Malik B. Jamal al-Dm al-'Isaini, also a pro-
lific writer, who died in Medina A.H. 1037,
is noticed in the Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii.,
p. 87. (See also the Arabic Catalogue, p.
784a, ad p. 573.)

The present history is a useful compilation,
drawn from upwards of a hundred works,
enumerated in the preface. It was com-
menced on the 13th of RabI' II., A.H. 1094,
and completed at the end of Safar, A.H. 1098.
The above title is a chronogram for the former
date. The preface concludes with a dedica-
tion to the Sharif of Mecca, Ahmad B. Zaid
B. Muhsin, who was appointed to that post

A.H. 1095, and occupied it till his death,
A.H. 1099. See Khulasat al-Athar, vol. i.,
p. 190.

The work is divided into four Maksads and
a Khatimah, the contents of which have been
stated in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 573. The
present MS. contains (like the MS. previously
described, Add. 23,286) the first half of the
work, viz., the first three Maksads, beginning
respectively at foil. 6a, 796, and 2166. It
concludes with the history of the Khiliifat of
al-Hasan, but wants about a page at the end.

A copy of the first volume is noticed in the
Paris Catalogue, no. 1563. For other copies,
see Spitta, Zeitschrift der D. Morg. Ges.,
vol. xxx., p. 319 ; Biblioth. Burckhardt., p. 4,
no. 14 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 69.

493.

Or. 1153.— Foil. 239; 11 in. by 7 ; 32 lines,
5 in. long ; written in small and distinct
Neskhi; dated 8 Du'lka'dah, A.H. 1121
(A.D. 1710). [SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The second half of the preceding work,
containing the fourth Maksad and the Kha-
timah.

Contents : — Maksad IV. : 1. Ummayades,
fol. 26 ; 2. Abbasides, fol. 51a ; 3. 'Ubaid-
iyyah, fol. 886; 4. Ayyubites, fol. 976;
Turcomans, fol. lOOa ; Circassians, fol. 103a ;
Osmanlis, fol. 1096. Khatimah : descendants
of Abu Talib, fol. 121« ; the descendants of
'Abu Talib who claimed sovereignty, fol. 1276 ;
the descendants of Abu Talib who held sway
in Mecca, fol. 137a.

The last section is a valuable and, for the
latter period, a very full and circumstantial
chronicle of Mecca. It has been continued
by the author for five years subsequent to
the completion of the original work. This

HISTORY OF THE PROPHETS.

297

continuation extends from the month of
RabI' II., A.H. 1098, to Monday, the 15th of
Jumada II., A.H. 1103, foil. 2276— 238a.
It ends abruptly, as in the former copy,
Add. 23,287, with the first words of an entry
relating to the fifth of Dulhijjah, A.H. 1103.

In a colophon, somewhat mutilated by in-
cautious trimming, fol. 238<z, it is stated that
the MS. was completed on the 8th of Dul-

ka'dah, A.H. 1121, by Matrud B. Muh

Abu Dlb al-Khatti. It was written in the
town of al-Ahsa for a noble and princely
personage, Shaikh 'Abd al-'AzIz B. Muh. B.
Husain B. 'Af alik, jW*. The next three pages
contain a long and pompous dedication of the
MS. to the same illustrious person by Muh. B.
'Abd al-Rahman B. Husain al-Ahsa'i, who had,
by his desire, collated and corrected the text.
The writer concludes with a Kasidah in praise
of his patron. The dedication is dated 13
Safar, A.H. 1123. Another poem in praise
of the same Shaikh 'Abd al-'AzIz occupies
the first page of the MS.

History of the Prophets.

494.

Or. 1428.— Foil. 280; 11£ in. by 7f ; 23 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, probably
in the 17th century, except two leaves at
the beginning, three at the end, and a few
in the body of the volume, which have been
supplied by a later hand.

History of the Prophets, by Abu Ishak
Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ibrahim al-Tha'labi al-
Naisaburi, who died A.H. 427. See Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane's translation, vol. i.,
p. 60; al-Subki, Add. 23,361, fol. 67;
Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 49, fol. 138; and
Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 185.

Beg.

JU3

By the above-quoted authorities and in
most MSS. the work is not called, as above,

«jl&, but simply i_*a*a» ,j jjJ]^ <^>\jS
The contents are fully stated in the
Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 73. See also
ib., vol. i., pp. 161, 175, vol. ii., p. 137 ; the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 4166 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, nos. 1918 — 22; and Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 195. The work has been printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1282, and often reprinted since. See
the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 86.

There is at fol. 116 a considerable lacuna,
without apparent break in the text. It
extends from the sixth Bab of Majlis II. to
the fifth Bab of Majlis IV., and corresponds
to pp. 13—28 of theCairo editionof A.H. 1292.

495.

Or. 1494.— Foil. 237 ; 7$ in. by 6 ; 23 lines,
5 in. long ; written in a somewhat cursive,
but fairly legible, angular character ; dated
Jumada L, A.H. 513 (A.D. 1119).

[Sm HENBT C. RAWLINSON.]

Another copy of the same work, somewhat
imperfect at the beginning.

It begins abruptly with these words : ^\
eju* rU J »Ux^\ J* J JW dl J« fiaij.
They belong to a passage of the sixth Bab
of Majlis II. (Cairo edition of A.H. 1292,
page 14, line 19).

The text is fuller and more correct than
that of the printed edition. It contains in
extenso the Isnads, which are omitted or
curtailed in the latter. Foil. 85—99 have
been supplied by a modern hand in a coarse
character.

QQ

298

HISTORY.

A table of contents and a false title, L

+*3\ jU<J-1 £ (j^F '})*> ascribing the
work to al-Asma'i, have been prefixed by a
modern hand.

On the fly-leaf : " Purchased by me at
Baghdad, Oct. 25, 1847. H. Kawlinson."

496.

Or. 3055.— Foil. 79 ; 7 in. by 5| ; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in rather cursive, but
distinct, Neskhi, probably in the 1 6th century.

[KEEMEE, no. 55.]

Another copy of the 'Ara'is, imperfect at
beginning and end, and containing rather
less than the first half of the work.

It begins abruptly in the middle of the
sixth Bab of the second Majlis. The first

rubric, fol. U, is : J>-\^ l^T*^ j ^U\ «_A*5\
\$5T (Cairo edition, A.H. 1292, p. 15).

After fol. 76, which contains the latter
part of the story of 'Ad and Shaddad (ib.,
p. 128), there are some leaves wanting.
Foil. 77-78 contain the end of the chapter
on Ayyub, and the beginning of the story of
Du'1-Kifl (ib., pp. 141—43).

Fol. 79 does not belong to the 'Ara'is ;
it is a leaf detached from some early MS.,
apparently a collection of stories of saints.
It contains an anecdote relating to 'Ali B.
Bakkar and Abu Ishak al-Fazari.

497.

Or. 3054.— Foil. 264 ; 9£ in. by 6£ ; 21 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with head-
ings in fine Thulthi and red ink ; dated Jumada
II., A.H. 617 (A.D. 1220).

[KBEMEE, no. 54.]

History of the Prophets, by al-Kisa'i.
.' Ubol lAl .j^oM jM *JJ

The author is called in most MSS. Abu '1-
Hasan Muhammad B. 'Abdallah al-Kisa'i.
See Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 23, and vol. iii.,
p. 174. His date is uncertain, and the
present early copy is of some importance
as fixing a lower limit for the time of com-
position.

The first folio, which has been supplied
by a much later hand, gives Muhammad B.
'AH al-Kisa'i as the author's name. The
original part of the MS. begins, fol. 2o, with

the first rubric ; _j)J! j^>-\) JJiNj ~-$\ C-iJ»-
*\ilj j^-^J^ (_j^«J\). A few single leaves in
the body of the volume have also been
supplied by later hands.

The latter part of the work differs mate-
rially from the text of most other copies,
and has much additional matter, as will be
seen from the following rubrics :

Fol. 2276.
Ib.

Fol. 2286.
Fol. 230a.
Fol. 233a.

Fol. 2336.
Fol. 2376.

Fol. 242a.
Fol. 2456.

J!

HISTORY OF THE PROPHETS.

299

Fol. 248a.
Fol. 249a.
Fol. 2566.
Fol. 2576.
Fol. 258a.
Fol. 260a.
Fol. 2616.

For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 1696, 417a, 582a, 683a ; the Leyden Cata-
logue, vol. ii., p. 298 ; Gildemeister, Bonn
Catalogue, p. 9 ; Pertsch, no. 1739 ; Loth,
no. 715 ; Aumer, no. 444 ; the Berlin Cata-
logue, no. 1021 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
1914 — 17, and the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 113.

498.

Or. 1554.— Foil. 174 ; lOf in. by 7 ; 23 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, partly
supplied with vowels ; dated 3 Dulka'dah,
A.H. 913 (A.D. 1508).

[SiR HENKY C. RAWLINSON.]

The same work, with the following title
written by the same hand as the text : i_j\li'

The author's name appears in the beginning
as follows :

The account of 'Isa is followed only by
the following chapters :

Fol.

flj? &

Fol. 1716.

JSSJ

Fol. 172a.
Fol. 172fi.
Ib.

Prefixed is a full table of chapters, occupy-
ing three pages.

On the fly-leaf is a short notice of the

MS. by its late owner, who writes at the

end : " Purchased at Baghdad, Sept. 10,
1846. H. Rawlinson."

499.

Or. 3945.— Foil. 168; 8f in. by 6£ ; from
25 to 30 lines, 4f in. long ; written in fair
Neskhi; dated 26 Shawwal, A.H. 1254 (A.D.
1839). [GLASEB, no. 239.J

Another copy of the same work, without
author's name.

There is a spurious beginning. The first
words of the genuine text are, fol. 2a : *! J(*>j

corresponding with the first line of fol. 46
in Add. 25,733.

The MS. breaks off before the end of the
chapter on Yunus. The copyist adds that
the MS. he was copying ended there.

500.

Or. 1284.— Foil. 129 ; 8 in. by 5} ; 21 lines,
3J in. long ; written in stiff Neskhi ; dated
17 Jumada II., A.H. 1065 (A.D. 1066).

An account of Abraham and of the other
Prophets buried in Makam al-Khalll (Hebron).

The MS. is defective at the beginning.
The first leaf in the original writing, fol. 2,
contains the latter portion of a table of
chapters, extending from Fasl 9 to Fa si 30.
The next, fol. 3, contains the latter part of
QQ2

300

HISTORY.

Fasl 1 and the beginning of Fasl 2, which
treats of the birth of Abraham. A leaf
prefixed by another hand, fol. 1, contains
the beginning of the table of chapters, and,
on the first page, the following title : \ JA

The title proves to be correct. Taj al-DIn
Ishak B. al-Khatib Burhan al-DIn Ibrahim
B. Ahmad B. Muh. B. Kamil al-Tadmuri
al-Shafi'i, Khatib of Makam al-Khalil, is
mentioned in Uns al-Jalil, Add. 9974, foil.
1756, as the author of the work entitled
^LJ\ «uJ* JjJAi ijbj J) |»yd1 ^~c, and is said
to have died in Ramadan, A.H. 833. The
office of Khatib of the Hebron Sanctuary
appears to have been hereditary in his family.
It had been successively conferred upon the
author's great-grandsire, Shams al-DIn Muh.
B. Kamil, A.H. 725, and on his grandsire,
Shihab al-DIn Ahmad, A.H. 741. See ib.,
ff. 1696, 170a.

The object of the work was evidently to
attract devout pilgrims to the holy shrine,
and to enlighten them as to the history of
the cave and tombs, and as to the efficacy of
devotions performed there. As originally
planned, the work consisted of twenty-seven
chapters (fusul), the last of which was de-
voted to a life of Muhammad; but three
more chapters, treating of Moses, Jonas,
and the first four Khalifs, have been sub-
sequently added by the author, and occupy
the latter part of the volume, ff. 109 — 129.
The present work is one of the authorities
quoted in an account of Jerusalem entitled
^jjiU c*jo JJUi ,j o«^ i>jjN> by Sayyid
Taj al-DIn Abu '1-Nasr 'Abd al-Wahhab al-
Husaini al-Shafi'i al-Dimashki, who was still
alive A.H. 875. See Ithaf al-Akhissa, Or.

1547, fol. 66. Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 379, is
wrong as to the Nisbah of the author, whom
he calls Ishak B. Ibrahim al-Dairi.

Other copies are noticed in the Paris
Catalogue, no. 1667, 2°, no. 1668, 2°.

This work must not be confounded with
one similarly entitled, namely, ,J^ A*M ^.i*
,«llJ\j (_^jji!\ Jjbj, written, A.H. 752, by Jamal
(or Shihab) al-DIn Abu Mahmud Ahmad B.
Muh. B. Ibrahim B. Hilal al-Makdisi, who
was a teacher attached to the Madrasah al-
Tunguziyyah, Jerusalem, and died in Cairo,
A.H. 765. See Uns al-Jalil, Add. 9974,
fol. 182a; Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber,
no. 425 ; the Ley den Catalogue, no. 807 ;
Houtsma, no. 188 ; the Paris Catalogue, no.
1667 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 125. Both works are noticed by Guy
Le Strange, Journal of the R. Asiatic Society,
1887, pp. 250—52.

501.

Or. 3705.— Foil. 209 ; 7f in. by 5± ; 13 lines,
4 in. long ; written in large and coarse Neskhi,
apparently in the 18th century.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—148. t_i-.y. LeS, The History
of Joseph, by Muhammad B. Abi '!-' Abbas
Ahmad al-Mukri.

Beg.

Having found a history of Yusuf, the
author of which he did not know, and being
much pleased with it, the writer decided to
transcribe it, and to enlarge it with suitable
narratives and with verses composed by his
father, Ibn al-Mukri.

The introduction begins with the story of
the questions which the Arabs, prompted by
the Jews, put to Muhammad in order to test

LIFE OF MUHAMMAD.

301

his divine inspiration. They relate to Dul-
karnain, to al-Ruh, and to Yusuf. This is
followed by praises of the Goran and by a
statement of the rewards promised to those
who read it. The author's additions consist
mostly of copious anecdotes relating to saints
and Sufis, inserted in the course of the main
story. The close of each such digression
is marked by the rubric : 1*>&\ J\ Uwj-j

II. Foil. I486— 2016. A commentary on
Surat Yusuf, extracted from Tafsir 'Ain,

with the heading :

A.nJL>>

Beg.

J-s,

«_fl-*jj

Us

III. Foil. 202a— 209«.
Story of the camel who came to Muhammad
to complain of the cruelty of his master.

Beg. 4JJ

o/ Muhammad.

502.

Or. 1617.— Foil. 252; lOin. byGJ; 341ines,
5^ in. long ; written in close and well-
shaped Neskhi, occasionally supplied with
vowels ; dated 11 Sha'ban, A.H. 564 (A.D.
1169).

History of the warlike expeditions of
Muhammad, by Muhammad B. 'Umar al-
Wakidi, who died A.H. 207.

This valuable MS., the only known com-

plete copy of the work, has been fully de-
scribed by Dr. W. Wright, who gave a
facsimile of its last page in the Oriental
Series of the P allograph ical Society, Plate
xlviii., and by Dr. J. Wellhausen in his
preface to the condensed German translation
of the work, mainly based upon the present
copy, pp. 5 — 8.

On the first page is written the following
title by the same hand as the text : i

*

JJLfr

The text begins with the following Isnad :

J\5
JVS

\J^ wVi>

JjJ\ t-Jji
USj»- JIS

&JJ1

Hence it appears that the text was handed
down by the following four men, all well-
known traditionists who lived in Baghdad.
Taken from the author downwards, they are :

1. Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. Shuj«V al-Thalji
(so called from his ancestor Thalj B. *Amr),
who received it from the author. He was
born A.H. 181, and died A.H. 266. Al-
Khatib al-Baghdadi calls him the legist of
Irak in his day, but adds that he was con-
demned by Ibn Hanbal and other rigid
Sunnis as a heretic and garbler of tradi-
tions. See Ta'rikh Baghdad, Add. 23,320,
fol. 686; al-Sam'ani, fol. 116; and Kainus,
vol. i., p. 223.

2. Abu'l-Kasim 'Abd al-Wahhab B. 'Isa
B. 'Abd al-Wahhab Ibn Abi Hayyah, who
is mentioned in the Ta'rikh Baghdad, I.e.,
among those who received traditions from

302

HISTORY.

al-Thalji. He was the Warrak (librarian
or copyist) of al-Jahiz, and one of the authori-
ties of Ibn Hayyuyah. He died in Sha'ban,
A.H. 319 (a year after the reading recorded
in the above Isnad). See al-Sam'ani, fol.
580a.

3. Abu 'Umar Muh. B. al-'Abbas Ibn
Hayyuyah al-Khazzaz, the well-known editor
of the Tabakat Ibn Sa'd (Or. 3010), who was
born A.H. 295, and died A.H. 382. See
Ta'rikh Baghdad, Add. 23,320, fol. 2216.

4. Abu Muh. al-Hasan B. 'AH al-Jauhari,
also called al-Farisi because his family came
from Shiraz, who was born in Baghdad
A.H. 363, and died there A.H. 454. He
had received traditions from Ibn Hayyuyah
and others. See al-Sam'ani, fol. 144a ;
Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 476; and
Hammer, Literaturgeschichte, vol. vi., p.
232.

The text published by Baron von Kremer
in the Bibliotheca Indica, Calcutta, 1856,
from a MS. acquired by him in Damascus,
corresponds with the first third of the present
MS. It agrees with it down to the 18th
line of p. 360, the last words being (_^>j
^ (_5#" t_r^ lijJ3&« JSi' £* ^.j],^, which are
found in the 23rd line of fol. 856 of our MS.
The remaiuing portion of the printed text
is an abridgment of comparatively little
value.

The Biwayat of the Kremer MS. adds a
fifth link to the catena above given, namely,
Abu Bakr Muh. B. 'Abd al-Baki B. Muh.
al-Ansari, with whom Ibn al-Tarrah, who is
not otherwise known, read the work A.H. 532.
See Kremer's preface, p. 6.

This Abu Bakr Muh. B. 'Abd al-Bak'i al-
Ansari is mentioned by Ibn Nuktah as having
received traditions from al-Hasan B. 'Ali al-
Jauhari, and is probably the anonymous writer
of the Isnad of the present MS. He was born

A.H. 442, lived in al-Nasriyyah, a suburb of
Baghdad (Yakut, vol. iv., p. 786), and died
A.H. 535. See Ibn Nuktah, fol. 316.

Another MS., the third of the copies known
in Europe, Add. 20,737, is described in the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 419. It contains the
first half of the work, but wants the first
page. Its beginning corresponds with the
22nd line of fol. 26 of the present MS., and
its end with the 12th line of fol. 127a. Its
Isnad comprises only the first three links of
the above catena, namely, Muhammad (Ibn
Hayyuyah), 'Abd al-Wahhab (Ibn Abi Hayyah)
and Muhammad (B. Shuja' al-Thalji).

Al-Khatlb al-Baghdadi has devoted in his
Ta'rikh Baghdad a very full notice to al-
Wakidi, Add. 23,320, foil. 174—181, from
which we learn that he made it a point to
personally visit the scene of all the battles
recorded in his book. From it we also see
that, in spite of his vast renown for learning,
al-Wakidi was reproved by Ibn Hanbal, al-
Shafi'i, and other strict traditionists, as a
garbler and a liar. Severe judgments passed
upon him by high authorities are recorded
by Ibn al-Jauzi, Kitab al-lJu'afa (Or. 2711,
fol. 68a), and by al-Dahabi, Mizan al-I'tidal
(Or. 4587, fol. 223). For other notices of
al-Wakidi's life and works, see Ibn Kutaibah,
p. 258 ; the Fihrist, p. 98 ; al-Sam'ani, Add.
23,355, fol. 5776 ; 'Uyun al-Athar, Or. 3015,
foil. 6—8 ; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's transla-
tion, vol. iii., p. 61 ; Lib. Classium, vii.,
no. 17 ; Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no.
43 ; Hammer, Literaturgeschichte, vol. iii.,
p. 403 ; and Sprenger, Leben des Moham-
mad, vol. iii., pp. Ixvii. and Ixxi.

The present MS. was written in the city
of al-JazIrah (^.^ *J^>*0 by Abu '1-Barakat
B. 'Isa B. Abi Ya'la. Although it is stated
at the end to have been four times collated
by 'Abd al-Wahid B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-
Arihawi al-Shafi'i, A.H. 924—930 (see the

LIFE OF MUHAMMAD.

303

facsimile), the translator, Dr. Wellhausen,
does not think highly of its correctness, and
says that it is not so good as it looks.

On the title-page are several notes of
successive possessors (including the above
collator) from Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ahmad
al-Khalidi, A.H. 655, to 'Umar B. 'Abd al-
Wahhab al-'Urdi al-Halabi, A.H. 1013. This
last was Mufti of Halab, and died A.H. 1024.
See Khulasat al-Athar, Add. 23,370, fol. 546.
The first European owner of the MS. was
Theodore Preston, the translator of Hariri's
Makamat, who wrote on a slip pasted on the
first page : " Ex libris Theodori Preston,
Coll. L. S. Trin. Cant. Socii. Empsi Halebis,
Id. Aug. A.D. 1847."

503.

Or. 3938.— Foil. 106 ; 10$ in. by 7J ; about
21 lines, 5 in. long ; written in fair, but
sparingly-pointed, Neskhi, apparently in the
14th century. [GLASER, no. 232.]

The life of Muhammad, by 'Abd al-Malik
B. Hisham, who died A.H. 213 or 218. See
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 420.

This is the second volume of a copy
consisting of four. It contains five of the
original twenty sections, viz., Juz 6 — 10 ;
but it is imperfect at the beginning, and
has some internal Iacuna3. The extant por-
tions correspond with the following pages of
Wustenfeld's edition : pp. 264—354, 356-
359, 368—528, 531—540.

The work has been translated into German
by G. Weil, Stuttgart, 1864. For other
copies, see "Wustenfeld's edition, vol. ii.,
p. 48 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1948 — 50 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 70,

504.

Or. 3594.— Foil. 170 ; 9f in. by 6$ ; 21 lines,
4| in. long ; written in large and bold Neskhi,
with frequent omission of the diacritical
points ; dated 26 Muharram, A.H. 775
(A.D. 1373). '[H. C. REICHAEDT.]

The full historical and grammatical com-
mentary of Abu '1-Kasim (or Abu Zaid) 'Abd
al-Rahman B. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad al-Khath-
'ami al-Suhaili (who died A.H. 581) upon
the preceding work. See the Arabic Cata-
logue", p. 5826.

On the first page is the following title,
written by the same hand as the text :

U

To the notices of the author and work
mentioned in the Arabic Catalogue, I.e.,
note b, may be added the following : Bugh-
yat al-Multamis, Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana,
vol. iii., p. 354 (where he is said to have died
in Morocco, A.H. 583) ; Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 52, fol. 4; Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber,
no. 272; Casiri, vol. ii., p. 1316; and Hammer,
Literaturgesch., vol. vii., p. 698. For other
copies, see Zeitschrift der D. Morg. Ges.,
vol. viii., p. 577, vol. xl., p. 309 ; the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 1960 — 63 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 61 ; and Houtsma, no. 215.

This is the first of a set of four volumes
comprising the entire work. It corresponds
with foil. 2 — 69i of the copy complete in one

304

HISTORY.

volume, Add. 23,314, described in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 582. The portion of the text
explained in it extends from p. 3 to p. 131
of Wiistenfeld's edition.

The copyist calls himself Muhammad B.
Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Kawi B. Muh. B. al-
Hasan al-Kusi (from Kus, a town of Upper
Egypt). To the colophon is added a record,
partly obliterated, of a collation of the MS.
with two early copies. It was completed on
the 26th of Safar of the year of transcription,
viz. A.H. 775. Lower down are the following
lines, written by another hand, apparently
about the same time :

iN *) ^ [sic] jp.

This Abu Bakr B. Kutlubugha, to whom
the MS. belonged, was probably a son of the
great Emir Kutlubugha al-Nasiri al-Fakhri,
who was put to death A.H. 743 or 744. See
Orientalia, vol. ii., p. 378, and al-Durar al-
Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 39.

A leaf prefixed to the volume contains a
piece of eighteen verses in praise of the
work, transcribed from another copy.

505.

Or. 3595.— Foil. 166; uniform with the
preceding; 21 lines, 4f in. long; written in
fine large Neskhi, with all diacritical points ;
dated 7 Safar, A.H. 775 (A.D. 1373).

[H. C. REICHARDT.]

The second volume of the same work,
beginning with the rubric : jKil

b

It corresponds with foil. 696 — 1556 of
Add. 23,314, and extends from p. 131
to p. 327 of Wiistenfeld's edition of the
Sirah.

Copyist :

The collation was completed, as stated in
another handwriting at the end, in Rabi' I.,
A.H. 775, in the town of Kus.

506.

Or. 3596.— Foil. 162; uniform with Or.
3594, and written by the same hand.

[H. C. RKICBARDT.]

The third volume of the same work,
beginning with the rubric : J*-j jc &\ ^\

It corresponds with foil. 1566 — 228o. of
Add. 23,314.

The text explained extends from p. 327
to p. 667 of the printed edition of the Sirah.

The collation was finished in Kus on the
9th of Rabic II., A.H. 775.

507.

Or. 3597.— Foil. 151; uniform with the
preceding, but written by another hand ;
19 lines, 4J in. long. [H. C. REICHAEDT.]

The fourth volume of the same work,
beginning with the rubric :

The contents correspond with foil. 228o —
3036 of Add. 23,314, and the portion of the
text included extends from p. 668 of the
printed edition of the Sirah to the end.

The collation was completed on the 16th
of Rabl< I., A.H. 775.

The last leaf is a fragment of another
MS., written about the same time. It relates
to Muhammad's expedition to Tabuk, and to
the letter which he sent from thence through
Dihyah to the Kaisar.

LIFE OF MUHAMMAD.

508.

Or. 2807.— Foil. 172 ; lOJin.byGf; 17 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in bold and rather
cursive, but distinct, Neskhi, with a sprink-
ling of vowels, apparently in the 13th
century. [A. GHANDOUR BEY.]

A collection of historical notices, relating
for the most part to Muhammad and his
time, and to the ancient Arabs, by Muhammad
B. Habib.

J

l J\3
(_«_>\

Mil yP

\£ JIS

Muh. B. Habib (Habib was the name of
his mother), a freedman of the Banu Hashim,
and native of Baghdad, was deeply versed
in the genealogies and history of the Arabs.
He received traditions mainly from the noted
genealogist, Hisham B. Muh. al-Kalbi, and
his principal pupil was Abu Sa'id al-Sukkari.
According to the latter's statement, he died
in Surrman-ra, seven nights before the end
of Du'1-Hijjah, A.H. 245. Al-Khatib al-
Baghdadi, from whom the above is taken
(Ta'rikh Baghdad, Add. 23,320, fol. 166),
designates him as the author of Kitab al-

Muhabbar, ^*- L-jlJiS t^j^U? t—*iJ>»- ^ <*+*?,
that being, apparently, the best known of his
numerous works, a full list of which will be
found in the Fihrist, vol. i., p. 106. For
other notices of the author see Bughyat al-
Wu'at, Or. 3042, fol. 17; Fliigel, Gram-
matische Schulen, p. 67 ; Wiistenfeld, Ge-
schichtschreiber, no. 59; and Hammer,
Literaturgeschichte, vol. iii., p. 395.

The title of the work has been misread

305

(see Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 435). It
is, however, written as above, Jj^\ by the
hand of the copyist at the beginning of the
present MS. ; and in the fine old copy of the
Ta'rikh Baghdad, I.e., it is written in three
places j**?\ with the distinctive mark
under the _. That word is apparently
the passive participle of JL>-, " he beautified,"
as defined in the Kamus, vol. i., p. 492 :

Abu Sa'Id al-Hasan B. al-Husain al-
Sukkari, who, as stated in the above begin-
ning, handed down the text of the present
work, is a well-known grammarian and
commentator of the old poets. He was
born A.H. 212, and died A.H. 275, or,
according to al-Zubaidi, quoted by al-Suyuti,
A.H. 290. See Bughyat al-Wu'at, Or. 3042,
fol. 1146. The latter date is confirmed by
Ibn Kani', quoted by al-Kifti; see the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 8, note. Ibn
al-Athir, vol. vii., p. 304, says that he died
A.H. 275, or 270 (probably for 290). The
present MS. seems to favour the later of the
above dates ; for the account of the 'Abba-
sides is there brought down, probably by al-
Sukkari, to A.H. 279. Compare Fihrist,
p. 78 ; Fliigel, Grammatische Schulen, p. 89 ;
and Hammer, Literaturgeschichte, vol. iv.,
p. 396.

In the following statement of the contents
only a few of the shortest and least important
sections have been omitted :

Chronology of the prophets from Adam to
Muhammad, and their ages, fol. 46 ; chrono-
logical sketch of Muhammad's life, fol. la ;
chronology of the Khalifs and of the pil-
grimages performed by their order, from
Abu Bakr to the accession of al-Mu'tadid,
A.H. 279 (the last portion, although ascribed
in the MS. to Muh. Ibn Habib, is probably
B B

306

HISTORY.

due to the editor, al-Sukkari) ; men who had
a likeness to the Prophet, fol. 196 ; noble
female ascendants of the Prophet (^3\^
d\ ^y»j ^Jj ,J>\j^)» **; daughters of the
Prophet, of the Khalifs, and of the principal
Companions, and their husbands, fol. 21a;
brotherhoods instituted by Muhammad among
his Companions, fol. 266 ; envoys sent by
him to kings and chiefs, fol. 286 ; wives of
the Prophet, fol. 29a ; men who married
sisters of the Prophet's wives (this relation
is expressed by i_i5L», plural (_J}LJ, a word
not found in dictionaries), fol. 37 a; campaigns
of the Prophet, (J^\ t=j\j}fr, fol. 41 a ; expedi-
tions sent by him, bl^**>, fol. 43a ; generals of
the Prophet, &c., fol. 46a ; chiefs or judges
of the Arabs, »— jy«M (&-, fol. 48a ; men noted
for liberality in the time of idolatry, d^'
LJjblii, fol. 496, and in the period of Islam,
fol. 53a ; free-thinkers of the tribe of Kuraish,
(jij^S Ls'jUj, fol. 58« ; noblemen, i_J^£»^ of
Kuraish and allied tribes, fol. 59a ; men who
renounced idolatry before the Mission of
Muhammad, fol. 615; boon-companions among
the Kuraishites, (J^.j» Ax.^3, fol. 62a; tribes
designated as (j-Ji JA«, ^ Ji\j3> and JAjS
ijJJaM, fol. 64a ; Imams of the Arabs, fol. 656 ;
women who wished for the death of the
Prophet, &c., fol. 665 ; celebrated champions

in the time of idolatry, «jA»lil ti)\ii, fol. 69a,
and in Muslim times, fol. 776 ; men who
declared wine and divining arrows unlawful
before the Islam, fol. 856 ; Arabs noted for
perfidy, fol. 880. ; great leaders of armies,
&c., fol. 89a. Chamberlains, ^^", of the
Prophet and of the Khalifs, fol. 93a ;
famous markets of the Arabs, fol. 946 ;
Nakibs of the Prophet, fol. 96a ; men who
witnessed Badr, &c., fol. 986 ; men who slew
Ka'b B. al-Ashraf and Ibn Abi'l-Hukaik,
&c., fol. lOOa ; men who collected the Goran
in the Prophet's time, &c., fol. lOla ; freed-
men who fought at Badr, fol. 1026 ; men who

fought with 'Ali at the battle of the Camel
and at Siffin, fol. 1026; noted blind men,
lepers, one-eyed men, &c., fol. 105a ; sons
of Christian and Abyssinian women, fol.
108a ; customs of the idolatrous times, some
of which were kept up in the Islam, fol. 1096 ;
slaves who bought their freedom iu Basrah,

tjad\ ^jrf^ U-A fol. 1216 ; Arabs noted for
good faith, &c., fol. 123a ; kings of al-HIrah,
fol. 1266; Muluk al-Tawa'if, fol. 1276; kings
of Himyar, fol. 1286, of Kindah, fol. 130a,
of Ghassan, fol. 1306. Commanders of the

Khalifs' guard, Talil \>j± ^^°\ fol. 1316 ;
eminent secretaries, fol. 133a ; noted simple-
tons, fol. 134a ; cause of the confusion of
tongues, and genealogy of Noah's descend-
ants, fol. 135a; kings who ruled the whole
world, Jayumart, &c., according to Ibn al-
Kalbi, fol. 1375; women who remained faithful
to theirfirst husbands and did not marry again,
&c., fol. 1386; women who pledged their faith
to the Prophet, according to al-Wakidi, fol.
1416 ; women noted for fidelity, fol. 151a ;
women who married three husbands or more,

fol. 1516 ; mothers of worthy sons, OL£*^
UJJ) ^, fol. 1576; Nakibs of Israel, fol.
1606, of the Banu 'Abbas, fol. 161a ; Nim-
rods and Pharaohs, ib. ; the false Muslims,

^^aiUl), fol. 1616 ; celebrated teachers and
legists, fol. 164a ; men who were crucified,

H

^^LoU, fol. 1656 ; men whose heads were
pilloried, fol. 169a ; men noted for fleeing
from the foe, &$&, fol. 1706.

The MS. breaks off before the end of the
last section. At the bottom of the last page
is a note, dated A.H. 751, from which it
appears that the MS. was already imperfect
at that time.

A notice of al-Sukkari on the title-page,
and a full table of contents on two inserted
leaves, are by a modern hand.

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307

509.

Or. 3014— Foil. 254; 12J in. by 8J; 17
lines, 6J in. long ; written in large and
angular Persian Neskhi, apparently in the
llth century. [KEEMER, no. 11.]

A life of Muhammad, by Abu Sa'd 'Abd
al-Malik B. Abi 'Uthrnau al-Wa'iz.

Beg.

Abu Sa'd 'Abd al-Malik B. Abi 'Uthman
Muhammad B. Ibrahim al-Khargushi, devotee
and preacher, was so called from Khargush,
a street (*£•>) of Naishapur in which he lived.
He was noted for his pious life and his
charity. After visiting, in search of sacred
traditions, Irak, Egypt, and the Hijaz, where
he stayed many years, he returned to his
native place, where, although supporting
himself by manual labour, he found means
to build a Madrasah and a hospital. He
died in Naishapur in Jumada L, A.H. 407.
In jurisprudence he was a disciple of the
great Shafi'i doctor, Abu 1-Hasan Muh. B.
'Ali al-Masarjisi (d. A.H. 384). He left a
work entitled t^\ Jftb (the present work),
a Tafsir, a Kitab al-Zuhd, and some other
writings. See Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 49, fol.
59o; al-Isnawi, Add. 3037, fol. 606. Al-
Sam'ani, who gives A.H. 406 for the year of
his death (fol. 195J), is followed by Yakut,
vol. ii., pp. 425, 421, and by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 44.

The author does not give any specific title
to the work. He merely describes its subject
in the preamble by the words Sharaf al-Nabi :

>\ J\S

Li

i L-.

J-o (_rw

.J

The work is designated by various names,
vz., SjfiN Jhb i-^li^ by al-Dahabi, ^ u_>\JL^
xJj\ Jj^Jj by al-Sam'ani, i^fi)\ t—i^l by Muhibb
al-DIn Ahmad B. 'Abdallah al-Tabari (d.
A.H. 694 ; see the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv.,
p. 80), and ^.Vi^U <^> by Haj. Khal., vol.
iv., p. 44. At the end of the present copy
it is designated by a later hand as uAi

It is not so much a detailed biography as
a compilation of Hadiths designed for the
glorification of the Prophet and the edifica-
tion of the faithful. The author gives at
the beginning of every chapter (Bab) an
Isnad, or catena, in support of such tradi-
tions as he had received viva voce ; but
further on he quotes freely, without any
Isnad, Ibn 'Abbas, Wahb B. Munabbih, and
other early traditionists, as well as later
writers such as Muh. Ibu Ishak and al-
Wakidi (see foil. 2106, 94a, 184a). Among
the traditionists from which he received
oral communications, the following are those
whose names most frequently occur: 1. Abu
'Amr Muh. B. Ja'far B. Muh. B. Matar (a
disciple of Ibrahim B. Yusuf al-Hisanjani>
who died A.H. 301 ; v. Sam'ani, fol. 5906,
and Yakut, vol. iv., p. 975), foil. 40, 43, 67,
222; 2. Abu'l-Husain Yahya B. al-Husain
al-Muttalibi, Imam of the Masjid of Medina,
fol. 201, 202, 204, 216 ; 3. Abu '1-Fadl Ja'far,
B. al-Fadl, Wazir of Kafur, whom the author
met inMecca (Ibn al-Furat, who died A.H. 391;
see Kamil, vol.ix., p. 120), foil. 20, 206 ; 4. Abu
'Amr Muh. B. Sahl B. Hilal al-Bushti, whom
the author met in Mecca A.H. 376, foil. 160,
184; 5. Abu 'Ali Hamid B. Muh. B. 'Abd-
allah al-Harawi (called al-Raffa, who died
in Herat A.H. 356; v. Ibn Nuktab, Or.
856, fol. 876), foil. 163, 208. The dates of •
r: K 2

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HISTORY.

such communications are occasionally men-
tioned. They range from A.H. 347 to 376.
The work was probably written after A.H. 384.
The author's master, al-Miisarjisi, who died
in that year, is spoken of as dead, fol. 197a.

Prefixed to the work is a table of contents
written by the same hand as the text, foil.
2 — 5, with the exception of the first thirteen
headings, which have been supplied by a
much later hand, foil. 16. From this table
it appears that the MS. has lost much of its
original contents. The headings of the ex-
tant chapters are as follows (we omit, for
brevity's sake, the word <_. >b at the beginning
of each, and the formula &!& <dJ\ J-a which
invariably follows the Prophet's name) :

Fol. la.
Fol. 20a.
Fol. 27a.

w\ J\

i:y

Fol. 406.
Fol. 43a.
Fol. 57a.
Fol. 64a.
Fol. 676. JVS

Fol. 73a.
Fol. 736.
Fol.

Fol. 76a.

Fol. 766.

Fol. 906. fy£\ j (on parallelisms between
Muhammad and other prophets).

Fol. 966.
Fol. 112a.

[Here no fewer than forty-five Babs are
wanting. They related, according to
the table of contents, to the genealogy
and relatives of Muhammad, to his
children and wives, to the prophecies
of Satlh and Shikk, and to the first
converts to Islamism.]

Fol. 152a.
Fol. 1606.
Fol. 163a.
Fol. 167a.

[The account of 'Abdallah B. al-Zubair,
which, according to the table, forms a

part of the Ji <_>b, is transferred in

the text to fol. 175a.]

Fol. 182a.
vol. L, p. 329).

Fol. 184a.
Fol. 18 5a.

(v. Kiimil,

Fol. 193a. » ^

Fol. 197a.

Fol. 201o.

[Three chapters mentioned in the table,
and relating to the conversion of the
Medinese, to the additions made to the

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have not been filled in. The original
writing ends abruptly with fol. 252. The
next following leaves, written by a later
hand, reproduce the last page of the pre-
ceding folio, and give the conclusion of
the work.

The MS. appears to have been brought at
an early date to Damascus. At the end of
the table of contents is a note written appa-
rently by a former owner, and now obliterated,
in which the words j^u.i £*\»- ,JU^» are still
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al-Hanafi, has written over it a record of
purchase dated A.H. 815.

510.

Or. 3012.— Foil. 260; 8 in. by 5 ; 23 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in plain and distinct
Neskhi, with occasional vowels ; dated
Arrajan, 22 Rabi' II., A.H. 590 (AD. 1194).

[KBEMER, no. 9.]

" Proofs of Muhammad's prophetic mis-
sion ; " by Abu Nu'aim Ahmad B. 'Abdallah
B. Ahmad al-Hiifiz.

Beg.

Abu Nu'aim al-Isbahani was regarded by
general consent as the greatest traditionist
of his age. Born in Isfahan, A.H. 336, he
proceeded A.H. 356 to Baghdad, and visited
subsequ; ;ntly Basrah, Kufah, and Naishapur,
gathering everywhere traditions from the
best authorities. He died, at the age of 94
lunar years, on the 20th of Muharram,
A.H. 430, leaving the following works :

1. **jJ* f^*; 2. *Uj-j\ LJ* (v. Leyden
Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 298 ; Zeitschrift der
D. Morg. Ges.,vol. viii., p. 555); 3. ibU
4. »^juJ\ Jj^b (the present work) ; 5.

J* 5 6. jJL* ,> tJ*-U (no. 137) ; 7. ^,\3
l4-e\ jdkb (Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 316).
8. S*£ iLo; 9. Ll^^ jJUi. See Ta'rikh
al-Isliim, Or. 49, fol. 153; Ibn Nuktah,
Or. 836, fol. 52 ; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. i., p. 74; Lib. Classium,
xiii., no. 62; and Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 187.

The scope and character of the work may
be gathered from the first words of the

310

HISTORY.

preface :

U

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ads-

»j*iM

The author speaks but seldom in his own
name. Following, like Tabari, the cumbrous
method of traditionists, he gives one Isnad
or more for every statement, as well as for
each of the various versions of one and the
same fact. The work is divided into thirty-
five chapters (Fasl), a table of which is given
at the end of the preface, foil. 4b — 6a.

The present MS. is designated as the first
volume in the following title, written by the
same hand as the text : <_jU^ ^ Jj"$\

It contains

the first twenty-two chapters, the Arabic
headings of which have been given by Baron
von Kremer in his catalogue, pp. 10 — 11.

The contents are as follows : Preface,
containing a definition of the prophetic office,
xjjj, of the terms Nabi and Rasul, and setting
forth the essential attributes of the prophets,
fol. 26 ; table of chapters, fol. 45. Fasl I.
Prerogatives of the Prophet, according to
the divine book, his distinctive attributes,
denied to other prophets ; how he was made
a prophet before the creation of Adam was
accomplished, fol. 6a. II. His noble birth
and his genealogy. III. His names and
their significance as to his superiority.

IV. How God swore by the Prophet's life
that Muhammad should be the only Lord of
the sons of Adam on the day of resurrection,
and that he and his people excel all others.

V. How knowledge of the Prophet reached
the kings of Yemen, who were expecting his

advent before his birth. VI. How it reached
the kings of Rum and the monks, and how
they spoke of him before his birth and mis-
sion and after them. VII. How it spread
to the kings of Persia, and how they were
looking forward to him. VIII. How voices
proceeding from genii and from idols, and
utterances of soothsayers, foretold his mis-
sion. IX. How he was mentioned and
described in the revealed books of old by
prophets and sages, and how his advent was
foretold.

The headings of the preceding chapters,
from II. to IX., are not found in the body
of the volume, that portion being defective
and confused. The following is a translation
of the subsequent headings as they appear
in the text : X. How his father wedded his
mother, Aminah B. Wahb, and how that
marriage was the result of an announcement
of his mission, fol. 76a. XI. Pregnancy and
delivery of his mother, and the signs she saw
foreboding his mission, fol. 78a. XII. What
happened at his birth, his suckling, and signs
of prophecy, fol. 866. XIII. What happened
to the people of the Elephant, foreboding his
mission, in the year of his birth, fol. 896.
XIV. His youth and the vicissitudes of his
life up to the time when God honoured him
with the revelation and established him as a
prophet, &c., fol. 98#. XV. His character
and qualities, and the seal of prophecy between
his shoulders, &c., fol. 114o. XVI. The special
protection by which God guarded him from sin
and idolatry, and defended him from the wiles
of genii and men, fol. 115ft. XVII. Beginning
of revelation, and how the angel appeared to
him and imparted to him the inspired word,
declaring that he came from God, and how
the Prophet's breast was split open, fol. 1356.
XVIII. How heaven was guarded against the
eavesdropping of devils, in order to establish
his divine mission and to give power to his
predication, fol. 154a. XIX. Impression pro-

LIFE OF MUHAMMAD.

311

duced by the Goran and Muhammad's gift
of reading the hearts, through which many
wise men were brought to Islam at their
first meeting with him, fol. 157a; conversion
of Abu Darr and of his brother Unais, fol.
1 77a ; conversion of 'Amr B. 'Anbasah al-
Sulami, fol. 1816 ; of Salman al-Farisi, fol.
1826. XX. What passed between the Pro-
phet and the idolators after he began to
preach openly, and what happened to him
until he fled, &c., fol. 1916 ; splitting of the
moon, fol. 203a ; how the Prophet offered
himself to the tribes of the Arabs, fol. 213a ;
the first covenant of al-'Akabah, fol. 22i)6.
XXI. How the Prophet fled from Mecca to
Medina, and signs which appeared on the
road, fol. 236a. XXII. How brutes and
beasts of prey spoke, prostrated themselves
before him, and complained to him, fol. 2536.

The last heading is deceptive. Instead
of the subject there announced, the next
following pages contain an account of the
missions of Dihyah al-Kalbi to Kaisar, and
of 'Abdallah B. Hudafah to Kisra. They
conclude with the story of Badan's message
to Muhammad, and with the announcement
by the latter of the death of Kisra (see
Sprenger, Leben des Mohammad, vol. iii.,
p. 264).

The writer of the MS., Abu 'Ali Mas'ud
B. 'Ubaid Allah al-Kurashi al-Shafi'i, has
transcribed on the title-page various Sanaa's,
or certificates of reading, from which it ap-
pears that the work had come down from the
author to him through two intermediate links,
viz., 1. Abu Sa'd Muh. B. Abi 'Abdallah Muh.
al-Mutarriz, who had it from the author;
(this traditionist died, upwards of ninety
years old, A.H. 503 ; see Ta'rlkh al-Islam,
Or. 49, fol. 154a ;) 2. Abu '1-Mutahhar al- •
Kasim B. al-Fadl al-Saidalani (al-Isbahani,
who died upwards of ninety years of age,
A.H. 567 ; v. Ibn Nuktah, fol. 147, and
Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 51, fol. 29), and Abu

'Abdallah Muh. B. Abi Nu'aim Ahmad al-
Haddad, both of whom had read the work
with the above-named al-Mutarriz, A.H. 496.
Mas'ud B. 'Ubaid Allah read the work before
the two last-named Shaikhs, A.H. 566. The
two latest Sama's, added by himself at be-
ginning and end of the MS., record two
readings performed in his presence, A.H. 590
and 591, for the benefit of his daughters and
sons.

For other copies, see the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 226.

511.

Or. 3013.— Foil. 203 ; 9£ in. by 6± ; 23 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair clear Neskhi, with
occasional vowels, apparently in the 12th or
13th century. [KEEMEE, no. 10.]

Evidences of Muhammad's prophetic mis-
sion, as displayed in his life ; by Ahmad B.
al-Husain B. 'Ali al-Baihaki.

Beg. J*j.j

jl»-

Abu Bakr Ahmad B. al-Husain B. 'Ali B.
Musa al-Baihaki al-Shafi'i, born A.H. 384 at
Khusraujird (thus spelt by Sam'ani, fol. 198fi),
chief town of the canton of Baihak, was the
most eminent discipleof the great traditionist,
al-Hakim al-Naisabiiri (v. Arabic Catalogue,
p. 7366, note e), and is said to have surpassed
his master. He visited Baghdad, Mecca, and
Kufah in search of traditions, and was called,
A.H. 441, as teacher to Naishapur, where he
died on the 10th of Jumada I., A.H. 458. For
his life and his numerous works, see Sam-
'ani, fol. lOla; Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 50,
fol. 64; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's translation,
vol. i., p. 57 ; Yakut, vol. i., p. 806 ; Ibn Nuk-
tah, Or. 836, fol. 50; al-Makdisi, Or. 3061, fol.

312

HISTOEY.

145; al-Subki, Add. 23,361, fol. 58; and
Lib. Classium, xiv., no. 13.

The scope of the work is thus described
in the preface, fol. 4o : x*s>-\ ^ <stt ixlUj

* Uib U

iViUa* jdi. U

The MS. is designated in the following
title, written by the same hand as the text,
as the first volume of the work :

The above-stated beginning of the text is
preceded by this Eiwayat : »\*$\ g

J\5 i_^l^J\ \JA, from \\-hich it appears that
the work had been handed down from the
author to the anonymous editor by 'Abd al-
Jabbar B. Muh. al-Khuwari. This 'Abd al-
Jabbar, born in Khuwar, a town of the canton
of Baihak, was a disciple of the author, and
was attached as Imam to the Jami' of Nai-
shapur. He died at the age of ninety-one,
A.H. 536. See Muntaka'l-'Ibar, Or. 3006,
fol. 277, and Yakut, vol. ii., p. 479. Sam'ani,

fol. 210a, gives A.H. 533 or 534 as the date
of his death.

This first volume, which forms apparently
the first half of the work, contains a copious
and conveniently arranged collection of
Hadiths bearing upon the life of Muham-
mad from his birth to his arrival at Medina.
Every tradition is preceded by a full Isnad.

The following three traditionists are the
authorities most frequently quoted : 1. The
author's master, al-Hakim al-Naisaburi, desig-
nated as Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Abdallah
al-Hafiz ; 2. Ahmad B. al-Hasan al-Kadi
(al-Hiri, so called from al-Hlrah, a suburb
of JVaishapur ; he died A.H. 421 ; see Ibn
Nuktah, fol. 486) ; 3. Abu '1-Husain B. al-
Fadl al-Kattan" (Muh. B. al-Husain B. Muh.
B. al-Fadl, who died at Baghdad, A.H. 415 ;
see Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 49, p. 96).

The traditions are arranged in short sec-
tions (Bab), with appropriate titles. These
Babs are again grouped under comprehen-
sive headings, four of which occur in the
present volume, as follows :

Tol. 4a. JbJj wiU <dJ\ (J^> (JjJj\ Jy«(_^\yl cU»-

This section comprises fourteen Babs re-
lating to the birth of the Prophet, to the
marriage of his parents, to his suckling, to
his names and surnames, to his genealogy,
to the death of his parents, and to the
portents which accompanied his birth.

Fol. 28a.

Description of the person and character of
the Prophet, in twenty-three Babs.

Fol. 676.

Life of Muhammad from his birth to his
mission, in nine Babs.

LIFE OF MUHAMMAD.

313

Fol. 95«.

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Life of the Prophet, from the beginning of
the revelations to the flight to Medina.

This last section, which occupies the
remainder of the volume, comprises a great
number of Babs, relating to the first revela-
tions, to the persecutions of the Prophet, to
the first converts, to the emigration to Abys-
sinia, to the Mi'raj, to the first and second
covenant of al-'Akabah, &c. The concluding
chapters relate to the Hijrah, and have the
following headings :

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It is stated at the end that the next following
chapter was to be *L» \ i_> 1*^' U

This valuable MS. appears to have been
from an early date at Damascus. A former
owner, Ibrahim al-Bika'i (a traditionist, who
died in that city A.H. 885 (see Wiistenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 497), has written his
name on the first page, with the date A.H.
874. A note in the same handwriting at the
end is a record of a collation completed
A.H. 879.

The last page contains a long Sama'
stating that the book was read before the

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314

HISTORY.

Imam Jamal al-Dm Abu '1-Mahasin Yusuf
B. <Abd al-Hadi al-Hanbali, in presence
of numerous hearers, in the Salihiyyah of
Damascus, A.H. 905. On the title-page
the same Yusuf B. 'Abd al-Hadi wrote a full
catena of the Shaikhs (mostly Damascene
traditionists), through whom the work had
been handed down from the author to him-
self.

Prefixed are tables of contents by two
different hands, foil. lb, 2b.

The Dala'il un-Nubuwwah of al-Baihaki
is one of the authorities enumerated in the
preface of al-Khamis by al-Diyarbakri. Several
copies are mentioned in the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 225.

512.

Or. 301 5.— Foil. 281; 11^ in. by 7f; 31 lines,
4f in. long ; written in plain Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 16th century, with the excep-
tion of foil. 1—4 and 278—281, which have
been supplied by a modern hand.

[KEEMEE, no. 12.]

J

The well-known biography of Muhammad,
by Fath al-Din Abu '1-Fath Muh. B. Muh.
B. Muh. B. Ahmad al-Ya'mari al-Ishblli,
known as Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, who was born
in Cairo A.H. 671, and died there A.H. 734.

Beg.

A detailed life of the author is found in al-
Durar al-Kaminah of Ibn Hajar, Or. 3044,
foil. 121, 122. See also Husn al-Muhadarah,
I., p. 202; Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no.

400 ; and for other notices and copies of the
work, the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 1715, 77la;
Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 365;
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. v., p. 196 ; the
Paris Catalogue, no. 1967; Rosen, MSS.
arabes de 1'Institut, no. 40 ; Landauer,
Strassburg Catalogue, no. 18 ; Brill's Cata-
logue, 1886, no. 102; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 91.

An abridgment written by the author, and
entitled ^^M J?i, is mentioned by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 285. See also Uri, no. 345, 3;
Sprenger, no. 126 ; Houtsma, no. 220 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 172.

513.

Or. 3016.— Foil. 58 ; 7f in. by 5$; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
9 Rajab, A.H. 748 (A.D. 1347).

[KEEMEE, no. 58.]

A short life of Muhammad, with a sketch
of the Khalif s, by 'Ala al-Dm Abu 'Abdallah
Mughlatai, with the following heading :

Beg.

The author extracted it, at the request of
the Kadi '1-Kudat Jalal al-Din, from his
previous more extensive biography entitled

He says in the preamble: J-ai\ i_->j3

LIFE OF MUHAMMAD.

315

v,.v<!\

There are no divisions in the text. The
life proper begins with an enumeration of
the Prophet's names, and the narrative part
ends with an account of his death and
burial, foil. 40, 41. The next following
pages relate to his freedmen, his servants,
his arms and garments, his amanuensis, his
wives, his character, the evidences of his
supernatural power, his prophecies, and his
prerogatives. The chronological sketch of
the Khalifs, from Abu Bakr to al-Mu'tasim,
taken from al-Tabari and others, occupies the
remainder of the volume, foil. 48a — 586. It
concludes with the death of al-Mu'tasim,
A.H. 656, and a short elegy on the devasta-
tion of the Muslim lands by the Tartars.

This copy was written in the author's life-
time by Muh. B. Muh. B. al-Sa'igh. On the
margin of the last page it is stated that the
greater part of the MS. had been collated
and read before the author : ibliu l$jJl£ &

down is a notice of the reign of al-Muzaffar
Haji, A.H. 747-8, dated A.H. 970.

Both the original biography and the present
abridgment are mentioned by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii., p. 545, and vol. i., p. 308. For copies
of the latter, see Aumer, Munich Catalogue,
p. 185, and the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 9. Sirat Mughlatai is one of the authori-
ties of al-Khamis.

For notices of the author, 'Ala al-Din
Mughlatai B. Kilij B. 'Abdallah al-Bakjari
al-Hanafi (who was born A.H. 689, and died
A.H. 762), see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 7786;
al-Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 146a ;
Ibn Kutlubuga, p. 57 ; al-Ghuraf al-'Aliyyah,
Or. 3046, foil. 255—7; and Wiistenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 420.

From a note on the first page it appears
that the present copy was once bound up
with the Mubhamat of al-Nawawi (v. Haj.
Khal., vol. v., p. 369), and with a work
entitled c^bi£)l, ^^^ \3j>\j ^J^.\ <_r>Ui', by
l)iya.al-Dm al-Makdiai (Muh. B. 'Abd al-
Wahid, d. A.H. 643; v. Haj. Khal, vol. i.,
p. 177).

514.

Or. 4281.— Foil. 130; 8 in. by 5f ; 13 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently in
the 15th or 16th century. [ BUDGE.]

A popular account of Muhammad's life,
by Abu '1-Hasan al-Bakri, imperfect at the
beginning.

The title is written at the end of the first
Juz, fol. 236, as follows : vlli'
411 * 411

The same title is found at the end of
Juz II., fol. 286, of Juz III., fol. 36a, and
of Juz V., fol. 546.

Juz II. begins :

The work is written (in the style of
popular tales) in prose with occasional
verses, and teems with the most fabulous

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316

HISTORY.

stories. It deals chiefly with the ancestors
of Muhammad, with the wonders which ac-
companied his birth and infancy, and with
his early life. The original MS. breaks off
in an account of the negotiations carried on
by "Warkah with the Arabs for the marriage
of Khadljah. Foil. 123—30, supplied by
a modern hand, contain an account of that
marriage, and conclude with a description of
the splendid ornaments with which Khadljah
was bedecked on that occasion.

The author loses no opportunity of glorify-
ing Abu Talib, Fiitimah, and 'Ali, whose name
is always followed by the Shi'ah formula, &*]&
i»^LJ^ He must have lived before A.H. 784,
as shown by Pertsch, no. 1790. Haji Khalfah
gives (vol. i., p. 483) the full name of the
author, Abu '1-Hasan Ahmad B. 'Abdallah al-
Bakri and the title in a more complete form :

515.

Or. 3608.— Foil. 50 ; 10 in. by 7£ ; 19 lines,
3f in. long ; written in a cursive Persian
character, with vowels, apparently in the
17th century.

A life of Muhammad, by Shams al-Dm
Abu '1-Khair Muh. B. Muh. B. Muh. Ibn al-

Jazari, with the heading : jJ^o (

u~*

Beg.

The author was born in Damascus, A.H.
751. Having studied under the great doctors
of Egypt, he rose to the first rank among the

Koran-readers and traditionists. He was
appointed Kadi of Damascus A.H. 793, and
proceeded, A.H. 798, to the Court of Sultan
Bayazid, in Brusa, where he was received with
marked distinction. He was present at the
Sultan's defeat by Tltnur, and fell into the
hands of the victor, who treated him with
regard, and took him to Transoxiana. After
Timur's death, A.H. 807, he went to Herat,
and thence to Shiraz, and was appointed
Kadi of the latter city by its ruler, Pir
Muhammad. He died there on the 5th of
Rabl' I., A.H. 833. A very full account of
his life and works, extracted from his auto-
biography in the Tabakat al-Kurrii al-Sughra,
will be found in the Shaka'ik al-NVman, Add.
25,739, fol. 146. See also Inba al-Ghumr,
Add. 7321, fol. 300; Liber Classium, xxiv.,
no. 5 ; Wustenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no.
474; and the commentary upon Dat al-
Shifa, no. 516, fol. 26.

The nature of the work is described by the
author in these concluding words : j>-~\ \'±a>3

«)J1 O +A\ de * «**»• UjofiJ U

*i'iW\J

There are no divisions in the text, but the
chief subjects are marked in the margin.
The Prophet's genealogy, his birth- and
suckling, with their legendary surroundings,
are dwelt upon at great length, foil. 2a — 20a.
Then follow the journey to Syria and the
marriage with Khadljah, fol. 20a; the begin-
ning of revelation, fol. 21a; the Hijrah and
the subsequent events, fol. 236; the Prophet's
death and burial, fol. 326 ; the usual account
of his freedmen, servants, weapons, secre-
taries, wives, children, &c., fol. 34a ; a de-
scription of his person and character, fol.
416 ; his prerogatives, fol. 43 a ; and his
miracles, fol. 456. At the end the author

LIFE OF MUHAMMAD.

317

explains why the birthday of the Prophet
is not celebrated as a festival. But here the
MS. breaks off, wanting probably a few lines
only.

In a few instances the author prefixes a
full Isnad to such traditions as he had orally
received. Among these is one which he
heard from the lips of IJmm Muhammad
Sitt al-'Arab in her dwelling on the slopes
of mount Kasiyun, A.H. 766 (when he was
only fifteen), fol. 5a. He also frequently
quotes comparatively modern writers, as al-
Suhaili (see no. 504) and Sulaiman B.
Musa al-Kala'i, author of al-Iktifa (see
Arabic Catalogue, p. 4216).

Haj. Khal. mentions two works of Ibn al-
Jazari on the same subject, viz., ^^U? <— *i
and its abridgment, entitled
JjU? cJb^in ; see vol. ii., p. 318 ;
vol. vi., p. 271 ; and vol. iv., p. 271.
Neither of the above titles is found in the
present MS. The commentator of Dat al-
Shifa, no. 516, fol. 3a, speaks of three
Maulids composed by Ibn al- Jazari in Mecca,
either in prose or in verse.

The margins contain additions from other
works, and explanatory glosses in Arabic
and Persian.

516.

Or. 2433.— Foil. 283 ; 8J in. by 6 ; 16 lines,
4 in. long ; written in small and close
Neskhi; dated 7 Jumada II., A.H. 1272
(A.D. 1856).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

AiiJl ofc J*

A commentary by Ibn al-Hajj, _\il ^,
upon the versified life of Muhammad, entitled
Uliij LrxpJ\ 'iy^> Jj la±J\ O\5, by the author
of the preceding work.

. of the Comm. : U

4)

Beg. of the Life :

A

The whole poem is included in the com-
mentary, not in entire lines, but in single
words, or groups of two or three words,
written in red ink.

The dedication and the title are found in
the following lines :

i>\s-

The commentator, who was less versed in
profane than in sacred history, takes the
" Muhammad, Lord of Sliiraz," mentioned in
the preceding lines, for the Osmanli Sultan
Muhammad B. Bayazid. The author's patron
was evidently Pir Muhammad B. 'Umar
Shaikh, who was viceroy of Fars under
Timur and Shahrukh, A.H. 796—812, and
the dedication must have been written when
Ibn al-Jazari took up his abode in Shiraz,
after Timur's death (A.H. 807).

The work itself, however, appears to have
been written some years earlier, when the
author was staying at Bayazid' s Court ; for
in the epilogue the glorious victory gained
by that Sultan over the Hungarians and
their French allies before Nicopolis is

318

HISTORY.

recorded as having taken place three days
previously. The number of Baits of which
the poem consists (1000), and the date of
composition, the 25th Dulhijjah, A.H. 798,
are stated in these verses :

*-2?-

(Jjj *• ^

This would give the 23rd of Dulhijjah,
A.H. 798, for the battle of Nicopolis, the
precise date of which is still doubtful (see
Hammer, Gesch. des Osm. Reiches, vol. i.,
pp. 240, 611).

The Dat al-Shifa gives in a short compass
a condensed history of Muhammad and of
the first five Khalifs. It has no marked
division, at least in the present copy.

The principal subjects begin as follows :
Genealogy of Muhammad, fol. 126. His
birth and boyhood, fol. 276. His mission,
fol. 536. The Hijrah and the following
events related year by year, fol. 766. His
death and burial, fol. 1316. Enumeration of
his campaigns, of his names, wives, children,
&c., fol. 137a. Description of his person,
character, and habits, fol. 161 a. His miracles,
fol. 1786. The first five Khalifs, from Abu
Bakr to al-Hasan, fol. 194a. Epilogue,
fol. 2776.

The commentator, who only designates
himself by the patronymic Ibn al-Hajj, says
in the preface that, after vainly seeking for
a commentary upon the Dat al-Shifa, he
undertook, at the request of his friends, and
after he had set out from his native land on
his way to Syria and the Hijaz, to write one
himself. He completed it, as he states at
the end, on the 1 9th of Muharram, A.H. 1187.
The commentary is very full, and conveys a
great deal of additional information, derived

from 'Uyun al-Athar (no. '512) and other
works, enumerated in the margin of 2<z.

Copyist : \&\ &\ <±& ^ ^

A copy of the poem, and one of the com-
mentary are noticed by Ahlwardt, Verzeich-
niss, nos. 671-72. For another copy of Dat
al-Shifa, see Houtsma, no. 223.

517.

Or. 3017.— Foil. 350; 12 in. by 8£ ; 25 and
27 lines, 5 in. long ; written in Nestalik,
apparently in the 16th century.

[KEEMKE, no. 14.]

[sic] {j^ia^\ U-& J^l ^ ^^

The first half of the well-known compila-
tion on the life of Muhammad, by Husain B.
Muh. B. al-Hasan al-Diyarbakri, who died
A.H. 966. See the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 424 and 584 ; the Vienna Catalogue,
vol. ii., p. 343 ; Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue,
vol. iii., p. 372 ; Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 526 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 50.

This volume concludes with the fourth
Mautan, or the account of the fourth year of
the Hijrah. Its contents correspond with
pp. 2 — 468 of the first volume of the edition
printed in Cairo, A.H. 1283. The first three
pages have been supplied by a modern hand
in the Maghribi character.

518.

Or. 3008.— Foil. 323; 12| in. by 8|; written

in a fair Maghribi character, A.D. 1766 — 1770.

[KKEMEE, nos. 5 and 15.]

I. Foil. 2—149a ; 29 lines, 5f in. long ;
dated 17 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1179 (A.D. 1766).

A compendium of Muslim history, by

EARLY KHALIFS AND CONQUESTS.

319

Sayyid al-Haj al-Shatibi (see above, no.
482), with the heading : ^Ui-^ <j

Beg.

The 2nd Fasl, the history of Muhammad,
begins fol. 476. The third part, dealing
with the Khalifs and subsequent dynasties,
begins with Abu Bakr, fol. 841, but without
any heading. The Khatimah, treating of
the end of the world, occupies foil. 144a —
1476.

At the end, foil. 1476—149, there is a
poem in the form of a Kasidah, describing
the fate of the dead in the tomb, and begin-
ning with this verse :

[sic]

The author designates himself in the last
verse but one as al-Sharif :

II. Foil. 149a— 323 ; 34 lines, 5f in. long ;
written by the same hand as the preceding
art., but in a smaller character ; dated
RabI' I., A.H. 1184 (A.D. 1770).

Another copy of the Khamls. See the
preceding no. It contains the first half of
the work, ending with the fourth year of the
Hijrah, and corresponding with pp. 2 — 468
of the first volume of the Cairo edition.

Copyist :

joe-

«.

Early Khalifa and Conquests.

519.

Or. 1492.— Foil. 46 ; 8 J in. by 6 ; 27 lines,
4f in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently
in the 19th century.

[Sm HENEY C. RAWLINSOX.]

A popular history of the early Khalifs,
commonly called L-UJlj L>\*3\ c^iUI, or
simply Ju»\xJ\j i«U^\ i->U^ and wrongly
ascribed to Ibn Kutaibah.

The following title is written on the first
page; jju

* J\5

Beg.

Copies of the same work have been
described in the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 581 a
and 7436. The present MS. contains only
the first portion of the work, ending with an
account of the negotiations carried on be-
tween 'Ali and Mu'awiyah, and corresponding
with foil. 1 — 52 of a former copy, Add.
23,273. It ends abruptly in the middle of
the section headed Jjs* ^ all\ jj* Jli U

A Latin abstract of the history of the first
four Khalifs has been published by A. Peters-
son, Lundae, 1856, under the title: Ex-
positio de quatuor primis Khalifis.

The authenticity of the work has been dis-
cussed by Gayangos, Mohammedan Dynasties,
vol. i., App. E ; by Dozy, Recherches sur
1'histoire d'Espagne, 3rd edition, vol. i.,
p. 21 ; and by Noldeke, Zeitschrift der D.
Morg. Ges., vol. 40, p. 309.

For other copies see Tornberg, Lund

320

HISTOKY.

Catalogue, no. 14 ; Eosen, Notices Som-
maires, no. 156 ; Melanges Asiatiques,
vol. v., p. 398 ; the Paris Catalogue, no.
1566; and the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 13.

On the first page is written : " Purchased
by me at Baghdad, July 20, 1840. H. Raw-
linson."

520.

STOWE, Or. 6.— Foil. 121; 10 in. by 7;
28 and 29 lines, 5 in. long ; -written in
an archaic and angular, sparingly pointed,
character, in the llth century. Foil. 29 — 32
are partly torn and defaced by holes.

History of the conquest of Egypt, the
Maghrib and Spain ; by Abu '1-Kasim 'Abd
al- Rahman B. 'Abdallah B. 'Abd al-Hakam
B. A'yan al-Kurashi al-Misri, who died
A.H. 257. See the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 5446, 7836; Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 63 ; and Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 386.

On the first page are the following title
and Riwayat, in the same handwriting as the

text : t_ SjJlj \JbjUi-

u?

Similar titles, with the addition of <—
(jj jj>)^ aftertax, are found at the beginning
of the subsequent sections, *j>-. The MS.
contains altogether seven Juz, which begin
respectively foil. 1, 17, 36, 53, 75, 88,
and 97.

At the beginning of the text the above
catena is repeated, but in reverse, or ascend-
ing, order, and with the addition of a first or
lowest link, al-Silafi, as follows: g-iH

J\3

From the above it will be seen that the
men who handed down the work of Ibn (Abd
al-Hakam, were for the most part Egyptians
by birth or residence. Taking them down-
wards from the author's time, they are the
following :

1. Abu '1-Kasim 'All B. al-Hasan B. Khalaf
B. Kudaid al-Azdi, who received it from the
author.

2. Abu Bakr Muh. B. Ahmad B. al-Faraj
al-Kammah.

3. Abu '1-Hasan 'All B. Munlr B. Ahmad
al-Khallal al-Misri, who died A.H. 439
(Sam'ani, fol. 213, and Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 49, fol. 186).

4. Abu Sadik Murshid B. Yahya B. al-
Kasim al-Madini al-Misri, who died A.H. 517
(al-'Ibar, Or. 3006, fol. 262).

5. Abu Tahir Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ahmad
al-Silafi al-Isbahani, who took up his abode
in Alexandria A.H. 511, and died there
A.H. 576. See the Arabic Catalogue, p.
731, note o ; Bibliotheca Arab. Hisp., vol.
iv., pp. 48 — 53 ; and Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 268. It is stated in Ta'rikh
al-Islam, Or. 51, fol. 89, that he once only,
A.H. 517, left Alexandria to go to Cairo,

EARLY KHALIFS AND CONQUESTS.

321

where he met al-Madini (no. 4) and other
traditionists. This must have taken place
a little earlier, for a Sama', transcribed at
the end of each Juz, but the last, of the
present MS., states that it was read before
Shaikh Abu Sadik Murshid al-Madini, in
virtue of a licence received by him from Ibn
Munlr, the reader being Shaikh Abu Tahir
al-Silafi, and that the reading took place in
Fustat Misr, in the month cf Dulhijjah,
A.H. 516.

It does not appear from the MS. who was
the person who received the text from al-
Silafi, and who refers to himself in the initial
words : J\ ^JJl

The Paris Library possesses two copies
of the same work, nos. 1686-7, the first of
which exhibits the same catena as the present
copy. See De Slane, Journal Asiatique, 1844,
vol.ii.,pp. 335, 351 , 354 — 64; and HiBtoire des
Berberes, vol. i., pp. 301 — 12, where extracts
are given in French translation; and Ewald,
Zeitschrift fiir die Kunde des Morgenlands,
vol. iii., p. 333.

From a transcript made by Ewald of the
Paris MSS., two portions of the text have
been edited ; namely : 1. Part of Juz 1
(corresponding with foil. 16 — 13& of our
MS., but with several omissions), edited,
with a Latin version, by Dr. Karle under
the title " Ibn Abdolhakami libellus de.his-
toria jEgypti antiqua," Gottingae, 1856 ;
2. The latter part of Juz 5 (foil. 795— 87a
of our copy), edited, with an English version,
by John Harris Jones, Goettingen, 1858.

The historical value of the work has been
critically discussed by Dozy in his " Ee-
cherches sur Fhistoire d'Espagne, 3rd
edition, pp. 36 — 38.

The following are the principal divisions :
Juz 1. Ancient history of Egypt, fol. 1.
Juz 2. Conquest of Egypt, fol. 176. Juz

3 and 4. Muslim settlements and institutions
in Egypt, fol. 366. Expedition to Tripoli
and conquest of Ifrikiyyah, fol. 666. Juz 5.
Conquest of Maghrib and Spain, fol. 756.
Juz 6. Dangers of the office of Kadi and
notices of some kadis in Egypt, fol. 886.
Juz 7. Enumeration of the Companions of
the Prophet, who entered Egypt, foil. 976 —
121a.

The present MS. cannot be later than the
sixth century of the Hijrah. It has been
collated, as stated at the end (fol. 12 la), with
the MS. of the Hafiz 0^01 J*>0 by Muh. B.
'Umar B. Yusuf al-Ansari. The latter, as
appears from the Sama', had read the whole
work before Shaikh Abu '1-Kasim Hibat allah
B. 'Ali B. Su'Qd B. Thabit al-Ansari, who
is spoken of as still living.

This Hibat Allah B. 'AH al-Ansari al-
Khazraji al-Busiri, called Sayyid al-Ahl, an
eminent traditionist, was born A.H. 506, and
died A.H. 598. See al-Wafi bil-Wafayat,
Add. 23,359, fol. 198, and Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 52, fol. 140. He is mentioned in the
Sama' above described as one of those who
were present at the reading.

On the first page is a note by a nearly
contemporary hand, stating that A'yan B.
Laith (the author's great-grandsire) died
A.H. 132 in Alexandria, 'Abd al-Hakam (his
grandfather)* A.H. 171, and 'Abdallah (his
father) A.H. 214. On the same page is a
later note relating to a reading of the work,
before Shams al-Din Abu 'Abdallah Muh.
B. Dirgham al-Bakri, in Mecca, A.H. 707.

521.

Or. 1505.— Foil. 227 ; 6^ in. by 5 ; about
20 lines, 4 in. long ; written in small and
distinct Neskhi ; dated A.H. 815 (A.D. 1412).
[SiB HENEY C. RAWLINSON.]
T T

322

HISTORY.

The legendary history of the conquest of
Syria, ascribed to al-Wakidi.

This is one of the two copies which Nassau
Lees used for his edition of the text in the
Bibliotheca Indica, Calcutta, 1854. See the
preface, p. ii.

The first page, which has been supplied by
a hand of the 18th century, contains an Isnad
which has been printed in the Calcutta edition,
Notes, p. 1. The original text begins, fol. 2a,

as follows :

,J\

+j

U *5 j&
(Calcutta edition,

p. r, line 11).

Foil. 100—5, 216—9, 222—5, have also
been supplied by later hands. The text,
which presents no division whatever, ends
with the taking of Caeaarea. The last lines

are :

oUI J-a *U! J^-j. The above differs
very materially from the corresponding pas-
sage in the Calcutta edition, vol. iii., p. 201.

The colophon is partly obliterated, but the
following can be deciphered : ^ i \j!t\ ^

The siege of Damascus, which is referred
to by the scribe as the event of the day, took
place at the beginning of A.H. 815. It ended
by the surrender of the Sultan, al-Malik al-
Nasir Faraj, to the rebel Amirs, by whom he

was deposed on the 25th of Muharram.
Suluk, Or. 2902, fol. 1.

See

For copies of the Futuh al-~Wakidi, see the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 148-9, 425, 683 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 159; Pertsch,
no. 1599 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1652—
1661, 1639 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 97, where several editions printed in Cairo
are mentioned; &c.

522.

Or. 1506.— Foil. 221 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 23 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fine bold Neskhi, pro-
bably in the 13th century.

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

An earlier copy of the same work.

The deficiencies of the original MS. have
been supplemented by two leaves at the
beginning and three at the end. These are
written in a rude character, and dated 27
Rabi' II., A.H. 1210.

The original text begins, fol. 3a, as follows :

\ (Calcutta edition, vol. i.,
p. 4, line 21).

It ends, fol. 3176 : ^ *>j J \* «U'j J153
jdudN J\ w (ib., vol. iii., p. 182, line 1).

The MS. is divided into two volumes (Juz),
the first of which ends, fol. 1116, with these

words : ^^ U^ (__-«afr JlJ- *&f
(ib., vol. ii., p. 165, line 16).

523.

STOWE, Or. 9.— Foil. 180 ; 6 in. by 4 ; 11 and
12 lines, 2f in. long ; written in a cursive and
ill-shaped character; dated (fol. 1786) 29
Jumada I., A.H. 1009 (A.D. 1600).

ALI AND HIS DESCENDANTS.

828

The conquest of Egypt, also ascribed to
al-Wakidi, with the following title :

Beg. a*

It agrees substantially with the text edited
by Hamaker (Lugd. Batav., 1825), but is
considerably shorter. It contains, however,
some additional matter relating to the
beauties and prerogatives of Alexandria,
foil. 143—5, and of Egypt and the Nile,
foil. 176—8.

Copyist : ^.^ JU»- ^

524.

Or. 1509.— Foil. 69 ; 8£ in. by 5| ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in a cursive and flow-
ing, but distinct, character ; apparently
about the beginning of the 18th century.

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A similar recension of the preceding work,
with this title : pli* ^ 8^1531

Beg. ^

It has the same additional matter as the
preceding MS., foil. 55-6 and 68-9.

On the first page is a partly obliterated
note of a former owner, with the date
A.H. 1133.

525.

Or. 1551.— Foil. 132; 8± in. by 6 ; 17 lines,
3| in. long; written in fair large Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins; dated end of
Muharram, A.H. 1156 (A.D. 1743).

[SiE HENRY C. KAWLINSON.]

The conquest of Bahnasa, with the follow-
ing heading: ^bU^ ^ Uj LJ^jJ\ yi ^__&£

See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 150a.

In spite of many discrepancies of detail,
the text agrees substantially with the edition

1-J^jJ) La>, printed in Cairo, A.H. 1280, and
often re-printed since, in which the author is
called Muhammad B. Muh. al-Mu'izz. There
is no author's name in the MS.

The work has been noticed by Hamaker
in his preface to the " Incerti auctoris liber
de expugnatione Memphidis," p. x., and by
Karabacek, Monatsschrift fur den Orient,
1885, p. 177. For other MSS. see Pertsch,
no. 1607, and for printed editions, the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. v., p. 96.

Ali and his Descendants.

526.

Or. 3988.— Foil. 183 ; 12 in. by 8J.

[GrLASEB, no. 282.]

I. Foil. 2 — 165; 22 lines, 5| in. long;
written in large plain Neskhi ; dated Mon-
day, 18 Safar, A.H. 1052 (A.D. 1642).

TT 2

324

HISTORY.

JSfc.

A history of the descendants of Abu
Talib, who suffered martyrdom ; by Abu '1-
Faraj 'All B. al-Husain al-Isfahani, the
author of Kitab al-Aghani, who died A.H. 356.

Beg.

ftf J AW

The author describes the scope of the work
in the following terms : li?Ui j,

J\

— «i

i^Ji*

Lib^iaM

The notices are arranged in chronological
order, and begin with Ja'far B. Abi Talib,
fol. 3a ; Muh. B. Ja'far, fol. 66 ; 'Ali B. Abi
Talib, fol. 7a ; al-Hasan,fol. 15a ; al-Husain,
fol. 256, &c. The work is divided into two
equal parts, the first of which ends, fol. 85,
with a long notice of Muh. B. 'Abdallah B.
al-Hasan, known as al-Nafs al-Zakiyyah, who
died A.H. 145.

The second half begins, fol. 86, with the
son and the brother of the last, viz., 'Abd-
allah al-Ashtar B. Huh., and Ibrahim B.
'Abdallah B. al-Hasan. It concludes with a
rather meagre enumeration of all those who
came to their death under al-Muktadir, down
to the time of writing.

The author says at the end that he com-
pleted the work in the month of Jumada I.,
A.H. 313. He adds that some descendants
of Abu Talib were then holding sway in
Taberistan and in Yemen, respecting whom
he had no information.

The author's statements are throughout
preceded by Isnads. Among other authori-
ties he quotes Muhammad B. Jarlr al-Tabari,
with whom he had read, he says, the latter's
work, entitled Kitab al-Maghazi.

The Makatil al-Talibiyym is not noticed
by Haj. Khal. It is mentioned, however,
among the works of Abu '1-faraj al-Isfahani
in the Fihrist, p. 115 ; by Ibn Khallikan ;
De Slane, vol. ii., p. 250 ; and in Ta'rlkh al-
Islam, Or. 48, fol. 50. An abstract of the
work is found in the Tarjuman, Add. 18,513,
foil. 79—93.

II. Foil. 166—183 ; about 30 lines, 5 in.
long, written in a small and distinct Neskhi,
probably in the 17th century.

The first part of a commentary upon the
Goran, by Sayyid Fakhr al-Dm 'Abdallah B.
Ahmad B. Ibrahim, &c., al-Zaidi al-Sharafi,

with the following title :

Beg.

The author traces his pedigree through
twenty-two intermediate generations to Imam
al-Kasim B. Ibrahim al-Rassi (who died
A.H. 246), and through him to 'Ali. He
lived in the time of al-Mansur al-Kasim B.
Muh., whom he calls our Imam, i.e., A.H.
1006—1029.

ALT AND HIS DESCENDANTS.

825

He based his commentary upon an early
Tafsir, commenced by the above-named Imam
al-Kasim al-Eassi, continued by his son
Muhammad, and completed by Imam al-
Hadi Yahya B. al-Husain (who died A.H.
298). Instead of following the usual order,
the commentary passed from the Fatihah to
the last Surah, and took all the others in
inverted order. The same arrangement
obtains in the present recension, which
contains additions from others, chiefly Zaidi
works, enumerated on the title-page.

The present fragment consists of the
preface, fol. 1666 ; an introduction, j>'& ^j
tj^j ^ JiUi ^ J», fol. 1696; the
commentary upon al-Fatihah, fol. 180a ; and
upon Surat al-Nas, fol. 183a.

527

Or. 4029.— Foil. 133 ; 11£ in. by 8 ; 19 lines,
5^- in. long ; written in elegant Neskhi, with
occasional vowels ; apparently in the 14th
century. [GLASEE, no. 331. J

The seventh volume of the historical com-
mentary of Ibn Abi'l-Hadid upon the col-
lection of 'Ali's speeches, letters, and maxims,
compiled by al-Sharif al-Radi (d. A.H. 406)
under the title of Nahj al-Balaghah (Arabic
Catalogue, p. 5116).

Beg. oi

'Izz al-DTn Abu Hamid 'Abd al-Hamid B.
Hibat Allah, called Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, was
born in al-Mada'in, A.H. 586, and died in
Baghdad, A.H. 655. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 7526, and Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. iii., p. 543.

His commentary, which contains a full and
exhaustive exposition of the historical ques-
tions raised by the text, has been lithographed
in one folio volume, without pagination, in
Teheran, A.H. 1271. In that edition the
original division of the work into twenty
parts (Juz) is preserved. The contents of
the present MS. correspond with the last
30 pages 9f Juz 13 and the first 24 pages
of Juz 14. The portion of the text which
it includes occupies pp. 136 — 145 in the
edition lithographed in Cairo, without date.

For copies of the text and commentary,
see the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., pp. 277,
341.

528.

Or. 3952.— Foil. 256; llf in. by 6| ; 21
lines, 4 in. long ; written in very neat Neskhi ;
dated Jumada II., A.H. 1020 (AD. 1611).

, no. 246.]

I. Foil. 2—108. The 15th Juz of the same
commentary.

s.)

It is identical with the 15th Juz of the
Teheran edition. The portion of the text
included in this Juz extends from p. 145 to
153 of the Cairo edition.

II. Foil. 109—154. Seven Kasidahs in
praise of 'Ali, by Ibn Abi '1-Hadid, author of
the preceding work, with an anonymous
commentary.

Beg. of the Comm.

Jif-»

326

HISTORY.

The text of the seven Kasidahs is written
in red, with all the vowels. For other copies,
see the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 480a, 7816,
and Ahlwardt's Verzeichniss, nos. 493 — 5,
1028, 7.

The commentator, whose name does not
appear, describes himself in the preface as
descended from 'Ali (£>.y*N is^^N ^ \^^ tf).
He was evidently a Shi'ah of the Ithna-
'ashari, or duodenarian, sect (see foil. 146a).
He quotes as dead another Shi'ah writer,
Sayyid Jamal al-Din Ahmad (B. Miisa) Ibn
Ta'us al-Husaini, who died A.H. 673 (v.
Kisas al-'CJlama, p. 315).

The same commentary is described by De
Goeje, Leyden Catalogue, 2nd edition, no.
703, with the title of g-JI JU* <> c

III. Foil. 155—256. The 14th Juz of the
commentary of Ibn Abi '1-Hadid upon Nahj
al-Balaghah.

Beg. uji^^ L--O/ y-

The portion of the text included begins
with the chapter containing 'Ali's letters,
and corresponds with pp. 142 — 145 of the
Cairo edition.

529.

Or. 3759.— Foil. 192; 8 in. by 6; about
21 lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ;
dated A.H. 1217 (A.D. 1802).

[G-LASEE, no. 43.]

Lives of the twelve Imams, imperfect at
the beginning, and without author's name.

It begins with the latter portion of the
preface, and a table of the twelve chapters

») of which the work consists. In the
closing sentence the author deprecates the
rash and erroneous conclusion of such readers
as would tax him with being a Rafidi or
Shi'ah. In the introduction he shows that
great Sunni doctors, among others al-Nasa'i,
had written works in praise of 'Ali and the
Imams, and he quotes from the canonical
books numerous Hadiths bearing upon the
holiness of the Prophet's family. Throughout
the work he quotes by preference Sunni
authorities. Writers frequently cited are
Kamal al-Din Ibn Talhah (Abu Salim Muh.,
who died A.H. 652) and Jamal al-Dm Muh.
B. Yusuf al-Zarandi, who died A.H. 750.
He quotes also Taj al-Din al-Subki, who died
A.H. 771.

The introduction begins:

The twelve chapters treat of as many
Imams, as follows : 'Ali, fol. 7a ; Al-Hasan,
fol. 926 ; Al-Husain, fol. 1046 ; 'Ali Zain
al-'Abidln, fol. 1246 ; Muhammad al-Bakir,
fol. 130a ; Ja'far al-Sadik, fol. 137a ; Musa
al-Kazim, fol. 1426 ; 'Ali B. Musa al-Rida,
fol. 1506; Muhammad al-Jawad, fol. 1646;
'Ali al-'Askari, fol. 173a ; Al-Hasan al-
Khalis, fol. 178a ; Muhammad al-Khalaf al-
Hujjah, fol. 183a.

Copyist : J\

530.

Or. 1406.— Foil. 48 ; 10 in. by 7 ; with about
30 lines, 6 in. long, in a page ; written,
apparently in Persia, in a very cursive and
almost unpointed character, about A.H. 866
(A.D. 1461).

Miscellaneous extracts and notices relating
to the genealogy of Muhammad and of his

ZAIDI IMAMS.

327

descendants, compiled by 'Ali B. Kasim B.
Hamzah B. 'Ali B. Muhsin al-Husaini al-
Musawi al-Najafi al-Nassabah (the genea-
logist).

The compiler's name appears, fol. 27a, at
the end of a notice relating to the Sayyids

of Sivas, as follows : ^ *«.li ^ ^

The most important extracts, foil. 1 — 3,
42 — 47, are from a work on the descendants
of al-Hasan and al-Husain, entitled
u^\Ss.^\ i_.>l5Mj i_jLJ^, and beginning :

*LJ'^ iwlj-* laA-J y* JJ^lii jli- jjJJI *JJ

The author, whose name does not appear,
wrote it by desire of the Naklb of Khorasan,
'Imad al-Daulah wa '1-Dln Abu '1-Hasan B.
Muh. B. Yahya al-'Alawi, and commenced it
A.H. 558.

Other extracts, foil. 30 — 38, are from a
work entitled O^MC*' i>.&A\ tr2^
and beginning :

J ^>J&\ ±?A AyOj j-j^W **

The author calls himself at the end Ibrahim
B. Yahya B. Muhammad B. Husaini al-
Nassabah al-Mashhadi al-Najafi.

There is also a work of some extent,
foil. 19 — 28, treating of pretended Sayyids,
whose claim was disputed or denied. It is

designated at the end as \ts-td\ u\x?
and begins yU

«*»

The writer does not give his name,
authority most frequently quoted is

The

by Shaikh al-Sharaf. The
latest date mentioned is A.H. 709, fol. 27o.

Lastly we may mention two extracts from
the (jrujJUaN (J31JU, an account of the de-
scendants of Abu Talib, who suffered martyr-
dom, foil. 5-6, 39-40. See no 526.

Zaidi Imams.

531

Or. 3901.— Foil. 185; 12 in. by 8* ; 21
lines,* 5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins ; dated 1 Dulhijjah,
A.H. 1047 (A.D. 1638).

[GLASEE, no. 187.]

Life of the Imam al-Hadi ila '1-hakk Yahya
B. al-Husain, by 'Ali B. Muhammad.

Beg. o

•>»•••

The author, whose name is found at the
beginning of most paragraphs (^ J6 Jli
&*^?), is generally called 'Ali B. Muhammad
al-'Abbasi or al-Sayyid al-'Abbiisi. He is
mentioned as the author of Sirat al-Hiidi
in the Simt al-La'al, fol. 516 ; in the Tar-
juman, fol. 1256 ; and in the Baud al-Zahir,
fol. 229cz.

He says that his father, Muh. B. 'Ubaid-
allah al-'Alawi, was one of the first to swear
allegiance to the Imam, A.H. 283, and ac-
companied him on his second expedition to
Yemen (a first attempt made A.H. 280 had
ended in failure), marching with the Imam
and a few followers from al-Fur', south of

328

HISTORY.

Medina, to Sa'dah. The author, who was
then a mere boy, joined his father subse-
quently, A.H. 285, in Sa'dah, where the
latter held command in the name of al-Hadi.
The detailed narrative begins with that
second expedition, and the establishment of
the Imam's rule in Sa'dah. His subsequent
wars with neighbouring tribes and with the
Karmatis are narrated in great detail and
with precise dates, almost day by day, mostly
in the very words of the author's father and
of two other followers and generals of the
Imam, viz., Abu Ja'far Muh. B. Sulaiman
al-Kufi and Muh. B. Sa'id. Compositions of
al-Hadi, in prose and verse, are frequently
inserted.

The history proper concludes, fol. 162,
with the death of al-Hadi, which took place
in Sa'dah on the 10th of Dulhijjah, A.H. 298.
A continuation extending to fol. 170 contains,
1. a brief account of the short career of the
sons and grandsons of the Imam, namely,
his two sons, Abu '1-Kasim Muhammad, who
died A.H. 310, and Ahmad, who died A.H.
322, and two sons of the latter, al-Hasan
and al-Kasim, the first of whom died A.H.
327 ; 2. some poems of al-Hadi.

Foil. 171 — 185 contain notices of al-Hadi
and his two sons, al-Murtada Abu '1-Kasim
Muh., and al-Nasir Abu '1-Husain Ahmad,
extracted from al-Hada'ik al-Wardiyyah, and
corresponding with foil. 15 — 51 of Or. 3786.

532.

Or. 3816.— Foil. 146; Sin. by 6; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in small and fair, but
sparsely pointed, Neskhi; dated Wednesday,
last decade of RabI' II., A.H. 1080 (A.D.
1669). [GLASER, no. 104.]

History of the Imam al-Mansur-billah al-

Kasim B. 'Ali, by al-Husain B. Ahmad B.
Ya'kub, with this title : jraiU /»

..

Beg.

AJO

Jjl

Al-Mansur-billah Abu Muh. al-Kasim B.
'Ali B. 'Abdallah B. Muh. B. al-Kasim al-
Rassi is called al-Kasim al-Saghir, to dis-
tinguish him from his ancestor al-Kasim
al-Rassi, who died A.H. 246. He proceeded
from Tarah (or Tarj), in the land of the
Khath'am tribe, to Yemen, in order to
assume the Imamate, A.H. 388, and he
established his rule in Sa'dah and San'a.
He lived in constant struggle with local
chiefs and with a rival Imam, al-Da'i ila'llah
Yusuf B. Yahya, until his death, which took
place, as stated fol. 146, on the 9th of Ra-
madan, A.H. 393, in 'Ayyan (near Mikhlaf
Ja'far, v. Yakut), his usual residence, from
which he was called al-'Ayyani. See the
Hada'ik, Or. 3786, fol. 68 ; Anwar al-Yakin,
Or. 3868, fol. 174; and Ibn Jaghman, fol. 185.

The author, whose name appears as above
at the beginning of most sections, was evi-
dently a follower of the Imam, whose pro-
ceedings he relates with great minuteness,
from his start for Yemen to his death. He
quotes in extenso his letters, proclamations,
and poems, and states occasionally that he
transcribed them from the Imam's original
draft. He inserts also in a few instances
verses composed by himself on passing
events.

533.

Or. 3812.— Foil. 198; 10£ in. by 7i; 19
lines, 65- in. long ; written in fair, but im-

ZAIDI IMAMS.

329

perfectly pointed Neskhi; dated Dulka'dah,
A.H. 972 (A.D. 1565).

[GLASEE, no. 99.]

Lives of the Imams acknowledged by tbe
Zaidis, from 'AH B. Abi Talib to al-Mansur-
billah, who died A.H. 614 ; by Husam al-Din
Abu 'Abdallah Humaid B. Ahmad al-Muhalli.

Beg.

The author's name appears in the follow-
ing title in the handwriting of the copyist :

. J» JT

Humaid B. Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ahmad
B. 'Abd al- Wahid al-Muhalli al-Tamimi al-
"Wadi'i al-Hamdani al-Shahld, an eminent
Zaidi legist, and author of many valuable
works, was slain by the Sharlfs Banu
Hamzah, A.H. 652. See Tiraz A'yan al-
Zaman, Or. 2425, fol. 23, and Ibn Jaghman,
Or. 3898, fol. 1896.

The author wrote this work in compliance
with a request conveyed to him in a letter
by a noble personage, whom he only desig-
nates by his official title j*-j^l\ Jr^N ,_^SM.

The work begins with a preliminary chapter
on the Hadiths which testify to the excellence
of the lineage of the Prophet (Jsy^^ J-oi ,j) .
Then come the biographical notices of the
Imams, arranged in chronological order.
The present MS., the first half of the work,
contains those of the following Imams :

'AH B. Abi Talib, who died A.H. 40,
fol. 15ft.

Al-Hasan B. 'Ali, who died A.H. 52, or
50, or 49, fol. 76a.

Al-Husain B. 'AH, who died A.H. 61,
fol. 956.

Al-Hasan al-Radi B. al-Hasan B. 'AH (no
date), fol. 1196.

Zaid B. 'AH Sayyid al-'Abidin B.al-Husain,
who died A.H. 122 or 121, fol. 122«.

Yahya B. Zaid B. 'AH, who died A.H. 126
or 125. fol. 1366.

Muh. B. 'Abdallah al-Nafs al-Zakiyyah B.
al-Hasan al-Radi B. al-Hasan, who died
died A.H. 145 or 146, fol. 189a.

Ibrahim B. 'Abdallah B. al-Hasan al-
Radi, who died A.H. 145, fol. 153a.

Al-Husain B. 'AH al-Fakhkhi B. al-Hasau
B. al-Hasan al-Radi, fol. 1626.

Yahya B. 'Abdallah B. al-Hasan al-Radi,
fol. 1686. .

Idrls B. 'Abdallah B. al-Hasan al-Radi,
fol. 182a.

Muh. B. Ibrahim B. Isma'il B. Ibrahim
B. al-Hasan al-Radi, fol. 1846.

This last, better known as Ibn Tabataba,
was poisoned by Abu '1-Saraya, A.H. 199 ;
see Kamil, vol. vi., pp. 211 — 214.

The principal authorities quoted are the
Makatil al-Talibiyyin of Abul-Faraj al-Isfa-
hani (no. 526), and the traditions handed down
by the Zaidi Imam al-Natik Abu Talib Yahya
B. al-Husain, who died A.H. 424. Those tra-
ditions were orally transmitted to the author
by Shaikh Muhyi al-Din Abu 'Abdallah Muh.
B. Ahmad Ibn al-Walid al-Kurashi (see
no. 339).

534.

Or. 3786.— Foil. 239 ; 9fin.by6i; 17 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi,
u u

330

HISTORY.

with frequent omission of the diacritical
points, apparently in the 14th century.

[GLASEE, no. 71.]

The latter half of the same work, contain-
ing lives of the following Imams :

Al-Kasim B. Ibrahim B. Isma'il, &c., d.
A.H. 246, fol. 26.

Al-Hadi, Abu '1-Husain Yahya B. al-
Husain B. al-Kasiin, d. A.H. 298, fol. 156.

Al-Nasir al-Kabir, Abu Muh. al-Hasan B.
'Ali B. al-Hasan, d. A.H. 304, fol. 316.

Al-Murtada, Abul-Kasim Muh. B. Yahya
al-Hadi, d. A.H. 310, fol. 47 a.

Al-Nasir, Abul-Hasan Ahmad B. Yahya
al-Hadi, d. A.H. 325, fol. 52a.

Al-Mahdi, Abu 'Abdallah Mnh. B. al-Da'i
al-Hasan B. al-Kasim, d. A.H. 360, fol. 60a.

Al-Mansur, Abu Muh. al-Kasim B. 'Ali B.
'Abdallah, d. A.H. 393, fol. 68a.

Al-Mahdi, Abu 'Abdallah al-Husain B. al-
Kasim B. 'Ali, d. A.H. 404, fol. 72a.

Al-Mu'ayyad, Abul-Husain Ahmad B. al-
Husain B. Harun, d. A.H. 411, fol. 725.

Al-Natik, Abu Talib Yahya B. al-Husain
B. Harun, d. A.H/424, fol. 97a.

Al-Nafs al-Zakiyyah, Abu Hashim al-
Hasan B. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Yahya, fol.
lOOa.

Al-Nasir, Abul-Fath al-Nasir B. al-Husain
B. Muh., d. after A.H. 440, fol. 1096. '

Al-Nasir, Abu 'Abdallah al-Husain B.
Abi Ahmad B. al-Hasan, d. A.H. 472,
fol. 1146.

Al-Hadi al-Haklni, Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B.
Ja'far B. al-Hasan, d. A.H. 490, fol. 1156.

Abu '1-Rida al-Kisumi al-Husaini, d. after
A.H. 490, fol. 1176.

Abu Talib al-Akhlr, Yahya B. Abi'l-
Husain Ahmad, d. A.H. 520, fol. 1186.

Al-Mutawakkil, Abul-Hasan Ahmad B.
Sulaiman, d. A.H. 566, fol. 127 a.

Al-Mansur, Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. Ham-
zah, fol. 143a.

The author devotes a very full notice to
this last Imam, under whom he lived, and
whose death he records as having taken
place on the 12th of Muharram, A.H. 614.
The work concludes with a Khatimah, foil.
208 — 232, in glorification of the Zaidi
Imams, and in disparagement of the TJmay-
yades and Abbasides. The author quotes at
length poems in praise of the former, by
Farazdak, al-Kumait, Di'bil, Ibn al-Rumi,
al-Kadi al-Tanukhi Abul-Kasim 'Ali B.
Muh., and Abu Firiis.

The first three leaves have been supplied
by a later hand, and the Khatimah wants a
few lines at the end.

Foil. 233—239, written probably in the
13th century, contain some historical notices
relating to San'a, drawn up apparently in
the fifth century of the Hijrah, and some
verses by Ibn al-Hajjaj.

A continuation of the Hada'ik, entitled
•i^jjl jflj^ w.AJj\ j«.Un, written A.H. 916,
by Jamal al-Dm Muh. B. 'Ali B. Yusuf Ibn
Fand, is noticed by Houtsma, Brill's Cata-
logue, no. 248.

535.

Or. 3785.— Foil. 120 ; llf in. by 8; 26 or
27 lines, 5| in. long ; written in rather
cursive and sparingly pointed Neskhi ; dated
4 Rajab, A.H. 1073 (A.D. 1663).

[GLASEE, no. 70.]

The first volume of al-Hada'ik al-War-
diyyah, with the same contents as no. 533.

The MS. was written for the brother of
the transcriber, Diya al-Dln Yusuf B. Muh.,

ZAIDI IMAMS.

331

Foil. 113 — 119 contain a treatise on
simple medicaments in alphabetical order,
extracted from a work entitled

536.

Or. 3813.— Foil. 278; 8J in. by 6; 17 lines,
3 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 17th century.

[GLASER, no. 100.]

The second volume of the above work,
with the same contents as no. 534.

On the title-page the name of the author
is written :

A note of a former owner is dated A.H.
1069.

537.

Or. 3820.— Foil. 238 ; 10 in. by 7 ; 21 lines,
4f- in. long ; written in fair thick Neskhi,
deficient in diacritical points ; dated Satur-
day, end of Jumada II., A.H. 761 (A.D.
1360). [GLASER, no. 108.]

A commentary by Husam al-DIn Humaid
B. Ahmad al-Muhalli (see no. 533) upon a
Kasidah composed in praise of 'Ali and of
his descendants, by the Imam al-Mansur-
billah 'Abdallah B. Hamzah B. Sulaiman
(d. A.H. 614), and sent by him to the Abba-
side Khalif al-Nasir.

The following title is prefixed by a later
hand: »J\ <_*»lix> -ii &^ ^ C_-%IOLI

Beg. yfciM rl~» J
• *

UJ1

U
,»

iVjJj5l Jii

.L1

Jl

The Kasidah, which consists of 43 Baits,
begins as follows :

It is found in the Diwan of al-Mansur
billah (Arabic Catalogue, p. 749a), fol. 406,
and is also quoted in exienso in the Simt al-
La'al, Or. 2426, fol. 1176, and in Sharh al-
Bustan, Add. 18,513, fol. 1446, where thu
present commentary is mentioned as

The commentary was apparently written
in the life-time of the author of the Kasidah.
It is extremely discursive, and forms a rich
storehouse of the traditions and arguments
by which the claims of 'Ali and his descend-
ants are supported.

This fine copy was written for Salah al-
Din Muhammad B. al-Mahdi 'Ali B. Muh.,
who was raised to the Irnamate, with the
title al-Nasir, A.H. 773, and died A.H. 793.

Foil. 236—238 contain the text of the
above poem and two other Kasidahs, one by
al-Hadi, and the other by Badi' al-Zaman.

Foil. 3, 4, 8, 9, and 74, have been supplied
by a later hand.

For MSS. of the Diwan of al-Mansiir-billah
see the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd edition,
no. 675, and Landberg, no. 227.

538.

Or. 3868.— Foil. 271; 11 in. by 7£; from
20 to 22 lines, 5 in. long; written in large
and bold Neskhi, very deficient in diacritical
points ; dated Wednesday, 7 Ramadan, A.H.
979 (A.D. 1572). [GLASER, no. 156.]

u u 2

332

HISTORY.

A full historical commentary, by Imam al-
Mansur billah Sharaf al-Dln al-Hasan B.
Badr al-Din Muh. B. Yahya al-Hadawi upon
his own poem in praise of 'Ali and his
descendants, and in support of their claims
to the Imamate. The following title is pre-
fixed by a later hand : uJuLa'J u^u^y'
[altered to *JJb ^iW yi-jN <-»/-

The author, Abu 'All al-Hasan B. Badr
al-Din Muh. B. Ahmad B. Yahya, &c., was
born A.H. 596. He was proclaimed Imam,
with the title al-Mansur-billah, A.H. 657, a
year after the death of al-Mahdi Ahmad B.
al-Husain, and died in Rughafah, A.H. 670.
He left several learned works, besides the
present, the full title of which is Jj 05*^ jV'
ujj^jj\ jjk-»j jjru*^^ JjliJ. It is described
as a commentary upon the author's own
composition, fjoji^ &I«jLi«, or poem in qua-
trains. See Simt al-La'al, Or. 2426, fol. 1316 ;
al-Bustan, Add. 18,513, fol. 151 j and Ibn
Jaghman, fol. 1906. The poem is designated
in the epilogue, fol. 266, as Urjuzat al-
Anwar :

The present volume, which contains ap-
parently the latter half of the work, begins
with this verse :

The first part, foil. 1 — 63, contains the
latter portion of the main section, devoted to
the glorification of 'Ali. Then come, foil.
636 — 199, praises of his descendants in
general, a notice of Fatimah, and a very full
enumeration in chronological order of 53
Imams acknowledged as such by the Zaidis.
It begins with al-Hasan, al-Husain, &c., and
ends with al-Mansur-billah Abu Muh. 'Abd-

allah B. Hamzah, who was proclaimed A.H.
594, and died A.H. 614. The commentary
gives full biographical notices of the Imams
mentioned in the poem, with references to
contemporary Khalifs. This historical mat-
ter is chiefly derived, as stated by the
author, fol. 197a, from records handed down
by the last-named Imam.

The latter part of the volume contains a
fourth section, g^>\ £cjU, devoted to a
refutation of the arguments of the adver-

saries, *jft\ &«U Obol Jc ujilla^' .f- jUajl ,j,

fol. 1996 ; some extracts from the last
Khutbah of 'Ali, fol. 255, and the author's
epilogue.

This fine copy was written for Sayyid 'Izz
al-Dm Muh. B. Shams al-Din (a grandson of
Imam Yahya Sharaf al-Din, who died A.H.
965), by Ahmad B. 'Ali B. 'Abdallah. It
was collated, as stated in a marginal note,
fol. 2666, A.H. 980.

The last leaves of the MS., foil. 268—271,
contain a licence, SjW, relating to the
Sunan of Abu Da'ud, dated A.H. 735, and
an extract from the Jami' al-Usul of Majd
al-Din al-Mubarak B. Muh. Ibn al-Athir.

539.

Or. 3791.— Foil. 305 ; 8 in. by 5f ; from 13
to 29 lines ; written in cursive Neskhi,
partly in the 17th century, partly by a later
hand. The later portion is dated (fol. 293)
Saturday, 15 Sha'ban, A.H. 1121 (A.D.
1709). [GT.ASEE, no. 76.]

Life of Imam al-Nasir li-dm-allah Mu-
hammad B. Amir al-Mumimn al-Mahdi 'Ali
B. Muh., without author's name.

ZAIDI IMAMS,
entitled

Al-Nasir, born A.H. 737, was proclaimed
Imam in the life-time of his father al-Mahdi,
A.H. 773, and died in San'a, in Dulka'dah,
A.H. 793. See Tarjuman, Add. 18,513,
fol. 171, and Ibn Jaghman, fol. 1936.

The present work is quoted under the
above title in the Raud al-Zahir, Or. 3847,
fol. 240, and the author, whose name does
not appear in the MS., is there stated to be
Diya al-Dm al-Hadi B. Ibrahim al-Waziri,
who is mentioned in Simt al-La'al, Or. 3969,
fol. 132, as a panegyrist of Imam al-Nasir, and
as the author of a work entitled J; &>yo^ *>\^j
«^y«j3\ jlfcjU He wrote the present work in
the life-time of the Imam, and shortly before
his death ; for he finished it, as he states at
the end, on Friday, 23 Jumada II., A.H. 791,
the Imam being then in Zabid.

In the preface the author states that the
work was composed in answer to questions
sent to him by the Fakih 'Ali B. Yahya al-
Sharafi, and relating to the legitimacy of the
Imam.

It consists of a Mukaddimah ; a review of
previous Imams, from 'Ali to al-Nasir's pre-
decessor ; and of four Kisms, dealing at
great length with the merits and qualifica-
tions of the latter, under the following
headings :

Fol. 61 6. JU=-^ J~-> i> Wy* J-oi J I.
Fol. 63&. joi*? yi Je a^Uas-jij ,j II.
Fol. lOOa. OtdVyJl ^ J^\ v'^ J HI-
Fol. 260a. ,> ^ U > ^^\ IV.

The author refers readers desirous of
more information to a previous work of his,

That work is also mentioned in the Raud
al-Zahir, fol. 252, as a composition of Sayyid
al-Hadi B. Ibrahim al-Waziri.

Foil. 1 — 5, 294 — 305, contain miscellaneous
notes and extracts.

Copyist :

540.

Or. 3*825.— FoU. 161 ; 8f in. by 6J.

[GLASEE, no. 113.]

I. Foil. 3—28; 26 lines, 4£ in. long;
written in small Neskhi, A.H. 1061 (A.D.
1651). A Kasidah commonly known as al-
Bassamat al-Sughra (<jij*ia$\ i«U-jJl), in glori-
fication of the Zaidi Imams ; composed, in
imitation of the Bassamah of Ibn 'Abdun,
in the same metre and with the same rhyme,
by Sayyid Sarim al-Dm Ibrahim B. •Muh.
B. 'Abdallah, with an anonymous commen-
tary.

The Kasidah begins as follows :

After the first seven Baits, the commentary

begins as follows :

The same Kasidah, with a very full com-
mentary, occupies the greater part of the
introduction to the Tarjuman (Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 4156) by Badr al-Din Muh. B.
Yahya B. Muzaffar, who wrote shortly after
the poet's death. In this last work, fol. 93,
the genealogy of the author of the Kasidah
is traced upwards to 'Ali as follows : Ibrahim
B. Muh. B. 'Abdallah B. al-Hadi B. Ibrahim

334

HIST OK Y.

B. 'All B. al-Murtada B. Mufaddal B. Mansur
B. al-'Afif Muh. B. al-Mufaddal B. al-Hajjaj,
&c., and it is stated that lie wrote the follow-
ing works : Jte^ ibUa (no. 382), *Jj5 jlH J^aoM
(no. 267), and others, and that he died A.H.
914 at the age of eighty. He sent the Kasidah
to the contemporary Imam, 'Izz al-Din B.
al-Hasan (A.H. 879 — 900), and was requested
by him to write a commentary upon it ; but
circumstances prevented him from complying
with that desire.

The Bassamah is also mentioned in Simt
al-La'al, Or. 3969, fol. 142, where Sarim
al-Din Ibrahim is mentioned as an illustrious
member of the family called Banu '1-Wazir,
and several other poems of his are given.

The Imams are very briefly mentioned in
chronological order in the Kasidah, the com-
mentary supplying circumstantial notices.
The last Imam named in the poem is al-Hadi
'Ali B. al-Mu'ayyad, who died A.H. 836.
The subsequent verses contain only brief
allusions to the troubles which followed his
death.

Besides the present commentary, two
others are mentioned, namely, one by Badr
al-Din Muh. B. 'Ali B. Yusuf B. 'Ali al-
Euhaif B. Fand, who brought down the
history to Imam Yahya Sharaf al-Din
(A.H. 912 — 965 ; see Ibn Jaghman, Or.
3898, fol. 198; Simt al-La'al, Or. 2426,
fol. 24 ; and Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Samm-
lung, no. 9), and another by Sayyid Shams
al-Din Ahmad B. Muh. al-Sharafi, who lived
about A.H. 1008 (v. Simt al-La'al, fol. 2126,
and Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 264).

At the end, fol. 285, is a Kasidah by Musa
B. Yahya B. Haran in praise of Imam Sharaf
al-Din.

II. Foil. 30—152 ; about 21 lines, 4£ in.
long ; written in Neskhi ; dated Monday,
10 Rabi' II., A.H. 1156 (A.D. 1743).

A treatise on politics, by Muhammad B.
Talhah, who died A.H. 652.

See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 659a, and
Pertsch, no. 1882. The work has been
printed in Cairo, A.H. 1283.

Copyist :

541.

Or. 3918.— Foil. 75 ; 12 in. by 8^ ; 21 lines,
5 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins, apparently early in the
18th century. [GLASEE, no. 212.]

An anonymous commentary upon an Urju-
zah in praise of Imam al-Mutawakkil 'ala'llah
Sharaf al-Din B. Shams al-Din, by the
Fakih Jamal al-Din Salih B. al-Siddik al-
Numazi al-Khazraji al-Ansari.

Beg.

Beg. of the poem :

The subject of the panegyric, al-Mutawak-
kil Yahya Sharaf al-Din, a grandson of al-
Mahdi Ahmad B. Yahya, was born A.H. 877.
He was proclaimed Imam in Zafir, A.H. 912,
and died in the same place on the 10th of
Jumada II., A.H. 965. The poem and the
commentary were both written in his life-
time, somewhat after A.H. 945.

The author of the poem, it is stated in
the preface, after studying under the Shaikhs
of Zabid, was appointed Khatib in Aden.

ZAIDI IMAMS.

335

That place having been taken by rebels,
A.H. 945, he attached himself to the Imam
Sharaf al-Dm, who raised him to a high
post, and he wrote a commentary upon the
Imam's work entitled al-Athmar (v. no. 424).

The Urjuzah, consisting of about sixty
Baits, contains the full pedigree of the Imam
traced up to Muhammad, and the commentary
gives detailed biographical notices of every
one of the Imam's forefathers.

The Urjuzah is quoted in extenso in
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., pp. 470—472.
Its title appears in the following line of the
epilogue :

From the same source we gather that the
author of the commentary was Ahmad B.
'Abdallah B. Ahmad B. Ibrahim al-Wazir,
who is mentioned in Simt al-La'al, fol. 158a,
under the name of Sayyid Shams al-Dm
Ahmad B. 'Abdallah B. al-Wazir, as one
of the elegant writers of the time of Imam
Sharaf al-Dm.

The MS. is imperfect at the end. It wants
the last nine Baits and the commentary upon
them.

Fol. 75 contains a Kasidah by a grandson
of the Imam, viz., 'Izz al-Dm Muh. B. 'Abd-
allah B. al-lmam Sharaf al-Dln.

542.

Or. 3731.— Foil 66 ; 11± in. by

25 lines,

4f in. long ; written in neat, but imper-
fectly pointed, Neskhi ; dated Muharram,
A.H. 1127 (A.D. 1715).

[GLASEE, no. 15.]

Life of the same Imam, by Jamal al-Din
Muhammad B. Ibrahim, to which the follow-
ing title is prefixed ; La^U- ,j MJ

41t

Beg.

The author, Sayyid Jamal al-Din Muh. B.
Ibrahim B. al-Mufaddal B. Ibrahim B. 'Ali
B. al-lmam Yahya Sharaf al-Din, a de-
scendant of the Imam in the fifth generation,
was born A.H. 1022, and died in Shibam,
A.H. 1085. He was an eminent scholar,
and left, besides the present work, a metrical
version of the Warakat of al- Juwaini entitled

M Jai j CdLJty J^)\. See Khulasat

al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 318 ; Simt al-La'al,
Or. 2426, fol. 195 ; lib al-Samar,' Or. 2427,
fol. 13 ; and Wiistenfeld, Jemen im xi. Jahr-
hundert, no. 70.

The author speaks in the preface of several
writers who had composed lives of the Imam,
either too diffuse or incomplete, but does
not name them. In the body of the work,
however, reference is made to a Sirah written
by a contemporary of the Imam, al-Faklh
Sharaf al-Dm al- Hasan B. Muh. B. 'Ali al-
Zuraiki (foil. 27, 326, 43i).

There is a leaf or more wanting after
fol. 1. The latter part of the preface and
the beginning of the life are lost. The
narrative begins with the conquest of Damar
by 'Amir B. Da'ud and the return of the
Imam, then still a boy, with his mother to
Zafir.

The MS. was written for another de-
scendant of the Imam, Safi al-Islam Ahmad
B. al-Hasan B. Hamid al-DIn B. al-Mutahhar
B. al-lmam Sharaf al-Din.

336

HISTORY.

543.

Or. 3329.— Foil. 286 ; 12 in. by 8 J ; 24 lines,
5 in. long ; written in large and clear Neskhi
of the kind peculiar to Yemen ; dated 19th
Sha'ban, A.H. 1064 (A.D. 1654).

[H. A. STERN.]

History of the Imam al-Mansur-billah al-
Kasim B. Muhammad, who claimed the
Imamate A.H. 1006, and died A.H. 1029 ;
by Sayyid Mutahhar B. Muh. B. Ahmad
al-Hadawi al-Jurmuzi.

On the first page is written the following
contemporary heading : J>\ J^x

j — JiM

JU) «EJjj *3

A notice of the author, by al-Husain B.
Nasir al-Muhalla, is given in the Khulasat
al-Athar, vol. iv., p. 406. He is described
as a man of noble birth, distinguished for
merit and science, who wrote a history of
three Imams, viz., al-Kasim and his two
sons, namely, Muhammad al-Muayyad and
Isma'il al-Mutawakkil, and who was a friend
and correspondent of the writer's father
(Nasir B. 'Abd al-Hafiz al-Muhalla, a great
jurist, Wazir of al-Muayyad, who died A.H.
1081 ; see Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iv.,p. 444).
According to the same writer, Mutahhar was
born A.H. 1003, and died on the 27th of
Dulhijjah, A.H. 1077. His numerous sons
and grandsons are noticed at length in the
Tib al-Samar, Or. 2428, foil. 109—127.

The present MS. contains evidently the
first part of the history above mentioned.
The author frequently refers to a continua-
tion, especially to his account of the siege of
Zabid, which took place A.H. 1044 (foil. 2856,
286rt). The present part must have been
written between the latest date it contains,
viz., A.H. 1062 (foil. 32£) and A.H. 1064,
the date of the MS.

The author was too young in the time of
al-Kasim to speak as an ocular witness of
the events of that period. He says in the
preface that he had often heard the history
of the Imam related, and had determined to
write down in the present compendium (\J*
j>a^^ all that he had retained in his
memory. To exhaust the subject, he adds,
would be as impossible as to count the stars,
on account of the lapse of time and of the
wide space covered by the Imam's campaigns.

The scope of the work is set forth in the
following words : »Jy«j i_ v.

Contents : Genealogy of al-Kasim, his birth
on the 12th of Safar, A.H. 967, and his
infancy, fol. 4a ; his personal appearance,
character and 'virtues, fol. 46 ; specimens
of his letters and addresses, fol. 6a; evi-
dences of his holy character, or supernatural
manifestations («3U/), fol. 16« ; his poetical
compositions, fol. 19&; poems composed in
his praise, fol. 21a; notices of eminent Zaidi
'Ulama of his time, fol. 26a ; his assumption
of the Imamate, his wars, and some features
of his life (s*-» ^ <—>Jbj *^j°"J »3yco) , fol. 42a.

ZAIDI IMAMS.

337

The last section, or history proper, forms
the main bulk of the volume. It is divided,
as stated, fol. 1526, into the following four
periods termed "e^>, or " campaigns : "
1. From his Da'wah, or proclamation as
Imam, A.H. 1006, to his retreat from
Shaharah to Barat, fol. 42a. 2. From the
time of his marching forth from Barat to the
conclusion of peace with Sinan Pasha and
Ja'far Pasha, A.H. 1017, fol. 1526. 3. His
campaign against Ja'far Pasha, after the
death of Ibrahim Pasha, A.H. 1022, fol. 195a.
4. His war with Muhammad Pasha and his
death, fol. 2456.

Al-Kasim died, as stated fol. 270a, on the
twelfth of Rabi' I., A.H. 1029, and was
succeeded by his son al-Mu'ayyad-billah
Muhammad. The remainder of the volume
contains notices of some men of note who
died about that time; copies of letters
announcing the death of the Imam, and of
the answers received ; elegies on that death ;
and an enumeration of the Imam's children.

The history of al-Kasim is chiefly made
up of narratives orally received by the
author from several ocular witnesses of, or
actors in, the events recorded. His principal
authority, quoted on almost every page, is
Sayyid Ahmad B. Muh. (B. Salah) al-Sharafi,
who is spoken of as still living, and who is
stated, fol. 1116, to have been sent by the
Imam as commander to Bilad al-Sharaf.
(He died, according to Bughyat al-Murid,
fol. 526, A.H. 1055.)

Next in importance is Sayyid Jamal al-
Dm 'Ali B. al-Mahdi, whom the author calls
his father, jJljM, (see foil. 42a, 806, 1006, &c.).
He quotes also occasionally oral communica-
tions made to him by the son and successor
of al-Kasim, Imam al-Mu'ayyad (foil. 5a,
140a, 141a, 1536, &c.), and by his brother,
Ahmad B. al-Kasim, who was living at the
time of writing (foil. 219a, 240a). The

latter died A.H. 10CG ; see Or. 3330,
fol. 243J. There are, however, many docu-
ments inserted, such as extensive letters,
tracts, poems, &c., which could not have
been handed down orally ; also frequent
quotations from Sayyid 'Isa B. Lutf-allah
(Or. 4583).

For other accounts of Imam al-Kasim see
Bughyat al-Murid, Or. 3719, foil. 44—53;
'Ikd al-Jawahir, Add. 16,647, fol. 2766;
Rauh al-Ruh, Or. 3330, foil. 164—193;
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 293 ; Wusten-
feld, Jemen im xi. Jahrhundert, p. 58 ; and
Niebufrr, Description de 1'Arabie, 1773,
pp. 168—180.

On the first page is written :

This shows that the MS. belonged to a
grandson of Imam al-Kasim, viz., 'Izz al-Din
Muh. B. al-Hasan, who held important
commands in Sa'dah and Damar, and died
A.H. 1079. See Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii.,
p. 468, and Bughyat al-Murid, fol. 796.

544.

Or. 3847.— Foil. 257; llf in. by 8; about
24 lines, 5J in. long ; written in a large,
cursive, and sparingly pointed, Neskhi, ap-
parently early in the 18th century.

[GLASER, no. 135.]

A full commentary, by Zaid B. Salih B.
Abi'l-Rijal upon the Urjuzah of Shaikh
Muh. B. al-Husain B. Sulaiman B. Da'ud B.
Abl Fadil al-Murhibi al-Arhabi on the life of
Imam al-Nasir-li-din-allah Muhammad B. al-
Mahdi Ahmad B. al-Hasan B. al-Mansur-
billah al-Kasim.

x x

338

HISTORY.

Beg. A13

Ji

The subject of the biography was a great-
grandson of the above-mentioned Imam al-
Mansur-billah al-Kasim. He was proclaimed,
A.H. 1097, with the title al-Nasir, which he
afterwards changed to al-Hadi, and subse-
quently to al-Mahdi. After a long and
chequered rule, he was besieged in al-
Mawahib by his nephew and rival Imam,
al-Mutawakkil al-Kasim B. al-Husain, and
died during the siege, A.H. 1130. See
Bughyat al-Murid, foil. 89—100 ; Ibn Jagh-
man, fol. 203 ; and Kbulasat al-Athar,
vol. iii., p. 397.

The commentator was a brother of Sayyid
San al-Dln Ahmad B. Salih B. Muh. B.
Abi'l-Rijal, who died A.H. 1092, and is
noticed, with two other brothers, 'Ali and
al-Husain, in Tib al-Samar, Or. 2427, foil.
198 — 201. See also Khulasat al-Athar,
vol. i., p. 220.

Both poem and commentary were written
in the life-time of the Imam, the latter, as
appears from the preface, by his order. The
commentary was commenced A.H. 1106,
and completed, as stated at the end, on
Thursday, the 15th of Ramadan, A.H. 1109.

The Urjuzah was called in the first
instance j<oli)\ *U^ »,£-» <j UajJl l&» an(i
subsequently, "t3i>\$\

It begins as follows :

The last events it records are the submis-
sion of Sultan Ahmad B. 'Ali al-Rassas to
the Imam, and the latter' s marriage with
the Sultan's daughter.

The commentary begins with a Mukad-
dimah, treating of various signs and prog-
nostics of the future greatness of the Imam,

foil. 7b — 146. The commentary proper
includes the full text of the poem, and is
divided into four Juz, which respectively
begin at foil. 14, 87, 152 and 207.

The fly-leaves at the beginning contain
four versified eulogies upon the commentary,
the second of which is by the author of the
poem, Muh. B. Husain al-Murhibi. In the
headings the commentator is called al-Kadi
Zaid B. Salih.

545.

Or. 3719.— Foil. 186 ; 13 in. by 8| ; 23 lines,
6 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
ruled margins ; dated Thursday, 5 Safar,
A.H. 1290 (A.D. 1873).

[GLASEE, no. 3.]

A genealogical account of the descendants
of Sayyid {Ali B. Muh. B. 'Ali B. al-Rashid,
by one of them, namely 'Amir B. Muh. B.
'Abdallah B. 'Amir B. 'Ali B. Muh. B! 'Ali
B. al-Rashid.

Beg.

Sayyid Jamal al-Islam 'Ali B. Muh. B. 'Ali
B. al-Rashid al-Amlahi al-Hadawi, who died
in Thala, A.H.' 977, is the ancestor of a line
which gave several illustrious Imams to
Yemen. The first who assumed sovereignty
was his grandson al-Mansur-billah al-Kasim
B. Muh. B. 'Ali, who reigned A.H. 1006-
1029, and whose descendants, although hard
pressed by the Turks, were still in power
A.H. 1126, when the present history was
written.

ZAIDI IMAMS.

339

The work is constructed on a strictly
genealogical plan ; but, the individual notices
being extensive and full of historical matter,
it forms an important contribution to the
history of Yemen for the very imperfectly
known period which it covers.

The author mentions in two passages,
foil. 41 and 109, A.H. 1126 as the date of
composition ; but some sections are brought
down to A.H. 1130. The siege of al-
Mawahib, and the death of Imam al-Mahdi
on the 5th of Ramadan of that year, are
fully recorded, foil. 99-100, the latest date
given being the 24th of the month of Sha'ban
in the same year.

In the preface the author dwells on the
importance of the genealogy of 'Ali's lineage,
and mentions as the principal authorities
the following four works: 1. .^J^j j\y^' j?
j\jfSK, by Sayyid Ahmad B. Muh. B. 'Ali al-
Radi ; 2. the work of Fakhr al-Dln 'Abdallah
B. 'Ali al-Mu'ayyadi, called Abu 'Alamah;
3. the work of Sharif al-Samhudi ; 4. i±*s-
^_JO> ^\ JT ^LJ\ J <_JOA by the Sharif
Ibn 'Inabah. He gives subsequently a
general survey of the Sayyids of Yemen,
mostly descended from Imam al-Kasim B.
Ibrahim al-Rassi (d. A.H. 246).

The genealogy, which forms the main
subject of the work, begins, fol. 5, with 'Ali
B. Muh. al-Amlahi, and includes a short
account of the contemporary Imams, viz.,
Yahya Sharaf al-Dln, his son al-Mutahhar,
al-Mahdi al-Hasan B. Hamzah, and al-Nasir
al-Hasan B. 'Ali. It branches off into two
lines, those of the two sons of 'Ali al-Amlahi,
namely, 'Amir and Muhammad, as follows :

I. 'Amir, put to death by Sinan Pasha,
A.H. 1008, fol. lla. His sons: Ahmad, fol.
23, Muhammad, fol. 27, and 'Abdallah,
fol. 37, with their descendants, including
the author.

II. Muhammad, who died two months
before his father, A.H. 977, and his son the
Imam al-Mansur-billah al-Kasim, who died
A.H. 1029, fol. 44. He left the following
seven sons :

1. Muhammad al-Mu'ayyad, who died
A.H. 1054, fol. 53.

2. Al-Hasan, who died A.H. 1048, fol. 64.
His son, Ahmad al-Mahdi, who died A.H.
1092, fol. 85 ; and the latter's sons, viz.,
Muh. al-Nasir, who died A.H. 1130, fol. 89,
and al-Husain, who died A.H. 1094, fol. 101.
Another son of al-Hasan, viz., al-Husain,
whodjed A.H. 1121, fol. 106.

3. Al-Husain, who died A.H. 1050, and
his sons, fol. 114.

4. 'Ali, who died about A.H. 1020,
fol. 124.

5. Ahmad, who died about A.H. 1060,
fol. 125.

6. Isma'il al-Mutawakkil, who died A.H.
1087, fol. 135, and his son Muh. al-Mu'ayyad,
fol. 140.

7. 'Abdallah, fol. 157.

An appendix extending from fol. 157i to
fol. 185, contains chiefly additional informa-
tion relating to the life and time of al-
Mansur-billah al-Kasim B. Muh.

The copyist, ^ Ji*««^ ^ <*+*? ^ ^-^
*U &+>. \ ^ J-*^*, says in the colophon
that the MS. had been transcribed from a
copy of the autograph draft of the author.

At the end is added a notice of al-Mahdi
Ahmad B. Yahya (d. A.H. 840) and of his
works.

546.

Or. 3857.— Foil. 41 ; 12£ in. by 8J ; 19 lines,
5£ in. long; written in a large and rude
Neskhi in the 18th century.

[GLASEE, no. 145.]

340

HISTORY.

Life of the Iinam al-Mutawakkil 'ala'llah
al-Kasim B. al-Husain B. Amir al-Muminin
al-Mahdi, by al-Faklh Sharaf al-Din al-
Hasan B. al-Husain B. Salih al-Rusi, whose
name appears on the title-page :

Beg. 0

^ 4U J*

The work begins with a rather confused
account of the struggle of the Imam with
his uncle and predecessor al-Nasir, here
designated as Muh. B. al-Mahdi, or as Lord
of al-Mawahib, by whom he had been confined
in the castle of San'a, but whom he ultimately
succeeded in deposing, A.H. 1125.

His own proclamation as Imam took
place at the beginning of Dulka'dah, A.H.
1125 (fol. 34a). The history of his reign,
which is evidently a contemporary record, is
brought down to A.H. 1133. The last
event chronicled is the defeat of the rebel
al-Hajj Hasan, of al-Suwa, (_?y~^, by the
Imam's son, Safi al-Islam Ahmad, which
took place in Rabi' I., A.H. 1133.

Al-Mutawakkil died A.H. 1139. See Ibn
Jaghman, Or. 3898, fol. 203.

547.

Or. 3823.— Foil. 148 ; 8J in. by 6 ; about
17 lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi
in the 18th century. [GLA.SEE, no. 111.]

A commentary, by Muh sin B. al-Hasan
B. al-Kasim B. Ahmad B. Amir al-Muminin
al-Kasim B. Ahmad, upon a Kasidah by
Sayyid Isma'Il B. Muh. B. 'Ali Fa'i', contain-
ing the history of the Imam al-Mansur-billah

al-Husain, and, in connection with it, that
of his father and predecessor al-Mutawakkil
'ala'llah al-Kasim B. al-Husain.

Beg.

Imam al-Mansur, the main subject of the
poem, was born in Rida', A.H. 1107 (fol. 8).
He took a prominent part in the wars carried
on by his father al-Mutawakkil, and was pro-
claimed Imam a few days after the death of
the latter, which took place on the 23rd of
Ramadan, A.H. 1139 (fol. 1304). He died
A.H. 1161 (Ibn Jaghman, fol. 2036).

The commentary was written, as well as
the Kasidah, in his life-time, and, apparently,
a few years after his accession. They deal,
for the most part, with the warlike trans-
actions in which he was engaged during the
reign of his father.

In the preface the commentator, after
praising the Kasidah, says that he was well
prepared to elucidate it, inasmuch as he had
previously written a history of al-Mutawak-

kil entitled JSyil f\j)\ ^ ^ j, ^^ \>\j\

(jt^ ^> *~3b\ &\ (Js with a continuation
brought down to A.H. 1142. He gives to
the commentary the following (inordinately

long) title :

.»>l»J (,f-

He adds that he had devoted a notice to
the author of the Kasidah in an anthology

entitled b^ y- ^** J*^)

The Kasidah, which is designated as al-
Bassamah, in allusion to the poem so called

GHAZNAWIS.

341

written in the same rhyme by Ibn al-Wazir
(no. 540), begins as follows :

The proclamation of al-Mansur, on the
2nd day of al-Shawwal, A.H. 1139, is re-
corded on fol. 1376. The remainder of the
MS., which is imperfect at the end, contains
the history of the first few months of his
reign. The last event recorded is the death
of 'Ali Ibn al-Ahmar, a dangerous rival,
who was treacherously murdered by the
Imam on the 10th of Muharram, A.H. 1140.

The author of Tib al-Samar, writing A.H.
1144, speaks of both the author of the
Kasidah and the commentator as still living,
and as his intimate friends. He calls the
former al-Sayyid Isma'il B. Muh. Fa'i' (j>\^\
^sf ,jUi*a!\ ^-ol, and the latter al-Sayyid
al-Muhsin B. al-Hasan B. 'Ali B. al-Kasim
B. Abi Talib ^U- iojj y*. See Or. 2427,
foil. 266—273, and Or. 2428, foil. 58—60.

For other works relating to the Zaidi Imams,
see further on, History of Yemen.

Ghaznawis.

548.

Or. 1513.— Foil. 222 ; 9£ in. by 6£ ; 16 lines,
4f in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with all
the vowels ; dated 10 Dulka'dah, A.H. 767
(A.D. 1366). [SiB HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The Yamlni, a history of Sultan Mahmud
Ghaznawi, by Abu Nasr Muh. B. 'Abd al-
Jabbar al-'Utbi, who wrote it about A.H. 411.
See the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 1526, 55 la,
and the Persian Catalogue, p. 157.

The following title, in the handwriting of
the copyist, is prefixed : j\x~\ ,j

There are, in the early portion of the MS.,
numerous marginal glosses in the same hand-
writing as the text. Others, written by a
later Persian hand, are ascribed to Fakhri
Zadah. The full vocalization of the text is
carried on from the beginning to fol. 96,
after which vowels are more sparingly
added.

Copyist : ^jajJb J* y? fj& ^ J^L»

The text agrees with the lithographed
edition published by A. Sprenger, Delhi,
1847. The Yamini has also been printed
in Cairo on the margins of the Kamil,
A.H. 1290. A literal Persian translation, by
Muhammad Karamat 'Ali, is noticed by
Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 441. For
MSS., see the Leyden Catalogue, nos. 841-2;
Rosen, Institut, no. 34 ; Aumer, no. 423 ;
the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1894-5 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 176.

On the fly-leaf : " Purchased by me at
Baghdad, May 12, 1846. H. Rawlinson."

549.

Or. 1972. — A volume of historical extracts
described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 1040.

[SiE H. MIEHS ELLIOT.]

It contains only one Arabic extract, foil.
2 — 9, namely, from a commentary by 'Ali
B. Muslih al-Sam'ani al-Kirmani upon the
preceding work,

342

HISTORY.

Beg.

jW Jly y

Saljuhe.

550.

STOWE, Or. 7.— Foil. 1 1 2 ; 9J in. by 6 ; 1 7 lines,
4^- in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi,
probably in the 14th century.

A. history of the Saljuk Dynasty of Iran,
from its origin to its downfall, by Sayyid
Sadr al-DTn Abu '1-Hasan 'AH B. al-Sayyid
al-Imam al-Shahid Abu '1-Fawaris Nasir B.
'Ali al-Husaini.

The following title is written on the first
page in gold letters, within an illuminated

border:

*

JU3 «JJ

The author's name appears again at the
beginning of the text : £.»s-j ^JJJ ^ [£\ \jjj

y- Jj\ U\

The main history closes with the death of
Sultan Tughril, A.H. 590 ; but the work was
not written till at least thirty-two years later.
A brief account of the Atabaks, which forms
the last section, fol. llli, is brought down
to the extinction of that line in- the person of

Uzbek, son of Pehlevan, who died at the time
of the conquest of Azerbaijan by Jalal al-
Din Manguburni Khwarizmshah, i.e. A.H.
622. (See Kamil, vol. xii., p. 284 ; Abulfedae
Annales, vol. iv., p. 324; and Gruzldah,
Add. 22,693, fol. 1346.)

The concluding lines are :

J J\

J\ <^>j

J Ji* (_£.£

JU\ r?W\

The author had been, however, personally
acquainted with some men who had witnessed
the last struggle of Sultan Tughril with the
Khwarizmshah. He quotes, fol. 108a, an
account which he received at Eai, from Amln
al-Dln Muh. al-Zanjani, of a secret message
sent to the fated Sultan by Shihab al-Din
Mas'ud B.al-Husain, Hajib of Tukush, urging
him to yield up Rai and to make terms with
the approaching enemy. The passage begins :

The author writes as a partisan, probably
a dependent, of the Court of Baghdad. He
calls the Khalif al-Nasir his lord, fol. 1016
(aU\ y> .iJ^eUM (.%j*ji,\ji*\ Wj*) . In another pas-
sage, fol. 976, he ascribes the success of Atabek
Pehlevan to his unswerving devotion to the
Khalifs, adding : [j-^l*] j*\^\ ^b J]j Uj

Jl Ju.

Ibn Khallikan, who in his account of the

SALJUKS.

848

death of Alp Arslan (Wustenfeld's edition,
702, De Slane's translation, vol. iii..

no.

p. 231) quotes the present history under the
title of Zubdat al-Tawarikh, does not name
the author. The passage he adduces is found
in our MS., fol. 32a, but it has not been quite
accurately rendered by Ibn Khallikan. What
it says is that Alp Arslan survived his wounds
three days, and expired on Saturday, the last
day of Rabl' I., A.H. 465 : *»>
Ju-

Dr. Houtsma, who possesses a transcript
of the present unique MS., gives an account
of the work in his Recueil des Textes relatifs
a 1'Histoire des Seljoucides, torn. I., p. x.,
and torn. II., p. xxxvi. He remarks that,
for the middle period of the Seljuks, it is
abridged from the work of 'Imad al-Din
entitled 'iJbaH\ tfac-j tj&\ lj-o>, and composed
A.H. 579. But for the latter period it is an
original and nearly contemporary record,
containing, especially upon the eventful
career of the last Sultan, Tughril, many
details not found in later works.

The present history has also been noticed
by Baron von Rosen, who in the Zapiski of
the Archasological Society, vol. i., pp. 243 —
252, has given the chapter relating to the
expedition of Alp Arslan against the Greek
Emperor Romanus, A.H. 463 (MS., foil. 276—
316), in text and translation.

The author begins by saying that the first
of the Saljiik tribe who embraced Islamism
was the Amir Yakak (a name which in the
Turkish tongue means bow), who was brave
and wise, and to whom the King of the Turks
had committed the reins of government. He
then proceeds to relate the quarrel which
arose between him and the king, here called
Yapghu, ^»AJ [Baighu], very much in the
same terms as Ibn al-Athir, Kamil, vol. ix.,

p. 322. After this he passes on to the
history of Amir Saljuk, son of Amir Yakfik.
The subsequent rubrics are as follows :

Fol. 46. Wl juAa* J

Fol. 80.

Ib.

For. lla.

JI£«

j.> o

l53\

Fol. 14a.

Fol. 146.
Fol. 156.

Fol. 176.
Fol. 176.

Fol. 18a.

Fol. 19a.

Fol. 206.

Fol. 226.

344

Fol. 24a.

Fol. 243.
Fol. 256.

Fol. 276.
Fol. 316.
Fol. 32a.

Fol. 36a.
Fol. 366.

Fol. 37a. (.
Fol. 376.

HISTORY.

J

Fol. 38a. y>.

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Fol. 406. Ui

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Fol. 426. »ll<i. y

Fol. 43a. a

Fol. 45a.

Fol. 476. >-.... ji

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Fol. 54a.

Fol. 56a.

Fol. 59S. ^.jJ^ Ui

Fol. 676.
Fol. 70a.

Fol. 716. w\laLJ\

Fol. 816.

Fol. 866.

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Fol. 966. »U,
Fol. HOo.

Fol. 1116. ftlU^J^ cJu3U«

The margins contain some corrections in
the handwriting of the copyist, as well as a
few notes (partly lost in consequence of too
close trimming) by a somewhat later hand.

Ayyubides.

551.

Or. 3020.— Foil. 237 ; 9| in. by 7| ; 23 lines,
in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated
Jumada I., A.H. 1288 (A.D. 1871).

[KEEMEK, no. 18.]

AYYUBIDES.

The well-known work of 'Imad al-Dm
Muhammad B. Muh. al-Katib al-Isfahani
(who died A.H. 597) on the history of Salah
al-Din Yusuf from A.H. 583 to his death,
A.H. 589 (v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 153a).

The above title is found in the text,
fol. 7a; but on the first page it is written
differently with regard to the first word,
namely : <_£~£M f.&\ " The Cossian outpour-
ing." The same reading is found in the
following copy and in a MS. dated A.H. 595,
described by Rosen, Notices Sommaires,
no. 158.

For the author's life see Ibn Khallikan,
De Slane's translation, vol. iii., p. 300 ;
Mir'at al-Zaman, Add. 23,279, fol. 1106;
Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 284 ;
Recueil des Historiens des Croisades, vol. i.,
preface, p. 48 ; and Houtsma, Recueil des
textes relatifs a 1'histoire des Seljoucides,
vol. ii., preface, pp. 30 — 37. For other
copies see the Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii.,
nos. 821 — 23 ; Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue,
no. 1654; and the Paris Catalogue, nos.
1693—99.

The present copy was transcribed for
Baron von Kremer from a MS. in Tripoli
(Syria), described as very old. That MS.
came, subsequently, into the possession of
Count Landberg, whose edition of the text,
published at Leyden, 1887, is chiefly based
upon it.

Copyist :

A previously described MS., Add. 7309,
(Arabic Catalogue, p. 153), contains the
first half of the work, viz., A.H. 583—85,
and corresponds with foil. 1 — 119 of the
present copy.

552.

Or. 1545.— Foil. 236 ; 9 in. by 6£ ; 19 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Constantinople,
23 Rajab, A.H. 1202 (A.D. 1788).

[SiB HENBT C. RAWLINSON.]

The same work, with the heading : £»)\

The MS. was transcribed, as stated in
the colophon, for al-Sayyid Khalll Efendi al-
Muradi, Mufti of Damascus (the author of
Silk aJ-Durar), from a copy dated A.H. 600.

Copyist :

On the first page is written : " Bought at
Baghdad, June 12, 1844. H. Rawlinson.
This is a fine and correct copy."

553.

Or. 3120.— Foil. 33; 8£ in. by 6J; 20 or
21 lines, Z\ in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi, about A.D. 1850.

[KBEMEB, no. 130.]

An account of the financial administration
of Egypt under the Ayyubides, by the Wazir
Sharaf al-Din Abu '1-Makarim Ibn Abi Sa'id
Ibn Mammati, with the following title :

Beg.

Ji»- U c all
jo U ... \j>-\

It may be seen from the above that the

T T

346

HISTORY.

work was written under al-Malik al-'Aziz,
son of Saladin, who reigned in Egypt A.H.
589 — 595. The author, whose full name is
Abu '1-Makarim As'ad B. al-Khafir Abi Sa'Id
Muhaddib B. Mina, called Ibn Mammati, was
placed by Saladin at the head of the Divan
of Egypt. He is also well known as a poet,
and died in Halab, A.H. 606, at the age of
sixty-two. See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. i., p. 192 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 52, fol. 227; and Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 295.

The contents of the work have been
stated by Hammer, Sitzungsberichte der K.
Akademie, vol. xv., p. 5. See also Wiisten-
feld, Calcaschandi's Geographic, pp. 35, 148,
and Heerwesen der Muhammadaner, p. 1 ;
the Paris Catalogue, no. 2962, 3; and Pertsch,
nos. 47 and 1892.

The work has been printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1299. See the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., p. 176.

The MS. agrees with that edition, and,
like it, concludes abruptly with the words :

It was transcribed, as stated by the
copyist on the title-page, from a MS. in the
library of 'Ali Beg Fehmi, son of the late
Rifa'ah Beg Rafi'.

A table of the contents of the ten Babs
into which the work is divided occupies
three pages at the beginning.

554.

Or. 1537.— Foil. 150; 8± in. by 6 ; 23 or

24 lines, 4J in. long ; written in cursive,
scholarlike, and imperfectly pointed, Neskhi ;
dated Jerusalem, 9 Dulka'dah, A.H. 734
(A.D. 1334). [Sm HENET 0. RAWLINSON.]

An abridgment of the Kitab al-Raudatain
of Abu Shamah, with additions by Khalil
B. Kaikaldi al-'Ala'i ; in the handwriting
of the latter.

The following title is written on the first
page by the same hand as the text:
*>.jj£\

From the above it appears that the abridg-
ment is due to Abu Shamah himself, and that
Khalil Ibn al-'Ala'i, in transcribing it (which
he did from the author's autograph MS.),
made some additions borrowed from the
original work and from other sources. This
is confirmed by the following preamble :

*a3£*"

J

Then comes the following preface of Abu
Shamah to his abridgment : ^ «U J^Ji J\S
soli- .*- i}6 **^«j w'V^j J^1" J^

AYYUBIDES.

347

The Kitab al-Raudatain, sometimes, but
improperly, called Azhar al-Raudatain, com-
prises the reigns of Nur al-Din and Salah
al-Dln, and ends with the death of the latter,
A.H. 589. It has been printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1287, and again, A.H. 1292. The
author, Shihab al-Dln 'Abd al- Rahman
B. Isma'Il B. Ibrahim al-Makdisi, called
Abu Shamah, died 19 Ramadan, A.H. 665.
See, for his life, Fawat al-Wafayat, vol. i.,
p. 322 ; Tabakat al-Subki, Add. 23,361,
fol. 1956 ; Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber,
no. 349 ; Quatremere, Histoire des Sultans
Mamlouks, vol. i., part 2, p. 46, note 54;
and Recueil des Historiens des Croisades,
vol. i., preface, p. 43. For MSS., see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. .153 ; the Leyden Cata-
logue, no. 819 ; Aumer, no. 404 ; the Copen-
hagen Catalogue, nos. 154 — 156 ; the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 1700-1 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 64.

The present compendium covers the same
ground as the original work, and concludes,
like it, with a notice of al-Kadl al-Fadil.

The colophon is as follows : u

Salah al-Dln Abu Sa'id Khalil B. Kaikaldi
al-'Ala'i, whose autograph draft we have
here, was an eminent traditionist, who
taught in the Salahiyyah of Jerusalem. He
was born A.H. 694, and died in Jerusalem

in Muharram, A.H. 7C1. See al-Durar al-
Kaminah, Or. 3043, fol. 1206 ; Tabakat al-
Subki, Add. 7356, fol. 116 ; and Tabakat
al-Huffaz, cl. xxii., no. 2.

His life, extracted from the last-named
work, is written by a later hand at the end

of the MS.

On the fly-leaf : " Purchased for H. Raw-
linson, Baghdad, Feb. 10, 1847."

555.

Or. 15.38.— Foil. 129 ; 6f in. by 5; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in large and bold
Neskhi, apparently in the 14th century.

[Sis HENEY C. RAWLINSON.]

Continuation of the Kitab al-Raudatain,
by its author, Abu Shamah.

On the first page is written, by the same
hand as the text, the following title :

Beg.

The author remarks in the preamble that
the perusal of chronicles teaches a serious
lesson, inasmuch as the record of the
worthies who pass away with every year
is apt to detach thoughtful men from this
world, and to inspire them with a longing for
the next. Having brought down the Kitab
al-Raudatain to the year in which Salah
al-Din died, i.e., A.H. 589, he resolved to
compile a history of subsequent events,
bringing it as far down as his own life
should reach. He began with A.H. 590,
and gave to the work the following title :

Y Y 2

348

HISTORY.

This continuation is a chronicle arranged
year by year, and dealing less with political
history than with obituary notices of learned
and eminent men. The work most frequently
quoted istheMir'at al-Zaman of Abul-Muzaffar
Sibt Ibn al-Jauzi (no. 465). This continua-
tion is noticed by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 347,
as r-HJuJj^ (J6 i_k^- SeeHoutsma, no. 203.

Copies are mentioned in the Copenhagen
Catalogue, no. 156, in Sprenger's Bibliotheca,
no. 53, and in the Recueil des Historiens des
Croisades, Introduction, p. 61, notes.

The present volume is the first, and com-
prises A.H. 590 — 615 ; but the last year is
imperfect, the MS. breaking off, fol. 119,
after the first ten lines of that year.

Foil. 120 — 128, containing notices of Ibn
al-Jauzi and al-'Imad al-Isfahani, belong to
A.H. 597, and should come after fol. 20.

On the title-page is written, in an almost
undecipherable hand, a note stating that the
writer had received a licence to teach this
and other works of Abu Shamah from some
Shaikhs who had read them with Kadi'l-
Kudat Badr al-Din Huh. B. Ibrahim B.
Sa'd Allah Ibn Jama'ah, who had them from
the author. It reads as follows : S

Ibn Jama'ah died A.H. 733 ; v. Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 767a, ad p. 115.

556.

Or. 1539.— Foil. 158; uniform with the
preceding, and partly written by the same
hand. The latter half, foil. 68—158, is in
a more cursive and imperfectly pointed cha-
racter. [SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The second volume of the same work,
comprising A.H. 616 — 665, with the title:

The first nine years, A.H. 616 — 624, form
part of the first of the two volumes of which
the original consisted. Abu Shamah's second
volume, comprising A.H. 625 — 665, begins,
fol. 496, with a preface partly identical with
that of the first volume.

The author says that in this second volume
he starts from the year in which al-Malik
al-Mu'azzam 'Isa died, i.e., A.H. 624. He
adds that he had been a witness of subsequent
events, and that it was in that year that he
bethought himself of chronicling them. But
he first gives the lives of two great legists
who died A.H/ 620, viz., Fakhr al-Dm 'Abd
al-Rahman B. Muh. Ibn 'Asakir, Shaikh of
the Shafi'is, and Muwaffik al-Din 'Abdallah B.
Ahmad IbnKudamah, Shaikh of the Hanbalis,
as well as some supplementary notices re-
lating to A.H. 621—23.

The chronicle proper begins with A.H. 624,
fol. 516, and ends with A.H. 665, the very
year in which the author died. The last

AYYUBIDES.

349

events related are the digging of the moat
of Safad ; a surprise of the Franks before
'Akka by Sultan al-Zahir Baibars, in Rajab ;
the death of Taj al-Dln <Abd al-Wahhab Ibn
Bint al-A'azz, Kadi of Cairo, on the 18th of
the same month ; lastly, the deaths of al-
Jamal Muh. B. Ni'mah al-Nabulusi, and of
Bar Malka in Damascus on the 18th of
Sha'ban (a month before the author's death).

The copyist of the latter half of the MS.
signs himself o*^-*^ ^^^ J^f- yl^y* *+^,
and dates 3 Jumada I. ; the numerals of the
year, which follow, are indistinctly written ;
they read, apparently, sA»xA«jj &*~J, A.H. 709.

On the fly-leaf : " The two volumes pur-
chased by me at Baghdad, Dec. 14, 1846.
H. Rawlinson."

557.

Or. 3025.— Foil. 82 ; 9f in. by 7 ; 13 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in elegant Neskhi,
copiously, but not very correctly, vocalized,
with gilt headings and illuminated borders ;
dated the last day of Sha'ban, A.H. 712
(A.D. 1312). [KREMER, no. 23.]

Memoirs of al-Malik al-Nasir Da'ud B.
'Isa B. Abi Bakr, with choice specimens of
his compositions in prose and verse, by one
of his sons.

The subject of the Memoirs, a grandson of
al-Malik al-' Adil, brother of Saladin, was born
A.H. 603, and succeeded his father, al-Malik
al-Mu'azzam 'Isa, A.H. 624, as King of
Damascus. Two years later he was dis-
possessed by al-Malik al-Kamil, and received
al-Karak as a compensation. He took
Jerusalem from the Franks, A.H. 637.
Having been driven from al-Karak, A.H.
647, by the Sultan of Egypt, al-Malik al-
Salih Ayyub, he led for many years a

wandering life. Summoned by the Khalif
al-Musta'sim to help him against the Tartars,
he was preparing to start for Baghdad, when
he was carried off by the plague in Buwaida,
near Damascus, on the 26th of Jumada I.,
A.H. 656. See Shifa al-Kulub, Add. 7311,
foil. 94—97; Mudayyal al-Daulatain, fol.
109 ; and Abulfedae Annales, vol. iv.,
pp. 336, 350, 448, and 500.

From the preface, the beginning of which
is wanting, it appears that the author,
whose name is not given, compiled these
memoirs at the request of his brother, al-
Malikr al-Muzaffar Shihab al-Dln. Six sons
of al-Malik al-Nasir Da'ud are mentioned by
name in the Shifa al-Kulub, fol. 116, namely,
1. Al-Malik al-Auhad Najm al-Dln Yusuf,
who died in Jerusalem, A.H. 698. 2. Al-
Malik al-Muzaffar Shihab al-Dln Ghazi,
above-mentioned, who died in Cairo, A.H.
712 (al-Durar al-Kaminah, fol. 326). 3. 'Isa.

4. Al-Malik al-Zahir Ghiyath al-Dlu Shadi.

5. Hasan. 6. 'Ali. As the first, second,
and fourth are referred to by the author as
his brothers, he must have been one of the
other three. He speaks of himself in one
passage only, fol. lift, to say that he was
present, with his elder brother, al-Malik
al-Muzaffar Shihab al-Dln, at his father's
death.

The work is divided into a Mukaddimah
and two Kisms.

The contents of the MS., which has
several lacunae and transpositions, are as
follows :

Preface, fol. la. Mukaddimah in two
Fasls. Fasl 1. Genealogy of al-Malik al-
Nasir, and origin of the Banu Ayyub,
fol. 16. Fasl 2. Some of his memorable
traits and noble qualities, fol. 86.

Kism I. His- prose compositions, consisting
mainly of letters with headings indicating the
persons to whom, and the occasions on which,

350

HISTORY.

they were written, fol. 14a. (There are gaps
after foil. 22 and 26.)

Kism II. His poetical compositions, ar-
ranged, according to their subjects, in ten
Bubs, fol. 29a. The ten classes are thus

specified, fol. 296 : 1.

n .fl) I J I H « \\M ^

.4U \ \ .-AjAC- \ ./* \\flft yi • 4j. 3i.X'. 0. Ji

. pt5C^^ _J J {- — ~

8. Ol> r»U. 9. ObjiaJl. 10.

Bab 5 and 6 are wanting ; most of the
others are more or less defective, as the
following list will show :

Bab 1, imperfect at the end, fol. 29a.
Bab 2, wanting the beginning, fol. 33a.
Bab 3, fol. 50. Bab 4, imperfect at the end,
foil. 57 'a — 596. Letters in prose (a mis-
placed fragment of Kism I.), foil. 60« — 715.
A fragment of Bab 4, fol. 72. Another
fragment of Kism I., fol. 73. Bab 7, want-
ing the beginning, fol. 74a. Biib 8, fol. 766.
Bab 9, fol. 796. Bab 10, foil. 81a— 82a.

Some of the poetical pieces are preceded
by historical introductions. Several of the
letters of al-Malik al-Nasir are addressed to
his preceptor, Shams al-Dln Abul-Fadl 'Abd
al-Hamid B. 'Isa al-Khusraushahi, whose
death, A.H. 652, is recorded, fol. 59o. (v.
Arabic Catalogue, p. 5946).

The following colophon is written within
an ornamental border : wblis

J,«» ,j ii

Ornamentation strikingly similar to that
of the present MS. is found in the Golden
Goran, Add. 22,406—12, Arabic Catalogue,
p. 536, and is due to .the same artist,
Aidughdi B. 'Abdallah,

History of Egypt.

558.

Or. 1557.— Foil. 87 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
17 Jumada II., A.H. 856 (A.D. 1452).

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A work treating of the history of Egypt,
dedicated, A.H. 757, to al-Malik al-Nasir
Hasan, by Ibn Abi Hajalah al-Tilimsani.

The following illuminated title is in the
same handwriting as the text : ^J^ t-^lii

Shihab al-DTn Ahmad B. Yahya B. Abi
Bakr B. 'Abd al-Wahid al-Tilimsani, called
Ibn Abi Hajalah, was born in the monastery
of his great-grandsire, 'Abd al-Wahid Abu
Hajalah, in Tilimsan, A.H. 725. He spent
most of his life in Damascus and in Cairo,
and became known as an elegant poet, and
as a bitter detractor of Ibn al-Farid, and
opponent of the Sufis. He was appointed
Shaikh of the convent al-Manjakiyyah, and
died in Cairo on the last day of Dulka'dah,
or the first of Dulhijjah, A.H. 776. See
al-Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3043, fol. 616;
Inba al-Ghumr, Add. 7321, fol. 15a; al-
'Aini, Add. 22,360, fol. 92a ; and Wustenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 437.

The Sukkardan has been printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1288. For other copies see the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 156a, 348a, 5626 ; the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. i., p. 292 ; Pertsch, no. 1658 ;
and the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1709 — 1718.

Copyist : J

EGYPT.

851

On the fly-leaf : " MS. clean and tolerably
correct, purchased by me at Baghdad,
June 1, 1848. H. Rawlinson."

559.

Or. 3026.— Foil. 129 ; 8 in. by 5| ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in small, neat, and
partly vocalized, Neskhi, with red-ruled
margins, apparently in the 16th century.

[KREMER, no. 24.]

I. Foil. 1— lllb.

A work in praise of the Sultan of Egypt,
al-Malik al-Zahir Jakmak, with a history of
his early life, and of the beginning of his
reign ; by Ibn 'Arabshah, the historian of
Timur.

(Coran, Ixi. 13).

Shihab al-Din Abu '1- 'Abbas Ahmad B.
Muh. B. 'Abdallah B. Ibrahim al-Dimashki
al-Hanafi, called Ibn 'Arabshah, was born
in Damascus, A.H. 791, and was carried off
as a boy by Timur to Samarkand. After a
wandering life spent in Tartary, Crimea,
Turkey, and Damascus, he settled in Cairo,
A.H. 840, where he died on the 15th of
Eajab, A.H. 854. See Ibn Taghri Birdi, who
was personally acquainted with him, Add.
23,294, fol. 65a ; Freytag, preface to
" Fructus Imperatorum," pp. 25 — 33 ; S. de
Sacy, Journal des Savants, 1835, p. 604;
and Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 488.

The author's name does not appear in the
text, but it is written, by the hand of the
copyist, within a gilt circle on the title-page,
as follows : o
^i^ «JJ\ t^-j
His identity is moreover fully established

by a passage of the preface, fol. 56, in which
the author refers to his former work, the
history of Timur, entitled J jj^ni^ v-*?.^
jy>£ t_^.V» an^ savs that, after witnessing
the just and prosperous rule of al-Malik
al-Zahir, he found that he could not make
better amends for having devoted a book to
the history of that overbearing tyrant than
by writing a record of the reign and of the
virtues of the present sovereign. In another
passage, fol. 216, he says that he had visited
the Courts of the greatest sovereigns of his
age, and had been in the service of most of
them-, namely, in the land of Jaghatai, Khitii,
India, Persia, Delhi, Kipchak, and Rum.
In a third place, fol. 66, he refers to his
visiting, in Serai, A.H. 814, the Court of
Jalal al-Din Khan B. Tuktamish Khan, and
he repeats what he heard the King relate of
the ruthless devastations perpetrated by
Timur.

The date of composition is not explicitly
stated; but it may be brought within narrow
limits. In one passage, fol. 6b, the author
speaks of the reign of Jakmak (who was
proclaimed on the 14th of Rabi' L, A.H. 842)
as having lasted up to the present time less
than two years. In another, fol. 736, he
says that he had obtained access to His
Majesty's presence about thirty days previous
to the time of writing, namely, in the months
of Rajab and Sba'ban, A.H. 843. The work
must therefore have been composed towards
the end of the last-named year.

The preface begins with a disquisition on
man considered as a microcosm, on his mental
and moral faculties, and on kings as being
necessary to mankind. It concludes with a
panegyric on the wise rule of al-Malik al-
Zahir and on his exertions against the enemies
of the true faith. Then comes a sketch of
his early life, fol. 8a, from his first training
to arms, A.H. 795 or 796, to his appointment

352

HISTORY.

as commander-in-chief,j$X-*J\cib\3\, A.H. 841.
This section includes a notice of 'Alii al-DIn
Muh. B. Muh. al-Bukhari, a disciple of Sa'd
al-DIn al-Taftazani, whom the author calls
his Shaikh, and who was also the spiritual
guide of al-Malik al-Zahir. He died on the
2nd of Ramadan, A.H. 841, as stated fol. lla
(or on the 23rd of the same month, according
to Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 335a).

The body of the work consists of two dis-
tinct parts. The first is a treatise on morals
and politics for the special use of kings. It
treats in separate chapters (Jv^i) of the fol-
lowing subjects: The human soul, fol. 13d ;
its praiseworthy qualities, fol. 166 ; know-
ledge, fol. 23a ; humility, fol. 296 ; clemency,
fol. 34a ; gratitude, fol. 396 ; liberality, fol.
42a ; foresight, fol. 54a ; trust in God,
fol. 615; justice, fol. 65a; ministers as the
necessary props of the state, fol. 746 ; moral
maxims, fol. 826.

In most of the above sections the moral
quality in question is illustrated by sacred
texts and by examples taken from various
works, especially from theJami' al-Hikayat ;
lastly, the author shows, by some trait of
his hero's life, that he was a very paragon
of the virtue under consideration.

The second part, <jli)\ >£-, foil. 84—1115,
is historical. It is a minute and circum-
stantial chronicle of those events which took
place in Egypt and Syria immediately before
and after the accession of al-Malik al-Zahir.
It begins with the dispositions taken by
al-Malik al-Ashraf Barsabai, shortly before
his death, 13 Dulhijjah, A.H. 841, with a
view to insure the succession of his son. It
concludes with the arrest of that prince,
al-Malik al-'Aziz, when wandering in dis-
guise through the streets of Cairo, at the
end of Shawwal, A.H. 842 (26 Shawwal;
v. Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 3406). But in the
course of the narrative reference is frequently

made to occurrences of the subsequent year,
A.H. 843.

The work is not mentioned in the biogra-
phies of Ibn 'Arabshah, nor is any other
copy known.

II. Foil. 1116—1295. Extracts from the
chronicle of al-Makrlzi for A.H. 841 — 844,
continued, from another source not named,
to A.H. 856.

The anonymous writer says at the begin-
ning that he transcribed the following notices
from the history of al-Makrizi, in Cairo, at

the beginning of Sha'bau, A.H. 842: c-J&

Under the first two years, A.H. 841-2,
the excerpts agree with the corresponding
entries in al-Suluk, Or. 2902, foil. 194—
2145, with some degree of condensation.
Under the next following years, A.H. 843 —
856, foil. 1216—1296, there are only short
obituary notices, among which are those of
al-Makrizi, A.H. 845, and of Ibn 'Arabshah,
A.H. 854. They are taken from the Hawa-
dith al-Duhur of Ibn Taghri Birdi ; see
Add. 23,294, foil. 4—88.

In the colophon the copyist, Muh. B.
Jamal al-Dm B. Muh. al-Matbuli al-Ansari,
says that he finished the transcript on the
22nd of Muharram, but does not state the
year.

560.

Or. 3027.— Foil. 227 ; 9J in. by 6|; 19 lines,
3J in. long ; written in large plain Neskhi ;
dated 11 Muharram, A.H. 1278 (A.D. 1861).

[KREMEE, no. 25.]

A transcript of the preceding MS.
Copyist : jiiLJI ,£**•

EGYPT.

353

561.

Or. 3028.— Foil. 96 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 15 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
frequent addition of the vowels, and with
red-ruled margins; dated 5 Sha'ban, A.H.
1039 (A.D. 1630). [KEEMEK, no. 26.]

A life of al-Malik al-Ashraf Kayitbai, with
a history of his predecessors from the time
of Saladin to his accession.

Beg.

There is neither author's name nor any
specific title, the work being only designated
in the text (fol. 16a) as AXS^^ ibj^M i+*-J&\.
But the time of composition is stated with
the utmost precision in a passage, fol. 156,
in which the author says that " this present
day " was the last of Sha'ban, A.H. 877 :

A history of Kayitbai bearing the same
date and noticed by Uri in the Bodleian
Catalogue, p. 175, no. 800, is ascribed by a
later hand to Jalal al-DIn B. Abi Bakr al-
Suyuti. It has, however, a different begin-
ning, namely, 1, J^ ^ liliy CJJU *U

The same authorship has been assigned to
the present work by Dr. Wahrmund, who
published in the " Jahresberichte der k. k.
offentlichen Lehranstalt fur orientalische
Sprachen," Wien, 1883, extracts from our
MS. relating to Barsbai's expeditions against
Rhodes and Cyprus. See Baron von Kremer's
Catalogue of his MSS., no. 26. It must be
observed, however, that no such work appears
in the very full list drawn up by Suyuti him-
self of his own writings. Besides, the minute
accounts contained in the present work of
the Amirs engaged in every expedition, and

of the moneys spent on the army, are hardly
likely to have proceeded from the pen of the
youthful professor (Suyuti was then only
eight and twenty), fully engrossed at that
time by the study of sacred tradition and
law.

The life of Kayitbai, which forms the first
part of the work, is more a panegyric than a
biography. Beginning with a collection of
texts from the Goran and Hadith relating to
justice, the author says that, noticing how
highly al-Malik al-Ashraf was endowed with
that virtue, he determined to write the present
biography describing his noble qualities and
goodly deeds, and to add to it a record of the
Sultan's predecessors, from the time of Salah
al-DIn Yusuf B. Ayyub to his accession,
concluding with a few prayers handed down
by tradition from the mouth of the Prophet.

The early life of Kayitbai is dealt with in
a few lines, fol. 4a. The narrative begins
with his accession, on the 6th of Rajab,
A.H. 872, and the expeditions sent against
Shahsuwar in the same and the following
year, and subsequently against Hasan Beg
B. Karailik. (This last set out from Egypt in
the month of Rajab, A.H. 877.) The author
prays in conclusion for the successful issue
of that last expedition. This is followed,
fol. 146, by an account of the sacred buildings
restored, and of the works of public utility
erected, by Kayitbai, and, fol. 146, of the
sums spent by him in charities and upon the
army.

The historical retrospect, which occupies
the main part of the volume, foil. 16 — 96,
becomes fuller from the reign of Barkuk to
the author's time, and deals especially in
great detail with the military operations in
the reign of Barsbai. It comprises the
following dynasties : the Ayyubis, from
Salah al-DIn Yusuf to Shajar al-Durr, fol.
16a; the Turkish Sultans, from al-Malik
z z

354

HISTORY.

al-Mu'izz Aibek to al-Malik al-Salih Haji,
fol. 20#; the Circassians, from al-Malik al-
Zahir Barkuk to the accession of Kayitbai,
foil. 316—946.

The Khatimah contains prayers handed
down by tradition, i^ylU &£'J3\, foil. 95o. —
966.

The following title is written by a later
hand on the first page:

A transcript of the present MS., dated
A.H. 1291, is noticed, also without author's
name, in the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 23.

562.

Or. 3029.— Foil. 69 ; 9J in. by 6J ; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated 9 Rajab,
A.H. 1295 (A.D. 1878). [KREMER, no. 27.]

The same work, transcribed, as stated at
the end, from a MS. in the Khedivial Library,
dated A.H. 1039. It agrees verbatim with
the preceding copy.

563.

Or. 1285.— Foil. 74 ; 8 in. by 5 ; 24 lines,
2f in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi; dated end of Dulka'dah, A.H.
(for 1043 = A.D. 1643).

(fol. 8a)

A historical and descriptive account of
Egypt and Cairo, by Ibn Zahir.

Beg.

The author's name, which is not found in
the text, appears in the following title pre-

fixed by the hand of the copyist :

The author is also called j^a ^\ in the
Persian Catalogue of the Asiatic Society of
Calcutta, p. 43 ; while in other copies
(Gotha, nos. 1629, 1586) that name is
changed to Sjj^k ^\, probably owing to a
confusion with Ahmad B. Zuhairah al-Makki,
Kadi of Mecca, who died A.H. 792 (see al-
Durar al-Kaminah, fol. 26). In another
Gotha MS., which appears to be the author's
autograph draft, no. 1628, he calls himself
Muhammad Abu Hamid al-Kudsi al-Misri
al-Shafi'i, and a notice quoted from Ibn
Ayas states that he was born A.H. 820, and
died A.H. 888. The two names probably
apply to the same person, Ibn Zahir being
the patronymic of Abu Hamid. Other copies
noticed by Stewart, p. 1876 ; Loth, no. 718 ;
and in the Paris Catalogue, no. 1767, are
anonymous.

What the writer says of himself, fol. 3a,
is that he was born and grew up near Jeru-
salem, but that his family came from Egypt.
He was still in Jerusalem, A.H. 843, when
he heard his master, 'Izz al-Din al-Kudsi,
Shaikh of al-Salihiyyah, speaking of the past
splendour of Cairo (fol. 636. 'Izz al-Din
'Abd al-Salam al-Sa'di al-Makdisi was Mu-
darris of al-Salihiyyah from A.H. 840 to
to his death, A.H. 850 ; Tins al-Jalil, p. 458).
But he subsequently settled in Cairo, where
he wrote the present work. He quotes as
his masters Ibn Hajar and, more frequently,
Taki al-Din al-Makrizi ; and in one passage,
fol. 366, he says that he transcribed portions
of the latter' s Khitat from the original draft
of the author.

In an abridged version of Ibn Ayas's
chronicle, Add. 18,515, fol. 220a, Abu
Hamid al-Makdisi is mentioned among

EGYPT.

355

those who died during the reign of Ka-
yitbai (A.H. 872—901), and is described as
a man of learning and the author of several
works (v. Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 616).

In the alleged autograph copy, Gotha,
no. 1628, the work is said to have been
written A.H. 861. The present MS. con-
tains a later recension, in which the author
speaks of al-Malik al-Ashraf Kajitbai, who
was proclaimed A.H. 872, as the reigning
Sultan, fol. 156. The historical sketch,
brought down by the author to that reign,
has been continued by another hand to
al-Malik al-Ashraf Kanisauh al-Ghauri.

Contents : Brief history of Egypt, from
the earliest period to the author's time,
fol. 36 ; districts and provincial towns,
fol. 16a; traditions relating to Egypt's
excellence, fol. 216; prophets, philosophers,
kings, and learned men who were born in
Egypt, fol. 24a ; Muslim conquest, fol. 276 ;
fortresses, mosques, and sanctuaries, fol. 296 ;
descriptions of Egypt by learned men, fol. 326 ;
revenue of Egypt, before and after the con-
quest, fol. 366 ; peculiar products of nature
and art, fol. 406 ; wonders and curiosities,
fol. 48a ; description of al-Kahirah, fol. 60a ;
glories and privileges of Egypt (JA* ^U")
set forth under thirty headings, fol. 62a ;
Khatimah, select pieces in prose and verse
descriptive of Egypt and its beauties, foil.
70a— 746.

564.

Or. 4216.— Foil. 254 ; 10^ in. by 7 ; 25 lines,
4 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with
occasional vowels and red-ruled margins ;
dated Tuesday, 28 Jumada I., A.H. 1006
(A.D. 1597). ' [LASS.]

The well-known work of Jalal al-Dm al-
Suyuti on the history of Egypt.

Copyist :

The work has been lithographed in Cairo
about A.D. 1860, and printed there A.H. 1299.
For MSS., see the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 157,
571, 681 ; Pertsch, no. 1630 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, nos.l 794— 1807; the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 43 ; &c.

565.

Or. 3031.— Foil. 46 ; 8f in. by 6£; 23 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
12 RabI' II., A.H. 1156 (A.D. 1743).

[KEEMEE, no. 30.J

History of the conquest of Egypt by
Sultan Selim I., by Ahmad B. Zanbal al-
Mahalli al-Rammal, who died after A.H. 961
(see the Turkish Catalogue, p. 59, and
Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 523).

The MS. is imperfect at the beginning.
The first lines are : iJLf ^ Jk\ ^3 _^)\j ^1\

Ui JjAJ,
^ \jLUlj

U

The passage relates to one of the first
encounters of the invading army with the
troops of Sultan Tuman Bai on the Nile,
and the first page is taken up by a descrip-
tion of the single combat of the Amir Kait
al-Rahbi (see Or. 2811, fol. 356) with Kan-
bardi al-Ghazali. The work is designated
at the end, fol. 33a, as follows :

The author's name appears in the text,
fol. 96 : J*ij ^ <u^ £^.>*j £jW Utf JSUJ\ Jli
Jl^M (J^* • The work, however, is not the
original plain narrative of Ibn Zanbal, but
rather an amplification of it in the popular
heroic style of Sirat 'Antar and similar
romances. It concludes, like the original
zz 2

356

HISTORY.

work, with a short enumeration of the Turkish
governors of Egypt, the last of whom, 'Ali
Pasha al-Tawashi, who was in command from
A.H. 956 'to 961 (see 'Abd ul-Kerim, Add.
7878, fol. 9a), is spoken of as dead.

Copies are mentioned in the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., pp. 21, 23, under the titles
\S and <!

The latter part of the MS., foil. 33a— 466,
contains a continuation, partly borrowed from
the history of Mar'i al-Hanbali (the work en-
titled mjWtJt, Uiil y*^ Jj ^ yijkUM &J ;
see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 5606, and Wiisten-
feld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 555). It is in-

troduced as follows : g-i}\ ifi> U> d$& jar* J

y-

The continuation contains : a short chrono-
logical list of fifteen governors of Egypt in
the reign of Sulaiman ; an account of public
works executed by the same Sultan in Egypt
and in Mecca, and a sketch of Sulaiman' s suc-
cessors down to the accession of Murad IV.,
A.H. 1033, with an enumeration of the
governors sent by each of them to Egypt.
The last of these is Bairam Pasha, who
entered Cairo A.H. 1035, and remained two
years and six months in office.

This is followed by a Khatimah, fol. 405,
containing Hadiths and maxims relating to
the duties of kings and men in power towards
their subjects.

Copyist : ijj d\ Ju* ^ ^^ua*

566.

Or. 2811.— Foil. 113 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 19 lines,
5f in. long ; written in the large and stiff
Neskhi peculiar to Christian scribes, probably

in the 17th century, and paginated with Coptic
figures. [GHANDOUR BEY.]

I. Foil. 25 — 88a. Another recension of the
preceding work, with the following heading :

£.

3\ > J^^

Beg. jj&\ JL» ,JA

The narrative begins with the departure
of al-Ghauri from Cairo, and his encounter
with Sultan Selim at Marj Dabik, on Satur-
day, the 16th of RabI' II., A.H. 922, and with
an enumeration of the former's Amirs. The
only division of the text results from the
frequent occurrence of the rubric ^£5!^ J£
at the beginning of paragraphs. The work
concludes, as in the preceding MS., with the
death of 'Ali Pasha al-Tawashi. Although
written, like the latter copy, in popular style,
it represents a shorter and different recension
of Ibn Zanbal's history.

II.

Foil. 886— 1136. yp j\j*d\

The alleorical work of 'Izz

) ,j

al-Dln 'Abd al-Salam B. Ahmad B. Ghanim
al-Makdisi (died A.H. 678).

The work has been edited, with a French
translation, by 'Garcin de Tassy, Paris, 1821.
It has been printed in Cairo, A.H. 1275,
1280, 1307 (Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 295). See the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 340a,
6946 ; Pertsch, no. 2693 ; the Leyden Cata-
logue, no. 415 ; &c.

This copy wants the last page. It ends
abruptly with these words : i_J\kN
(Garcin's edition, p. \\Y, line 2).

EGYPT.

357

On the fly-leaf is the name and seal of the
late owner, jj^f- &J*>\ with the date A.H.
1286.

567.

Or. 4582.— Foil. 249; 8 in. by 5£ ; 17 lines,
2f in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 17th century.

A compendious history of Egypt from the
earliest times to A.H. 1032.

This copy wants the beginning of the
preface and the author's name. The latter
is Muhammad B. 'Abd al-Mu'ti al-Ishaki al-
Manufi. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 5716,
where the headings of the chapters are
given.

The work has been printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1276, 1296, 1300 and 1303. For other
copies see the Leyden Catalogue, no. 2620 ;
Pertsch, no. 1633 ; Rosen, Institut, no. 56 ;
the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1839 — 51, &c.

It is stated at the end of the present MS.
that the author completed the clean copy at
the end of Dulhijjah, A.H. 1032.

On the fly-leaf: " Bought at Mocha, 1805.
Mount Norris."

568.

Or. 3030.— Foil. 30 ; 8£ in. by 5f ; 13 lines,
2f in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with
'Unwan and red-ruled margins ; dated 21
Dulhijjah, A.H. 1258 (A.D. 1842).

[KEEMEB, no. 28.]

A tract on the alleged descent of the
Circassian kings of Egypt from the tribe of
SLuraish.

Beg.

The following title is written, by the
same hand as the text, on the fly-leaf :

The author, who does not give his name,
composed it, as he states in the preface, at
the request of a Turkish officer in Egypt,
Ridwan Beg, described as Amir al-Liwa,
and bearer of the sacred Mahmil. His main
authority was a treatise written for Amir
Rustam, the grandfather of Ridwan Beg, by
Shihab al-Dln Ahmad al-Safadi, who, as we
learn further on, fol. 27, was Imam of a
mosque in Akshahr, and died A.H. 980.

The work is divided into a Mukaddimah,
seven chapters (Fasl), treating of the
patriarchs from Adam to Isma'il and of the
origin and dispersion of the tribe of Kuraish,
and, lastly, a Khatimah, which is the most
important part of the work, and occupies
the latter half of the volume.

It treats of the Kuraishites who went to
Rum in the time of Heraclius and Constan-
tine, and of those who subsequently returned
to the lands of Islam, including al-Malik al-
Zahir Barkuk B. Anas, who founded the
Circassian dynasty, A.H. 784, and his suc-
cessors down to their overthrow, A.H. 923.

Amir Rustam was a descendant in the
fifth generation of al-Malik al-'Aziz Yusuf,
who succeeded his father, Barsabai, A.H. 842.
His genealogy is given, fol. 26a, as follows :

He was thirteen years old at the time of
the Turkish conquest. Having fled to the

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HISTORY.

land of the Circassians, he settled in a town
called Basna, where he lived down to the
time of Selim II. His grandson, Ridwan
Beg B. Jan Beg 'Aziz B. Rustam, for whom
the present work was written, must have
lived in the first half of the eleventh century
of the Hijrah.

The work has been printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1287. See the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 115, and Houtsma, Brill's Cata-
logue, 1889, no. 186.

569-70.

Or. 1073-4— Two volumes of foil. 156 and
144; 13f in. by 9 ; 13 lines, 5| in. long;
written by the same hand in large Neskhi,
early in the 19th century, and forming a
continuous text with consecutive pagination.

[CAUSSIN DE PERCEVAL.]

Chronicle of daily occurrences in Cairo
from A.H. 1099 to 1169, by the Amir
Ahmad Katkhuda al-Damurdashi 'Azban.

Beg. (-

The title of the work and the author's
name are found in the following inscription,
written on the first page by the same hand

as the text : <

The author sets forth in a short preamble
the origin of the work. He had been applied
to by a friend for information about the
transactions that took place in Cairo between
the Sanjaks, the Aghas, and the commanders
of the seven Ujaks, from the time of the
deposition of Sultan Muhammad, and of the

accession of his brother, Sulaiman Khan,
down to the time of the reigning Sultan
(Mahmud I.), A.H. 1168, and about what
happened under the Pashas sent to Egypt
by the Porte from A.H. 1099 downwards:

!\ ^U-

The main part of the work was written
during the reign of Sultan Mahmud, who is
referred to as the reigning sovereign as far
down as Or. 1074, fol. 108a. His death,
however, on the 20th of Safar, A.H. 1168,
is recorded further on, fol. 134a, and the
chronicle is brought down to the next
following year. It concludes with the in-
stallation of the new governor, Ibn al-Haklra
'Ali Pasha (on the 1st of Jumada I., A.H.
1169; Jabarti, vol. i., p. 189), and with the
subsequent convocation of the Diwan.

The narrative, which runs on from begin-
ning to end without any division, is chiefly
taken up with minute descriptions of the
ceremonial observed at the installation of the
Pashas who succeeded each other at frequent
intervals in the government of Egypt, of
the broils in which the Sanjaks, Aghas, and
other officials were constantly involved, and
of other disturbances in the streets of Cairo.
One of the last events chronicled, Or. 1074,
fol. 138a, is the appointment of Husain Beg,
Nazir of the Jami' Azbak, as Amir al-Hajj,
A.H. 1168. At the scattering of silver coins
among the people, which took place on that
occasion, the author was caught by a rush of
the crowd, trampled under foot, and had his
Tarbush torn off his head. This is the

EGYPT.

3.59

author's only reference to himself that we
have been able to discover.

In addition to its historical value as a
contemporary record by an eye-witness of
an obscure period, the work possesses some
linguistic interest. It is written by an
illiterate person in the colloquial language of
modern Egypt. It abounds with such vulgar

forms as ^^ for U, {jy> for ^ (who ?),

yA»-\ for J.U-\, |^^V f°r f& 1/V-j u^if" ^OTj^">
&c., and with innumerable local words and
phrases not found in dictionaries.

M. Caussin de Perceval, for whom the
MS. was written, has collected these new
words and arranged them in alphabetical
order, adding references to the pages of the
MS., and, in some cases, French explanations.
That glossary forms a quire of 20 leaves,
7 in. by 4J, appended to the second volume
of the MS. The following title, by the same
scholar's hand, is prefixed to the first volume :
" Eddorrat el mou^ana fi akhbar el Kinana.
Histoire des Mamlouks de 1'an 1099 a 1'an
1168 de 1'hegire, par 1'Emir Ahmed Demir-
dachi en Arabe. Copie par Mikhail Sabbagh."

The MS., from which the present copy
was taken, had been written in the Jami' of
'Ali Beg, Cairo, by 'Abd al-Kadir al-Hanbali,
and completed in the month of Safar, A.H.
1215, as stated in the colophon transcribed
by Sabbagh.

Copies of the same work, but without
author's name, are noticed by Aumer, Munich
Catalogue, no. 399, and by Pertsch, Gotha
Catalogue, no. 1684. The former refers for
an account of the work to J. J. Marcel,
Histoire de 1'Egypte, p. xxv.

571.

Or. 3032.— Foil. 171 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 27 lines,
4 in. long; written in cursive and rather

indistinct Neskhi; dated 14 Rabi' I., A.H.
1263 (A.D. 1847). [KEEMEB, no. 31.]

(fol. 6a)

Chronicle of Cairo during the French
occupation, from the 10th of Muharram,
A.H. 1213, to the end of Sha'ban, A.H. 121(5
(A.D. 1798—1801), by 'Abd al-Rahman B.
Hasan al-Jabarti al-Hanafi.

The author, born in Cairo (according to
his own statement, 'Aja'ib al-Athar, vol. i.,
p. 203), A.H. 1167, was a member of the
Diwan during the French occupation. He
died in his native city, A.H. 1237. See the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 83 ; the notice
prefixed by Cardin to the " Journal d' Abdur-
rahman Gabarti," Paris, 1838 ; Kremer,
Aegypten, vol. ii., p. 535 ; Lane, Manners
and Customs of the Modern Egyptians,
5th edition, vol. i., p. 273 ; and Dorn,
Memoires de 1'Academie Imperiale, 7e Serie,
tome ix., pp. 72 — 74. Al-Jabarti gives a
full account of his family in the notice
devoted to his father, 'Aja'ib al-Athar, vol. i.,
p. 385—408.

The present work was completed, as
stated in the KMtimah, fol. 171, in the
month of Ramadan, A.H. 1216. It is dedi-
cated to the Grand Wazir, Yusuf Pasha,
who had just occupied Cairo evacuated by
the French, and restored the Turkish rule in
Egypt.

In the preface, after some considerations
upon the past greatness of Egypt, and the
decay which laid it open to foreign invaders,
the author praises the reigning Sultan,
Selim III., and the above-mentioned Grand
Wazir. He says further on that he had

360

HISTORY.

added to the present journal some pieces in
prose and verse, due to his learned friend,
Hasan B. Muhammad al-'Attar. The pre-
face is followed by a Mukaddimah, fol. 6<z,
consisting of a brief retrospect on the past
history of Egypt.

The journal, which forms the main bulk
of the volume, foil. 96 — 1706, has been
translated into French by Cardin, and pub-
lished by T. X. Bianchi, 1838. It has been
subsequently incorporated by the author,
with a few alterations, in his great chronicle
inscribed jb»-^\j f*-]jN <j jWl ^^", which
extends from the beginning of the 12th
century of the Hijrah to the end of A.H.
1236. The latter work has been printed in
four volumes, Bulak, A.H. 1297, and re-
printed in the marginsof the Kamil, A.H.1302.
A French translation by Egyptian scholars is
now in course of publication, Cairo, 1888,
&c., under the title of "Merveilles biogra-
phiques et historiques." In most MSS. the
work concludes with A.H. 1220. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 682S; Rosen, Institut,
no. 60 ; De Slane, Paris Catalogue, nos.
1861—66 ; Preston, Bibl. Burckhardt., p. 6 ;
Houtsma, no. 187 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 83.

The present work agrees in the main
textually with the corresponding portion of
the 'Aja'ib al-Athar, viz., vol. iii., from the
beginning to p. 206. The latter differs
from it by a few omissions, but still
more by additions. Poetical pieces given
t'n extenso in the MS., foil. 69-70, 136, 138,
163, are omitted, or cut down to a few lines,
in the large chronicle. On the other hand,
the latter work has at the end of each year
obituary notices, wanting (with the exception
of those of Murad Bey and a few other
Amirs, foil. 1416 — 150a) in the present MS.
The full report of the trial of Kleber's
assassin, and the author's reflections on

French procedure, pp. 116 — 133, are also
wanting in the MS., as well as many of the
entries in the last months, from Rabi' II. to
Sha'ban, A.H. 1216.

The above-mentioned French version of
Cardin extends to the 10th of Shawwal,
A.H. 1216. It is translated, with some
degree of condensation, not from the present
work, but from the corresponding portion
of the 'Aja'ib al-Athar, viz., vol. iii., pp.
2—208.

Copies of the Mazhar al-Takdis are noticed
in the Bibliotheca Burckardtiana, p. 12,
no. 60, and in the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 153.

A Turkish translation of the work, written
by order of Selim III., A.H. 1222, by
Mustafa Behjet Efendi, was printed in Con-
stantinople, A.H. 1281. See Cardin, I.e.,
p. 4, and Schlechta Vssehrd, Denkschriften
der k. k. Akademie, vol. via'., p. 13.

The present MS., written by Ahmad Rizk,
is stated at the end to be the property of
the author's son Mahfuz :

History of Syria.

572.

Or. 1547.— Foil. 155 ; 6f in. by 4|; 24 lines,
2f in. long ; written in small and fair Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins ; dated 1 Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1116 (A.D. 1704).

[SiE HENEY C. RAWLINSON.]

The well-known account of the Temple
of Jerusalem, by Shams al-Dln Abu 'Abd-

SYRIA.

361

allah Muhammad B. Shihfib al-Dm Abi '1-
'Abbiis Ahmad B. 'AH al-Sanhaii al-Usyuti

. j i/ •

al-Shafi'i. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 1GO.

Beg. *La=^\ ^ Jjlvo LU» t^iM 4ll 1X»U

The name of the author is found in the
following title written on the first page by
the same hand as the text :

411

J-UH

The Nisbah (_5»\^:xa!l is apparently a clerical

error for ^s-l^j^* found in other copies. See
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 176; Uri,
Bodleian Catalogue, no. 823, vol. ii., p. 596 ;
and Rosen, Institut, no. 42. The Amir al-
Saifi Janum, to whom the author is said, in
the above title, to have been attached as
secretary, *Jy>, was transferred, A.H. 874,
from the government of Damascus to that
of Jerusalem, and made his entry into the
latter city in the month of Shawwal, i.e., a
few days after the author, who states in the
preface, fol. 41, that he arrived in Jerusalem
on the 28th of Ramadan of the same year.
See Uns al-Jalil, Add. 9974, fol. 2306, where
the Amir's full name is given, viz., Yusuf
al-Amir al-Jamali, called Ibn Futais, Kha-
zindar Janum.

The present work was compiled, as stated in
the preface, A.H. 875, from two earlier works,
viz., (.ViMj (_^^ X,bj jj\ JjiM^ju* by Shihab
al-Dm Abu Mahmud Ahmad B. Muh. B.
Ibrahim al-Makdisi (v. supra no. 500), and
(_v»j>Hi\ OAJ JSLii (j (_)*>/4l (J°j}\ l>y the Sayyid
Taj al-Dm Abu '1-Nasr 'Abd al-Wahhab B.

Muh. al-Husaini al-Shafi'i al-Dimashki, who is
spoken of as still living, but who died, as stated
by Haj. Khal., in the same year, A.H. 875 ;
see vol. iii., p. 493.

Steinschneider has pointed out the identity
of the author with Shams al-Dln Muh. B.
Ahmad B. 'Ali al-Suyuti al-Shafi'i, who was
born, as stated by al-Sakhitwi in the I)au,
A.H. 810, and wrote a formulary of legal
documents under the title ajSuN^fc^*. (Haj.
Khal., vol. ii., p. 644). See Polemische und
apologetische Literatur, pp. 169 — 176.

Some notices of the author's life will be

•

found in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 570, note c;
in Wiistenfeld's Geschichtschreiber, no. 496 ;
and in the introduction to some extracts from
the present work edited and translated by
Guy Le Strange, Journal of the R. Asiatic
Society, 1887, pp. 247—305. For other
copies, see Pertseh, no. 1718 ; the Paris
Catalogue, no. 2255 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 3.

Copyist : Ji

573.

Or. 1546.— Foil. 254 ; 8-J- in. by 6£ ; 25 lines,
3f in. long ; written partly in Neskhi, partly
in Nestalik, with 'Unwan and gold-ruled
margins; dated 25 Rajab, A.H. 1144 (A.D.
1731). [SiR HENEY C. EAWLINSON.]

A history of Jerusalem and Hebron,
brought down to the end of A.H. 900, by
Mujir al-Dm al-'Ulaimi. See above, no. 488. •

The work has been printed in two volumes,
Cairo, A.H. 1283. A French translation of
some select portions has been published by
Henry Sauvaire, Paris, 1886. For MS. copies,
see the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 161, 571 ; the
3 A

362

HISTORY.

Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 175-6 ; Pertsch,
no. 1716 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1671 — 82 ;
Rosen, Institut, no. 45 ; and Steinschneider,
Polemische Literatur, p. 177.

An appendix to this copy contains the
following pieces : 1. A eulogy on the work
by the Shaikh al-Islam Kamal al-Din Abu '1-
Ma'ali Muh. B. Muh. B. Abi Sharif, to whom
it is stated to have been submitted for re-
vision, A.H. 902. 2. A record of the latter's
death on the eve of the 15th of Jumada I.,
A.H. 906. 3. Two eulogies on the work by
other scholars. 4. A notice of the author's
death, which took place on the 3rd of Rajab,
A.H. 927. A similar appendix is noticed
by Baron Rosen in the MS. of the Institut, I.e.

A modern table of contents occupies six
pages at the beginning.

On the first page is written : " Purchased
by me at Baghdad. Good copy. Dec. 20,
1845. H. Rawlinson."

574.

Or. 3033.— Foil. 107 ; 8 in. by 6|; 17 lines,
3J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, in the
19th century. [KREMER, no. 32.]

History of Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar and
of some events which followed his death,
from A.H. 1219 to A.H. 1225, by a Syrian
Christian, whose name does not appear.

Beg. lib

The date A.H. 1225 in the following
colophon relates to the composition of the
work : u\£ U ^ trro »i«, Jv Jj fcJ3>\ U* ojj

Jj\ fcjltf JJO

The date of transcription, which was
written lower down, has been blotted out.

For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 4366 ; Aumer, Munich Catalogue, no. 428 ;
and the Paris Catalogue, no. 2166.

The Holy Cities.

575.

Or. 3034.— Foil. 118 ; 6£ in. by 5 ; from 18
to 19 lines, 3f in. long ; written in small,
neat, and flowing Neskhi, with frequent
addition of vowels, apparently in the 15th
century. [KREMER, no. 33.]

An account of the holy places of Mecca
and Medina, partly based upon the work of
al-Azraki, by Sa'd al-Din Sa'd-allah B. 'Umar
B. Muh. al-Isfara'ini.

Beg.

The name and titles of the author are
written at the beginning, after the above title,

as follows : i_JW\

[sic] ^

In the preface, an extract from which has
been given by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 534,
the author describes the work as follows :

AJJ &&#j (J1-*-* <&

He extracted it from the history of Mecca,
^> XjlJ, compiled by Abu'l-Walld Muh. B.

THE HOLY CITIES.

363

'Abdallah B. Abi'l-Walid Ahmad B. Muh.
B. al-Walid al-Ghassani al-Azraki al-Shafi'i
al-Makki, after he had heard the whole of
that work read before the Kadi Abu '1-Yumn
Muh. B. Ahmad B. Kasim al-Kurashi al-
'Umari al-Shafi'i al-Makki al-Harazi. That
reading, which took place in the holy sanc-
tuary, i-Ji^lM gU, was completed on the 13th
of Safar, A.H. 702. The author added some
Hadiths relating to the merits and rewards
attached to the performanceof the pilgrimages
(Hajj and 'Umrah), and an appendix treating
of the sanctity of Medina and of the pil-
grimage to the Prophet's tomb, with some
historical notices.

Al-Azraki, author of the original work,
&£cjUi.1, published by Wiistenfeld, Leipzig,
1858, died A.H. 244. See the preface,
pp. viii. — xiii., and, for copies, ib., p. xix.,
and Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 1705.

The author's teacher, Taki al-Din Muh. B.
Ahmad al-Harazi, Kadi and Khatlb of Mecca,
was born A.H. 706, and died A.H. 765. See
al-Durar al-Kamiuah, Or. 3044, fol. 566.

The Zubdat al-A'mal departs too widely
from Azraki's work to be called an abridgment
of it. The historical matter of the original
work is cut down to a minimum, while the
main part of the volume is taken up by
legends relating to the holy places and
traditions respecting the efficacy of the rites
performed in the same. The author betrays
a marked leaning to Sufism, and dwells at
length, foil. 386 — 43a, on the recondite, or
spiritual, import of the rites of the pil-
grimage, J^j\f*\J* <j- His longest chapter,

foil. 43« — 595, is devoted to anecdotes re-
lating to visits paid to Mecca by holy Sufis
and to their miracles and supernatural mani-
festations.

The work is divided into two Babs. The
first, relating to the Ka'bah, consists of 54

Fasls. The second treats of Medina in 25
Fasls. The contents are stated in full at
the end of the preface, foil. 2b — 46 ; but the
order of the chapters of Bab I. has been
considerably altered in the body of the
volume. Bab II. is imperfect at the end,
breaking off in the course of the 12th Fasl.
The subjects of the extant chapters are as
follows : 1. Genealogy of Muhammad, and
of the four legitimate Khalifs, fol. 102rt.
2. Names of Medina, and excellence of its
inhabitants, fol. 1046. 3. Sanctity of Medina,
fol. 1076. 4. The taking of Medina, fol. 109a.
5. Death of the Prophet, fol. 1096. 6. Merits
attached to a stay in Medina, fol. 112«.
7 — 12. Sanctity of the mosque of the Prophet,
of al-Raudah and of the pulpit ; of tlu-
tomb of the Prophet ; of the pillar called al-
Mukhallafah ; of the pillar of penitence,

«jj3! ii^uJ ; and rites to be observed in

visiting the tomb of the Prophet, foil.
1126—1186.

The latest notice in the work relates to a
covering of the Ka'bah given by al-Ashraf,
Sultan of Egypt (Sha'ban, A.H. 764—777),
and bearing the date A.H. 769 (wrongly
altered in the MS., fol. 63a, to 779).

Two copies of the same work are noticed
in the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1631-32. In
the first of them the author is called Abu'l-
Hasan 'Ali B. Nasir al-Makki al-Shafi'i al-
Ash'ari.

576.

Or. 3615.— Foil. Ill ; 7 in. by 5J; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in large and bold Neskhi,
with occasional vowels ; apparently in the
15th century. [G. C. EENOUAED.]

A descriptive and historical account of
Medina, by Zain al-Din Abu Bakr B. al-

3 A 2

364

HISTORY.

Husain B. 'Umar al-Kurashi al-'Uthmani al-
Misri al-Maraghi al-Madani al-Shafi'i.

Beg.

The author was born in Egypt, A.H. 728
or 729, and studied in Cairo. He subse-
quently took up his abode in Medina, where
he was appointed Kadi and Khatib, A.H. 800,
and where he died on the 16th of Dulhijjah,
A.H. 816. See Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 210a;
Suluk, fol. 176 ; and Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 463. His name, which does
not appear in the text, is given in the pre-

fixed title :

It appears still more fully in a Sama'
dated A.H. 776, transcribed from an earlier
copy at the end, fol. Ilia: <^j\? & **? U

In the preface the author says that the
most complete and accurate work on Medina

was auj^ jV^ (j *i^^ ?j^^ by al-Hafiz
Muhibb al-DIn B. al-Najjar (Abu 'Abdallah
Muh. B. Mahmud, author of a history of
Baghdad, who died A.H. 643 ; see Mir'at al-
Jinan, Or. 1511, fol. 3565; Wiistenfeld,
no. 327 ; and the Paris Catalogue, no. 1630).
A supplement written by Jamal al-DIn al-
Matari (Muh. B. Ahmad B. Khalaf, who
died A.H. 741 ; see al-Durar al-Kaminah,
Or. 3044, fol. 50&, Wiistenfeld, no. 405),
being in some points defective, "he determined

to combine both works into one, leaving out
the Isnads, and making useful additions of
his own. The work was completed, as
stated by the author at the end, on the
12th of Rajab, A.H. 766.

It is divided into a Mukaddimah, four
Babs, and a Khatimah, as follows : Mukad-
dimah. Excellence of Medina ; its names ;
sanctity of its mosque, fol. 36. Bab I.
History of the Hijrah ; description and
history of the mosques in Medina ; in six
Fasls,fol.l26. Babll. Deaths of Muhammad,
of Abu Bakr, and of 'Umar; rites to be
observed in visiting their tombs ; three Fasls,
fol. 50a. Bab III. Sanctity of mount Ohod ;
its martyrs ; mosques and wells in the neigh-
bourhood of Medina ; three Fasls, fol. 73a.
Bab IV. Rivers of Medina; digging of the
moat; limits of the sacred territory, &c.,
fol. 986. Khatimah. Blessed state of those
who die in Medina ; verses exciting longing
for such an end, foil. 108o — 1106.

There is a lacuna in Bab IV. after fol. 107.
It extends from the section treating of the
sacred territory to the predictions relating
to the future fate of Medina. On fol. 286 is
a rough plan of the house of 'A'ishah.

This MS. is noticed in Dr. John Lee's
Catalogue, no. 25, 2nd edition, no. 112,
where it is wrongly described as an auto-
graph MS. It is not free from clerical
errors. Several are corrected in the margin
by one 'Abd al-Basit, who collated it with
an earlier MS. (see fol. 12a).

The work is mentioned by Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii., pp. 246, 144, and by Wiistenfeld,
Gesch. der Stadt Medina, p. 7. For other
copies see the Bodleian Catalogue, vol. i.,
nos. 769, 852, vol. ii., p. 5956 ; Pertsch,
no. 1713 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 32. The Ta'rikh al-Madinah of Zain al-
Dm al-Maraghi is quoted in the Tuhfat al-
Ashab, Or. 3703, fol. 194a.

YEMEN.

365

577.

Or. 4584.— Poll. 42 ; 7 in. by 5 ; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in neat vocalized
Neskhi ; dated Zabld, Monday, 16 Rajab,
A.H. 831 (A.D. 1428).

[G. CECIL RENOUARD.]

An account of the four sanctuaries of
Islam, namely, the Ka'bah and the mosques
of Medina, Jerusalem, and al-Khalll, or
Hebron, by Shams al-Dm Muhammad B.
Ishak al-Khuwarazmi ; abridged by Muham-
mad B. Ahmad B. Muh. B. al-Zamlakani al-

Ansari al-Shafi'i : jjjiSMj L-*xs^lM 'ij3\ ^ola0
A\ J\ j*i&\ ^ijJ\3 j.iJt c^\j M ,x>Uy J\

dU\

Beg.

The work is divided into four parts (Kism),
with the following headings :

K* JjLiJ jij ^ I.
(j II.
> j III.
j IV.

It contains little historical matter, and
deals chiefly with traditions relating to the
sanctity of the holy places, and to the
rewards of pilgrimage. The author of the
original work lived in the latter half of the
eighth century of the Hijrah. He mentions,
fol. 21, repairs of the Prophet's pulpit in the
mosque of Medina, executed by order of al-
Malik al-Nasir Hasan B. al-Nasir Muh. B.
Kala'iin, who disappeared A.H. 762, and is
here spoken of as dead. An additional

notice inserted in the same place by the
abbreviator, relates to further repairs made
A.H. 823 at the expense of al-Malik al-
Mu'ayyad Shaikh (A.H. 815—824).

The MS. is the autograph draft of the
abbreviator. It belonged to Dr. John Lee,
in whose catalogue it is entered under
no. 110, p. 36.

History of Yemen.

578.

Or. 2901.— Foil. 193; 10iin.by7|-; 25 lines,
5^ in. long; written in fair Neskhi, with
occasional vowels, but with frequent omission
of the diacritical points, with red-ruled
margins ; dated (fol. 1826) the first day of
Sha'ban, A.H. 1031 (A.D. 1622).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

I. Foil. 1—110. History of the kings of
Yemen, by Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Malik
B. Hisham (d. A.H. 218), with the following
title : )

Beg.

The above title, Kitrib al-TIjan, is not
found in the text ; but another copy, in the
possession of Capt. W. F. Prideaux, is called
by him Tijan fi Muluk Himyar (Lay of the
Himyarites, p. xiv.), and a work of that
name by Ibn Hisham is mentioned by Haj.
Khal., vol. ii., p. 185, vol. v., p. 66. See

366

HISTORY.

also uL*p\ cJjUJ yl^ in Ahlwardt's
Verzeichniss der Glaser'schen Sammlung,
no. 97.

Earlier authorities, such as Ibn Khallikan,
Wiistenf eld's edition, no. 390, and Suyuti,
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 161, only designate
Ibn Hisham's work as treating of the
genealogy of the Himyarites and their kings,

l^^lcj j^ L_AJ\ (j v11^- It is also
entered in that form by Haj. Khal., vol. i.,
p. 455.

Wahb B. Munabbih, who died in San'a,
A.H. 110 or 114 (v. Ibn Kutaibah, p. 233 ;
Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's translation, vol.
iii., p. 671 ; Sprenger, Leben des Moham-
meds, vol. i., p. 55, vol. iii., p. cxi., and
Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 16), is
the principal authority of Ibn Hisham, who,
according to the above Isnad, often repeated
in the course of the work, had received his
traditions through two intermediate links,
viz., Abu Idris B. Sinan, a daughter's son
of Wahb, and Asad B. Musa. But there
are many additions made by Ibn Hisham in
his own name, or on the authority of some
of his contemporaries. He quotes among
the latter al-Laith B. Sa'id, fol. 19ot ; Abu
Luhai'ah, fol. 41a ; Abu 'Abd al-Il, fol. 696 ;
Harnmad B. Ishak, fol. 71a ; 'Amir B.
Jurhum, fol. 806; Hisham B. Muh. (the
author's father), fol. 82a ; al-Haitham B.
'Adi, fol. S6rz; and Ziyad B. 'Abdallah,
fol. 103a (these last two transmitted to him
the traditions of Muhammad B. Ishak).
Early poets are also frequently quoted,
and poetical pieces of doubtful origin are
copiously inserted.

The first pages of the work deal with
Creation, and with the Patriarchs from
Adam to Noah. The special history begins,
fol. 86, with Hud and the 'Adites. The
leading names and subjects are as follows :

Kahtfm, son of Hud, fol. 130. Ya'rub,
fol. 136. Yashhub, il). 'Abd Shams, or
Saba, ib. Himyar, fol. 15a. Wa'il, fol. 166.
Al-Saksak, fol. Via. Ya'fur, ib. Amir Du
Riyash, fol. 176. Al-Mu'afir, fol. 186.
Shaddad B. 'Ad, fol. 19a. Lukman B. 'Ad,
called al-Ra'ish al-Akbar, fol. 196. Al-
Hammal B. 'Ad, fol. 21 b. Al-Harith B. al-
Hammfd, called al-Ra'ish al-Asghar and
Du '1-Marathid, ib. Al-Sa'b Du '1-K amain
B. al-Harith, fol. 226. Abrahafa B. al-Sa'b,
fol. 38a. Al-'Abd B. Abrahah, called Du '1-
Asrar, fol. 396. 'Amr B. Abrahah, Du '1-
Ad'ar, fol. 400. Shurahbil B. 'Amr B.
Ghalib, fol. 406. Al-Hidhad B. Shurahbil,
ib. Bilkls Bint al-Hidhad, fol. 466. Raj'im
[Rahab'im] B. Sulaiman, fol. 54a. Malik
B. 'Amr B. Ya'fur, called Nashir al-Ni'am,
fol. 546. The Jurhumis in Mecca, with
stories relating to lalut (Saul), Ilyas, &c.,
fol. 576. Continuation of Niishir al-Ni'am,
fol. 736. Shammir Ra'sh B. Nashir al-
Ni'am, fol. 746. Tubba' Saifi B. Shammir
Ra'sh, fol. 90«. 'Amr B. Amir B. Muzai-
kiya and the dyke of Ma'rib, fol. 906. The
tribe of Ghassan, fol. 94a. 'Amr B. Jafnah,
and his successors in Syria, fol. 1006.
Rabl'ah B. Nasr B. Malik, fol. 103a. Fire-
worship of the Himyarites, fol. 1046. 'Amr
B. Tibban, fol. 1056. 'Abd Kalil B. Manun,
fol. 106a. Tubba' B. Hassan, {6. Rabi'ah
B. Marthad, ib. Hassan B. 'Amr, ib. Abra-
hah al-Sabbah, fol. 1066. Lukhaibi'ah B.
Batuk, ib. Du Nuwas As'ad, ib. Abrahah
al-Ashram, fol, 1076. Yaksum B. Abrahah,
fol. 108a. Saif B. Di Yazan, fol. 109a.

Ibn Hisham's work concludes, fol. 109a,
with these words :

The next three pages, fol. 1096-1106, con-
tain an appendix from another source, re-

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lating to 'Abel al-Muttalib and his dealings
with Saif B. Di Yazan. It begins :

(_ JU*»

)jjb

wo)

It is imperfect at the end.

IT. Foil. 111—181. Legends of the kings
of Yemen, as told by 'Abid B. Sharyah al-
Jurhumi in answer to the questions of
Mu'awiyah, with the heading:

Beg. U

'Abid B. Sharyah al-Jurhumi, who lived
in San'a, proceeded to the Court of Mu'a-
wiyah, with whom he became a great
favourite. He stayed in Damascus, where
he died in the Khilafat of 'Abd al-Malik B.
Marwan, A.H. 65—86. He is said to have
composed a history of the kings of Yemen,

ejuilU jU^j cUj!A\ V1^- See Fihrist, p. 89 ;
Ibn Kutaibah, p. 265 ; and Wiistenfeld, Ge-
schichtschreiber, no. 5. 'Abid B. Sharyah
is frequently quoted by the commentator of
the Kasldah Himyariyyah. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 486a, and Kremer, Siidarab-
ische Sage, pp. 46 — 52.

The present work is evidently apocryphal,
and betrays from the outset its legendary
character. Mu'awiyah, we are told at the
beginning, took towards the close of his life
the greatest delight in listening to stories of
the past. 'Amr B. al-'As [who died, how-
ever, at the beginning of Mu'awiyah's reign,
A.H. 43], having advised him to send for

al-Jurhumi, then staying at al-Rakkah,
^b fj&\ (_s»fcjii J\, who had seen the kings
of idolatrous times, and was best informal
of the history and genealogy of the Arabs,
he did so, and received him with marked
attention. Questioned as to his age, 'Abid
[the MS. has 'Ubaid] answers that he liad
seen a hundred and fifty years, and that the
invasion of the Abyssinians and the stoning
of the Ka'bah were to him as things of
yesterday.

The narrative, which is copiously inter-
spersed with verses, takes the shape of a
dialogue, in which 'Abid answers the ques-
tions put by Mu'awiyah. The first of these
relate to Hud, to the dispersion of tongues
in Babel, and to Ya'rub B. Kali tan, the first
who migrated from Babel to Arabia. The
leading subjects are indicated by the follow-
ing rubrics : Destruction of 'Ad, fol. 116i*.
The latter 'Adites, fol. 133ft. Thamud,
fol. 1346. Jurhum, and their emigration
from Yemen, fol. 145a. Nashir al-Ni'am,
fol. 1566. Sharnmir Yar'ush B. Ifrikis B.
Abrahah, fol. 158a. Tubba' al-Akran, or
Du'1-Karnain, fol. 159i. Malkikarib B.
Tubba', fol. 162a. Tubba' B. Malkikarib,
or As'ad Abu Karib al-Ausat, ib.

The death of this last is recorded on
fol. 179a, and followed by some account of
his sons, Hassan and Ma'di Karib.

The text ends abruptly, fol. 181&, with
the story of a banquet offered by al-Aswad
and the tribe of Jadis to the chiefs of the
tribe of Tarns, at which the latter were
treacherously murdered. The next page,
fol. 182«, contains an extract from Mas'udi's
Muruj al-Dahab, relating to the same event.

The copyist, 'Ali B. Sa'id B. Muh. B.

c,.»

Hajir al-Kumlani, ,j^Ua^, says in the colo-
phon that he had transcribed the MS., from

368

HISTORY.

an incorrect copy, £»jJL» 'ijf^ (.y», for a noble
personage, Shihab al-Din Ahmad B. al-
Shaikh 'AH B. 'Abdallah al-Rammah, who is
described as a sainted Shaikh and a lion in

battle,

The MS. passed subsequently into the
possession of a later member of the same
family, Diya al-Dln Salih B. Ahmad B. Salih
B. 'Izz 'al-Din B. "'All B. 'Abdallah al-
Rammah, whose genealogy is traced up, fol.
184a, to Kahtan. This last owner entered,
A.H. 1155, and in subsequent years, notes
relating to some plantations of his, and to
the birth of his children, foil. 1835, 1846,
and 1915. His death, A.H. 1176, is recorded
fol. 16.

III. Foil. 1846—1916. Miscellaneous ex-
tracts written by the same, hand as artt. I.
and II., viz., Pieces of poetry ascribed to
As'ad al-Kamil, Nashwan B. Sa'id al-Him-
yari, and al-Kadi Ibrahim al-Sahili, called
al-Tuwaijin, who died A.H. 739' (or A.H.
747, according to al-Makkari, vol. i., p. 589).
Extract from jAr-M JjU* Jj JJtijJ\ jJUa* (by
'Ala al-Dln 'Ali B. 'Abdallah al-Baha'i,
who died A.H. 815; Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 815), relating to some famous ancient
buildings, fol. 186a. Extract from Ibn
Badrun's commentary on Ibn 'Abdun, re-
lating to the adventure of Jabalah B.
al-Aiham, fol. 1896. Extract from 'Imad
al-Dln B. Khathir's notice of al-Walid B.
'Abd al-Malik, fol. 191a.

Fol. 192 contains, by a later hand, a piece
in vulgar Arabic verse, entitled
and beginning :

0«

U)\.

579.

Or. 2424.— Foil. 181 ; 13£ in. by 8 ; 28 or
29 lines, 5^- in. long ; written in large and
cursive Arabic ; dated 15 RabP I., A.H. 1298
(A.D. 1881).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

A transcript of the preceding MS.

580.

Or. 1382.— Foil. 67; 8| in. by 7^; from 20
to 22 lines, 4J in. long ; written in fair, but
imperfectly pointed, Neskhi, with red-ruled
margins ; dated in the castle of Rada',
pbj y*»>- (j^jjsft, 5 Ramadan, A.H. 1087
(A.D. 1676).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The eighth Book of the Iklil, or historical
and geographical account of Yemen, by al-
Hasan al-Hamdani, with the title, fol. 10a :

+*

The latter part of the above inscription
was evidently a marginal gloss to the word
ji*.*, which the copyist has mistaken for a
part of the title.

Abu Muh. al-Hasan B. Ahmad B. Ya'kub,
called Ibn Ha'ik, al-Hamdani al-Yamani al-
Hanafi, is described by Suyuti, Bughyat
al-Wu'at,fol. 1136, on the authority of Khaz-
raji, as the greatest scholar of Yemen. He
was born in San'a, but spent most of his life
in Sa'dah. He died, according to Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 392, A.H. 334. See also Hammer,
Arab. Literaturgesch., vol. iv., p. 467, vol.

YEMEN.

369

vii., p. 831 ; Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber,
DO. 110; Sprenger, Post und Reiserouten,
p. xviii. ; and Kremer, SUdarabische Sage,
p. 46, note 2.

The contents of the whole work have been
stated and the present MS. described by
Prof. D. H. Miiller, in his Siidarabische
Studien, Sitzungsberichte der k. Akaderaie,
Band Ixxxvi., Wien, 1877, pp. 112—114. A
table of contents of the ten books of which
the work consists is written on the first
page under the above title. It will be found
printed in extenso, ib., p. 108, note 2. The
headings of the present volume, which deals
with the castles, forts, and monuments of
Yemen, are also given in full, as well as
the colophon of the MS., ib., pp. 109 — 111.

Copyist :

J

Uo

For copies of the same volume see Miiller,
I.e., p. 109; Noldeke, Zeitschrift der D. Morg.
Ges., vol. xl., p. 310 ; and Ahlwardt's
Verzeichuiss der Glaser'schen Sammlung,
no. 254.

Foil. 1 — 9 contain the following pieces,
written by various hands :

1. Copy of a letter written by 'Imad al-
Din Yahya B. Ibrahim B. Ahmad Jahhaf, in
answer to Amir al-Mumimn al-Mahdi li-Dln
Allah Ahmad B. al-Hasan, dated 1st Shaw-
wal, A.H. 1087, fol. 16.

2. j*. y. jiU AAP U-jJ J** J j*^ **£,

the first page -only of a commentary so called,
by Shaikh 'Abd al-Kadir Ibn al-Fakihi al-
Makki, upon a Kasidah by Shaikh Ghiyath
al-Din "Wall Allah 'Abd al-Hadi
al-Yamani, fol. 4a.

3. A Kasidah by al-Faklh Ibrahim al-
Muhtadi, inciting the sons of the Imam to
avenge the repulse of the Amir al-Hajj from
Mecca, A.H. 1083, fol. 56.

Beg.

4. Verses by al-Kadi 'Abd al-Rahtnan al-
Khaulani, fol. 7b.

581.

Or. 3783.— Foil. 135; 8f in. by 6£; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in rather cursive Neskhi ;
dated (fol. 776) 25 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1112
(A.D. 1701). [GLASEE, no. 68.]

I. Foil. 1—74. The tenth volume of the
same, work, with this title : ,U!\

Beg.

J\»

The contents agree substantially, in spite
of occasional variations, with the summary
of D. H. Miiller. The copy concludes with

these words :

J\

II. Foil. 75 — 77. A notice relating to
mines of metals and precious stones in

Yemen :

Beg.

It is stated at the end to have been tran-
scribed from an old MS. for Shaikh Diya al-
Din Zaid B. Salah al-.Dibani.

III. Foil. 78—83. Notices relating to the
tribe of Hamdan, and especially to the part
3u

370

HISTORY.

played by Hamdanis in the conflict between
'AH and Mu'awiyah, with this title :

Beg.

<jJJ\

JUb

IV. Foil. 84—135. A work on Arab
genealogy, relating especially to the tribes
and noble families of Yemen, by al-Malik al-
Ashraf Abu Hafs 'Umar B. al-Sultan Yusuf
B. 'Umar B. 'AH Ibn Rasul al-Ghassani,

with this title: !*>* J i

Jj

J

ls>,i:Lx,

J

liU-

The contents are as follows : Tribes issued
from Kahtan, V^b.Uij ^Uaa? yii, beginning
with the genealogy of Kahtan, fol. 86a.
Genealogy of Himyar, fol. lOOa. Genealogy
of 'Adnan, fol. 105fe. Genealogy of Muham-
mad, with an account of the Khalifs down
to the extinction of the 'Abbasides, fol. 109a.
Genealogy of the great kings, the Banu al-

Kasul, Jy»jKj> {&*& uUjUl ±*~^, fol. 117 a.
Genealogy of the Sharifs of Yemen and
Hijaz, issued from Hasan or Husain, fol.
118«. Genealogy of other noble families of
Yemen, issued from 'Adnan or Himyar,

beginning with the Banu Da'ud al-Musiyyun,
noble chiefs of the Arabs in Yemen, ^jb ^

, fol. 1266— 135a.

Al-Malik al-Ashraf, to whom the work
is ascribed, was the third king of the Rasuli
dynasty. He reigned A.H. 694 — 96.

582.

Or. 3021.— Foil. 60 ; 9£ in. by 6£ ; 19 lines,
3f in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated 29
Jumada II., A.H. 1296 (A.D. 1879).

[KEEMEE, no. 19.]

Another copy of the tenth volume of the
Iklil, with this title: y>j

Under the above title is written a state-
ment of the contents of the ten volumes of
the Iklil, with four verses in praise of that
work by Muh. B. al-Hasan al-Kala'i.

Beg. L-Atf' ^.

This table agrees with that which Miiller
gives, I.e., p. 108, with the exception of the
tenth volume, which is described as follows :

The text begins, fol. 16, as follows :

This volume treats of the genealogy of the
tribes descended from Hamdan. The text is
incorrect, and presents some lacunae and
transpositions. It differs considerably in
its present arrangement from the contents

YEMEN.

371

of the same volume, as stated by Dr. Miiller,
I.e., pp. 112 — 114, and it is defective at the
end. The last page contains some verses
ascribed to Judaimah B. Wa'ilah, the victor
in the war of Kuda'ah, beginning :

JG

It ends with these words : £

The present copy is a transcript of a
MS. acquired by Dr. Spitta. Figures pen-
cilled in the margins refer to the pages of
that MS. On the fly-leaf is written : " Herrn
Hofrath von Kremer, z. fr. E., "W. Spitta.
Kairo, 14 Juli, 1879."

583.

Or. 2903.— Foil. 113 ; Sin. by 5$; 15 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated end of Sha'ban,
A.H. 1095 (A.D. 1634).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

A historical and descriptive account of the
city of San'a in Yemen, by Ahmad B. 'Abd-
allah al-Razi.

Beg.

JlJ'

J\5

Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. 'Abdallah al-Razi,
author of the History of San'a, o,\j i_*»-U>

\*j*o, is mentioned in the Tiraz A'lam al-
Yaman, Or. 2425, fol. 1716, as one of the
learned men of Yemen. It is there stated,
on the authority of al-Janadi, that his family
came from Rai, that he was a Sunni Fakih,
that his book affords evidence of his wide
learning and of the excellence of his memory,

and that he died about the close of the fifth
century of the Hijrah.

He is mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. iii.,
p. 613, as one of the authorities quoted by
al-Janadi in his Suluk fi Tabakat al-'Ulama
wa '1-Muluk, and is, no doubt, identical with
Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. 'Abdallah al-San-
'ani, who is noticed by the same writer,
vol. ii., p. 159, as one of the historians of
Yemen, and is stated to have died after
A.H. 460. See also Kay, Yaman, p. xiv.

The scope of the work is fully described
in the following title written on the first
page :

The author proceeds on the lines of the early
historians, giving separate, and often several,
Isnads for each statement. He deals mainly
with legends and traditions relating to the
origin and antiquities of San'a, and to its
fate under Muhammad and the early Khalifs ;
but he does not give a connected account of
its political history in later times. His
favourite authorities are that prolific inventor
of fables, Wahb B. Munabbih, and, among
later traditionists, Abu '1-Hasan 'AH B. 'Abd
al-Warith al-San'ani, who appears to have
lived in San'a a few generations before the
author, and whose notices he quotes from
the writer's original MS. (see foil. 436,
62 a, &c).

There is some confusion in the arrange-
3s2

372

HISTORY.

ment, partly owing, it appears, to some
transposition of leaves in an earlier MS.
from which this copy was taken. The
text, moreover, is incorrect ; it teems with
wrong diacritical points, which often render
the reading a mere guess work.

The principal topics are as follows : Hadiths
relating to Yemen and San'a, and origin of
those names, fol. 26. Foundation of San'a,
and its climate, fol. 55. Building of the
castle of Grhumdan, fol. 76. Azal, the original
name of San'a, fol. 105. Visit of 'Isa B.
Mary am to San'a, fol. 12a. Conflict between
Hamdan and the Persians under Badan B.
Sasan, fol. 13a. Vision of the Prophet, and
the mosque built in San'a by his order, fol. 28a.
The Habbanah of San'a, \*x*> &i\jc»- (a mosque
and a quarter of San'a), fol. 35a. The climate
of San'a and its environs, fol. 37a. Predictions
relating to the future increase of San'a,
fol. 40a. Suk al-'Irakiyyin, fol. 416. Number
of houses in San'a, fol. 44a. Tradition ac-
cording to which San'a was to flourish to
the end of time, fol. 466. Darawan, ^jjo
(Yakut, vol. iii., p. 470), a town situated six
miles from San'a, fol. 486. (This is followed
by a number of Hadiths without apparent
connection with the subject.) Those of the
companions of the Prophet who entered
San'a and were appointed governors, viz.,
Farwah B. Musaik, fol. 56a ; Muhajir B.
Abi Umayyah, fol. 57a ; Aban B. Sa'Id,
fol. 58« ; Sufyan B. Harb, fol. 59a; al-
Mughlrah B. Shu' bah, fol. 596 ; Ya'la B.
Umayyah, fol. 606 ; al-Nu'man B. Bashlr,
fol. 645 ; and 'Ubaid B. al-'Abbas, fol. 66a.
Traditions and poems in praise of San'a,
fol. 68a. The paradises of the world, fol.
72«. The mosque of al-Janad, fol. 80a.
The Musalla of Sau'a, fol. 826. The tank
of the mosque of San'a, fol. 85a. The
mosque of Mount Nukum, fol. 886. Mosques
of special holiness in Yemen, fol. 895. Dykes
of Yemen, \ iSlj-J, fol. 91a. Mu'ad B.

Jabal, sent by Muh. to Yemen, A.H. 9,
fol. 96a. Notices of some holy Shaikhs and
Goran-readers (\J) of San'a, fol. 1006. Abu
Musa, sent with Mu'ad to Yemen, fol. 1046.
The Abdal, fol. W6a. Imams of San'a,
from the time of Abu Bakr to A.H. 348,
fol. 1075.

It appears from the subscription that the
MS. was written for al-Haj Jamal al-Dln
'AH B. Ahmad al-Damari al-Zaidi.

584.

Or. 1383.— Foil. 255 ; 8 in. by 5 ; 18 lines,
3| in. long ; written in fair, archaic looking
Neskhi, with frequent omission of the dia-
critical points ; dated (fol. 2516) 20 JumadalL,
A.H. 908 (A.D. 1502) ; partly discoloured by
damp. [Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

I. Foil. 3—24, 43—46. w^Ji t*ii*&\.

The Kasidah Himyariyyah, by Nashwan
B. Sa'Id al-Himyari, with a full historical
commentary.

Nashwan boasted of his descent from the
ancient kings of Yemen, whose names and
glorious memories are recorded in the poem.
His genealogy is traced up in the commentary,
fol. 196 (see " Lay of the Himyarites," p. x.)
to the Hirayari prince Du Mara.th.id B. Di
Sahar. He made himself master of the
fortress of Sabir, situate near Ta'izz, and
of other castles in the highlands of Yemen,
and was regarded as the king of the country
(see Yakut, vol. iii., p. 366). Al-Suyuti, in
his Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 207, describes him,
on the authority of al-Khazraji, as the most
eminent scholar of his age, deeply versed in
philology, law, and history, a brilliant poet,
and the author of Shams al-'Ulurn, a dic-
tionary in eight volumes, of which his son
made an abridgment in two volumes, entitled
Diya al-'Ulum. He died on the 24th of

YEMEN.

373

Du'1-hijjah, A.H. 573. See also D. H. Muller,
Siidarabische Studien, Sitzungsberichte der k.
Akademie, Band Ixxxvi., Wien, 1877, p. 171.

The Kasidah was published with a Gorman
translation by A. von Kremer, Leipzig, 1865,
and with an English version, under the title
of " The Lay of the Himyarites," by Capt.
W. F. Prideaux, Sehore, 1879. For other
copies of the Kasidah and its commentary,
see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 486a ; the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i., p. 472 ; Ahlwardt's Ver-
zeichniss, 1871, no. 344 ; Zeitschrift der
D. Morg. Ges., Band xxix., p. 620 ; Rosen,
Institut, no. 72, p. 216 ; Ahlwardt, Divans,
p. xxiv. ; Houtsma, Brill's Catalogue, no. 26;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 311.

The present copy is imperfect at beginning
and end. The commentary is considerably
shorter than that of the previously described
copy, Add. 7542, with which it generally
agrees, but from which it differs by con-
siderable omissions. It contains, however,
in some places, matter, chiefly verses, not
found in the other MS.

The fragment begins abruptly, fol. 3a,
with (J*p\ t^ii\jj Ja~4\ c_o-U> **J± j«A> &&, the
concluding words of the commentary on the
43rd verse of Kremer's edition, correspond-
ing with fol. 366, line 3, of Add. 7542. Then
comes this verse :

immediately followed by four other lines
corresponding altogether with verses 44 — 48
of Kremer's edition (45 — 49 of Prideaux).

The last verse of the fragment, fol. 24a, is
the 107th of Kremer, 108th of Prideaux, viz. :

The commentary ends abruptly with these
words : l*i* jjsr* lx> jj) j^ «jo^, which

are found in Add. 7542, fol. 84a, line 8.
They are immediately followed by the title
of the Jazirat al-'Arab (art. II.) :

Four more consecutive leaves belonging to
the same copy of the Kasidah are found
further on, foil. 43 — 46, mixed up with the
Jazirat al-'Arab. They must be taken in
this order : foil. 45, 46, 43, 44, and contain
verses 14 — 35 of Kremer's edition.

The contents of both fragments have been
accurately described by Prof. D. H. Muller
in his Siidarabische Studien, Sitzungsbe-
richte der k. Akademie, Band Ixxxvi., Wien,
1877, p. 106. See also Texteskritik der Him.
Kasida by the same scholar, Zeitschrift der
D.M.G., Band xxix., pp. 620— 8; andNoldeke,
Gelehrten Anzeige, Gottingen, 1866, no 20.

II. Foil. 246—42, 47—251.

Description of the Arabian peninsula, by
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan B. Ahmad B.
Ya'kub al-Hamdani, who died A.H. 334.

Beg.

^> <^j»jj^i> [sic] t

This is one of the five MSS. on which
Prof. D. H. Muller based the text edited by
him under the title of "Al-Hamdani's Geo-
graphie der Arabischen Halbinsel," Leiden,
1884. The contents of the work have been
fully stated by the same scholar in the
"Sitzungsberichte der k. Akademie," Band
xc., Wien, 1878, pp. 299—335. A MS.
dated A.H. 807 has been brought to Europe
by E. Glaser. See Zeitschrift der D. M. G.,
vol. xxxviii., p. 574.

The MS. agrees on the whole very closely
with the printed text ; but it presents, after
fol. 80, a lacuna extending from p. 55,

374

HISTORY.

line 18, to p. 72, line 24, of the Leiden
edition. A passage corresponding with p. 43,
line 9, to p. 44, line 22, of the same edition
is found in the MS. immediately after the
map of the seven climates, fol. 286 (p. 5),
evidently owing to the transposition of a
leaf in the MS. from which the present one
was transcribed ; but the same passage is
found again in its proper place further on,
fol. 71a-72a.

In the prefixed title, as well as in the
colophon, u^lS/ \$)l»£> J^j 1jfrj$\ cJu»S
«_-^»ol i^j^~' the work is called simply Kitab
Jazlrat al-'Arab. The fuller title, *Lo e^ta
i— ^*M ii/ij*-, by which it is often designated,
is found only at the end of the introduction
and _at the beginning of the second part,
fol. 73a. The work is entered by Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., p. 119, under viWj CAUL

The importance of al-Hamdani's Geography
was first pointed out by Prof. Sprenger, "Post
und Reise-routen des Orients," p. xviii., and
" Die alte Geographic Arabiens," p. 2. Ex-
tensive extracts in German will be found in
the latter work.

Foil. 1, 2, 252 — 55, contain miscellaneous
notes and poetical extracts, mostly by a hand
of the 17th century, among which may be
mentioned a Kasidah by the Sayyid al-Hadi
B. Ibrahim B. 'Ali B. Murtada, protesting
against the Makamat, or stations, in the
pilgrimage (Hajj) as an unwarranted inno-
vation, fol. 253a, and a notice relating to
the tombs of the Zaidi Imams in Sa'dah,
fol. 2556.

585.

Or. 3784.— Foil. 267 ; 8 in. by 6J ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi ;
dated (fol. 95) Saturday, 15 Jumada I.,
A.H. 958 (A.D. 1551).

[GI-ASER, no. 69.]

I. Foil. 1—99. The Kasidah Himyariyyah,
by Nashwan B. Sa'id, with the historical
commentary. See the preceding no., art. I.

It is imperfect at the beginning. The
first extant portion of the commentary
relates to Hud (Bait 9), with the heading :

At the end of the commentary is written
the entire text of the Kasidah, consisting of
135 Baits, foil. 95—99.

II. Foil. 100—260:

The Kasidah of 'Abd al-Majid B. 'Abdun,
with the historical commentary of Ibn
Badrun. See further on, Or. 1532.

The latter portion, foil. 256—260, has
been supplied by a later hand, with the date
Dulka'dah, A.H. 1197 (A.D. 1783).

III. Foil. 260—267. A Kasidah in imita-
tion of the preceding, and in glorification of
the Zaidi Imams, by Sayyid Ibrahim B.
Muh. B. 'Abdallah B. al-Hadi. See above,
no. 540.

Beg.

There are copious notes written in a
minute character in the margins. The last,
containing the author's name and genealogy,
with the date of his death, A.H. 914, is
extracted from the Tarjuman (Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 415). It is dated Rajab, A.H. 1020
(A.D. 1611).

586.

Or. 3265.— Foil. 221 ; 8J in. by 6.

I. Foil. 1—84 ; 20—24 lines, 4J in. long ;
written in cursive Neskhi on European
paper ; dated 8 Muharram, A.H. 1258
(A.D. 1842).

YEMEX.

History of Zabid, by 'Abd al-Rahman B.
'Ali, called Ibn al-Daiba', J*- ^ ^>-j>\ &
g>^\ ^b j^iV, who died A.H. 944. See
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 672, note a ; Wiis-
tenfeld, Arabische Geschichtschreiber, no.
518 ; and Kay, Yaman, p. xvii.

From the author's life, told by himself at
the end of the present work, foil. 826 — 846,
it appears that he was born in Zabid on the
fourth of Muharram, A.H. 866. His father
left the country immediately after the author's
birth, and died in Diu, A.H. 876. The
author was brought up by his maternal
grandfather and by his uncle, learned Hadith
from Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. Ahmad al-
Sharji, and law from the Banu Jam'an in
Bait al-Faklh. Having proceeded to Mecca
on his third pilgrimage, A.H. 896, he became
there the disciple of al-Sakhiiwi. On his
return he composed the present work, and
presented it to al-Malik al-Zafir, who was
highly pleased with it, and desired him to
add to it some notices which he had omitted.
The author supplied them in a new work treat-
ing especially of the Tahiri dynasty, and en-
titled fclia LJj \j jbljj\ j£*)\ (see

Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 228), for which he was
rewarded with rich presents and with an
appointment as teacher of Hadith in the
Jami' of Zabid.

The author mentions two more of his
works, namely, ^0 UJ «*U fke-lj ^ >jb\\ v\e-
<._jy.iN sj 4lJ\ (Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 304),
and Vj>. ^ IfrJ _fS» (j #^J1 t_JL£/ (Haj.
Khal., vol. v., p. 213).

The Bughyat al-Mustafld is divided into a
Mukaddimah and ten Babs, as follows :
Mukaddimah. Yemen under Muhammad and
the early Khalifs, fol. 3a. Bab I. Description

of Zabid, fol. 9a. II. Banu Ziyad, fol. 106.
III. The Abyssinian, or Najah dynasty,
fol. 12ft. IV. Wazirs of the Najah dynasty,
fol. 17ft. V. Rise of Sayyid 'AH B. Mahdi,
fol. 205. VI. Banu Ayyub, fol. 21 b.
VII. Banu Rasul, fol. 26a. VIII. The
Tahiris, viz., al-Mujahid 'Ali and al-Zafir
'Amir, A.H. 858—883, fol. 40a. IX/A1-
Mansur 'Abd al-Wahhab, A.H. 883—894,
fol. 55a. X. Al-Zafir 'Amir, fol. 64ft.

The date of composition is incidentally
stated, fol. 786, to be A.H. 900. But in the
last Section the history of the reigning
sovereign is brought down to the first day
of Safar, A.H. 901.

There are two appendices. The first is a
versified epitome of the history of Zabid,
entitled &

J (Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 168),
and beginning, fol. 79ft :

£j JS

The second is the above-mentioned auto-
biography. At the end the author states
that he completed the copy of the work on
the sixth of Safar, A.H. 906.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 7156 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 138 ; Hammer, Biblioteca Italiana, vol.
xlix., p. 17, no. 217 ; Rosen, Institut, no. 47 ;
and the Copenhagen Catalogue, no. 141
(the MS. used by C. T. Johannsen for his
abridged version, Historia Jemanae, Bonnae,
1828).

A continuation by the author, entitled
AAfl:-,M.^ L»o jj* joj^ J-fliflJl, and comprising
A.H. 901—923, is noticed in the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 139.

II. Foil. .85— 168; 17 lines, 3f in. long;

376

HISTORY.

written in large Neskhi, on the same paper
and apparently about the same time as the
preceding part.

History of Yemen, by 'Umarah [B. Abi '1-
Hasan 'AH al-Hakami] al-Yamani, with the

heading tji*s-

Beg. :>JA

The work has been edited from the present
MS., with an English translation and notes,
by H. Cassels Kay, London, 1892.

Respecting the author's life, the following
facts may be gathered from the present work.
His native place, to which he incidentally
refers, fol. 102<z, was al-Zara'ib, t—JVj^, a town
situate near Zabid (v. Yakut, vol. ii., p. 923).
He adds that its inhabitants had preserved,
owing to their seclusion, the Arabic language
in its pristine purity, and that, when he
entered Zabid to apply himself to the study
of law, A.H. 530, being then under twenty
years of age, he astonished the learned by
the classical correctness of his speech. He
also cultivated poetry, and was one of the
poets who attended the Court of the Da'i
Muh. B. Saba (who died A.H. 548 ; v. foil.
131-2). In A.H. 551 he went to Egypt as
envoy of the Amir al-Haramain, and brought
back a letter from al-Malik al-Salih to the
Da'i 'Imran B. Muh., in which the author is
designated as al-Fakih 'Umarah B. al-Hasan
al-Hakami (fol. 132). He adds in the same
place that he emigrated from Yemen in the
next following year, A.H. 552.

It is known from other sources that
'Umarah spent the rest of his life in Cairo,
where he met with a tragic end. Accused
of plotting for the restoration of the Fati-
mites, he was crucified by order of Saladin,
A.H. 569. His autobiography is noticed in
the Paris Catalogue, no. 2147. See also Ibn

Khallikan, De Slane's translation, vol. ii.,
p. 367 ; Kamil, vol. xi., pp. 262 — 64 ;
Or. 4635, foil. 276—79 ; Wiistenfeld, Arab-
ische Geschichtschreiber, no. 263; Geschichte
der Fatimiden, pp. 118-19; Hammer, Lite-
raturgeschichte, vol. vii., p. 934; and Kay,
Yaman, pp. v. — xi.

The Divan of 'Umarah is preserved ; see
Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 298. His
Kasidah in praise of the Fatimites is given
by Wiistenfeld, Geographic und Verwaltung
^Bgyptens, pp. 222-23.

The author says in the preface that,
having visited, A.H. 563, the Kadi al-Fadil
Abu 'Ali 'Abd al-Rahlm B. 'All al-Baisani,
head of the chancelry of the Khalif al-
'Adid (the celebrated secretary of Saladin,
who died A.H. 596, v. Ibn Khallikan, vol. ii.,
p. Ill), he was desired by him to write
down all he could recollect of the history of
Yemen. The result was the present work,
which was written, as stated fol. 1326,
A.H. 564. Its scope is described in the
following passage of the preface : ij»\ ,jl

U* J J

The author appears to have relied chiefly
on his retentive memory. The narrative,
which is of a discursive and often gossiping
character, is chiefly based upon information
communicated to him by various persons
whom he names, and, for the latter period,
on his personal recollections and on the
testimony of ocular witnesses. The only
work he quotes, fol. 86a, is a history of
Zabid, j-jj jUi-!i) j-i« <~>^, by al-Malik al-
Makm Abu '1-Tami Jayash B. Najah Naslr
al-Din, ruler of Zabid (who died A.H. 500 ;

. YEMEN.

377

see fol. 1406, and Tiraz A'lam al-Zaman,
fol. 2216, where the same work is called
«}jkjj j\+>-\ j iua^ M^* an<i is said to be
lost. Compare Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 43).

There are no divisions in the work. The
contents are as follows : The Banu Ziyad's
surrender to the Khalif al-Ma'mun, A.H. 199.
Muh. B. Ziyad, sent to Yemen, conquers
Tihamah and founds Zabid, A.H. 204, fol.
86a. Districts of Yemen ruled by Ibn Ziyad
and his descendants, down to A.H. 407,
fol. 876. Eule of the slaves Nafis and Najah,
down to the death of Najah, A.H. 452,
fol. 94a. The Da'i 'Ali B. Muh. al-Sulaihi,
from his taking possession of San'a, A.H. 455,
to his death, A.H. 473, fol. lOOa. The Da'i
al-Malik al-Mukarram Ahmad, son of the
preceding, down to his death, A.H. 484,
fol. 1036. The Da'i Saba B. Ahmad B.
al-Muzaffar B. 'Ali al-Sulaihi, A.H. 484—95,
fol. 1106. Al-Malik al-Mufaddal B. Abi'l-

Barakat, Lord of al-Ta'kur (j£*£\), to his
death, A.H. 504, fol. 1146. The Da'i al-
Mu'affak 'Ali B. Ibrahim Ibn Najlb al-
Daulah, to A.H. 515, fol. 1196. (En the last
four sections the narrative is largely taken
up with the doings of two powerful princesses
of the Da'i's family, viz., al-Hurrat Asma
Bint Shihab, wife of 'Ali al-Sulaihi, and
mother of his son al-Mukarram, who died
A.H. 479, fol. 107a ; and al-Sayyidah Bint
Ahmad, wife of al-Mukarram, who died A.H.
532, fol. 129a.) The Da'i Saba B. Abi'l-
Su'ud B. Zurai', who died A.H. 523, fol. 1256.
His son, Muh. B. Saba, who died A.H. 548,
fol. 129a. The latter's sou 'Imran, who died
A.H. 560, fol. 132a. Al-Shaikh Abu '1-Nada
Jarir B. Bilal, A.H. 532—547.

The family of Najah, the Abyssinian kings
of Zabid : Al-Mu'ayyad Najah, slain by the
Da'i al-Sulaihi, A.H. 452, fol. 1336. His
sons, Jayash and Sa'id al-Ahwal, down to
the death of the former, A.H. 500, fol. 1346.

Al-Fatik B. Jayash, who died A.H. 503,
Mansur B. al-Fatik, and al-Fatik B. Muh.
B. Mansu-r , who succeeded A.H. 553, fol. 1406.
Wazirs of the Abyssinians, and personal deal-
ings of the author with them, fol. 1426. Rise
and rule of 'Ali B. Mahdi, A.H. 531—554,
fol. 159a. Accession of his son 'Abd al-
Nabi, the "present" ruler of Yemen, fol. 1626.
Extent of the dominions of Ibn Mahdi, and his
character, fol. 163a. Summary review of the
Da'is of the Fatimites in Yemen, fol. 1 66a —
168a.

This last section includes a letter of the
Fatimfte Khalif, al-Amir Bi-Ahkam Allah,
to the second of the princesses above men-
tioned, announcing to her the birth of his
son al-Tayyib Abu '1-Kasim on the 4th of
Rabi' IL, A.H. 524.

The present copy of this valuable history,
which is unfortunately far from correct, is
apparently the only one extant in European
libraries. The work is extensively quoted
by al-Khazraji in his Tiraz A'lam al-Zaman,
Or. 2425, and is, for the early period, the
chief authority of all later historians of
Yemen.

III. Foil. 1696 and 170a. Short obituary
notices, disposed in cbronological order, from
A.H. 1215 to 1258. They relate to learned
men, mostly Faklhs, who died in Zabid,
Bait al-Faklh, Hais, Mokha, Turaibah, San'a,
and in Mecca.

IV. Foil. 1706— 221a. From 10 to 19
lines, 4|- in. long, in a page ; written in a
large and father rude Neskhi, about A.H.
1258.

A chronicle of Yemen from A.H. 1215 to
1257 (A.D. 1800—1841), by Ahmad B.
Ahmad al-Na'ami al-Husaini.

Beg.

jo UJ

3o

378

HISTORY.

This is apparently the author's original
draft. He records from year to year, in
colloquial language and in a very circum-
stantial manner, contemporary events in his
dwelling-place, the town of Hais ((j-i*-), and
in the neighbouring cities, Zabid and al-
Mokha, The towns of Ta'izz, San'a, Aden,
and Hudeidah are also frequently men-
tioned.

The first event chronicled, under A. H. 1 2 1 5 ,
is a predatory raid of the Yam (Jj) tribe (or
Banu Yam) from Najran, against Hais, under
the command of 'Abdallah B. Nusaib and
Jabir B. Mani', who are described as a rem-
nant of the Christians and adversaries of the
Goran and Sunnah. A battle was fought
between al-Jubail and Jabal Dubas, south
of Hais, in which the author's father, al-
Sayyid Ahmad B. Husain al-Na'ami, fell a
martyr. Mention is frequently made of the
Imams of San'a, al-Mutawakkil, who died
A.H. 1231 (fol. 178a), and of his son and
successor al-Mahdi, who died A.H. 1250
(fol. 2055). The conflicts with the Turks,
especially with Khalil Pasha, Turki B. Almas
(alias Turkche Bilmas), Ibrahim Pasha, &c.,
and the generally hostile dealings with
Europeans, are also related in great detail.

This chronicle may usefully supplement
the best account yet written of that troubled
period, "A History of Arabia Eelix or Yemen,"
by K. L. Playfair, Bombay, 1859.

587.

Or. 3022.— Foil. 211 ; 9J in. by 6| ; 21 lines,
3J in. long ; written in clear Neskhi ; dated
12 Jumada II., A.H. 1295 (A.D. 1878).

[KREMEK, no. 20.]

(fol. So)

History of Yemen from the time of Muham-
mad to A.H. 923, by Ibn al-Daiba'. (See
no. 586, L, the Arabic Catalogue, p. 672&, and
Kay, Yaman, p. xviii.)

The author mentions in the preface the
following previous historians of Yemen : Abu
Hafs B. Samurah (v. Arabic Catalogue,
p. 427, note 6, and Kay, Yaman, p. xiv.),
'Umarah al-Yamanl (v. no. 586, II.), al-
Janadi (v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 716a), Jamal
al-Dm 'Abd al-Baki B. 'Abd al-Hamid al-
Kurashi (ti.), Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B. al-Hasan
al-Khazraji (v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 672J,
and Or. 2425), Sharaf al-Dln al-Mukri (v.
Arabic Catalogue, p. 4116), and Husaiu B.
'Abd al-Rahman al-Ahdal (v. Or. 1345). He
adds that he had followed the best of all
works written on that subject, viz., t-jli/
JJST*^ by Abu '1- Hasan al-Khazraji, which he
supplemented with important notices from
other sources. He added a continuation
extending from the beginning of the reign
of aWSTasir B. al-Ashraf (A.H. 803) to the
end of the Tahiri dynasty, which he was the
first to chronicle.

No history entitled JJB~~' i.^ s men-
tioned among the works of al-Khazraji either
by Haj. Khal. or by Wiistenfeld, Arabische
Geschichtschreiber, no. 459. The work thus
designated appears, however, to be substan-
tially identical with the same author's history
of Yemen entitled

»*» ^ $x-«»j, a portion of which is de-
scribed in the Ley den Catalogue, vol. ii.,
p. 173, and by Kay in his Introduction to
Yaman, p. xvii. There is complete agree-
ment between the latter work, as far as
known, and the present history with regard to
the division and the headings of the chapters.

YEMEN.

The present work is divided into three
Babs, subdivided into Fasls, as follows :

Bab I. Account of Yemen and of the
rulers of San'a, in ten Fasls : 1. Excellence
of Yemen, and its description, fol. 4a. 2. Its
conversion to Tslamism, and its governors in
the time of Muhammad, fol. 6a. 3. Governors
after the death of Muhammad, fol. 7a.
4. Governors under the Banu Umayyah,
fol. 9a. 5. Governors under the Abbasides
fol. 106. 6. The Karmatis and 'Ali B. al-
Fadl, fol. 166. 7. The Amirs who brought
San'a under their sway, fol. 226. 8. Rise
of the Sulaihi dynasty, fol. 28a. 9. Kings
of San'a after the Sulaihis, fol. 38a. 10. The
Zurai'i dynasty and their conquest of Aden,
fol. 436.

Bab. II. Zabld, its Amirs, kings, and
Wazirs, in 18 Fasls : 1. Foundation of Zabld,
and rise of the Banu Ziyad, fol. 4%.
2. Abyssinian kings of the house of Najah,
fol. 526. Wazlrs of the Najah dynasty,
fol. 576. 4. Eise of 'Ali B. al-Mahdi,
fol. 62a. 5. Banu Ayyub, fol. 67a. 6. Be-
ginning of the Rasuli dynasty : Nur al-Din
Abu '1-Fath 'Umar al-Mansur B. 'Ali, fol. S3a.
7. Al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf B. 'Umar,
fol. 916. 8. Al-Ashraf al-Kablr 'Umar B.
Yusuf, fol. 106a. 9. Al-Mu'ayyad Hizabr
al-Din Da'ud B. Yusuf, fol. 1086. 10.. Al-
Mujahid Saif ul-Islam Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B.
Da'ud, fol. 114a. 11. Al-Afdal al-'Abbas
B. al-Mujahid, fol. 130a. 12. Al-Ashraf
Isma'Il B. al-'Abbas, fol. 136a. 13. Al-
Nasir Ahmad B. Isma'Il, fol. 143a. 14. Al-
Mansur 'Abdallah B. Ahmad, fol. 1466.

15. Al-Ashraf Isma'Il B. Ahmad, fol. 147a.

16. Al-Zahir Yahya B. Isma'Il, fol. 1476.

17. Al-Ashraf Isma'Il B. Yahya, fol. 1516.

18. Nominal Khalifs of the house of Ghassan,
fol. 153a.

Bab III. Khalifs of the Banu Tahir, in
three Fasls: 1. Al-Mujahid Shams al-Din

'All and his brother al-Zahir Salah al-Din
'Amir, fol. 1554. 2. Al-Mansur Taj al-Din
'Abd al-Wahhab B. Da'ud, foi. 169a. 3. Al-
Zafir 'Amir B. 'Abd al-Wahhab, fol. 176a.

The history is brought down to the end
of the Tahiri dynasty. It concludes with
the conquest of Yemen by the Egyptian
army, and the death of the last Sultan, who
was slain in his flight on the 25th of
RabI' II., A.H. 923. The last event re-
corded is the entrance of Amir Iskandar
into Zabld on the 29th of Jumada II. in the
same year.*

The* present copy was transcribed for Baron
von Kremer from a MS. in the Khedive's
Library; see the Catalogue, vol. v., p. 104.

588.

Or. 1183.— Foil. 179; 8 in. by 6; 25 lines,
4 in. long ; written in plain Neskhi ; dated
21 Shawwal, A.H. 1079 (A.D. 1669).

[ALKX. JABA.]

History of Yemen, and especially of the
Turkish conquest, from the beginning of the
tenth century of the Hijrah to the departure
of Sinan Pasha, A.H. 978; by Kutb al-Din
[Ahmad B. Muh.] al-Makki. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 7426.

Beg.

For the author's life see al-Sana al-Bahir,
Add. 16,648, foil. 364—66, and Wiistenfeld,
Geschichte der Stadt Mekka, Vorrede, pp.
i. — xii. The date assigned in the former work
to his death, A.H. 990 (not 988 as stated by
Haj. Khal.), is fully confirmed by the state-
ment of his nephew, 'Abd al-Karlm B.
Muhibb al-Din ; see Wiistenfeld, I.e., p. xiv.

• See De Sacy, Histoire du Y6men, Notices et Extraitu,
voL iv., p. 429.

3c2

380

HISTOKY.

The preface includes a dedication to Sultan
Selim II., and a panegyric on Sinan Pasha,
who is said to have related his conquests to
the author, and to have desired him to record
them in writing. The MS. contains, there-
fore, like a previously described copy, the
first edition of the work. Another was sub-
sequently written, as stated by Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii., p. 45, and De Sacy, Notices et
Extraits, vol. iv., p. 415, under Sultan
Murad III., and dedicated to the Wazir
Muhammad Pasha.

In the preface the work is stated to con-
sist of four Babs, the last of which was to
treat of the later governors of Yemen in the
author's time. But in the body of the work
there are only three Babs and a Khatimah,
as follows : I. Kulers of Yemen, from the
beginning of the tenth century to the Turkish
conquest, in thirteen Fasls, fol. 46. II. The
first Turkish conquest, in 37 Fasls, fol. 246.
III. The second Turkish conquest, in 60
Fasls, fol. 786. Khatimah : Return of Sinan
Pasha to Egypt and Constantinople, and his
conquest of Tunis and Goletta, A.H. 982, in
five Fasls, fol. 171o.

There is after fol. 150 a lacuna extending
from the end of Fasl 46, Bab III., to the
second page of Fasl 55, and corresponding
with foil. 1856 — 2096 of the former copy,
Or. 1 06. The fifth Fasl of the Khatimah is
also wanting.

The MS. belonged, A.H. 1079, to the
Sayyid 'Abd al-Kahman B. Sulaiman al-
Husaini al-Ja'fari, Imam of the Masjid al-
Aksa, Jerusalem. It subsequently passed
into the possession of the famous Jezzar
Pasha, . who, according to a seal-impression
on the first page, made it over as Wakf to
the Madrasah Nur Ahmadiyyah.

For other copies see Pertsch, no. 1616,
and the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1644 — 1650.

589.

Or. 3718.— Foil. 137 ; 12 in. by 8 ; from 25
to 30 lines, 6^ in. long ; written in' cursive,
ill-shaped, and incorrect Neskhi, in the 18th
century. [GLASER, no. 2.]

A history of the conquests and rule of
Hasan Pasha in Yemen, without author's
name.

Beg. [U\ji

The preface, written in a very prolix and
stilted style, contains panegyrics on the
conqueror, Hasan Pasha, whose wise and
just rule had restored peace and prosperity
to Yemen, and on his sovereign, Sultan
Murad Khan B. Sultan Sallm Khan.

The work is said to consist of five Mukad-
dimahs, containing the history of the period
anteceding the Turkish conquest, of thirteen
Babs, one for every year of the governorship
of Hasan Pasha, and of a Khatimah.

The present volume contains only a portion
of the introduction, a general Muslim history
with special reference to Yemen. It begins,
fol. 36, with an account of Creation, Adam,
and -the Prophets. The principal subjects
are the following: Adam and Patriarchs,
fol. 46. Kings of Himyar, fol. 156. Al-
Sa'b pul-Karnain; fol. 216. Abrahah Du '1-
Manar, fol; 256. Balkis and Sulaiman,
fol. 286. Malik B. 'Amr, called Nashir al-
JSfi'am, and the Tubba's, fol. 32a.

The 2nd Mukaddimah begins with Mu-
hammad, fol. 58a, and contains the following
sections : Glories of Yemen, fol. 66a. Khila-
fat of Abu Bakr, fol. 73a ; 'Dinar,. fol. 746;
'Uthman, fol. 78« ; 'Ali, fol. 806 ; al- Hasan,
fol. 85a. Khiliifat of Mu'awiyah and his
successors, fol. 86a. 'Abbasides from al-

YEMEN.

381

Saffah to al-Muktafi, fol. 1006. History of
the Karmatis, fol. 118a. History of the
Zaidi Imams, fol. 124a, from their origin to
al-Nasir lidm-allah Hasan B. 'Ali, who was
made prisoner by Hasan Pasha, A.H. 993,
and sent to Constantinople, where he was still
living in confinement at the date of composi-
tion, viz., A.H. 1002.

A detached fragment, foil. 129 — 135, con-
tains a continuation of the history of the
Abbasides, viz., the reign of al-Kadir, and
the beginning of the reign of al-Ka'im, with
accounts of contemporary sovereigns, chiefly
al-Hakim in Egypt, and Sultan Mahmud
Ghaznawi.

Foil. 136-7, written by another hand,
A.H. 1130, contain two Kasidahs, one by
'Abd al-Kadir B. 'Ali al-Majirasi, addressed
to Imam al-Mutawakkil Isma'il (d. A.H.
1087), the other by Badr al-Dm Muh. B.
Hijazi B. Ahmad al-Rakbawi al-Misri, in
praise of Imam Muh. B. al-Hasan B. Amir
al-Mumimn al-Kasim (d. A.H. 1079; Khula-
sat al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 455).

For the history' of Hasan Pasha see
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 73,- and
Rutgers, Historia Jemanae sub Hasano
Pascha, Leyden, 1838.

590.

Or. 4583.— Foil. 149; 12iin.by8i; 20 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated San'a, Saturday, 27 Muharram, A.H.
1164 (A.D. 1750).

A history of Yemen, from A.H. 900 to
A.H. 1029, by 'Isa B. Lutf-allah B. al-
Mutahhar.

Beg.

t_ ftla)

»j«

4}

Sayyid 'Isa was a grandson of Imam al-
Mutahhar B. Yahya Sharaf al-Din, who died
A.H. 980. He was born in the fortress of
Dumarmar, A.H. 986 (no. 591, fol. 2336).
His father, Sayyid Lutf-allah, who had
fought the Turks in many a battle, fell at
last into their hands, A.H. 994, and was
sent a prisoner to Constantinople, where he
died A.H. 1009. The son went over to the
winning side, and became a favourite and
panegyrist of the Turkish governors, namely,
Muhammad Pasha, who superseded Ja'far
Pasha in the government of Yemen, A.H.
1025, -and his successors. After the expul-
sion of the Turks, he attached himself to
Sayyid Sharaf al-Islam al-Hasan, son of
Imam al-Mansur al-Kasim. He is praised
as an accomplished scholar and elegant
poet. His death took place, as stated in the
next MS., fol. 2336, on the third day of
RabI' I., A.H. 1048. He left, besides the
present work, another history, entitled (_y»lai}H
wj^*^ 2j,>M (J auu«AJ\. See Bughyat al-
Murld, fol. 32 ; 'Ikd al-Jawahir, fol. 2766 ;
Tib al-Samar, Or. 2427, fol. 39; and
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 472, vol. iii.,
p. 293.

In the preface the author says that be
wrote the present work, the full title of
which is ^ £ju»\j]\ &>}\\ jjo l/J»- UJLJ _jjJ\ —3J
by order of his patron, al-

Haji Muhammad Pasha, who, in consequence
of a conversation on the fall of 'Amir and of
the house of Tahir, and upon the rise of
Imam Sharaf al-Din, and the dealings of his
son al-Mutahhar with the Turks, desired him
to draw up a full account of that period.
The events are told, year by year, in a very
simple style, and in strict chronological
order, from A.H. 901 to A.H. 1029, the
latter year being given, fol. 118, as the date
of composition. The last entry relates to
the reception by the Pasha, in Ramadan of

382

HISTORY.

that year, of a sword of honour sent to him
by the Sultan.

The present volume comprises the first
two parts (Juz) of the work. The first
ends, fol. 73, with A.H. 965. The second
was completed on the 28th of Shawwal,
A.H. 1029. The author adds that the work
had been commenced on the first day of
Ramadan in the same year, and he hopes
that it will be vouchsafed to him to complete
the third and fourth parts. A continuation,
due partly to Sayyid 'Isa, partly to his sou,
will be found in the next MS.

On the first page is a note, stating that
the MS. belonged, A.H. 1201, to Imam al-
Mansur-billah 'Ali B. al-Mahdi. For other
copies see Biblioth. Burckhardt., p. 4, no. 13;
Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 252 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 60.

591.

Or. 3330.— Foil. 266 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; from 18
to 24 lines, about 4 in. long; written in
cursive and rude Neskhi, almost devoid of
diacritical points ; dated (foil. 1066, 2436)
A.H. 1167 and 1186 (A.D. 1754 and 1772).

[H. A. STERN.]

A chronicle of Yemen, consisting of an
abridgment of the Kurrat al-'Oyun (no. 587),
and of two continuations, which bring it
down to A.H. 1139.

It bears on the first page the following
title : (.r^\ tiJjU j\*±.\ j yjcjM &aJ, by the
side of which is written in another hand-
writing, 5U> $\ &+P-J uj-o- ^ tj~*^, " by
al-Hasan B. Husain, may God have mercy
upon him."

According to the following note, written
in the margin of the same page, it was
abridged from the Kurrat al-'Uyun and other

works, A.H. 1171 or 1172, and the writer
added to it, A.H. 1186, an appendix ex-
tracted from the Rauh al-Ruh, by Sayyid

'Isa:

MAI

Mvr

It consists of the following parts :
I. Foil. 26—1066. Abridgment of the
Kurrat al-'Uyim.

Beg. <ja». ^.iN yW^j yV ori A

The abbreviator names the original work
in the following passage, fol. Ba : ^j ^j
uf+&\ U+J\ j^\ (j u^\ O/ j^iff \JA, and
calls the author al-Shaikh 'Abd al-Rahmau
B. 'Ali B. Muh. B. 'Umar al-Daiba'. The
compendium agrees textually with the original
work, from which it differs only by omissions.
It was completed, as stated at the end, on the
17th of Jumada I., A.H. 1167.

II. Foil. 1066— 243&. A chronicle abridged
from Rauh al-Ruh (no. 590), and extending
from A.H. 923 to A.H. 1066.

Beg. J*\

It comprises, in a condensed form, the
original work of Sayyid 'Isa and a continua-
tion due to his son, probably Sayyid Ja'far
B. 'Isa, to whom a notice is devoted in lib
al-Samar, Or. 2427, fol. 42. The compiler
has lef t out the initial portion of the Rauh
al-Ruh, namely, A.H. 900 — 923, as covering
the same ground as the concluding portion
of Kurrat al-'Ain.

The present abridgment was written A.H.
1181. In a passage relating to the mosque
of Talhah, described in the original work as

YEMEN.

888

well preserved and frequented, the editor
adds : " Such are the words of Sayyid 'Isa ;
but now, i.e. A.H. 1181, the mosque is de-
serted and no longer used for prayer."

The first portion, extending from the
middle of A.H. 923 to A.H. 1029, is abridged
from the corresponding part of the preceding
MS., foil. 24 — 149. The continuation, which
is brought down to A.H. 1066, is called at
the end the third Juz of Rauh al-Riih :

The above portion of the MS. was finished,
as stated in the margin at the end, on the
8th of RabI' II., A.H. 1186, in al-Haimah,
«^Ji (jujj***, by the owner, Hasan B. Yahya
al-Kurashi.

III. Foil. 243*— 2545. A further con-
tinuation, transcribed, as stated at the be-
ginning, from the autograph MS. of Sayyid
al-Sharafi Ahmad B. Husain B. Hamld al-
Din (B. al-Mutahhar B. al-Imam Sharaf al-

Dm), ^\ i^u-» ^ ^a-\ (jj2J\ jo-* Li- y* JHi

Contents : Obituary notices of four sons
of the Imam al-Kasim, viz., Ahmad Abu
Talib (A.H. 1066), Yusuf (A.H. 1044), Yahya
(A.H. 1044), and 'Abdallah (A.H. 1067).
Accounts of the following Imams : al-Muta-
wakkil Isma'il B. al-Kasim, who died A.H.
1087 ; al-Mahdi Ahmad B. al-Hasan B. al-
Kasim, who died A.H. 1092; al-Mu'ayyad
Muh. B. al-Mutawakkil, who died A.H. 1097 ;
al-Mutawakkil 'AH B. Ahmad Abu Talib B.
al-Kasim, who died A.H. 1121; al-Nasir
(afterwards al-Mahdi) Muh. B. al-Mahdi
Ahmad, who died A.H. 1130 (fol. 248i) ;
al-Mansur al-Husain B. al-Kasim B. al-
Mu'ayyad, who was proclaimed A.H. 1127,
and died A.H. 1131 ; al-Mutawakkil al-
Kasim B. al-Husain B. al-Mahdi, who was
proclaimed A.H. 1128, and died in al-Bustan,

near San'a, on the 24th of Ramadan, A.H.
1139 (fol. 254a).

The events of the last reign are related in
detail, foil. 248 — 254, especially the Imam's
victory over rebels in San'a on the 7th of
Shawwal, A.H. 1138, the bulletin of which
is given in extenso, and the last days of his
life. The narrative concludes with the
accession of his son, al-Husain, who was
proclaimed Imam with the title of al-Nasir
li-din Allah.

IV. Foil. 255a— 256J. Detached notices
relating to deaths and other occurrences in
Yemen, with dates ranging from A.H. 1186
to 1195.

V. Foil. 2576— 266a ; 1 5 lines, 2f in. long ;
dated 12 Shawwal, A.H. 1259 (A.D. 1843).

Forty Hadiths recommending charity to
the poor, extracted from the Targhlb of
'Abd al-'Azim al-Mundiri, by Ahmad B.
Husain B. Mustafa al-Kiridi,

592.

Or. 3919.— Foil. 121 ; 13 in. by 8-J ; 29 lines,
5£ in. long ; written in rather cursive Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins ; dated Saturday,
28 Muharrara, A.H. 1191 (A.D. 1777).

[GLASEE, no. 213.]

A general chronicle, with special reference
to Yemen, from A.H. 1046 to the end of
A.H. 1090, by 'Abdallah B. 'Ali B. Muh. B.
'Abd al-Al B. al-WazIr.

Beg.

384

HISTORY.

The author, Sayyid 'Abdallah, of the noble
family of the Banu '1-Wazir, is styled on the
title-page Fakhr al-Islam. In the Tib al-
Samar, Or. 2427, fol. 175, he is mentioned
as the most accomplished poet of San'a, and
the author of an elegant composition entitled

In a preface written in a laboured and
pretentious style, the author alludes to two
historical works for the same period, one of
which was written for some Pasha (meaning
the Rauh al-Ruh of Sayyid 'Isa B. Lutf-allah;
v. no. 590). The other, which he mainly
follows, he describes as composed by one of
the princes of Yemen, (.r^\ uiJ^U AJO\ u<**^ •
A marginal note states that the work meant
is (ir»jJI t±j5^j»- jj ^-^ &*&, a chronicle brought
down to A.H. 1090 by Yahya B. al-Husain
B. al-Kasim (a grandson of Imam al-Mansur
billah al-Kasim ; v. Bughyat al-Murld, fol.
1236).

The chronicle deals chiefly with the events
of Yemen under three successive Imams,
al-Mu'ayyad Muh. B. al-Kasim (d. A.H. 1054),
his brother al-Mutawakkil Isma'Il (d. A.H.
1087), and their nephew al-Mahdi Ahmad
(d. A.H. 1092). There are also entries re-
lating to Mecca, Egypt, Turkey, Baghdad,
and even to Morocco. Eclipses of sun and
moon, conjunctions of planets, and similar
phenomena, are carefully chronicled. There
are also many obituary notices, relating
mostly to the 'Dlama of Yemen.

The work is divided into two Juz, the
first of which ends, fol. 83, with A.H. 1080.
The second begins with A.H. 1081, and
comes down to the month of Shawwal,
A.H. 1090. The author states at the end
that it was finished on the 5th of Muharram,
A.H. 1118.

This copy was transcribed for Sayyid
Muh. B. 'Abdallah B. al-Muhsin B. al-Husain
B. al-Imam al-Mahdi.

The last leaf contains a eulogy on the
author, extracted from a work entitled .^-o

Another copy is mentioned in Landberg's
Catalogue, no. 246, under a slightly altered
title :

593.

Or. 3790.— Foil. 190 ; 9 in. by 6£ ; written
by several hands, about A.H. 1165 (A.D.
1752). [GLASER, no. 75.]

I. Foil. 1—24. ii

An account of the rising of Abu 'Alamah
al-Mashja'i in Yemen, without author's name.

Beg.

The subject of the memoir was a Maghribi,
who called himself Sayyid Ahmad B. Muh.
al-Hasani, and was also known as al-Haj
Jabir and as Abu 'Alamah. He appeared,
A.H. 1157, in the northern part of Yemen,
and settled in a village called *«?"*, from
which he became known as al-Mashja'i.
Assuming a religious character, and making
a show of pretended supernatural powers, he
succeeded in gathering round him the tribes
of Hashid and Bukail, and began, A.H. 1164,
to dismantle and plunder the neighbouring
castles and strongholds, until he came into
collision with the Imam's forces at 'Umran,
where his bands were beaten by Sayyid
Ahmad B. al-Imam al-Mansur al-Husain B.
al-Kasim. After a final defeat, he was
beheaded by one of his enraged followers,
Ibn Harmalah, Shaikh of the 'Ubaidah tribe,
on the 10th of Safar, A.H. 1165.

ARAB TRIBES.

885

The author concludes with some poems in
praise of his patron, Safi al-Islam Ahmad
B. Muh. B. al-Husain B. 'Abd al-Kadir, and
of the latter's father, 'Izz al-Islam Muh.
The work was completed on the 22nd of
RabI' L, A.H. 1165.

II. Foil. 25 — 32. Miscellaneous extracts
from al-Mathal al-Sa'ir, al-Faraj ba'd al-
Shiddah, Siraj al-Muluk, Sharh al-Badi'iyyah
by Ibn Hajar, Ibn Khallikan, &c.

III. Foil. 34—38. The Badi'iyyah of Safi
al-Dm al-Hilli ; see Or. 1260, II.

IV. Foil. 39 — 190. Miscellaneous poetical
extracts, consisting chiefly of Kasidahs by
ancient and modern poets, without any
systematic arrangement.

The first pieces are by al-'Idarus ; al-
Mutanabbi, fol. 40a ; Ibn al-Nablh, fol. 506 ;
Kadi Musa B. Yahya Bahran, fol. bib ; Safi
al-Dm Ahmad B. Mahdi al-Thulaini, fol. 75a;
'AH B. Muh. al-'Ansi, fol. 776 ; Muh. B.
Ibrahim al-Lahiji, fol. SOb ; Ibn Zaidun,
fol. 826 ; Ibn Hijjah, fol. 87a ; Haidar Agha,
fol. 91a ; &c., &c.

Arab Tribes.

594.

Or. 3620.— Foil. 101 ; 8 \ in. by 8J ; from
10 to 15 lines, of varying length, in a page ;
written in a large, bold, and angular cha-
racter, largely supplied with vowel-points,
apparently in the llth century.

[G. CECIL RENOUARD.]

A treatise on the names of Arab tribes and
clans which, being similar in writing or iden-
tical in sound, are liable to be confounded;
arranged in alphabetical order, and illustrated

with copious poetical quotations, occasionally
also with historical and biographical notices ;
by al-Husain B. 'AH B. al-Husain al-Maghribi
al-Katib.

On the first page, and in the same hand-
writing as the text, is written :

^ju-U ^ Je. yj (jjJJ

; and lower down : tr-ii ^

The author, Abu '1-Kasim al-Husain B.

'AH, who is commonly called al-Wazir al-

Maghribi, or Ibn al-Maghribi, was born

A.H. 370. His father having been put to

death by the Khalif al-Hakim, he fled from

Egypt, and, after some years spent in

a wandering and adventurous life, settled

in Mayyafarikln, and was appointed Wazir

by the Sultan Ahmad B. Marwan. He died

there on the 13th of Ramadan, A.H. 418,

leaving, besides the present work, a Diwau

of poetry, an abridgment of the Islah al-

Mantik, and a new recension of Ibn Hisham's

Life of Muhammad. See Ta'rlkh al-Islam,

Or. 49, fol. 104 ; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's

translation, vol. i., p. 450 ; "Wustenfeld, Leben

Muhammeds, vol. ii., p. xxxiv. ; and the

Kainil, vol. iv., p. 255. The Kitab al-Inas

is described by Ibn Khallikan as a small

but very instructive work.

Its scope is thus defined by the author at
the beginning : ^_>l^ 1 j* J A\ *\i W1 v*1^

U

-Uib ,j-jJJ\ jfl^

3 D

386

HISTORY.

Jl«

Ji«j

Further on, the author says that he was
led to write the work by the admiration he
felt for the method followed by Abu Ja'far
Muhammad B. Habib in the book called
CJJuJC*Nj l_i\5^. « For him it was," he adds,
"to open the way, for us to carry it out and
light it up."

Abu Ja'far Muh. B. Habib, a celebrated
philologist of Baghdad, died A.H. 245 ; see
Ta'rikh Baghdad, Add. 23,320, fol. 165, and,
for his numerous works, Fihrist, vol. i.,
p. 106. The work here referred to, al-
Mu'talif wal-Mukhtalif (Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 464), has been edited by "Wustenfeld under
the title of Muhammed ben Habib iiber die
Gleichheit und Verschiedenheit der arabi-
schen Stammnamen, Gottingen, 1850. See
also Dozy, Notices sur quelques MSS.
arabes, p. 17.

This valuable MS. was probably written
soon after the author's death. It was copied
from his autograph MS., as stated in the
subscription : ^ +~&\ 0_

J.HJ

A notice to the same effect is also found
under the author's name on the title-page :

Ju»j3\ '&*>"&£• jixlc-

This volume once belonged to Dr. John
Lee. It is noticed in his catalogue, no. 91,
2nd edition, no. 119.

595.

Or. 2181.— Foil. 48 ; 8| in. by 6 ; 27 or 28
lines, 4 in. long ; written in small and rather

cursive Neskhi, apparently in the 1 7th century,
except foil. 29 — 48, which are in a rude
Neskhi of the 19th century.

An account of the genealogy of Arab
tribes.

Beg.

-o

The author does not give his name, but
he refers in the preface, and again in the
body of the work, fol. 8a, to his previous
work entitled c-yN JjUS Uj** j t-j,^ &>\&,
which, as is well known, was written A.H.
812, by Shihab al-Din Abu '1- 'Abbas Ahmad
B. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah B.
Sulaiman B. Isma'il al-Kalkashandi al-Misri
al-Shaa'i, called Ibn Abi Ghuddah.

The author's name is written as above in
an early copy of the last-named work ; see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 1656. Al-Makrizi
calls him also Ahmad B. 'Abdallah, adding
that he died in Cairo on the 10th of
Jumada II., A.H. 821 (Suluk, fol. 57), while
Ibn Hajar in the Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 242a,
and al-Sakhawi in al-Dau al-Lami', call him
Ahmad B. 'Ali. See also Haj. Khal.,
vol. vi., p. 396 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 170 ; Wustenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 467; and Calcaschandi's Geo-
graphie und Verwaltung, Abhandlungen der
k. Ges., Gottingen, Band xxv.

After referring in the preface to his pre-
vious and more comprehensive work, the
author says that the present one deals espe-
cially with the extant Arab tribes and their
origins. He compiled it for his patron, al-
Kadi al-Nasiri (i.e., Nasir al-Din) Abu'l-
Ma'ali Muhammad B. Kamal al-Din Muh.
B. Fakhr al-Din 'Uthman al-Juhani al-Barizi

AFRICA.

887

al-Shafi'i al-Mu'ayyadi, head secretary of the
Chancelry, t—a^lM L£J^)\ o^.jV c-*9-^»

Nasir al-Din al-Barizi, who was bora
A.H. 767, had been Kadi of Halab. He
filled the office of chief secretary, j~A\ <_Jtf,
under al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad (A.H. 815 —
824), and died 8 Shawwal, A.H. 823. See
Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 253a, Suluk, fol. 72a.

The present work was written between
A.H. 818 (the latest date mentioned in it,
fol. 47a) .and A.H. 821, the date of the
author's death. It is divided into a Mukad-
diraah, a Maksad, and a Khatimah, as
follows :

Mukaddimah, treating generally of genea-
logies and tribes, in five chapters, fol. 26.
Maksad in two chapters, viz., I. Pedigree of
the Prophet, with its ramifications, fol. 56 ;
II. Extant Arab tribes and their genealogies.
This last section, which forms the main bulk
of the work, is divided into three parts
(Kism), viz., 1. 'Aribah, or Banu Kahtan,
fol. Sa ; 2. Musta'ribah, or Banu Isma'il,
fol. 24a; 3. Arabs of doubtful descent, or
Berbers, fol. 376. Khatimah : Account of the
author's patron, Nasir al-Din Muhammad al-
Barizi, and of his ancestors, foil. 40a — 486.

Haj. Khal., who mentions the work, vol. iv.,
p. 565, was mistaken in ascribing it to the
father of the real author.

On the first page of the MS. is a title
attributing the work to al-Suyuti : lailii i_Ju!l3

In the same place, and again at the end,
is written the name of a former owner :
" B. Taylor, Busreh, 1854."

596.

Or. 1543.— Foil. 61 ; 13 in. by 9; 30 lines,
6|- in. long; written in fair Neskhi, and, for
the greater part, in tabulated form ; dated
1st Muharram, A.H. 1232 (A.D. 1816).

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A work on the genealogies of the Arab
tribes, compiled, A.H. 1229, by Abu '1-Fauz
Muhammad Amm al-Suwaidi. See the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 4376, 5796. The work has
been lithographed, Bombay, A.H. 1296.

This copy was written only three years
after the composition of the work. It has a
dedication to Kasim Beg, son of the late
Muhammad Beg Shawi Zadeh, which is
wanting in the previously described copies.

On .the first page is a notice of the work,
concluding thus : " Purchased by me at
Baghdad, June 5, 1848. H. Rawlinson."

Africa.

597.

Or. 1075.— Foil. 229 ; 8± in. by 6£ ; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair and distinct
Maghribi character ; dated, fol. 212a, in the
first days of Dulka'dah, A.H. 1125 (A.D.
1713). [CAUSSIN DE PERCEVAL.]

I. Foil. 36— 21 2a.

History of Morocco and of the city of Fez,
from the origin of the Idrisi dynasty to
A.H. 726, the date at which the work was
written.

Beg.

The author, who is not named in the
present copy, was, according to the best
authorities, Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B. 'Abdallah
(alias B. Muhammad) Ibn Abi Zar'. See
Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 489, vol. ii., p. 138.
Ibn al-Khatib mentions (in the preface to
the Ihatah, Or. 3023, fol. 36) Ta'rikh Fas, by
3D2

388

HISTORY.

Ibn Abi Zar', as one of his authorities, and
Ibn Khaldun gives the same name to the
author of the Kartas. In some MSS., how-
ever, the work is ascribed to Abu Muh.
Salih B. 'Abd al-Halim al-Gharnati.

The text has been edited with a Latin
version by Tornberg, Upsala, 1843 — 46.
There are, besides, translations in German
by. Franz von Dombay, Agrarn, 1794; in
Portuguese by J. de Santo Antonio Moura,
1828 ; and in French by Auguste Beaumier,
1860. For other MSS., see Tornberg's
preface, p. 4 ; Krafft, no. 253 ; Pertsch,
no. 1696 ; the Paris Catalogue, no. 1868 ;
and Mission Scientifique en Tunisie, no. 84.

The MS. agrees for the most part verbatim
with Tornberg's edition, but it wants the
following chapters : Reign of al-Mu'ansir B.
al-Mu'izz, and the next following chapter,
Tornberg, pp. 71 — 74. Reign of Abu Muh.
'Abd al-Mumin B. 'AH, pp. 119—132. Reign
of Idris Abu Dabus, pp. 174 — 184. Reign
of Abu Yahya B. 'Abd al-Hakk, pp. 194—198.
The Urjuzah in praise of Abu Yusuf Ya'kub
B. 'Abd al-Hakk, pp. 200-1. Expedition of
Abu Yusuf against Don Nuno, pp. 212 — 215.

On the other hand, the MS. has at the end,
foil. 211a — 212a, some additional notices
belonging to the years 724 — 26. The last
of these relates to the building by Abu Sa'Id
of a bridge, which was commenced on the
19th of Sha'ban, A.H. 726.

II. Foil. 212£— 229a.

A topographical and historical account of
the city of Miknasah (Mequinez), by Aba
'Abdallah Muh. B. Ahmad Ibn Ghazi al-
'Uthmani al-Katami, who died A.H. 919
(see no. 302, II.).

Beg. y

In the next following passage of the pre-
amble the author gives the title of the work,
and refers to Miknasah as his native place,
and the home of his youth : <_xijj

From a short notice of the author's own
life, with which the work concludes, we learn
that he proceeded, about A.H. 858, from
Miknasah to Fas to prosecute his studies
there, and that he had recorded in a separate
work the masters whom he met in both
cities. After spending twenty years with
his relatives in the town of Katamah, he

took up his abode in Fas :

o \Q

l»5 w^.

Jlfljki\ .ijO tiU

o

The present work is mentioned among his
numerous writings in al-Sana al-Bahir, fol.
206. It has been translated by M. 0. Houdas,
under the title of " Monographie de Me-
quinez," Journal Asiatique, 1885, I., pp.
101 — 147. In a passage occurring fol. 2206
the author acknowledges having extracted
the preceding part of his history from a
work of the Kadi Abu '1-Khattab Sahl B. al-
Kasim B. 'Abdallah B. Muh. B. Hammad B.
Zaghbush, who was born in Guadix, stayed
some time in Tawara (Miknasah), the home

AFRICA.

889

of his ancestors, returned to Spain A.H. 610,
and died in Murcia.

The present copy is by the same hand as
the preceding work. At the end of the
volume is a note by a former owner, 'Abbas
B. 'All B. 'Abd al-Jalal, who bought it in
Algiers, A.H. 1139.

598.

Or. 3270.— Foil. 73; 9| in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Maghribi cha-
racter; dated A.H. 1168 (A.D. 1775).

[S. DE SAOT.]

Life of Khair al-DTn Pasha (Barbarossa),
with the heading : a

J1

This is the translation of the Turkish
work known as U»b U^J\ £*• C->V,js>, by
Sinan Cha'ush. See the Turkish Catalogue,
p. 60. It agrees in the main with the French
version published by Sander Beg and F.Denis,
under the title of " Fondation de la Regence
d'Alger," Paris, 1837 ; but it is fuller, and
contains many particulars omitted in the
latter. It concludes with the disastrous
retreat of Charles V., who, as stated in the
last lines, fol. 73a, was not able to take
away a single one of the 4000 horses he had
brought, and who enriched the Algerians with

the booty he left behind : J>\ J&\

^s\ JU3 (Fondation de la Regence d'Alger,
vol. ii.j p. 67.)

The last page contains the beginning of
the narrative of a dream, in which the author,
who does not give his name, saw Muhammad,
and heard from his lips precepts intended for
all Muslims, «j^

The MS. is noticed in the " Bibliotheque
de S. de Sacy," torn, iii., p. 38, no. 214.

599.

Or. 2409.— Foil. 113; 11£ in. by 8 ; 26
lines,. 5 £ in. long ; written in plain Neskhi,
apparently in the 19th century.

[Presented by COL. CHAS. E. GOEDON.]

A detailed history of the Muslim conquest
of Abyssinia; by Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B.
'Abd al-Kadir B. Salim B. 'Uthman, who
lived in Hizan, or Jlzan.

Beg.

This is only the first volume of the work.
The title and the author's name are found in
the colophon, fol. 126 : iial ^ Jj^\ ?£• J

In the preface the author refers to the
work as Futflh al-Habashah, " Conquest of
Abyssinia, by Imam Ahmad B. Ibrahim,"
whose name is preceded by a string of high-
sounding titles, as follows :

jt*

390

HISTORY.

From the above it appears that the author
was writing after the death of his hero ; but
lie had received some statements from his
own lips (see fol. 526), and he relies also on
the oral testimony of Amir Husain B. Abi
Bakr al-Jatiri and others, who had followed
the Imam in his campaigns. In another
passage, fol. 16, he refers to the tenth century
of the Hijrah as the present one, and says
that until then there had never been wanting
men to discharge the holy duty of Jihad.

At the outset the author gives a summary
sketch of the descendants of Sa'd al-Dln,
.who ruled what he calls the Barr Sa'd al-
DTn, ^.^ ^->y, i-e., the Somali coast, the
starting-point of the Muslim invaders of
Abyssinia. One of these, Sultan Muhammad
B. Azar B. Abu Bakr B. Sa'd al-Dln, reigned
for thirty years in the ninth century of the
Hijrah, but was beaten by the Abyssinians.
Some time after him the country was ruled
for seven years by a just king, al-Jarad
A bun, ^jA fy£\ who was put to death by
a son of the former king, Sultan Abu Bakr
B. Muhammad B. Azar. The future con-
queror was at first a simple horseman in
the service of al-Jarad Abun. His first
achievements were a victory gained over
the Christians led by the Batrik Fanil,
and the establishment of his rule in Harar.
His early life was spent in a constant
struggle with Sultan Abu Bakr, with whom
he some time shared the sovereign power,
but whom he ultimately put to death, and
replaced by the Sultan's brother, 'Urnar Din
B. Muhammad B. Azar.

The conquest of Abyssinia, the detailed
account of which occupies the main part of
the present volume, from fol. 76 to the end,

is stated incidentally, fol. HOa, to have
lasted six years ; and, as Kamadan A.H. 941
is the date next mentioned, fol. 1116, it may
be assumed, in the absence of precise dates,
to have commenced about A.H. 935. The
only dates mentioned are A.H. 937, fol. 53a,
and A.H. 938, foil. 736, 87«, 986. The
Imam was seconded throughout the war by
the Wazir 'Adli. His opponents were the
king of Abyssinia, Wanaj Sajjad, &s?* ^>j
(Wanag Sagad I., who reigned thirty-two
years, A.D. 1508—40 [A.H. 914— 47] ; see
Wright, ^Ethiopia Catalogue, pp. vii. and
3170), and the latter's principal general,
Batrik Dajlajan (Deglagan). The Imam is
said, fol. lOOa, to have subdued three-
quarters of Abyssinia, and the chief places

conquered are thus enumerated : \JJ\A

The latest events recorded are the conquest
of Tigre, c^, and Axum, ^\, fol. 104a,
a battle fought on the way to Baki Madar, in
Shawwal, A.H. 941, fol. 1116; the surren-
dering of Samin by its inhabitants, the
Jewish Falashahs, fol. 112a; and the taking
of Baki Madar, ^< ^w, Wakrih, tjs, al-
Kujjam, -Vp-yiH, and the district of al-Danbiya,
Ix-j^, fol. 112tf. The concluding passage,
fol. 112?), relates to the lake of al-Danbiya
(Lake Tzane), which is described as being
four journeys long, and containing thirty
fertile islands, in which the natives had
taken refuge.

The next page, fol. 113«, contains the
beginning of the 2nd volume. The passage
relating to Lake Danbiya is repeated, and it
is further related how the Imam had some
canoes made of the trunks of trees, and
embarked himself in one of them to lead his
followers to the attack of the islanders.

AFRICA.

391

Both the king of Abyssinia and the Muslim
invader are recorded by Bruce in his Travels,
but disguised under other names. The former
is called David III., and the latter Mahomet
Gragne\ However, the concordance of dates,
and of the leading facts of their history,
leaves no doubt as to their identity. See
Bruce's Travels, Edinburgh, 1790, vol. ii.,
pp. 124 — 172. Further on, p. 190, Gragne
is stated to have been shot dead in an
encounter with the Portuguese, in February,
1543(A.H. 949).

On the fly-leaf, fol. 114a, and in a later
and cursive hand, is a short notice relating
to the rules of Harar in modern times. They
are called descendants of the Amir 'All B.
Da'ud, who was in power about A.H. 1058.
After Amir Ahmad came one of his relatives,
'Abdallah 'Abd al-Majid, who was evicted
three months later by a nephew of Amir
Ahmad. This last was expelled, A.H. 1274,
by Muhammad B. 'Ali Shakur, who was put
to death, A.H. 1291, by Ra'uf Pasha. In
A.H. 1295, Yusuf, a son of Amir Ahmad,
was appointed Mudlr by Gordon Pasha.

600.

Or. 2666.— Foil. 17 ; 10 in. by 7f ; 18 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
5 Jumada I., A.H. 1294 (A.D. 1877).

[Presented by SIR JOHN KIRK.]

History of the island of Kilwa, or Quiloa,
on the eastern coast of Africa, now included
in the Zanzibar dominions.

Jl S»J$ ^J \y^ tirf.1^"' *~ J?H' 'f,.y^ *

c. CT

The author's name does not appear in the

text, but it is found in the following title
written by Sir John Kirk on the fly-leaf :
" Notes on the History of Kilwa, by Sheikh
Moheddin [Muhyi al-Din] of Zanzibar, 1862."
He states incidentally, fol. 1 6a, that he was
born A.H. 904, and the Sultan, by whose
desire he wrote the work, and to whose
record he devotes its concluding chapter,
was Muhammad B. al-Sultan Husain B. al-
Sultan Sulaiman, who appears to have reigned
in the latter half of the tenth century of the
Hijrah.

The work is divided into a Mukaddimah,
treating of intellect and its rules, fi ^J
wbTj JjUM, and ten Babs, the headings of
which are as follow :

Fol. 6a. ^ J\

Fol. 8a.

Fol. 86.

Fol. 96.

Fol. 116.

Fol. 13a. *

I.

II.

III.

a*

ui)il\ ^j/J J IV.

* V.

i VI.

Fol. 14a.

_»y v5-»

W yi^JV JT,

i VII.

i J VIII.

392

HISTORY.

IX.

'y

^.«»*j .A*^

X.

j.jL»jJuw«

In the present copy, Bab VII. comes to
an abrupt termination ; and the last three
are wanting.

The first Muslim settlers on the African
coast are said to have come from Shiraz.
A man called Hasan B. 'Ali and his six sons
sailed in seven ships and landed at different
points of the coast. The sixth son alighted
on Kilwa, and purchased the island from its
heathen owner, the native chief of Almuli.

The first king mentioned is Sultan 'Ali B.

f-'

al-Husain, surnamed Ighawumij, £*$*!, who

lived about the middle of the third century
of the Hijrah, and established his son in the
neighbouring island of Manfasiyyah, &jLii*.
His successors and some subsequent dynas-
ties are very briefly chronicled. The length
of each reign is stated, but no dates are
given. Bab V., however, offers a synchronism
in the record of the arrival at Kilwa of the
Rasuli prince, Malik Mas'ud B. al-Malik al-
Muayyad, driven from Aden by Sultan 'Ali
B. Tahir. This must have been about
A.H. 859. See Johannsen, Hist. Jemange,
p. 186.

More precise dates are given in Bab VII.,
which treats of the reign of Sultan Fudail,
who succeeded A.H. 901, and his " Mayor of
the Palace," Amir Ibrahim. It contains an
account of their dealings with the European
navigators (Vasco de Gama and Cabral), from
A.H. 904 to 908. That chapter breaks off
in a passage describing how. Amir Ibrahim

proceeded by boat to an interview with the
Portuguese commander (see 1'Asie de Barros,
Thevenot, Histoire de divers Voyages, vol. ii.,
p. 14, and Rigby's report on the Zanzibar
Dominions, Selections from the Records of
the Bombay Government, no. lix., p. 28).

The MS. was presented to Sir John Kirk
by the Sultan of Zanzibar, Barghash B. Sa'Id,
who wrote in gold letters on the first page :

U»

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601.

Or. 3128.— Foil. 82 ; 8 in. by 5£ ; 15 lines,
2f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
15 Sha'ban, A.H. 1011 (A.D. 1603).

[KREMER, no. 138.]

(fol. 8a)

A work in praise of the Abyssinians, with
lives of some notable men and women of
that race, by 'Ala al-Dm Muhammad B. 'Abd
al-Baki al-Bukhari al-Makki.

The work was written, A.H. 991, for
Sayyid al-Husain, the eldest son of the
Sharif of Mecca, Sayyid Hasan B. Abi
Numma. See the Arabic Catalogue, pp.
158a, 5796, 7706; the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 81 ; Pertsch, no. 1694 ; Houtsma,
no. 193; Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber,
no. 536 ; and Fliigel, Zeitschrift der D. Morg.
Ges., vol. xvi., pp. 697 — 709, where a full
analysis of the contents will be found.

The author's name appears in the follow-
ing inscription, by the same hand as the
text: u^xU ^[^ j, JJJL>!i\

AFRICA.

898

Copyist :

At the end are added a few verses, an
admonition against secret idolatry, l_^»- cd)

-»,

by the great mystic Raslan al-Dimashki, and
an Arabic note stating that the MS. belonged
to Joseph Catafago, dragoman of the Prussian
Consulate, Beyrout.

602.

Or. 4634.— Poll. 107 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
3f in. long; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Thursday, 15 Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 1013 (A.D. 1605). [LANE.]

I. Foil. 1—59. yltjil yli g,

A work of Jalal al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman
al-Suyuti in praise of the Abyssinians, with
notices of some eminent men of negro blood.

Be.

The author describes his work as a much
enlarged recension of a treatise of Abu'l-
Faraj Ibn al-Jauzi, entitled Tanwlr al-

Ghabash (j^j u,brJ\ J^ai Jj <J~£\ j>.?3,
Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 455) ; adding that his
own work is to that of his predecessor like
a full moon to the crescent.

The RaP Shan al-Hubshan is one of the
two works of al-Suyuti which the author
of Tiraz al-Mankush follows as his authori-
ties. An extract from it has been given by
S. de Sacy in his Chrestomathie, vol. i.,
p. 458. See also Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 475,
and vol. vi., p. 677, no. 407.

II. Foil. 60—107. JjUi j <JljtiH\ jl

Another copy of the work noticed under
the preceding number.

Copyist :

il

603.

Or. 2345.— Foil. 54; 8J- in. by 5J; 15 lines,
3| in. long; written in clear Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Dulhijjah, A.H.
1296 (A.D. 1879).

[Presented by GORDON PASHA.]

History of Nubia, from A.H. 910 to A.H.
1280.

Beg.

*J\

The author, whose name does not appear,
defines the scope of the work as follows :

J Jy

The history begins with the first king of
the race called al-Funj, £aN , namely, 'Umarah
Dunkas, l_rajjii *}*?"> wno founded the city
of Sennar, A.H. 910, and with his successors,
down to the last of the dynasty, al-Malik
Unsah, «-aiji ^\\, who was deposed A.H.
1130 (fol. 8a). After him came al-Malik Nul,
Jy CJJ4^ , a maternal relative of the former
king, who died A.H. 1135, and his son al-
Malik Badi Abu Shalukh, ^Li. y.l c?jb, in
whose time the chiefs of the Hamaj, an
Arab tribe, became the real rulers (^$\ '^*
L-yN ^jj ^ «>> ^j, fol. 8b). The next
section deals with the first of those chiefs,
al-Shaikh Muhammad Abu '1-Kllak, j^ giJI
d)L^\ y.^,and with his successors, down to Mu-
hammad B. 'Adlan, whose murder, A.H. 1232
(see Buchta, der Sudan, p. 19), was followed
by a period of anarchy. The last section
begins (fol. 30i) with the Egyptian conquest,
and the appearance of Ibrahim and Isma'Il
Pasha on the scene, A.H. 1237. It is taken

3E

394

HISTORY.

up with the successive governors of the | to the Awa'il, i.e., to the origins of things,

Sudan, and ends with Musa Pasha, who
entered Khartum on the 4th of Safar, A.H.
1279, and returned to it, after a journey to
Cairo, in Jumada II., A.H. 1280. It con-
cludes, fol. 516, as follows : \ jj Us>

A short appendix, due to another writer
(foil. 516 — 54a), who wrote it by desire of
an exalted personage not named, begins
with the mission of Ja'far Mazhar Pasha,
A.H. 1281, and brings the history down to
A.H. 1288. It concludeswiththe governorship
of Ahmad Mumtaz Pasha, and with an account
of his tyrannical rule, and of the indignities
which he inflicted upon the Muslims.

The following colophon gives the name
of Muhammad Abu Bakr Makki Ahmad, but
whether as author or as copyist remains

doubtful : &JLJy tr^>'j ^ utf"^ fJ-j^ ^ p* ^J

*5 J>£>

On the first and last pages are impressions
of the seal of Gordon Pasha, U>b ^jf-, by
whom the MS. was presented to the Museum
in 1881.

Appendix to History.

604.

Or. 1530.— Foil. 196 ; 7J in. by 5J ; 15 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in cursive, but distinct,
Neskhi; dated (fol. 1876) 19 Jumada I.,
A.H. 866 (A.D. 1462).

[SiE HENKY C. EAWLINSON.]

I. Foil. 1—187.

A collection of historical notices, relating

and to the persons who originated certain
customs, practices, or arts ; by Badr al-Din
Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad B. 'Abdallah al-
Shibli al-Hanafi.

Beg.

The author's name appears in the follow-
ing title prefixed to the volume, in the same

handwriting as the text :

He was born A.H. 712, in al-Shibliyyah,
a quarter of the town of al-Salihiyyah (near
Damascus), of which his father was Kayyim,
or warden, and from which his Nisbah al-
Shibli is derived. He applied himself to the
study of law and tradition under the best
masters in Damascus and Cairo, and was
appointed, A.H. 755, Kadi of Tarabulus.
He held that office to the time of his death,
which took place A.H. 769. It is said that
he frequently took up arms and engaged in
military operations along the coast. (See
al-Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 82a ;
Ibn Tulun, Or. 3046, fol. 1536 ; and Tad-
kirat'al-Nablh, Add. 7335, fol. 2326.) The
work is mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. i.,
p. 490, and vol. v., p. 413.

In the preface, after dwelling at length on
the priceless value of books, and after quoting
innumerable sayings, in prose and verse, on
that subject, the author speaks of his eager
pursuit of knowledge, and enumerates his
previous compositions, as follows :

y*. 2.

He submitted this last for revision to his
master, Shaikh Abu '1-Hajjaj (Yusuf B. 'Abd
al- Rahman) al-Mizzi (d. A.H. 742), of whom

APPENDIX TO HISTORY.

395

he speaks as still living. 3.

J**-^, a commentary upon the J

of 'Ahd al- Wahid al-Jamma'ili (d. A.H. 600 ;

v. Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 254). 4. t_a

j>-Nj fKW. 5.
6.

l laai!\ ^fr. Having proceeded to Jeru-
salem, A.H. 737, he found there the great
Shaikh Abu Sa'Id B. al-'Ala'i (Khalll B.
Kaikaldi, d. A.H. 761 ; v. al-Durar al-Kami-
nah, Or. 3043, fol. 1206, and Uns al-Jalll,
fol. 186), from whom he took down in
writing much valuable information ; among
others, a chapter on Awa'il, which, after
returning home, he compared with his own
notes on that subject. To these he sub-
sequently made additions from the following
works : 1. Kitab al- Awa'il, by the Hafiz Abu'l-
Kasim Sulaiman B. Ahmad B. Ayyub al-
Tabarani (who died in Ispahan, A.H. 360 ;
Ibn Khallikan, vol. i., p. 592). 2. Kitab al-
Awa'il, by Abu 'Arubah al-Husain B. Abi
Ma'shar Muh. B. Maudud al-Harrani (who
died A.H. 318 ; al-'Ibar, Add. 23,280, fol.
111). 3. A chapter on Awa'il at the end of
the work entitled al-Musannaf, by Abu
Bakr ('Abdallah B. Muh.) Ibn Abi Shaibah
(d. A.H. 235 ; v. Fihrist, p. 229 ; al-'Ibar, fol.
76; Lib. Classium, viii.,no. 20). 4. Notices
scattered in the book of Muh. B. Ishak al-
Nadim (the Fihrist).

The work is divided into twenty-five un-
numbered sections, the headings of which
are given at the end of the preface, fol. 10.
They are arranged according to a general
chronological order, beginning with Creation,
the Ka'bah, Adam and the Prophets, &c.,
and concluding with the Resurrection, Para-
dise, and Hell.

At the end is an appendix headed

foil. 178a — 1876, not included in the table of
contents. It consists of miscellaneous his-
torical notices borrowed from various tra-
ditionists, and begins : U J^ j (^U)

It is divided into short sections (Fasl), the
last of which treats of various eras, and
contains a reference to A.H. 742 as the
present year.

It appears from the following colophon to
have been transcribed, as well as the pre-
ceding work, from the rough draft of the

author :

&i» lie-

II. Foil. 189—196 ; written by the same
hand, but in a smaller character, with about
twenty lines in a page.

The Kitab al- Awa'il of Abu '1-Kasim Sulai-
man B. Ahmad B. Ayyub al-Tabarani, men-
tioned as one of the sources of the preceding
work.

alll

It begins with a Riwayat, starting from
Shams al-Din Abu '1-Hajjaj Yusuf B. Khalil
B. 'Abdallah al-Dimashki (who died in Halab,
A.H. 648, at the age of ninety-three ;
Orientalia, vol. ii., p. 235), with whom the
work was read in Halab, and ascending,
through two intermediate links, to Abu

O

Nu'aim Ahmad B. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad
(born A.H. 336, died A.H. 430 ; Ibn Khal-
likan, vol. i., p. 74 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 49,
fol. 153), who had it from the author.
3 E 2

396

HISTORY.

The work is divided into a number of
short sections headed <_. >b, each of which
contains a separate Hadith, or statement,
preceded by its Isnad. The first Bab relates
to the Hadith ^1 A\ ^ U Jjl The copy
is signed by the same scribe as art. I., and
is dated 6 Muharram, A.H. 866.

On the literature of the Awa'il, gee Haj.
Khal., vol. i., p. 490 ; Gosche, " Die Kitab
al-Awa'il, Festgabe zur 25-ten Versammhmg
der Philologen," Halle, 1867 ; Pertsch, Gotha
Catalogue, no. 1551 ; and Melanges Asiatiques,
vol. i., p. 100.

605.

Or. 1313. — Two rubbings, taken from tumular
inscriptions in the royal mausoleum of Sheila,
near Kabat, Morocco, by Mr. Frost, H. M.'s
Vice- Consul at Rabat, and presented by
Trovey Blackmore, Esq.

The first is a sheet of paper, 2 ft. 5 in. in
height, by 2 ft. 2 in. It is from the tomb of
Sultan Abu Ya'kub Yusuf. The essential
part of the inscription reads as follows :

Ufe

Abu Ya'kub Yusuf B. Abi Yusuf Ya'kub
B. 'Abd al-Hakk, of the Beni Merin dynasty,
was assassinated by a eunuch slave in Tlemsen
Jedid on the 7th of Dulka'dah, A.H. 706.
The inscription confirms the date of that
event as recorded in Raud al-Kartas, Beau-
mier's translation, p. 548, and by Ibn Khal-
dun, De Slane's translation, vol. iv., p. 169.
For an account of the mausoleum, now in

ruins, and a translation of the inscription,
see the Athenaeum, September, 1875, p. 380.

The second rubbing is on a slip of paper
six feet long by 8 in.

It was taken from the tomb of a daughter
of Abu 'Inan, sou of Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B.
Abu Said B. Abu Yusuf Ya'kub B. 'Abd al-
Hakk, of the same dynasty. Abu 'Inan
seized upon the throne in his father's absence,
A.H. 749, and died A.H. 759. The princess
died on the 4th of Rajab, A.H. 750. The
inscription reads in its essential part as

follows : ii-UaM LJuN SfeUaM SU U3^« *> U&

*

For a full account of Abu 'Inan, see Ibn
Khaldun, Histoire du Berberes, translation,
vol. iv., pp. 271—318.

606.

Or. 1738.— Foil. 205 ; 10 in. by 5£ ; about
13 lines in a page ; written by various hands
in Neskhi and Nestalik, about A.D. 1853.

[SiE H. MIERS ELLIOT.]

Extracts relating to India from sixteen
historical Arabic MSS., preserved in the
Library of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,
written for Sir H. Elliot.

At the beginning is a list of the nineteen
extracts, at the head of which is written :

.!>.$«*» ^

W

APPENDIX TO HISTORY.

397

AJlitf; jt> W ji>

?J^] Jl
Jj> JU juJ

The extracts are from the following works :

Fol. 2. w\kSAM S^ft, wli^ »y, by Abu
Muh. 'Abdallah B. As'ad al-Yafi'i (no. 473).

Fol. 8. jt* ^01 yySNjUtl J ,y»Hj j»W ^>
by Sayyid Muh. B. Abi Bakr al-Shilli ; v.
Arabic Catalogue, p. 431Z>.

Fol. 12. yj-UW ua-^N i>J J y^N WLJ1,
by 'All B. Burhan al-Dln al-Halabi ; v. Arabic
Catalogue, p. 4246.

Fol. 19. ujpai— ^ JJ J ujp<c4l, by
Muhammad Khatlb al-Abshihi ; v. Arabic
Catalogue, p. 335o.

Fol. 24. t/j^o- t^*"-jN ciofr Ojl3, a general

history, from Creation to A.H.597, apparently
jrtN -^j^ jj (JaJui^, by 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn
al-Jauzi (no. 460).

Fol. 28. Jj^jlST, J,J\jb^l by Ahmad al-
Karamani (no. 491).

Fol. 50. t-*^.U^^ sy, ascribed to Abu
'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Urnar Zain al-Din B. al-
Wakidi.

Beg. J^jA^W1^^^ ^.^ ^J jji

The work, which is called at the end s\j«
Qji^j^W ib.Uj ^J c-^l*^', is stated to have
been composed A.H. 767, and to treat of
history, genealogy, geography, and politics.

The last title and the above date give a
clue to the real author, Muhammad B. Kasim
B. Muh. al-Nuwairi al-Malaki al-Iskandarani,
who wrote a work in three volumes, contain-
ing, besides an account of the taking of
Alexandria by the Franks, A.H. 767, much
miscellaneous historical matter. See al-
Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 109, and
Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 107.

The MS. is stated to consist of 275 folios,
with 25 lines in a page, and to be dated
A.H. 809.

Fol. 71.
Shakrawati Farmad.

Beg.

Jr, the story of

Shakrawati Farmad is the name of a king
of Malabar, who, having witnessed from his
residence, Kalankur, the splitting of the
moon by Muhammad, acknowledges him as
the true Prophet, and spreads Islamism in
his dominions.

Fol. 94. j£\ ^\ J«K, the Kamil, by Ibn al-
Athir (no. 462).

Fol. 126. fi\xtt\ u*^, by Abu'l-Hasan
Muh. B. 'Abdallah al-Kisa'i (no. 497).

Fol. 130. *Ulil jj\3, by Jalal al-Din 'Abd
al-Rahman al-Suyuti (no. 483).

Fol. 134. JjjJl j^^f, by Abu'l-Faraj
(no. 32).

Fol. 142. t_*toiM jj*, by al-Mas'udi (no.

448).

Fol. 146. Lup rf\ o,\3, i.e.

, ascribed to Ibn Kutaibah (no. 519).

Fol. 150. *JjA\ i^jj.-o, an encyclopaedic
work, abridged from the Miftah al-Sa'adah
of Ahmad B. Mustafa Tashkubri Zadah (see
the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 195).
The extract contains an enumeration of
historical works.

Beg.

Fol. 163.
the Kamil.

another extract from

398

BIOGRAPHY.

Fol. 184. y'jJuH ^4", by al-Kazwini ;
v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 441a.

Fol. 190. ,»jL«N <&>.<**, the preface and table
of contents of the work above-mentioned
(fol. 150).

Beg. 5) yjUjo

Fol. 202. j»ljt J-ac-, another extract from
al-Shilli's work (fol. 8).

BIOGRAPHY.

607.

Or. 1281.— Foil. 153; lOJin. by7£; 21 lines,
5 in. long ; written in large and plain
Neskhi, about A.H. 672 (A.D. 1273).

The fourth volume of the biographical
dictionary of Ibn Khallikan, in the hand-
writing of the author.

This volume contains the additional notices,
completing the letter <_j, which the author
wrote after his return from Damascus to
Cairo, at the end of A.H. 669, and finished,
as stated in the epilogue, fol. 1525, on the
22nd of Jumada II., A.H. 672. See Wiis-
tenfeld's edition, xii., p. 119, and De Slane's
translation, vol. iv., p. 560. The contents
correspond with pp. 114 — 602 of the latter
work, and with the lives 817 — 865 of Wiis-
tenfeld's edition.

After being long separated from its fellow
volume, described at length in the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 685 — 87, the present portion
of the precious autograph has, by a curious
and happy chance, been brought from another
quarter to join again the former volume on

the shelves of the Museum, which has thus
become possessed of three-quarters of that
valuable work in the original draft of the
author. Ibn Khallikan' s handwriting has
been faithfully reproduced in a facsimile of
Add. 25,735, Oriental Series of the Palseogra-
phical Society, plate 38.

In one respect this volume has fared better
than the former. It has not been so ruth-
lessly trimmed, and has preserved a larger
proportion of its original width, and of the
numerous autograph additions which crowd
the margins. But, on the other hand, it has
had the mischance of losing in various places
a number of leaves, the contents of which
have been carefully supplied, but by another
and much later hand. That restoration was
completed, as stated at the end, on the 15th
of Ramadan, A.H. 991 (A.D, 1583).

The following list shows the beginning
and end of the portions of the autograph
MS. preserved in this volume, with references
to the corresponding passages in the fourth
volume of De Slane's translation.

Foil. 16—19. Beg.
(p. 156, line 13).

End : ,> jj
^^ (p. 171, line 25).

Foil. 23—65. Beg.
jJjM Jl c^o, (p. 179, line 26).

Ending with the last line of the notice of
Ibn al-Sikkit (p. 299).

Fol. 68. Beg. JUSM ^Jjj J^o j f^^r"
(p. 340, line 7).

Ending

(p. 342, line 7).

Foil. 70, 71. Beg.
(p. 344, line 7).

BIOGRAPHY.

390

End. .

(p. 353, line 7).

Fol. 73. Beg. Uy_ u IcjJ »j^*5l Jl
(.p. 355, line 15).

End. oT (j\jl »i-> a^is cJo (_^.lj ^.J w\£ Ui
J'li ^li* J (p. 357, line 20).

Foil. 75—148. Beg. *^b w^l 8j01 ^
ylaJb j3\ (p. 362, line 24).

End. W"-'^. V jcLejj &~JU: l^j jwl!\ c*i^j
(p. 581, line 30).

The writing of Ibn Khallikan is, without
any pretension to elegance, well shaped and
perfectly distinct. In all doubtful cases the
author has carefully added the vowels and
other additional signs to distinguish letters
liable to be mistaken for others. A collation
of his text would be useful to correct any
mistakes that have escaped the editor or the
translator. A few instances will be found
in the very first leaves of the MS. Thus
the surname of Shihab al-DTn al-Suhrawardi,
fol. I6a, is not C^j^b ±>J^, al-Murid bil-
Malakut as read by Wiistenfeld, x., p. 100,
and by De Slane, p. 156, but O^b jJ^U, al-
Mu'ayyad bil-Malakut. On the verso of the
same folio we read : j^3i\ tdj s^e- t_*ijJ ±> J6j
i^a- ^ aib \\ " The above-mentioned son (al-
Zahir, son of Saladin) had already arrested
him (al-Suhrawardi) on account of the reports
that had reached him concerning the same."
Instead of U De Slane read Q, and trans-
lated, p. 157 : " al-Zahir had him arrested
as soon as he was told of it." Further on,
fol. 176, the name —^ y\ is vocalized Abu
Raub., instead of Abu Ruh, as read by De
Slane, p. 163.

The author's marginal additions, more or
less mutilated by the trimming of the volume,
are found inserted in the text in later MSS.

and in the printed editions. In two places,
where the margins did not afford sufficient
space, such additions have been written on
supplementary leaves ; see foil. 49 and 112.

A tabulated index of the lives has been
prefixed (fol. 26), by the same hand that sup-
plied the lost leaves. On fol. 3a is written this
title : /b\ Ui^ J&y] e_>UJ, L

On the

same page are notes of former owners, one
of whom, Muhammad B. 'Abd al-Baki B.
Muhibb al-Dm al-Hanafi, has added his seal
with the date A.II. 1031. The last named,
one of the 'Ulama of Damascus, was succes-
sively Kadi of Balbek and of Saida, and died
in Hims, A.H. 1060. (Khulasat al-Athar,
vol. iii., p. 479.)

608.

Or. 1278.— Foil. 197 ; llf in. by 7 ; 33 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in fair cursive Neskhi,
apparently in the 17th century.

The first volume of the same biographical
dictionary, ending with the life of Mu'ad B.
Muslim al-Harra. (De Slane's translation,
vol. iii., p. 370; Wiistenfeld's edition, no. 735.)

The text is much shorter than that of the
printed editions. It appears, moreover, to
have been transcribed from a MS. which had
lost some leaves. There are two lacunae of
some extent. The first occurs on fol. 1516,
and extends from the first lines of the life
of al-Kasim B. Muzaffar al-Shahruzuri to
the beginning of the life of Abu '1-Fath Mull.
Ibn al-Ta'awidi. (De Slane's translation,
vol. ii., p. 497, to vol. iii., p. 162.) The second,
fol. 196a, extends from the latter part of the
life of Mar wan B. Abi Hafsah to the begin-
ning of the life of Mu'ad B. Muslim al-Harra.
(Ib., vol. iii., pp. 346—370.)

On the first page is a note of a former

400

BIOGRAPHY.

owner, with the date «« **«», probably for
A.H. 1055. At the top of the same page is
written : " B libris Theodori Preston, Coll.
S. S. Trin. Camb. Socii, 1848, Damasci."
On the fly-leaf is a table of the lives con-
tained in the first part of the MS., foil. 2 — 47.

609.

Or. 1279.— Foil. 249 ; 10 in. by 6| ; 37 lines,
3f- in. long ; written in small and fairNeskhi,
apparently in the 18th century.

The first volume of the same biographical
dictionary, ending with the life of 'Amr B.
Mas'adah. (De Slane's translation, vol. ii.,
p. 410; Wiistenfeld's edition, no. 518.)

There are some corrections and a few
additions, chiefly poetical quotations, in the
margins. On the first page is the name of
a former owner, with the date A.H. 1171.

610.

Or. 1280.— Foil. 153 ; 10 in. by 6f ; 17 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair flowing Neskhi
of the 15th century.

The last volume of the first edition of the
same work, beginning with the life of Mu-
hammad Ibn Tumart, and ending with that
of Yahya al-Barmaki. (Wiistenfeld's edition,
nos. 699 — 816; De Slane's translation, vol. iii.,
p. 205 to vol. iv., p. 113.)

The text is shorter than that of the printed
editions ; it wants all the later additions of
the author. The life of Alp Arslan (vol. iii.,
p. 230 — 232) is left out, and the usual order
of the letters i and j is inverted, the latter
being placed first.

The latter part of the MS., foil. 129—153,
is by an earlier hand, and in the Mag'hribi cha-
racter. It is dated at the end 27 Jumada II.,
A.H. 747 (A.D. 1346), and concludes with
the rare epilogue of the first edition, trans-

lated by De Slane, vol. iv., p. 113. (See
"Wiistenfeld's edition, vol. x., p. 71.) At the
end is a note by another hand, in the Oriental
character, stating that the author had, ac-
cording to his promise, subsequently com-
pleted the work ; for in some copies there
was found a sequel of about ten quires,
beginning with the life of Yahya Ibn Hu-
bairah, at the end of which the author stated
that, after reaching the life of Yahya al-
Barmaki, the work had been temporarily
brought to a close by his departure for
Damascus (A.H. 659 ; see De Slane's trans-
lation, vol. iv., p. 560), but that it had been
afterwards resumed and completed.

Two notes written (also in the Oriental
character) on the margins of foil. 1516 and
1526, are contemporary records of a great
earthquake on the 14th of Jumada I., A.H.
775, and of the departure of the writer,
Ahmad B. Muh. B. Abi Bakr, for Damietta,
klxci^j on the 18th of Rabi' II. in the same
year.

A quire written in the Maghribi character,
and by the same hand as the latter part of
the MS., foil. 36 — 44, has been inserted
between two consecutive leaves of the
original MS. It does not belong to Ibn
Khallikan's work, but is a fragment of
another, probably earlier, biographical dic-
tionary. It contains notices of the following
men, mostly poets, who lived in the first
three centuries of the Hijrah : Muslim B.
al-Walld al-Ansari, a contemporary of Harun
al-Rashid ; Mus'ab B. al-Zubair, who died
A.H. 72; al-Mufaddal B. Muh. al-Dabbi
(in the time of al-Rashid) ; Marwan Ibn
Abi Hafsah, who died A.H. 181 ; al-Mu'am-
mal B. Umail (in the time of al-Mahdi) ;
Marwan B. Abi'l-Janub (in the reigns of
al-Wathik and of al-Mutawakkil) ; Mansur
B. Salamah B. Zibrikan al-Namari (in the
reign of al-Rashid) ; Mansur B. 'Amrniir al-

BIOGRAPHY.

401

Sulami al-Wa'iz, a contemporary of Laith B.
Sa'd (d. A.H. 175).

The first life begins : t

The arrangement is alphabetical, but with
regard to the first letter only. The author
refers in two passages to the letters c and J
of his dictionary. He quotes only early
authorities, such as al-Zubair B. Bakkar
(d. A.H. 256) and Abu Sa'Id Ibn Yunus
(d. A.H. 347).

On the first page of the MS. is written the
following title in the Thulthi character : ^£>-^

A careful reader has corrected the above
erroneous statement by inserting y-J between
j and *jj

On the same page are notes of several
successive owners, the earliest of which is
dated A.H. 941.

611.

Or. 3686.— Foil. 402 ; lOJin. by 6 ; 25 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
end of Dulka'dah, A.H. 1013 (A.D. 1605).

[BUDGE.]

The second volume of the same work,
beginning with the life of Ibn Tumart
(Wiistenfeld, no. 699 ; De Slane, vol. iii.,
p. 205), and ending with that of Yunus Ibn
Man'ah (Wiistenfeld, no. 864 ; De Slane,
vol. iv., p. 597), and with the author's epilogue,
dated 22 Jumada II., A.H. 672.

Copyist :

612.

Or. 3687.— Foil. 57 ; 12J in. by 7* ; 27 lines,

4 in. long ; written in small and neat Neskhi,
apparently in the 18th century. [BUDGE.]

A portion of the same work, beginning
with the life of Abu Bakr al- Hasan Ibn al-
'Allaf (Wiistenfeld's edition, no. 171; De
Slane's translation, vol. i., p. 398), and end-
ing with that of Sulaiman al-A'mash (Wiis-
tenfeld, no. 270 ; De Slane, vol. i., p. 587).
The first and last notices are imperfect.
Spurious beginning and end have been
added by a later hand.

The text of this fragment differs con-
siderably by omissions, and still more by
additions, from the printed editions. There
is especially a notable increase, and a dif-
ferent arrangement, of poetical quotations,
while in some parts the text is so altered
as to preserve little of the original work.
The following notices may be pointed out
as much exceeding the printed texts in
extent: Al-Hallaj (Wiistenfeld, no. 186),
fol. 8a ; al-Khall' (no. 190), fol. lOi ; Ibn
al-Hajjaj (no. 191), fol. 12b; al-Bari' (no.
195), fol. 15a; Zubaidah (no. 241), fol. 396;
Zinki B. Maudud (no. 245), fol. 43a ; Sa'Id
B. al-Musayyab (no. 261), fol. 52a ; Sufyan
al-Thauri (no. 265), fol. 54a.

61314.

Or. 3043 and 3044. — Two uniform volumes,
consisting respectively of foil. 187 and 172;
10^ in. by 6£ ; 33 lines, 5 in. long ; written
by the same hand in small and distinct Neskhi.
The first volume is dated 29 Eabi' L, A.H.
876 ; the second, 24 Jumada II., same year
(A.D. 1471). [KEEMEE, no. 44.]

A biographical dictionary of the eminent
men who died in tb<* eighth century of the
Hijrah; by Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B. 'Ali,
called Ibn Hajar, who died A.H. 852. See
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 767a, and Wusten-
feld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 487.
3?

402

BIOGRAPHY.

Beg.

The scope of this useful and comprehensive
work is defined in the preface as follows :

rl?

. A ^^ • j a

.^g^^1-^ j

The author then proceeds to enumerate
his sources, which we give in the following
list, with references, for the works, to Haj.
Khal., and, for the author's lives, to the
notices contained in the present MS., and
to Wustenfeld's " Geschichtschreiber der
Araber " :

\*s\ (H. Kh.,

i., p. 365), by Abu'1-Safa (Khalil B.
Aibak) al-Safadi, who died A.H. 764
(vol. i., fol. 120a, Wiist., no. 423).

J& (H. Kh., v., p. 382), by Abu
Hayyan (Huh. B. Yusuf), who died
A.H. 745 (vol. ii., fol. 137a, Wust.,
no. 409).

iffci (H. Kh., iii., p. 337), by Shihab
al-Din (Ahmad B. Yahya) Ibn Fadl-
allah, who died A.H. 749 (vol. i.,
fol. 616, Wust., no. 411).
gjS (H. Kh., ii., p. 142), by Kutb al-
Dln ('Abd al-Karim B. 'Abd al-Nur) al-
Halabi, who died A.H. 735 (vol. i.,
fol. 176a, Wust., no. 402).

jju» J*> (H. Kh., iii., p. 639), by Shams
al-Din (Muh. B. Ahmad) al-Dahabi,
who died A.H. 748 (vol. ii., 'fol. 54a,
Wiist., no. 410).

> H- Kh-> v-> P- 432)»

by 'Alam al-Din (al-Kasim B. Muh.) al-
Birzali, who died A.H. 739 (vol. ii.,
fol. 366, Wiist., no. 403).

(H. Kh., vi., p. 456), by Taki al-Din
Muh. B. Rafi', who died A.H. 774
(vol. ii., fol. 736, Wiist., no. 433).

J>JJ\ (*6.), by (Ahmad) Ibn Hijji, who
died A.H. 816 (Suluk, fol. 176, Inba al-
Ghumr, fol. 209, Wiist., no. 462).

ObJjJ\ (H. Kh., vi., p. 457), by Abu '1-Husain
(Ahmad) B. Aibak al-Dimyati, who
died A.H. 749 (vol. i., fol. 196).

«jJ* Jjifl (ib.), by Abu '1-Fadl ('Abd al-Ralnm)
B. al-Husain al-'Iraki, who died A.H.
806 (Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 149a).

ai^b'^fr >_j\3 (H. Kh., i., p. 164), by Lisan al-
DTn (Muh. B. 'Abdallah) Ibn al-Khatib,
who died A.H. 776 (vol. ii., fol. 79a,
Wiist., no. 439).

gjW (H. Kh., ii., p. 101), by Wall al-Din
Ibn Khaldun, who died A.H. 808 (Wust.,
no. 456).

To the above is added, in the margin, the

work of al-Makrizi, whom the author calls

his friend, on the history of the Egyptian

dynasty and its vicissitudes, Uj*-Uo **»». \*

\^-j *^rai\ Dj^jb*^ ,j c?H/^ ^^ Jil

The lives are arranged in strict alphabeti-
cal order, according to the proper names.
In the case of identical names, the arrange-
ment is determined by the names of the
father and grandfather.

The first volume contains the first half of
the alphabet, beginning -with t±ts>-\ ^ .^Jy',
and ending \rith Jj^v*^ liC^l' ^ f^3f'- The
second volume, which completes the work,
begins with ^«.\ ^ ("i1^ c^ i^j an<i
with

COMPANIONS AND TRADITIONISTS.

403

The author states at the end that he com-
pleted the work in its original shape A.H.
830, and that he went on adding to it down
to A.H. 837. At that time, however, he
had not completely carried out his plan,
having still in nooks and corners an un-
exhausted reserve of supplementary notices.
(See Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 217, where that
passage is given, but disfigured by an error
as to the latter date.)

The MS. has been carefully collated.

Another copy is described in the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 337, by Fliigel, who
states that the number of lives exceeds four
thousand five hundred. See also the Paris
Catalogue, no. 2077, and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 53.

615.

Or. 3052.— Foil. 18 ; 10 in. by 7 ; 14 or
15 lines, 4J in. long; written in neat
Nestalik, apparently in the 19th century.

[KEEMEE, no. 52.]

Fragment of a biographical dictionary,
without title or author's name.

It is a late compilation, including dates
as late as A.H. 1093, and quoting the
Khulasat al-Athar of al-Muhibbi, who died
A.H. 1111. It comprises men of various
classes, traditionists, poets, writers, &c.,
from the Hijrah to the author's time, but
especially such as lived in Syria. The
notices are extremely short, and many of the
entries are only cross-references from a
Kunyah to a proper name.

The fragment begins with j^, and ends
with ^"^ yA It is chiefly taken up with

a long series of names beginning with
to which is prefixed the heading :

The only reference of the author to him-
self occurs in a passage, fol. I2b, in which,
after quoting the tjas- of Muhyi al-Din al-
Dimashki, i.e., &ajo». ^\ i_JU* j ^L»ii 5^a»
yUiM, written A.H. 939, by Muh. B. Yusuf
al-Dimashki, who died A.H. 942 (Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 238 ; Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 90), he mentions a work composed by
himself on the same subject, in the language
of his time, for the easy comprehension of
common people ; iib \&*+»-

There are a few notes and genealogical
tables in the margins.

Companions and Traditionists.

616.

Or. 3010.— Foil. 297 ; 9iin.by6±; 19 lines,
4$ in. long ; written in fine clear Neskhi,
probably about A.H. 600 (A.D. 1203), re-
stored by a later hand, apparently in the
18th century. [KEEMEE, no. 7.]

A portion of the celebrated Tabakat of
Muhammad B. Sa'd, the earliest and most
comprehensive of the extant histories of the
Companions of the Prophet, and of the tra-
ditionists who followed them.

The earliest notice of this valuable work,
apart from a bare mention of the title in the
Fihrist, p. 171, is found in a history written
two centuries later, the Ta'rikh Baghdad of
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Add. 23,320, fol. 56.
That writer calls the author Abu 'Abdallah
Muh. B. Sa'd B. Man!', freedman of the
Banu. Hiishim, and secretary of al-Wakidi,
and states that he died in Baghdad, on
3 r2

404

BIOGRAPHY.

Sunday, the fourth of Jumada II., A.H. 230,
at the age of sixty-two. " He compiled, he
says, an extensive work on the generations
of the Companions, and of their immediate
and mediate successors down to his time, an
excellent and admirable composition,
J\ ujflJlU, ttjuoUNj LU^ OUuk j

For later notices of the author see Ibn
JSTuktah, Or. 836, fol. 25; Ibn al-Jauzi,
Or. 3004, fol. 13 ; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
version, vol. iii., p. 64 (where A.H. 230 is to
be read instead of 203) ; Lib. Classium, viii.,
no. 12; and Wiistenfeld, G-eschichtschreiber,
no. 53.

The work has been fully described by
Otto Loth in his " Classenbuch des Ibn
Sa'd," Leipzig, 1869, and in his " Ursprung
und Bedeutung der Tabakat," Zeitschrift
der D. Morg. Ges., vol. xxiii., pp. 593 — 614.
See also Sprenger, ib., vol. iii., pp. 450 — 455,
and Leben des Mohammad, vol. iii., p. Ixxiv.
The contents of the Gotha copies have been
stated in detail by "Wiistenfeld, Zeitschrift,
vol. iv., pp. 187 — 197, and more summarily
by Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 331.

The Tabakat were completed after the
author's death by his disciple, Abu 'Ali al-
Husain B. Muh. B. Fahm al-Baghdadi, who
died A.H. 289. See al-Dahabi, who states
of him in al-'Ibar, fol. 966, that he handed
down the Tabakat Ibn Sa'd. Compare Loth,
das Classenbuch, pp. 27, 29. The work
includes a record of the death of Ibn Sa'd,
A.H. 230 (see the present copy, fol. 36a),
and some later obituary notices brought
down to A.H. 238 (see fol. 316), which was
probably the date of the edition of Ibn
Fahm. All the extant copies are traced to
the recension of a somewhat later traditionist,
Ibn Hayyuyah, and preserve the division
which he gave to the work.

Abu 'Umar Muh. B. al-'Abbas B. Muh. B.

Zakariyya B. Yahya B. Mu'ad Ibn Hayyuyah
al-Khazzaz, an eminent traditionist of Bagh-
dad, was born A.H. 295, and died on the
20th of Babi« II., A.H. 382. He handed
down several works of great extent, such as
the Tabakat of Muh. Ibn Sa'd (the present
work), the Maghazi of al-Wakidi, the writings
of Abu Bakr al-Anbari, the Maghazi of
Yahya B. Sa'Id al-Umawi (d. A.H. 194),
the Ta'rlkh of Ibn Abi Haithamah (Ahmad
B. Zuhair al-Nasa'i, who died A.H. 279),
and others. See Ta'rlkh Baghdad, Add.
23,320, fol. 2216; Ansab al-Sam'ani, fol.
197a; Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 48, fol. 178£ ;
and Loth, Classenbuch, p. 14. The ancestor's
name from which his patronymic is derived
is frequently read Hayyuwaih or Hayyawaih ;
but it is spelt Hayyuyah (f^tf] by an early
and accurate writer, 'Abd al-Ghani B. Sa'id,
in his al-Mu'talif wal-Mukhtalif, Or. 3057,
fol. 566. The same form is also given as a
man's name in the Kamus, p. 1869, line 11.

Our text belongs also to the recension of
Ibn Hayyuyah. Its transmission is traced
downwards from him to the sixth century
in a Saina' transcribed, fol. 187a, from the
MS. of Ahmad B. Muhammad al-Zahiri, a tra-
ditionist of Halab, who died A.H. 696 (Lib.
Classium, xx., no. 8). According to that
Sanaa', the work was transmitted through
the following intermediate links : 1. Abu
Muh. al-Hasan B. 'Ali B. Muh. al-Jauhari
(b. A.H. 363, d. A.H. 454 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam,
fol. 476), who had it from Ibn Hayyuyah.
2. Abu Talib 'Abd al-Kadir B. Yusuf, and
Muh. B. 'Abd al-Baki al-Duri, who read it,
A.H. 447, before al-Jauhari. 3. Abu '1-Kasim
Dakir B. Kamil, who had licences from the
last two traditionists. 4. Yusuf B. Khalll
al-Dimashki, who heard it read before Abu '1-
Kasim Dakir, A.H. 589. This last, Yusuf
B. Khalll, a well-known traditionist of
Damascus, was born A.H. 555 and died
A.H. 648. See Lib. Class., xviii., no. 12.

COMPANIONS AND TRADITIONISTS.

405

The present volume contains the parts
(Juz) xxii., xxiii., and xxiv. of Ibn Hayyu-
yah's recension, the first, however, incom-
plete. The contents of the first Juz partly
coincide with those of the Gotha MS. 411,
described by Wustenfeld, I.e., pp. 193-4;
but the last two, which relate to women,
and contain interesting particulars of Mu-
hammad's domestic life, are wanting in the
Gotha MSS. They appear, however, to be
found in a MS. belonging to M. Charles
Schefer.

Part xxiii. alone is explicitly designated
by its ordinal number at the end, fol. 87a,
where we read :

j».

The lost portions of the original MS. have
been supplied by a modern hand, but from
a copy which had also some lacunae. The
following parts are in the old writing :
foil. 93—102, 114—123, 126—131, 134—
187, and 189—288.

The first page, fol. 16, contains the heading
of the third Tabakah, afltiN SJaM, namely,
that of the Tabi'un of Basrah (v. Loth,
Classenbuch, p. 60 ; Wustenfeld, I.e., p. 193).
It begins with a notice of Katadah B. Di'a-
mah, which breaks off at the twelfth line.
There a blank space indicates a lacuna.

The next page begins abruptly in the
middle of a notice relating to Ayyub al-
Sakhtiyani (who died A.H. 131), the first of
the fourth Tabakah. The remaining Taba-
kat of Basrah are complete, and begin, respec-
tively, the fifth, fol. 106, the sixth, fol. 14«,
the seventh, fol. 176, and the eighth, fol. 20a.

Further on are found the following con-
tents : Legists and traditionists of Wasit,
fol. 206. Companions of the Prophet who

were in al-Mada'in, fol. 22a. Legists and
traditionists of Baghdad, down to Muham-
mad B. Sa'd, fol. 236.

Companions of the Prophet who took part
in the conquest of Khorasan, and died there,
fol. 366. Legists and traditionists of Khora-
san, fol. 376 ; of Rai, Hamadan, and Kum,
fol. 406.

Companions of the Prophet who settled
in Syria, fol. 41a. The Tabi'un of Syria, in
eight Tabakat, fol. 62a. Companions of the
Prophet in al-JazIrah, fol. 736 ; Tabi'un of
al-JazIrah, fol. 74<z ; of al-Mausil and of the
frontier places (al-'Awasim wa '1-Thughur),
fol. 77a. Companions of the Prophet who
entered Egypt, fol. 78a. (At fol. 81a there
is a lacuna without any apparent break in
the text ; it extends from the notice of
'Alkamah B. Rimthah, the eighth of the
Companions, to the notice of 'Ali B. Rabah
al-Lakhmi, the last of the second Tabakah
of Tabi'un.) Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth
Tabakahs of the Tabi'un of Egypt, fol. 816.
Tabi'un of Ailah, Ifrikiyyah, and Andalus,
fol. 83a.

Introductory chapter relating to the manner
in which the Prophet received the pledge, or
vow of allegiance, of Muslim women, fol. 836.
Notices of Muslim women, with the general
heading :

and the following sub-headings : Khadljah
Bint Khuwailid B. Asad, fol. 89a. Daughters
of the Prophet, fol. 92a. His paternal aunts,
fol. 1026. Daughters of his paternal uncles,
fol. 1056. His wives, fol. 1076. Wives with
whom he did not cohabit, or whom he
divorced, fol. 149a. Women whom he asked
in marriage, but with whom marriage was
not consummated, and women who gave
themselves to him, fol. 153a. Chapters
relating to Muhammad's matrimonial life,
and to his treatment of his wives, fol. 159a.
Maria, mother of Ibrahim, fol. 182a. Number

406

BIOGRAPHY.

of the Prophet's wives, fol. 184a. Muslim
women of the tribe of Kuraish and allied
tribes, fol. 1896. Muslim women of Arab
tribes, fol. 213a. Muslim women of the
Ansar, fol. 229a. Women who did not relate
anything as heard from the Prophet himself,
but who related what they had heard from
his wives or others, fol. 283a.

At the end is written, in the later hand-
writing, o\SLVi!\ u-jliijs-t y>j LJJ\ oUL*l»js^
^^IjM u_X>tf j.j.-. ^ b+grjif$\, as though this
last section concluded the work. But it is
highly probable that this xxivth Juz was
followed by another dealing with female
traditionists of subsequent generations.

On a fly-leaf, foil. 188a, is a note by a
former owner of the MS., Muhammad al-
Amln B. 'Uthman al-Salihi al-Hilali, record-
ing the birth of a son and two daughters,
A.H. 988—994. The writer was a Kadi and
poet, living at Damascus, where he died A.H.
1004. See Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iv., p. 34.

A volume of the Tabakat of Ibn Sa'd,
designated as the second, is noticed in the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 81.

617.

Or. 3619.— Foil. 44; 7| in. by 5 ; 14 lines,
3f in. long ; written in a cursive, flowing,
but very distinct, character, with a few
vowels, in or before A.H. 476 (A.D. 1083).

[G. CECIL EENOUARD.]

A list of the vouchers of traditions, with
a few short notices of their lives ; by Abu
'Abdallah Muhammad B. Ahmad B. Muh.
B. Abi Bakr al-Mukaddami al-Kadi.

On the first page is written, by the same
hand as the text : <j>J.*r '

The author, who was a native of Baghdad
and filled the office of Kadi, is described as
a veracious and trustworthy traditionist.
He received traditions from 'Amr B. 'AH al-
Fallas (d. A.H. 249) and from Muh. B. Khalid
B. Khidash. He died on the 1st of Shawwal,
A.H. 301. See Sam'ani, fol. 5396.

The work consists of little more than a
list of proper names. The object of the
author is to fix the correct and complete form
of the names of the Sahabah and Tabi'In, to
whom and through whom the Hadiths are
traced. He gives, therefore, in a loose
chronological order, the Kunyahs of those
who are known by their proper names, and
the proper names of those who are designated
by their Kunyahs, adding, in a few cases, at
what age and in what year they died, or who
received traditions from them. The few
dates that occur range from A.H. 87 to 169.
The last pages, foil. 38 — 44, are taken up
by the opinions of divers authorities as to
the trustworthiness, or the reverse, of some
traditionists.

The principal authority adduced is 'Ali
Ibn al-Madini (Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali B. 'Abd-
allah, who died A.H. 234; Muntaka 'l-'Ibar,
Or. 3006, fol. 85, and Lib. Classium, viii.,
no. 15), whose statements the author received
from his father.

Four men by wjiom the text was succes-
sively authenticated and transmitted are
enumerated in ascending order at the begin-

ning of the work as follows :

i^\ J\S

Jli'

JIS

COMPANIONS AND TRADITIONISTS.

407

sJ.fr A

Taking them in inverted order, we have :
1. Abu Zakariyya Yazid B. Muh. B. lyas
(al-Azdi al-Mausili), who heard the work
read by the author. He died A.H. 334, and
left a biography of the traditionists of Mosul ;
v. Lib. Class., xii., no. 14, and Yakut, vol. iv.,
p. 685.

2. Abu '1-Kasim 'Ali B. Ibrahim B. Ahmad
al-Jauzi, not otherwise known.

3. Abu Nasr Tahir B. Muh. B. Sulaiman
al-Mausili, before whom the next following
read the work in Mosul, A.H. 407.

4. Abu '1-Fath Sulaim B. Ayyub al-Rfizi,
a native of Rai, who settled in Damascus
and became a famous Shafi'i doctor. He
perished in the Red Sea on his return from
Mecca, in Safar, A.H. 447. See Ta'rlkh al-
Islam, Or. 49, fol. 215.

To the above four authorities a fifth and
later one has been added by another hand
at the top of the same page, namely, al-
Fakih Abu '1-Fath Nasr B. Ibrahim B. Nasr
al-Makdisi, who read the work with the
last-named doctor. Nasr was a native of
Nabulus who spent most of his life in
Jerusalem. He learnt Shafi'i law from Abu '1-
Fath Sulaim, and became one of the great
authorities in jurisprudence. He settled,
A.H. 480, in Damascus, where he died on
the day of 'Ashura, A.H. 490. See Ta'rlkh
al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 231.

The last four leaves of the MS. are written
by another hand in a more formal character.

At the end is a Sama', or reading certifi-
cate, stating that the work was read by
Abu'l-Faraj Ghaith B. 'AH al-Armanazi,
before the above-named Shaikh Abu '1-Fath
Nasr al-Makdisi, in a mosque of the city of
Sur, in the month of Sha'ban, A.H. 476.
The above-named Abu'l-Faraj Ghaith B.

'Ali al-Armanazi, who attests the preceding
Sama', was the Khatib and traditionist of
Sur. He died A.H. 509. See Muntaka '1-
'Ibar, fol. 2566.

A second Sama' relates to a reading per-
formed, A.H. 524, before Abu '1-Fath Nasr
Allah B. Muh. al-Massisi, one of the hearers
named in the first Sama'. It is followed by
two others, which are partly torn.

The MS. once belonged to Dr. John Lee,
who noticed it in his Catalogue, no. 46,
2nd edition, no. 66.

618.

Or. 3011.— Foil. 94; 8^ in. by 4£ ; from 28
to 32 lines, 4 in. long, in a page ; written
in a cursive and angular character, with very
few diacritical points, apparently about the
close of the 10th century.

[KEEMEB, no. 8.]

J

Notices of the " Companions " of Muham-
mad and of their successors, by Abu Ja'far
Muhammad B. Jarlr al-Tabari, who died
A.H. 310.

Beg.

J-fl

Oj

The MS. contains an extract, \-&*, or, as
it is termed in the colophon, " selections,"
oyii?, from the Dail al-Mudayyal of al-
Tabari. That work is, as its name implies,
an appendix to the Mudayyal, and we learn

408

BIOGRAPHY.

from the following passage, fol. 256, ^j

, that the Mudayyal was an abridgment
by al-Tabari himself of his great historical
work.

It is curious that both Mudayyal and
Dail should have fallen into all but universal
oblivion. No trace of them is to be found
in the Fihrist or in Haj. Khal., nor are they
noticed, as far as we know, in the lives of
al-Tabari, or in the later biographies of the
Sahabah. And yet the Dail al-Mudayyal was
still known in Spain in the sixth century of
the Hijrah. It is mentioned in the Fihrist
Kutub wa Tawarikh, compiled A.H. 520 —
534 by Abu Bakr Muh. B. Khair B. Khallfah
al-Andalusi ; see Casiri, vol. ii., p. 71, and
Fliigel, Haj. Khal., vol. vii., p. 545, no. 42.

One reason of the neglect of the work in
question by rigid Sunnis is, no doubt, to be
found in the undisguised Shi'ah leanings of
the author, who never names eAli, Fatimah,
or any of their descendants, without adding
the Shi'ah formula auJ* A\ C-^jLe or p&~J\ «J*,
and includes a number of Shl'ah traditionists
in his notices.

The text contained in the present MS.,
although abridged, is of special value. It
is authenticated by a disciple of al-Tabari,
who is apparently responsible for the selec-
tion, and it was written close to the author's
time. It is divided into seven parts (Juz')
of nearly equal length. The arrangement of
the notices is not uniform. In some parts
the order is chronological ; in others it is
determined by the tribes to which the
" Companions " belonged, or by the degree
of their relationship to the Prophet.

The authorities most frequently quoted are
Muh. B. 'Umar (al-Wakidi, who died A.H.
207), and Muh. B. Sa'd, who died A.H. 230.

The contents are as follows :

Juz I. Muslim women who died in Mecca

before the Hijrah, namely, Khadljah and
Hind Bint Lahab, fol. 1ft. Persons who
died in the following years, viz., A.H. 8 :
Zainab, daughter of the Prophet, Ja'far B.
Abi Talib, ib. ; Zaid B. Harithah, fol. 2a ;
Thabit B. al-Jid' (^W1), fol. 36. A.H. 9 :
Umm Kulthum, fol. 4a. A.H. 11 : Fatimah,
daughter of Muhammad, ib. ; Abu 'l-'As B.
al-Rabi', ib. ; 'Ikrimah B. Abi Jahl, fol. 56.
A.H. 14 : Naufal B. al-Harith, Abu Sufyan
B. al-Harith, fol. 66. A.H. 16: Sa'd B.
'Ubaid ; Maria, mother of Ibrahim, fol. 7a.
A.H. 23: 'Umar B. al-Khattab, ib. A.H. 32 :
Al-Tufail B. al-Harith and his brother al-
Husain; al- 'Abbas B. 'Abd al-Muttalib,
fol. 76. A.H. 33 : Mikdad B. 'Amr, fol. 8a.
A.H. 36 : al-Zubair B. al-'Awam, ib. ; Talhah
B. 'Ubaid Allah, fol. 86. A.H. 37 : 'Ammar
B. Yasir, ib. ; 'Abdallah B. Budail, &c.,
fol. 10a. A.H. 40: 'All B. Abi Talib,
fol. lla. A.H. 50 : Sa'Id B. Zaid, ib. ; al-
Mughlrah B. Shu'bah, fol. 116 ; al-Hasan
B. 'Ali, ib. A.H. 52 : Abu Ayyub, fol. 12a.
A.H. 54 : Hakim B. Hizam, ib. ; Makhrimah
B. Naufal, fol. 126.

Juz II. Continuation of A.H. 54; Hu-
waitib B. 'Abd al-'Uzza, fol. 136 ; al-Arkam
B. Abi '1-Arkam, fol. 146 ; Abu Mahdurah,
fol. 15a; al-Husain B. 'Ali, ib. A.H. 64 :
al-Miswar B. Makhrimah, fol. 16a. A.H. 65 :
Sulaiman B. Surad, ib. A.H. 68 : 'Abdallah
B. al-'Abbas, fol. 166. A.H. 74 : Abu Sa'Id
al-Khudri, fol. 176. A.H. 78: Jabir B.
'Abdallah, fol. 18a. A.H. 80: 'Abdallah
B. Ja'far B. Abi Talib, 'Akll B. Abi Talib,
Kabl'ah B. al-Harith, ib. ; 'Abdallah B. al-
Harith, Ja'far B. Abi Sufyan, and al-Harith
B. Naufal, fol. 19a ; 'Abd al-Muttalib B.
Rabl'ah, fol. 196; Usamah B. Zaid, fol. 20a.
After this are found several notices without
any rubric of year ; the last three relate to
Habbar B. al-Aswad, Hind B. Abi Halah,
and al-Muhajir B. Abi Umayyah, fol. 246.

Juz III. Safwan B. Umayyah, 'Abdallah

COMPANIONS AND TKADITIONISTS.

409

B. Sa'd B. Abi Sarih, al-Zibrakan B. Badr,
fol. 256 ; Labid B. Rabl'ah, fol. 26a ; Zaid
al-Khail, 'Adi B. Hatim, fol. 266 ; 'Amr B.
al-Musabbih, al-Ash'ath B. Kais, fol. 27a ;
and some others, the last being Firuz B.
al-Dailami, fol. 286.

Names of those Companions of the Prophet
who survived him and handed down tradi-
tions, dill (J^> *U\ Jy-^ jjo (jilp

j£- &i£ Jju j\ ^kic• (_yjjj wU^*' ^
Descendants of 'Abd al-Muttalib, viz., al-
'Abbas B. 'Abd al-Muttalib and his sons,
&c., fol. 29a. Freedmen of the Banu
Hashim, fol. 30<z. Confederates of the Banu
Hashim, +2>\i> ^ lik- ^j, Abu Marthad al-
Grhanawi, &c., fol. 306. Names of those
Companions belonging to the Banu Asad B.
'Abd al-'Uzza who survived the Prophet and
handed down traditions, sJs- Jai ^ l»«»\

jo, fol. 316. Banu
'Abd al-Dar B. Kusayy, fol. 32a. Banu
Zuhrah B. Kilab, ib. Confederates of the
Banu Zuhrah, fol. 33a. Banu Taim B.
Murrah and Banu Makhzum, fol. 336. Con-
federates of the Bauu Makhzum, fol. 356.
Banu 'Adi B. Ka'b, fol. 356 ; Banu 'Amir
B. Luwayy, fol. 36a, ending with Fudalah
al-Laithi.

Juz IV. Continuation of the above, be-
ginning with Shaddad B. Usamah, fol. 376 ;
Banu Dabbah B. Udd, fol. 386. Companions
belonging to the tribes of Yemen who sur-
vived the Prophet,

Jl «jl«5 ^ *5,^, fol. 396. Men of other

tribes of Yemen, viz., al-Azd B. al-Ghauth,
&c., fol. 42a. Banu '1-Ash'ar, fol. 45a. Men
of Hadramaut, ib., concluding with a notice
of Aus B. Shurahbil, fol. 486.

Juz V. Continuation of the above, begin-
ning with Ibn Ju'dubah, fol. 496. Account
of the women who embraced Islamism in the
life-time of the Prophet ; first, those who
died before the Hijrah,

(containing fuller notices
of Khadljah, and Zainab, daughter of the
Prophet, and one of Umm Kulthum), ib.
Wives of the Prophet who died in his life-
time, fol. 506. Daughters, paternal aunts,
and wives of the Prophet who died after
him, ^L? 4ll\ Jj-Jj olb ^ Ol« ^ ^j\5 ^
ajlij jjo 9j>\jj\y wU^j *5\5 &jJ* d\, fol. 516.
Notices of the Muslim women, either Muhajir,
Ansar, or others, who lived in the time of
the Prophet, and the date of whose death is
known,

lM, fol. 61a. Names of

the Muslim women of the Banu Hashim who
survived the Prophet and handed down
traditions, (^> <«J1\

^Ift. jj J (;r»« (JLJ\, fol. 62a. Muslim women
of Arabian tribes who survived the Prophet,
fol. 64rt.

Juz VI. Continuation of the above, be-
ginning with Asma Bint 'Umais, fol. 656.
Notices of the men of learning who succeeded
the Companions, and of those who came after
them and transmitted traditions, gp J

-/i, fol. 666.
These notices form a chronological series,
beginning with A.H. 32. The first relates
to Ka'b al-Ahbar, who died in that year,
the second to Uwais B. al-Khulais al-Karani.
The succeeding years marked by headings
are A,H. 81, 83, fol. 67a; A.H. 105, fol. 69a ;

3G

410

BIOGRAPHY.

A.H. Ill, 112, fol. 73a. In the sequel there
are no longer headings for the years ; but
the chronological order is maintained, and
many obituary dates are given. The last
notice, fol. 766, relates to Mansur B. al-
Mu'ammar al-Sulami, who died A.H. 132.

Juz VII. Continuation of the above, be-
ginning, fol. 776, with Muhammad B. Abi
Bakr B. 'Amr, who died A.H. 132; and
ending, fol. 866, with al-Khalll B. Ahmad
the prosodist (d. A.H. 175), whose date is
not given. The latest year mentioned is
A.H. 198, in which Sufyan B. 'Uyainah died.
Women who were contemporary with the
Companions, and handed down traditions,
fol. 836. Names of Companions known by
their Kunyahs, fol. 87a. Names of women
known by Kunyahs, fol. 88a ; Kunyahs
of Companions known by their proper
names, ib. Names of Companions known by
surnames beginning with Maula, Akhu, &c.,
fol. 90a. Similar lists for the Tabi'In,
fol. 906, and for the Khalifln, fol. 936.

At the beginning of Juz II. is found the
following inscription : ^ (__*£"*' ^ ,j\j3\ j-U

&**

Inscriptions differing from the above only
in the number of the Juz are found at the
beginning of the remaining sections. Their
purport is that the text was received from
the author by Abu 'Ali Makhlad B. Ja'far,
who communicated it to al-Hakim Abu 'Abd-
allah Muh. B. 'Abdallah, and that the latter
granted a licence for the teaching of it to
Abu'l-Kasim 'All B. £Abd al-'Aziz, &c.

Of the three above-mentioned men the
first two are known from other sources.
Abu 'Ali Makhlad B. Ja'far B. Makhlad
al-Farisi al-Dakkak al-Bakarhi, from Ba-
karha, a village near Baghdad (Yakut,
vol. i., p. 476), is one of those who re-
ceived traditions from al-Tabari (Ta'rikh
Baghdad, Add. 23,319, fol. 226). He lived
in Baghdad, where he died at the end of
Dulhijjah, A.H. 369, according to Dahabi,
Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48, fol. 1136, or
A.H. 370, as stated by Sam'ani, fol. 616.
The second, Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Abdallah
Ibn al-Bayyi', called al-Hakim al-Naisaburi,
was one of the four great traditionists of
his time. He was born A.H. 321, and died
A.H. 405. See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. ii., p. 681 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 49, fol. 49; Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 167.

The present MS. was apparently written
in the time of the last-named traditionist,
probably by, or for, the disciple to whom he
granted a licence. The handwriting presents
all the archaic features of that early period.

619.

Or. 3057.— Foil. 113 ; 10 in. by 6£ ; 19 lines,
4| in. long; written in fine large Neskhi,
with all the vowels ; dated 25 Dulka'dah,
A.H. 794 (A.D. 1392). [KEEMEE, no. 64.]

I. Foil. 1—44. ju«iM

A dictionary of those Nisbahs designating
traditionists which from their similarity are
liable to be confounded ; by Abu Muh. 'Abd
al-Ghani B. Sa'id B. 'Ali al-Azdi.

The following title, in the same hand-
writing as the text, is prefixed :

COMPANIONS AND TRADITIONISTS.

411

411

Beg.

The author, who was born A.H. 332, and
died in Cairo on the 7th of Safar, A.H. 409,
shared with his contemporary al-Darakutni
the first rank among the traditionists of his
time. His Mushtabih al-Nisbah and his al-
Mu'talif wa '1-Mukhtalif are mentioned as
useful works by Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. ii., p. 169. See also Ibn
Nuktah, Or. 836, fol. 1266; Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 49, fol. 646; Husn al-Muhadarah,fol.79a;
Lib. Classium, xiii., no. 14 ; and Wiistenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 172.

After writing his first work on similar,
and yet distinct, names of traditionists, 'Abd
al-Ghani was induced to compile the present
by noticing that the Nisbahs were, no less
than the proper names, liable to confusion.
He says in the preamble :

x

,»jjL>

j go u Ji* obyj i-J*

j sbt IxLaj

The work is arranged alphabetically on
the same lines as the Mushtabih al-Nisbah of
al-Dahabi, which has been avowedly chiefly
taken from it. The headings are written in
a large and bold character. Each of them
contains two or more Nisbahs similar in
writing, but distinct. The pronunciation
and meaning of each are then explained, and
the traditionists to whom it applies are
enumerated.

Prefixed is a full Eiwayat, or catena,
enumerating four generations of scholars
who handed down the text from the author,
namely: 1. His disciple, Abu Zakariyya
'Abd al-Rahlm B. Ahmad B. Nasr al-Bu-
khari, before whom the work was read in
Misr, A.H. 453—57. (He died A.H. 461 ;
Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 78.)

2. Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. Ahmad B.
Ibrahim al-Razi, before whom it was read in
Alexandria, A.H. 512, and Abu '1-Hasan 'AH
B. al-Mushrif, who taught it A.H. 507.

3. Al-Sharif Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. 'Abd
al-E,ahman al-'Uthmani, before whom it was
read, A.H. 571, and Abu Tahir Ahmad B.
Muh. al-Silafi (who died A.H. 576 ; Ta'rikh
al-Islam, Or. 51, fol. 88).

4. Al-Kadi Jamal al-Din Abu '1-Kasim
Hamzah B. 'Ali al-Makhzumi, before whom
the anonymous writer of the Riwayat read
the work in Cairo, A.H. 611.

At the end, fol. 446, is written in a fine
Thulthi character: urjW' Jl», ^«-'» <— >\X
(JJaS^jJJ J~*j "Enumeration of the tradi-
tionists quoted by al-Bukhari and Muslim ;
by al-Darakutni" (who died A.H. 385).
That work, however, which originally fol-
lowed, has disappeared.

II. Foil. 45, 46. Fragment of a collection
of traditions, with critical remarks on the
Isnads, by Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. 'AH B.
'Abdallah al-Suri (fol. 466).

>\ \i^ JIS «i}l* J

Al-Suri, who was born A.H. 376 or 377,
learned the science of Hadith from the
above-mentioned 'Abd al-Ghani B. Sa'id,
whom he frequently gives here as his
authority, and became in turn the master of
3o2

412

BIOGRAPHY.

al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. He died in Baghdad,

Jumada II., A.H. 441. See Ta'rikh al-Islam,

Or. 49, fol. 196, and Lib. Classium, xiv.,
no. 1.

The anonymous editor of the fragment
states that he had read the work before
the author, and in his dwelling.

III. Foil. 47—113.

A dictionary of similar, and yet distinct,
names of traditionists, with short biogra-
phical notices, by the author of art. I.

The preface and the first part of the
alphabet from 1 to _ being lost, the title
and the author's name are wanting. But
there can be no doubt that we have here the
work to which 'Abd al-Ghani refers, under
the above title, in the preface of his Mush-
tabih al-Nisbah, as a previous composition
by himself.

Not only are several men from whom,
according to al-Dahabi and Ibn Nuktah,
'Abd al-Ghani received traditions quoted as
authorities (for instance, Hamzah B. Muh.,
foil. 60i, 836 ; Ya'kub B. al-Mubarak, foil.
91a, 95a ; and Yusuf B. al-Kasim al-Miya-
naji, fol. 92a), but there is a passage, fol.
91a, where he is explicitly named : £\ pJj* J\i'
^JjJl joe. j-**?. There are, moreover, several
marginal notes by his disciple al-Suri (see
art. II.), in which the author is referred to
as U^, and in one of them, fol. 91a, both
the work's title and the author's name are
given :

There are also several places in which the
author refers to Egypt as the country in
which he dwelt, as, for instance, fol. 75a:

The present work was, according to Ibn

Nuktah, I.e., the first written on the subject.
It must, therefore, be anterior to the similarly
entitled book of 'Abd al-Ghani's contempo-
rary al-Darakutni (u-fll'^jw-alu-c^'), mentioned
by Ibn Khallikan. Ibn Nuktah says that the
author read it to al-Darakutni, then staying
in Egypt, who thought highly of it. Its ar-
rangement is precisely similar to that of the
Mushtabih al-Nisbah above described. The
first complete article begins as follows : «— >b

auaj

Besides the marginal additions of al-Suri,
there are some the writer of which is only
designated as al-Sharif.

Copyist :

The same name occurs at the end of art. I.

620.

Or. 3775.— Foil. 83 ; 6£ in. by 4f ; from 17
to 19 lines, 3J in. long ; written in rather
cursive and angular, but distinct, Neskbi,
apparently in the 14th century.

[GLASER, no. 59.]

A dictionary of such names of traditionists
as are liable to be confounded, imperfect at
beginning and end, and without author's
name.

The title is found at the end of the first
Juz, fol. 16 :

The text agrees substantially with the
copy of al-Mu'talif wa'1-Mukhtalif of 'Abd
al-Ghani B. Sa'id, already described, no.
619, art. III., but the arrangement of the

COMPANIONS AND TRADITIONISTS.

413

articles is different, the order of the present
copy being more strictly alphabetical.

jb
_>b , which is

The first heading is :

The last is : ^ ^^j
found in the other copy, fol.

The first article of no. 619, III., viz.,
**ii-j ,»£*»-, occurs here on fol. 15a.

Among his authorities, the writer fre-
quently quotes 'AH B. 'Umar al-Hafiz, who
is no other than his senior contemporary
and rival traditionist, better known as al-
Darakutni.

621.

Or. 4585.— Foil. 248 ; 9f in. by 6 ; 25 lines,
4| in. long ; written in small and distinct
Neskhi ; dated Zabid, Monday, 16 Rajab,
A.H. 831 (A.D. 1428).

The first volume of al-Ikmal, a dictionary
of similar and easily confounded names and
Nisbahs of traditionists, with biographical
notices, by Ibn Makula.

The title is found in the colophon :

Ibn Makula, whose full name is Sa'd al-
Mulk Abu Nasr 'Ali B. Hibat-allah B. 'AH
B. Ja'far al-'Ijli, was born in 'Ukbara,
A.H. 421 or 422. He died, assassinated by
his Turkish slaves, in al-Ahwaz, A.H. 486
or 437. These last dates are given by al-
Dahabi, Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 205&,
on the authority of al-Sam'aui. The first is
adopted by Ibn al-Athir, Kamil, x., p. 154,
who says that Ibn Makula was killed in
Kirman. His Ikmal, which is praised as the
standard authority on the subject, was an
improved recension of a similar work by his

master al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, namely, al-
Mu'tanif Takmilat al-Mukhtalif (Sprenger,
no. 290). See Ibn Khallikan, vol. ii., p. 248 ;
Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 463 ; and, for other
copies, the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 117.
In the last work the following full title is
given : ijla^ >J&j\\ ^ t-Aj,})! £ J JL/tsN
•_AJ^j J^lj j>U~^J1 u*. It is added that
the work was written A.H. 464 — 467.

Thp present volume is imperfect at the
beginning. It wants the preface, and the first
part of letter ._aJL The first extant heading
is : jiuo\j j*o\ t_>b. The article begins as
follows :

Under each letter there are two sections,
the first of which gives the names, including

Kunyahs and patronymics, b^ ^y^l ; while
the second comprises the Nisbahs. In each
section the several articles, termed Babs,
are alphabetically arranged. The headings,
written in large character, consist of groups
of two or more similar names.

The present volume ends with letter j,
and it is stated at the end that the next was
to begin with (_jj. On the first page is a
note, stating that it passed, A.H. 1038, into
the library of Imam al-Mu'ayyad-billah Muh.
B. al-Mansur-billah al-Kasim, who died
A.H. 1054.'

622.

Or. 4586.— Foil. 271 ; 9f in. by 6f ; from

25 to 27 lines, 5 in. long ; written in fair
Neskhi; dated Sunday, 10 Muharram, A.H.
817 (A.D. 1414).

A complement of the Ikmal of Ibn

414

BIOGRAPHY.

Makula (no. 621), by Abu Bakr Muhammad
B. 'Abd al-Ghani Ibn Nuktah al- Baghdad!.

On the first page is the following title,
written by the same hand as the text : \J&

liJlU

J«5\

The first word, )JA, is by a later hand.
The original writing, which has been ob-
literated, was apparently ^ ,jl3)yLJ\

The volume contains only the last two of
the three parts (Sifr) into which the work is
divided.

The second Sifr, foil. 1 — 150, extends from
the beginning of letter <i to the end of
letter t , and begins as follows :

The third Sifr, foil. 151— 271, begins with
letter »_J and completes the work. It has

the following title :

Ju.fr

Ibn Nuktah died at Baghdad on the 22nd
of Safar, A.H. 629, as stated by his contem-
poraries, Ibn Khallikan, vol. iii., p. 101, and
Abu Shamah, Or. 1541, fol. 52. He com-
pleted the work a short time only before his
death, for the original colophon transcribed
at the end of the present MS. states that it
was finished in Baghdad at the end of
Jumada II., A.H. 627.

Ibn Nuktah's work includes many notices
relating to traditionists later than Ibn

Makula. Among these there is one of his
own father, 'Abd al-Ghani Ibn Nuktah,
fol. 2646, who died in Baghdad, A.H. 583.

The MS. was written for Nafis al-Din
Sulaiman B. Ibrahim al-'Alawi, who is styled
the Imam of traditionists, ^.i^ *U

A Gotha MS. described by Pertsch, no.
1759, contains the first half of the work,
ending with the article »^»j
which is found at fol. 50 of our MS.

623.

Or. 1542.— Foil. 162 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 23 lines,
6^ in. long ; written, by various hands, in
fair Neskhi and Nestalik ; dated the 3rd of
Dulhijjah, A.H. 981 (A.D. 1574).

[Sin HENET C. KAWLINSON.]

A biographical dictionary of the " Com-
panions" of Muhammad, by Abu 'Umar Yusuf
B. 'Abdallah, called Ibn 'Abd al-Barr al-
Namari al-Kurtubi, who died in Shatibah,
A.H. 463. See al-Silah, Biblioth. Arab.
Hisp., vol. ii., p. 618 ; Ibn Khallikan, De
Slane's translation, vol. iv., p. 398 ; and
Wiistenfeld, Arabische Geschichtschreiber,
no. 207.

The MS. gives neither title nor author's
name. It contains, however, a portion of
the extensive work of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, two
volumes of which, Or. 833 — 34, have been
described in the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 732-33.
But, while the original work follows the order
of the Maghribi alphabet, the text of the
present copy has been re-arranged according
to the Oriental use. It begins with Talhah

B. 'Utbah al-Ansari, t/jUai^ «jjft ^ eJ?3, and
the contents are as follows :

The latter portion of letter \>t fol. 14, and

COMPANIONS AND TRADITIONISTS.

415

letter k, fol. 6a (corresponding with Or. 833,
foil. 51a— 646). Letter ^, fol. 7a (the first
portion of it only is found in Or. 833,
foil. 7a— 316). Letter ^, fol. I20a. Letter
^J>, fol. 121a. Letter j , fol. 124a. Letter CJ,
fol. 133a. Letter J, fol. 1396. Letter f,
from the beginning to ^->^\ ^ J,*— «. (The

last portion, viz., from letter d) to the end,
corresponds with Or. 833, foil. 646—1696).

The MS. was written, as stated in the
colophon, by several persons in Cairo, in
the hermitage of the celebrated saint, Shaikh
Burhan al-Dln Ibrahim al-Khalwati al-Gul-

shani,

JUaH

The last two leaves contain additional
notices of al-Haitham B. 'Adi and Mu'awiyah
B. Abi Sufyan, dated A.H. 982.

For detached volumes of the same work,
see the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 116 ;
Houtsma, Brill's Catalogue, no. 195 ; and
Nobles, Madrid Catalogue, nos. 511, 527.

624.

Or. 2711.— Foil. 93; 8£ in. by 5J ; 25 lines,
4g- in. long; written in a neat Maghribi
character, apparently in the 14th century.

A dictionary of weak, or unreliable, tra-
ditionists, imperfect at beginning and end,
and, therefore, without title or author's
name.

sjf-

J\S laJ

This is a compilation of the standard
authorities on the subject, most of which
will be found enumerated by Haj. Khal.

under Jj.J.<a!\j Ji J*, vol. ii., p. 591. The

notices, which seldom extend to more than
three or four lines, are arranged in alpha-
betical order according to the proper names,
and, in the case of identical names, according
to that of the father. They contain only
laconic judgments passed on weak or false
traditkmists by the leading doctors of
Hadith.

The following are the main authorities,
quoted on every page : 1. Ibn 'Adi, i.e.,
Abu Ahmad 'Abdallah B. 'Adi al-Jurjani,
author of the standard work on the subject,
(jC^p^} VfljuoM UJM (j J*K5\ (Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 28), who died A.H. 365 (Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 48, fol. 90); 2. al-Darakutni ('Ali B.
'Umar, d. A.H. 385) ; 3. Ibn Hibban, i.e.,
Abu Hatim Muh. B. Ahmad al-Busti, who
died A.H. 354 ("Wiistenfeld, Geschicht- •
schreiber, no. 130, and Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 119) ; 4. al-Nasa'i (Abu 'Abd al-Rahman
Ahmad B. Shu'aib, d. A.H. 303 ; v. Lib.
Classium, x., no. 64; Arabic Catalogue,
p. 390a, IV.) ; 5. Abu Hatim al-Razi (Muh.
B. Idris, d. A.H. 277; Lib. Class., ix., no.
49) ; 6. al-Bukhari, author of \**£\ L->!I/
(Muh. B. Isma'il, d. A.H. 256) ; 7. Abu Zur'ah
('Abd al-Rahman B. 'Amr, d. A.H. 281;
v. Dahabi, Or. 3006, fol. 108) ; 8. Abu Bakr
al-Khatib (al-Baghdadi, d. A.H. 463 ; v. Haj.
Khal., vol. v., p. 463).

The author's date may be approximately
inferred from three passages, in which he
refers to statements orally received by him
from the following traditionists : Abu'l-
Kasim al-Samarkandi, whom he calls his
master, \&?*, fol. 16 ; al-Kazzaz, fol. 616 ;
and Ibn Nasir, fol. lla. The first, Abu '1-
Kasim Isma'il B. Ahmad Ibn al-Samarkandi,

416

BIOGRAPHY.

died A.H. 536 (al-Dahabi, Or. 3006, fol. 277«).
The second, Abu Mansur 'Abd al-Rahman
B. Muh. al-Kazzaz, died A.H. 535 (ib.,
fol. 276, margin). Both were disciples of
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, and eminent tra-
ditionists. The third, Abu '1-Fadl Muh. B.
Nasir al-Salami, who is called the Muhaddith
of 'Irak, died A.H. 550 (ib., fol. 287a ; Sam-
'ani, fol. 320a).

From the above it appears probable that
the present work is by Abu '1-Faraj Ibn al-
Jauzi, who lived in Baghdad about that time,
and is known to have written a book on the
same subject, entitled \a.**aX\ t_^lx£. The
three men whom the author, as above
stated, quotes as his masters, are mentioned
by al-Dahabi, Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 52,
fol. 119, among those from whom Ibn al-
Jauzi received traditions.

The importance of the work for a critical
study of tradition is self-evident. Many of
the most prolific reporters of traditions, some
even of those quoted in the canonical collec-
tions of Hadith, are taxed with weakness of
memory, confusion of Isnads, garbling, and
downright fabrication, of Hadiths. One of
the most scathing sentences, ascribed to
al-Nasa'i, fol. 766, is to this effect: "The
liars known to have put forged sayings in
the mouth of the Prophet are four in number,
namely, Ibn Abi Yahya, in Medina; al-Wakidi,
in Baghdad ; Mukatil B. Sulaiman, in Kho-
rasan ; and Muhammad B. Sa'id, the cruci-
fied, in Syria": wy^ wy'^ JLJ1

The author speaks but seldom in his own
name, and then only to screen from sus-
picion such men as, from a similarity of
names, might be confused with the incrimi-
nated traditionists.

At the beginning of the volume all the
Ibrahims and a portion of the Ahmads are
lost. The first complete notice relates to
Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Kahman al-Sakati. At
the end, the latter part of letter ^ and the
rest of the alphabetical series are wanting.
The last notice is that of Nudair B. Ziyad
al-Kufi. There are in the margins some
additional remarks by 'Abd al-'AzIm al-
Mundiri.

The MS. has suffered from damp, and
the writing is in places, especially at the
bottom of the pages, faded or completely
obliterated.

The latter part of the volume, foil. 84 —
93, contains a fragment, by a later hand, of
the Turkish poem of Ilyas Ibn 'Isa on the
names of God, ,_£-~ii *U~»!in _i. See the
Turkish Catalogue, p. 240«.

625-6.

Or. 3817 and 3818.— Two uniform volumes,
consisting respectively of 231 and 239 foil. ;
10^ in. by 7 ; 25 lines, 5 in. long ; written
in thick bold Neskhi, apparently in the 14th
century. [GLASEE, nos. 105-6.]

A biographical dictionary of the tra-
ditionists of the first three centuries of the
Hijrah, without author's name.

Two works are mentioned under <j

2-3^*0, by Haj. Khal. and Ms con-
tinuator, vol. v., p. 240, one by Muhhibb al-
DTn al-Najjar Muh. B. Mahmud al-Baghdadi,
who died A.H. 643, and another by 'Abd

COMPANIONS AND TRADITIONISTS.

417

al-Gbani B. 'Abd al-Wahid al-Makdisi al-
Jamma'Ili, who died A.H. 600. Internal
evidence shows that the present volumes
belong to the last-named, but earlier work.
Among the men from whom the author
received statements viva voce, the following
two are most frequently quoted : Abu Tahir
al-Silafi (d. A.H. 576), whom he met in
Alexandria, and Abu Musa al-Isfahani (Muh.
B. 'Umar, d. A.H. 581), whom he attended
in Isfahan and Naishapur. Al-Najjar, who
was born A.H. 578, could not have met
either of them, while we know from notices
of (Abd al-Ghani in Mir'at al-Zaman, Add.
23,279, fol. 117, and Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or.
52, fol. 53, that he received traditions from
the first in Alexandria, and from the second
in Isfahan.

In the first of the above notices the work
is called JU^M tij** £ JUi^, in the second
JVjN lijK* (j JUO. In the subscriptions
of the MS. it is simply designated as

Jlȣj1 ^^; but both forms of the title
are found in the heading of the second
volume, JUjJ\ t\+~>\ J JU<J\ Jjij Jl/!s)\ <*J&.

According to the Mir'at al-Zaman, the work
includes all the traditionists mentioned in
the six canonical books of Hadith, and it
consisted originally of ten volumes.

The author is generally called al-Hafiz
'Abd al-Ghani, and described as the first
traditionist of his time. He was born in
Jamma'il, near Nabulus, A.H. 541, and died
in Cairo, A.H. 600. He is one of the three
authorities followed by Ibn Nuktah. See
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 736a.

The present MSS. are designated as the
second and third Juz. The first begins
with y^x. ^ *JA\J>\, and ends with
J-afl)l. The second begins with *£&
and ends with tw^ j (C. At the end of

the latter is written :
J JUS

t^JliJ\ *jU

The arrangement is strictly alphabetical.
In the case of common names, the order is
determined by the name of the father and of
the grandfather. There are marginal addi-
tions, partly in the hand of the copyist, taken
from 'the Tahdib al-Kamal and other works.

Several copies are mentioned, under

**\ ij, in the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 131.

627.

Or. 3819.— Foil. 221 ; 10^ in. by 7 ; about
30 lines, 5 in. long ; written in fair, but im-
perfectly pointed, Neskhi ; dated Saturday,
26 Sha'ban, A.H. 790 (A.D. 1388).

[GLASEE, no. 107.]

The fifth volume of Tahdib al-Kamal, a
revised and enlarged edition of the Kitab al-
Kamal of 'Abd al-Ghani B. 'Abd al-Wahid
(see nos. 625-6) ; by Jamal al-Dtn Abu '1-
Hajjaj Yusuf B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi,
who died A.H. 742, with the following title

in the hand of the copyist : y

3 H

418

BIOGRAPHY.

The last notice relates to 'Abdallah B.
'Dmar, and begins : t

Letters written in red ink between the
lines are references to the bodies of tradition
in which the names of the traditionists occur.

This copy has been collated A.H. 975, and
has numerous marginal corrections.

Volumes ii. and iii. of the same work are
noticed in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 738<z.
Three volumes are in the Paris Library,
nos. 2089 — 91. A copy in twelve volumes
is mentioned, with some others, in the
Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 122. A full
notice of the author will be found in al-
Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 166, where
it is stated that he was reduced to such
poverty that he was obliged to sell the
original draft of the present work.

628.

Or. 3814.— Foil. 283 ; 10$ in. by 7 ; 25 lines,
5£ in. long ; written in fair, but sparingly
pointed, Neskhi ; dated Wednesday, 10 Mu-
harram, A.H. 771 (A.D. 1369).

[GLASER, no. 102.]

The last volume of a biographical dictionary
of traditionists, abridged by Shams al-Din
Muhammad B. Ahmad al-Dahabi (d. A.H.
748) from the Tahdib al-Kamal of al-Mizzi
(the preceding work).

The first leaf, which has been supplied by
a later hand, bears the following incorrect
title :

The real title appears in the following
note, which traces the work to its source,
the Kama! of 'Abd al-Ghani, itself derived

from the Ikmal of Ibn Makula (see above,
nos. 621 and 625-6 :

This volume begins with ^ +&j>\

The alphabetical series of proper
names ends with i_i-»y. ^ u»iy.> and is
followed by these additional chapters on
traditionists known by other designations

than their proper names : t£&\ «— A?> fol. 218a ;
ft l.r»jj J^, fol. 2536 ; <j J-o3
, fol. 2576 ; t-A^ J J^i, fol. 2596 ;

J J^i, fol. 260fc; and LJJ\
fol. 263a.

Copyist :

A last volume of the same work, but less
comprehensive than the present, is described
by Pertsch, no. 1757. A complete copy, in
four volumes, is noticed in the Khedive's
Library, vol. i., p. 121.

629.

Or. 1541.— Foil. 266 ; 7$ in. by 5 ; 15 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in clear and elegant
Neskhi, with occasional vowels ; dated 23
Jumada II., A.H. 693 (A.D. 1294).

[Sm HENET C. KA.WLINSON.]

Lives of traditionists in chronological
order, from A.H. 625 to 642, by Zaki al-Din
Abu Muh. 'Abd al-'Azim B. 'Abd al-Kawi
B. 'Abdallah al-Mundiri, who died in Cairo
A.H. 656. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 707a,
note d ; Fawat al-Wafayat, vol. i., p. 376 ;
and Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 376.

COMPANIONS AND TRADITIONISTS.

419

The author's name is found in the follow-
ing title: «lftn OUjJ

The work known as sloi)\ OlJj, which
the present work was designed to supple-
ment, was written by Abu Sulaiman Muh.
B. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad B. Zabr al-Raba'i,
who died A.H. 379 (see the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 7306, note d, and Lib. Classium,
ii., p. 114). It contained obituary notices
of traditionists in a chronological series from
the Hijrah to A.H. 337, and was successively
continued by the following four authors :
1. Abu Muh. 'Abd al-'AzIz B. Ahmad al-
Kattani (who died A.H. 466 ; v. Arabic
Catalogue, p. 731a, note m), who brought it
down to A.H. 462 ; 2. Abu Muh. Hibat
Allah B. Ahmad al-Akfani (who died A.H.
524 ; ib., note n), down to A.H. 485 ;
3. Sharaf al-Din Abu'l-Hasan 'All B. al-
Mufaddal al-Makdisi (who died A.H. 611 ;
v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 7346), down to
A.H. 581 ; 4. al-Mundiri, who was a pupil
of the last. See Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 456,
and the Arabic Catalogue, p. 7306, where a
MS. containing the original work and the
first two of the above-mentioned continua-
tions is described. Compare Hammer, Lite-
raturgeschichte, vol. i., p. cliii., no. 25.

The present MS. contains only the last
portion of al-Mundiri's work, beginning with

A.H. 625, as follows :

The notices are arranged in strict chrono-
logical order, with regard not only to the
year but to the month and the day of the
month. The work is divided into short
sections (»y^-), which do not coincide with
the years. The first of these is designated
at the end, fol. 126, as the forty-second.
The next begins with a heading stating that
it was dictated by the author on the 9th of

Rajab, A.H. 654 : Jj &\U fU^H UiT Uol*

*

)>\ ^.

Similar headings are found at the begin-
ning of the following sections down to the
fifty-ninth, fol. 2506, which was dictated on
the 16th of Shawwal, A.H. 656. The
sixtieth and last, foil. 264a — 266a, which
has no date, was cut short by the death of
the author, which took place, as stated by
the copyist, who was present, on Saturday,
the 4th of Du '1-Ka'dah, A.H. 656.

The MS. was written by Hilal B. 'Umar
B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Huwwari, <jj*j^, for
his Shaikh, Shams al-Din Muh. B. Fakhr
al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman.

The Takmilat al-Wafayat of al-Mundiri is
one of the works consulted by Ibn Khallikan ;
see De Slane's translation, vol. iv., p. 344.

630.

Or. 4587.— Foil. 361 ; 13 in. by 9£ ; 28 lines,
5 in. long ; written in imperfectly pointed
Neskhi, with ruled margins, apparently in
Yemen ; dated Tuesday, 22 Rajab, A.H. 1231
(A.D. 1816).

The second volume of the Mizan al-I'tidal,
a dictionary of weak, doubtful, or lying,

420

BIOGRAPHY.

traditionists ; by Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd
allah Muhammad al-Dahabi :

Beg.

j s^S-

<«JJ\

w

<j tiWU Ji-oo.

The real title of the work is

ai J (Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 282).
It is an enlarged recension of the work
previously composed by Dahabi on the same
subject under the title \&**2i\ <j (J^- The
arrangement is strictly alphabetical, tra-
ditionists of the same name being classed
according to the father's name. The most
frequently quoted authorities are the same
as those mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 652, under Mughni, namely, Ibn Mu'In,
Abu Zur'ah, Abu Hatim, al-'Akili, Ibn 'Adi,
Ibn Hibban, al-Khatib, and others desig-
nated only by letters, viz., • (al-Bukhari),
(JM (al-Nasa'i), \> (al-Darakutni), &c.

The present volume contains the latter
half of the work, extending from 'Abdallah
B. Muh. B. 'Akil to the end of the alpha-
betical series, which ends, fol. 3356, with
Yunus al-Kadub. This is followed by seven
additional chapters, also alphabetically ar-
ranged, namely : Traditionists known by
their Kunyahs, J^Jl i_>b, fol. 3356. Tra-
ditionists designated only by patronymics,
wob i_^s- u« yi, fol. 3556. Traditionists
designated by Nisbahs, i—jLJ^ll J J^j,
fol. 357a. Those whose names are unknown,
f^\ Jju»W? y- J-J, fol. 3576. Female
traditionists of unknown name, »

fol. 358a. Female traditionists
designated by Kunyahs, »^.i)J ^J^A fol.
3596. Those who are only designated as
mother of So-and-so, 1-3 J w-*i-J J-ai,
fol. 3606.

The author says in the concluding lines
that weak traditionists form the main subject
of the work, but that many trustworthy
ones have been included in order to clear
them of undeserved suspicion : t_Ju«al\ J\»

The last leaf contains a life of the author,
written by Ibn Hajar al-'Askalani in 'Aden,
A.H. 800, and a list of standard works on
the critical appreciation of traditionists,
extracted from al-Badr al-Munir (Haj. Khal.,
vol. vi., p. 429).

For other copies see Uri, no. 742 (vol. i.),
and the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 140.

631.

Or. 4588.— Foil. 193 ; 10± in. by 7 ; 25 lines,
5 in. long; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in Yemen ; dated Tuesday, 14 Ramadan,
A.H. 785 (A.D. 1383).

The last quarter of the same work, from
the notice of Muhammad B. Khalid al-Dabbi
to the end.

Beg. «u&

The contents correspond with foil. 194 —
360 of the preceding MS.

Copyist :

COMPANIONS AND TRADITIONISTS.

421

There are on the first page several notes
of successive owners, among which is one
stating that the MS. passed A.H. 1070 into
the library of the Zaidi Imam, Amir al-
Muminin al-Mutawakkil 'ala "llah Isma'Il.

632.

Or. 3056.— Foil. 182 ; 11 in. by 7£ ; 28 lines,
5y in. long; written for the most part,
foil. 2 — 123, in an extremely cursive and
sparingly pointed handwriting, apparently
by a scholar, the remaining portion being by
different hands in a more formal character,
but also almost destitute of points, before
A.H. 834 (A.D. 1431). [KEEMEE, no. 63.]

A dictionary of such proper names and
Nisbahs, especially belonging to traditionists,
as are similar in writing and liable to be
confounded, accompanied by short biogra-
phical notices ; by Ahmad B. 'Ali B. Muh.,
called Ibn Hajar al-'Askalani, who died
A.H. 852.

Beg. «jj t-o.j ^) *$& (j^JJl *-U- *tt j*»ii

This is an improved and enlarged edition
of al-Mushtabih, compiled, A.H. 723, by al-
Dahabi, and edited by Dr. P. De Jong,
Leyden, 1863—81.

In the preface, rather incorrectly supplied
by a later hand, fol. 16, the author finds
three faults with his predecessor, namely,
that he failed to fix the orthography of
proper names ; that, aiming at excessive
brevity, he did not fully enumerate the men
under each form of name; finally, that he
did not make an exhaustive use of his
sources. Having undertaken to supply those
deficiencies, the author was careful to dis-
tinguish his additions by writing the words
at the beginning, and ,j£J\ at the end

of each. He made use of the autograph
draft of al-Mushtabih, of copies of the
authorities followed by al-Dahabi, and of
some works not consulted by the latter,
namely, the Ansab of al-Rushati ('Abdallah
B. 'Ali, d. A.H. 542 ; see }^\ u-UL.1, Haj.
Khal., vol. i., p. 375, Liber Classium, xvi.,
no. 6), and of Ibn al-Sam'ani (Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 167, 591) ; the appendix of
Mansur B. Sallm al-Iskandarani (d. A.H. 603;
Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 464) to Ibn Nuktah,
and the further continuation of 'Ala al-Dm
Mughlatai (d. A.H. 762; Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 3486, 7786), which is described as very
extensive, but full of errors, repetitions, and
irrelevant matter. Besides the above sources,
the following are mentioned by the author in
the epilogue, fol. 182 : The continuation of
Ibn Nuktah, by Abu Hamid al-Sabuni (Muh.
B. 'Ali, d. 680 ; Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 464) ;
al-Mushtabih, by al-Zamakhshari (d. 538 ;
v. t\jj\ ^UJ will., Ibn Khallikan, transl.,
vol. iii., p. 322) ; al-Tashlf, by al-'Askari
(Hasan B. 'Abdallah, d. 382, v. Haj. Khal.,
vol. v., p. 464) ; al-Mu'talif wal-Mukhtalif,
by al-Amidi (Hasan B. Bishr, d. 371, ib.} ;
al-Tashlf min Rijal al-Andalus, by Ibn al-
Dabbagh (Yusuf B. 'Abd al-'Aziz, d. A.H.
546 ; Biblioth. Arabico-Hispana, vol. iii.,
p. 476).

The present copy was transcribed, as
stated at the end, from the MS. of Shaikh
Burhan al-Din B. Khidr, a pupil of the
author (v. Haj. Khal., vol. ii., pp. 526, 528),
which was copied by him from the author's
original MS. At the end of the latter, the
author stated that he had completed the work
on the 17th of Jumada I., A.H. 816.

In the margin of the same page is a note,
in the same handwriting as the main part of
the MS., stating that the collation was
finished in the Khankah al-Basitiyyah on the
14th of Dul-Hijjah, A.H. 834.

422

BIOGRAPHY.

The Tabsir al-Muntabih is mentioned by
Haj. Khal. under three headings, vol. ii.,
p. 182, and vol. v., pp. 464 and 554. See
also the Paris Catalogue, no. 2075.

Shi'ah Traditionists.

633.

Or. 3548.— Foil. 188 ; 8£ in. by 4£ ; written
partly (foil. 20 — 90) in a large and well-
shaped Neskhi, with 20 lines in a page ;
partly (foil. 1—20, 91-92, 101—188) in a
smaller cursive, almost unpointed, character,
with 25 lines in a page ; dated, in the latter
handwriting (fol. 103i), Sunday, 21 Jumada
TL, A.H. 622 (A.D. 1225). Foil. 93—100
have been supplied by a modern hand.

[S. CHURCHILL.]

Notices of the men by whom traditions
relating to the Imams have been handed
down, extracted from the work of Abu 'Amr
Muhammad B. 'Umar B. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-
Kashshi.

The author's Nisbah is derived from
Kashsh, a town situate at a distance of
three Farsakhs from Jurjan (see Sam'ani,
fol. 4846, and Yakut, vol. iv., p. 277). He
is described in Tusy's List, no. 668, as
trustworthy and orthodox (Shi'ah), well
versed in the knowledge of traditions and
traditionists, a disciple of al-'Ayyashi (Muh.
B. Mas'ud, v. Tusy's List, p. 317), and the

author of a JWjN i— Atf, or biography of
traditionists (from which the present work
is extracted). His precise date is not given;
but it can be approximately inferred from
the fact that Harun B. Musa al-Talla'ukbari,
who died A.H. 385 (see Tusy's List, p. 352),
had received traditions from him.

Al-Kashshi must, therefore, have lived in

the first half of the fourth centnry of the
Hijrah. This conclusion is fully borne out
by the numerous Isnads contained in the
present work, showing that only two genera-
tions of traditionists intervened between the
author and the contemporaries of Imam al-
Eida, who died A.H. 203 (Kamil, vol. vi.,
p. 248).

The MS. contains five parts (Juz), the
first and last of which are imperfect. At the
beginning of the second Juz, fol. 14a, is

written this title : ^ jlj^)\ ^ ,jll5\

Similar titles are found on the first pages
of Juz III., fol. 58a ; of Juz IV., fol. 104a ;
and of Juz V., fol. 139a.

The notices are of considerable extent,
and are mainly taken up with statements
and narratives relating to the Imams, and
handed down by the traditionists to whom
the notices relate, a full Isnad being prefixed
to every such statement. The notices are
arranged in chronological order, beginning
with those traditionists who lived in the
time of the first Imam, 'Ali B. Abi Talib,
and ending with the contemporaries and
followers of the eighth Imam, 'Ali al-Eida.

The first two notices, both imperfect,
relate to 'Ammar B. Yasir, fol. 1, and to
'Abdallah B. 'Abbas, fol. 2 ; the next, to
Muhammad B. Abi Bakr, fol. 4a. The last
section, fol. 1823, relates to the followers
and disciples of al-Rida, +&~S< e^f- \*oj>\ u^U^
and begins with a notice of Yiinus B. 'Abd
al-Rahman Abu Muhammad, a client of the

family of Yaktin, ^\ ^.^^ ±& ^ <j-Jj> ^J
(Tusy's List, no. 803).

Among the men from whom al-Khashsh
orally received traditions, the following are

SHI'AH TRADITIONISTS.

423

those whose names most frequently recur :
1. Muhammad B. Mas'ud (al-Sulami al-
Samarkandi al-'Ayyashi, the author's master;
see Tusy's List, no. 690, and Ibn Nadlm's
Fihrist, vol. i., p. 194). 2. Hamdawaih B.
Nusair, who received traditions from the
preceding (Muntaha'l-Makal, p. 130). 3. Muh.
(B. Ja'far B. Musa) Ibn Kuluwaih (^ j^
«jj5y>) al-Kummi (whose son Ja'far died
A.H. 368 ; v. Tusy, p. 77, and Ta'rikh al-
Islam, Or. 48, fol. 104ft). 4. Al-Husain B.
al-Hasan B. Bundar al-Kummi. 5. 'Ali B.
Muh. B. Kutaibah al-Naisaburi (a disciple
of al-Fadl B. Shadan ; v. Tusy, p. 255).

It is stated in Muntaha'l-Makal, litho-
graphed in Teheran, A.H. 1302, p. 285, that
the work of al-Kashshi originally comprised
Sunni as well as Shi'ah traditionists. Abu
Ja'far al-Tusi (Muh. B. al-Hasan, d. A.H.
460) eliminated the former, and called the
book thus expurgated JU-^M jljuu-l This last
is the work now current under the name of
Ikhtiyar i Kashshi. See also Kisas al-
'Ulama, p. 324.

634.

Or. 3576.— Foil 230 ; 10 in. by 6| ; 23 lines,
3| in. long ; written in neat Neskhi ; dated
4 RabI' I., A.H. 1087 (A.D. 1676).

[S. CHURCHILL.]

J JW1 u**£

A dictionary of Shi'ah traditionists, by
Muhammad B. 'AH al-Astarabadi.

Beg.

The author, who calls himself at the end
simply Muhammad B. 'Ali, states there that

he completed the work on the 10th of Jumada,
A.H. 988. His full name is Mirza Muhammad
B. 'Ali B. Ibrahim al-Astarabadi. The author
of Nakd al-Rijal, Or. 3640, fol. 190a, describes
him as an eminent jurist and theologian,
deeply versed in the knowledge of tra-
ditionists, and author of a well-arranged
and comprehensive JU-_p\ i_r>'vU' and of i^JSf
*£>-^\ ObJ. He adds that he had gone to
Mecca, where, at the time of writing, he
was still living. We learn from the Khula-
sat al-Athar, vol. iv., p. 46, that he died
there A.H. 1028. See also Nujum al-Sama,
p. 23, where he is stated to have written
three dictionaries of traditionists, a large
one entitled Jlai\ -*$**, a medium-sized one
(the present work), and a shorter one, the
title of which is not given.

In a short preface, the text of which has
been given by Khanikof in the Zeitschrift
der D. Morg. Ges., Band x., p. 817, the
author gives a list of the following standard
works on which his compilation is based,
with the contractions used in referring to
them : 1. Al-Khulasah (the full title is
JU-jM ~&ijK« iJ J\jS^ Lo^ . It is one of the
last of the numerous writings of al-'Allamah,
i.e., Jamal al-Din Abu '1-Mansur Hasan B.
Yusuf B. 'Ali B. al-Mutahhar al-Hilli, who
died A.H. 726). 2. Al-Najashi (i.e., Ahmad
B. 'Ali B. Ahmad al-Najashi, author of *U-»^
JUjM, who was born A.H. 373, and died

in Mutairabad, A.H. 450 ; see Majalis al-
Muminin, fol. 2086, and Sprenger, Preface
to Tusy's List, p. 1). 3. Al-Fihrist (the
work of Abu Ja'far Muh. B. al-Hasan al-
Tusi, published by Sprenger, Calcutta, 1853.
The author died A.H. 460 ; v. i&., Majalis
al-Muminin, fol. 2306, and Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 50, fol. 73a). 4. Al-Kashshi (v. supra,
no. 633). 5. Rijal al-Shaikh (i.e., L_J'.X/

424

BIOGRAPHY.

by the same Abu Ja'far al-Tusi ; v. Tusy's
List, p. 286). 6. Kitab al-Barki (i.e., Ahmad
B. Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. Khalid al-Barki,
from Barkah or Barkarud, near Kumm, who
died A.H. 274 or 280. He left numerous
works, among which jU-jN eiASji* ^lii". See
Manhaj al-Makal, fol. 26a ; Tusy's List,
nos. 74, 631 ; and Yakut, vol. i., p. 575.

Ibn Nadim ascribes also a JVj^ <— Ali" to his
father, Muh. B. Khalid ; see Fihrist, p. 221).
7. IbnDa'ud (i.e., al-Hasan B. 'Ali B. Da'ud,
a disciple of Najm al-Dln Abu '1-Kasim al-
Hilli, and author of a well-known book,
Jla-^M J* j. He was born A.H. 647 ; v.
Muntaha '1-Makal, p. 97 ; Nakd al-Rijal, Or.
3640, fol. 565 ; and the preface of Tusy's
List, p. 3). 8. Muh. B. Shahrashub (i.e.,
Rashid al-Dln Muh. B. 'Ali B. Shahrashub
al-Sururi al-Mazandarani, who wrote a L-^lxS
JUjM, and died A.H. 588; v. Ta'rikh al-
Islam, Or. 52, fol. 47o. ; Preface of Tusy's
List, p. 2; and Nakd al-Rijal, Or. 3640,
fol. 1896). 9. Al-'Aklki (i.e., 'Ali B. Ahmad
al-'Akiki al-'Alawi, author of a JV^l v'^X
which was handed down to Abu Ja'far Tusi
by two intermediate traditionists ; see Tusy's
List, no. 454, and Muntaha '1-Makal, p. 205).
10. Ibn al-Ghada'iri (i.e., al-Husain B. 'Ubaid
Allah B. Ibrahim al-Ghada'iri, who was one
of the masters of Abu Ja'far al-Tusi, and
who died A.H. 411 ; v. Najashi, Tusy's List,
p. 105, and Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 49,
fol. 746). 11. Al-Idah (i.e., j »UW1 ^UJ
t\jj\ »\^M\, by Ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli, re-
arranged, with additions, by Muhammad
'Alam al-Huda B. Muh. Muhsin Kashi ; v.
Tusy's List, Preface, p. 3, text, p. 1).
12. Kitab man la yahduruhu Faklh (by
Muh. B. 'Ali Ibn Babawaih, d. 381 ; v.
supra, no. 330). 13. Al-Kafi (by Muh. B.
Ya'kub al-Kulini, d. 328 ; v. no. 152).

The notices, arranged in strict alphabetical
order under the proper names, form the main

bulk of the volume, foil. 1 — 204. After them
come the following supplementary chapters :
Kunyahs, fol. 204i ; names beginning with
Ibn, fol. 215a; Nisbahs and surnames (lakab),
fol. 2166; female traditionists, fol. 2176.

The Khatimah, foil. 2186 — 230, contains
miscellaneous notices distributed in ten sec-
tions, with the heading *&>\f. In the eighth,
by far the most extensive, foil. 2206 — 228a,
the author gives the Isnads of al-Tusi to all
his authorities ; in the ninth, those of al-
Kashshi ; and in the tenth, those of al-
'Allamah (Ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli).

In conclusion, the author traces up his
own lliwayat to the last-named authority
through six intermediate links.

Copyist : ^/wU

For another copy, see Loth, no. 716.

635.

Or. 3575.— Foil. 388; Ilfin.by7i; 29 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, ap-
parently in the 19th century ; bound in gilt
and glazed covers. [S. CHUKOHILL.]

A similar dictionary compiled on a more
extensive scale, by the same author.

Beg. alxJrtH ys. *5!iU JP J JUUt jl!

The work is described in a short preamble
as follows : JUi^ -^i* <^\^ tj^> jjo 1*1

\# J

j-JJl J* jllil,

The list of the author's sources, which
follows the above, is nearly the same as in

SHI'AH TRADITIONISTS.

425

the preceding MS., but it includes the
following three additional works : 1. The
Fihrist of 'Ali B. 'Ubaidallah Ibn Babawaih
(who lived about A.H. 500, being a descen-
dant in the sixth generation of 'AH B. al-
Husain B. Musa Ibn Babawaih, who died
A.H. 329). His Fihrist includes the tra-
ditionists who lived from the time of Tusi to
his own; v. Muntaha '1-Makal, p. 219).
2 and 3. Two Sunni works, viz., Takrib Ibn
Hajar (i_^jj>^)\ ^..j£>, v. Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 387), and Mukhtasar al-Dahabi (ib., vol. vi.,
p. 384).

At the end the author states that he
completed the work in Mashhad Amir al-
Muminm (Najaf), on the last day of Safar,
A.H. 986. This is no doubt the composition
to which he refers in the preceding work as
^ja£)\ Uj\i^. The first Juz, ending with
letter j, was finished, as stated fol. 131, in
RabI' II., A.H. 984.

The arrangement is precisely the same as
in the preceding MS. After the alphabetical
series come the additional chapters of Kun-
yahs, fol. 359i ; names beginning with Ibn,
fol. 3706 ; Nisbahs and Lakabs, fol. 3716 ;
female traditionists, fol. 372fe ; and nameless
traditionists, fol. 373a. Lastly the Khati-
mah, foil. 373—388, also divided into ten
Fa'idahs, with nearly the same contents.

Copyist :

Two additional pages, foil. 3885, 389a,
contain lists of the Kunyahs by which the
Imams are usually designated, and of the
contractions used for reference to the
standard authors and works of the Shi'ah.
They are respectively taken from the book
of Mulla 'Inayat Allah, and from the Bihar
al-Anwar of al-Majlisi (see the Persian
Catalogue, p. 155a).

A work by Abu 'Ah' Muh. B. Isma'Il,
entitled JU^N J\^.\ ^J Jloi\ ii*, litho-

v?

graphed in Teheran, A.H. 1302, is a con-
densed compilation of the above work, and
of the gloss (Hashiyah) of Aka Muh. Bakir
B. Muh. Akmal (i.e., Muh. Bakir Bahbahani,
who died A.H. 1205; v. Kisas al-'Ulama,
p. 147).

636.

Or. 3640.— Foil. 251 ; 8£ in. by 5| ; 17 and
18 lines, 3£ in. long ; written in fair small
Neskhi; dated 2 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1257
(A.D. 1842). [S. CHUKOHILL.]

Another dictionary of Shi'ah traditionists,
by Mustafa B. al-Husain al-Husaini al-

Tafrishi,

Beg.

JjJJI

A

Having noticed that some of the works
previously written on that subject were ill-
arranged, others faulty, and all incomplete,
the author determined to write the present
one, comprising all traditionists, whether
approved or reproved, in strict alphabetical
order. His authorities are nearly the same
as those quoted in the Talkhis al-Makal,
no. 634, viz., al-Kashshi, al-Najashi, Kitab
al-Rijal and Fihrist, both by al-Tusi, Ibn al--
Ghada'iri, Ibn Shahrashdb, al-Khulasah,
Idah al-Ishtibah, and Ibn Da'ud.

The author appears to have lived in the
early part of the eleventh century of the
Hijrah. He speaks of the author of the
two preceding works, Muhammad B. 'Ali
al-Astarabadi, who died A.H. 1028, as still
living (fol. 190o). He was personally ac-
quainted with Shaikh 'Abd al-'Ali, son of
the Shaikh al-Islam {Ali B. 'Abd al-'Ali,
who died A.H. 940 (fol. Ilia, and Persian
Catalogue, p. 1095a), and one of his latest
notices is devoted to his contemporary,
3i

426

BIOGRAPHY.

Shaikh Baha al-Din al-'Amili (fol. 178a), who
died A.H. 1031.

The arrangement is the same as in the
preceding works. The alphabetical series is
followed by supplementary chapters on Kun-
yahs, fol. 2256 ; names beginning with Ibn,
fol. 237a; Lakabs and Nisbahs, fol. 239a ;
and female traditionists, fol. 242a. The
Khatimah, foil. 243ct — 25 Ib, comprises six
sections termed Fa'idah, treating of the
designations and dates of the twelve Imams,
and of the Isnads of the great Shi'ah doctors.
It concludes with the author's own Isnad,
traced up to Muh. B. Ya'kub al-Kulmi. It
begins with the following names : the
author's own master, 'Abdallah B. al-Husain
al-Tustari, who at the time of writing was
still alive, fol. 116a (he died A.H. 1021 ;
v. Nujum al-Sama, p. 18) ; Ni'mat Allah B.
Ahmad B. Muh. B. Khatun al-'Amili; Shaikh
al-Islam 'All B. 'Abd al-'Ali, &c.

The Nakd al-Rijal is one of the authorities
quoted in the above-mentioned Muntaha'l-
Makal. The author, Sayyid Mustafa B.
Husain al-Tafrishi, is praised in the Amal
al-Amil, p. 71, as a trustworthy traditionist,
but his work is said to contain but very few
men later than Shaikh al-Tusi. See also
Nujum al-Sama, p. 127.

637.

Or. 3586.— Foil. 226; 8± in. 5f ; 19 and
20 lines, 3^ in. long ; written in small and
neat Neskhi, in the 19th century.

[S. CHURCHILL.]

A collection of notices relating to early
Shi'ah traditionists, by Muhammad Bakir
B. Muhammad Naki al-Musawi.

The author is called at the end the late
Hujjat al-Islam Haji Sayyid Muhammad
Bakir, Jk> &+&* ^a ^>-l»- ,«^uj^l %*?•

He is not to be confounded with his name-
sakes, Muh. Bakir B. Muh. Taki Majlisi
(d. A.H. 1110), or Muh. Bakir Damad
(d. A.H. 1040), both of whom are referred
to as earlier writers (see foil. 66, 296). He
was one of the great 'Ulama of the 13th
century of the Hijrah, and lived in Isfahan,
where he died in the time of Muhammad
Shah, A.H. 1250—64. See a full notice of
his life in the Kisas al-'Ulama, pp. 99 — 124.

The volume contains a series of detached
treatises, in each of which the author dis-
cusses the dates, connections and credibility,
of some of the early Shi'ah traditionists,
mostly contemporaries of the Imams. The
first relates to 'Umar B. Yazid (see Tusy's
List, no. 526), and begins : cLl)4\ j-»». j^o

J

*^

In the second, fol. 166, the author shows
what traditionists are meant by the term
»<*£•, used by Thikat al-Islam (al-Kulini) in
his work, al-Kafi.

The remaining treatises relate to the
following traditionists, to whose names we
add the numbers they bear in " Tusy's List
of Shy'ah Books."

III. Fol. 206. Sahl B. Ziyad al-Adami
(no. 341).

IV. Fol. 296. Ibrahim B. Hashim (no. 31).

V. Fol. 536. Second tract relating to the
same.

VI. Fol. 57o. Ahmad B. Muh. B.. Khalid
al-Barki ; v. supra, no. 634, no. 6.

VII. Fol. 59&. Ahmad B. Muh. B. 'Isa
(no. 82).

SAINTS.

427

VIII. Fol. 636. Ishak B. 'Ammar (no. 96).

IX. Fol. 1046. Husain B. Khalid; v.
Manhaj al-Makal, fol. 89a.

X. Fol. 124£. Hammad B. 'Isa al-Juhani
(no. 253).

XI. Fol. 133a. 'Abd al-Hamld B. Salim
al-'Attar and his son Muhammad ; v. Manhaj
al-Makal, fol. 1696 (no. 647).

XII. Fol. 1356. Muhammad B. 'Isa al-
Yaktrai (no. 675).

XIII. Fol. 1426. Aban B. 'Uthman (no. 5).

XIV. Fol. 154o. Abu Basir Laith al-
Bukhturi and Abu Basir Yahya B. al-Kasim
(nos. 576, 787).

XV. Fol. 1746. Four traditionists sur-
named Majlluwaih ; v. Najashi, Tusy's List,
p. 266.

XVI. Fol. 1806. Muh. B. Ahmad, who
received traditions from al-'Umraki ; see
Nakd al-Bijal, fol. 152a.

XVII. Fol. 1826. Muh. B. Isma'Il (nos.
603-4).

XVIII. Fol. 1896. Muh. B. Khalid al-
Barki (no. 631).

XIX. Fol. 1916. Muh. B. Sinan (no. 638).

XX. Fol. 2006. Muh. B. 'Isa al-Yaktlni.
The same as XII.

XXI. Fol. 2086. Muh. B. al-Fudail (no.
677).

XXII. Fol. 2116. Mu'awiyah B. Shuraih
and Mu'awiyah B. Maisarah (nos. 724, 726).

The last tract but one is a short answer
to two questions relating to synonymous
terms, cJ^-o, f°l- 2146.

The last is a Persian treatise, entitled
SjLo5\ tjUi', on obligatory and voluntary
prayers, foil. 2166— 225a.

On the fly-leaf and next page, fol. 2a, are
some mnemonic verses by Sayyid Mahdi B.

Sayyid Rida, enumerating the standard
Shi 'ah traditionists, and some remarks on
the usual designations of the Imams.

At the end of the volume is a table of
contents. Several of the above tracts are
mentioned as distinct works in the Kisas al-
'Ulama, p. 99.

Saints.

638.

Or. 3048.— Foil. 233 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated 20 Jumada I., A.H. 660 (A.D. 1262).

[KREMEB, no. 48.]

Notices of men and women of eminent
piety, by Abu '1-Faraj 'Abd al-Rahman B.
'Ali, called Ibn al-Jauzi, who died A.H. 597.

The work is often, but improperly, called
Sifat al-Safwah, jyLoM iLo. The real title,
Safwat al-Safwah, or " Creme de la Creme,"
is written as above in the subscription of the
MS. It is also found in a list of the author's
works, drawn up by his grandson, Mir'at
al-Zaman, Add. 23,279, fol. 1046, where the
work is said to consist of four volumes.

The present MS. contains the latter part
of the work. Some leaves are wanting,
others are misplaced ; and, in the absence of
other copies, it would be hardly possible to
restore them, with perfect certainty, to the
primitive order. The general arrangement,
however, agrees with the statement of con-
tents given by the author in his preface
and printed in the Zeitschrift der Deutschen
Morg. Gesellschaft, vol. vii., p. 577.

The notices are not connected biographies.
They consist of detached sayings, character-
3 i2

428

BIOGRAPHY.

istic traits, and anecdotes, each preceded by
a full enumeration of the men by whom it
was handed down to the author. They
often conclude with the date of death.

The arrangement of the work is geogra-
phical, as expressly stated in the following
passage, fol. 646 : J\ *i*j *U

- j * pji d**>, " We have

reached, praise to God, the furthest point of
the Eastern parts, and shall now return to
our centre, the city of peace, Baghdad, and
ascend thence towards Syria and the lands
of the West."

The headings of the sections and single
notices are written in a fine Thulthi cha-
racter.

The MS. begins abruptly in the middle of
a notice relating to Sha'wanah, «i\^», a
female devotee of al-'Ubullah, followed by
two more notices relating to holy women of
the same place.

The remaining contents are arranged under
the following countries or cities named in
the headings : 'Abbadan, fol. 3a ; Mihrajan
Kadak, fol. 7a ; Tustar, fol. 7b ; Shirax,
fol. 9a; Kirman, fol. 96; Arjan, fol. 10<z ;
Sijistan, fol. 106; Daibul, fol. 116; al-
Bahrain, fol. 12a ; al-Yamamah, fol. 15a ;
al-Dmawar, fol. 17 a ; Hamadan, fol. 176 ;
Kazwin, fol. 18a ; Isbahan, fol. 186 ; al-Bai,
fol. 22a ; Damaghan, fol. 35a ; Bastam, ib. ;
Naisabur, fol. 39a ; Herat, fol. 416 ; Marw,
fol. 42a ; Balkh, fol. 52a— 626, 108a ; Tirmid,
fol. 108a; Bukhara, fol. 109a ; Farghanah,
fol. 1116; Nakhshab, ib., foil. 63, 65a;
Manjuran, near Balkh, fol. 65a ; devotees
of Khorasan and of the East whose proper
names and native places are unknown,
foil. 656, 64 ; 'Ukbara, fol. 67 ; al-Mausil,
ib. ; al-Rakkah, foil. 770; al-Sham, foil. 816-

1076, 150 — 153 (in this section the notices are
arranged chronologically in eight Tabakat,
or generations) ; Bait al-Makdis, foil. 1536 —
1556, fol. 68 ; Jabalah, fol. 114a; al-'Awasim
wa '1-Thughur, fol. 1146 ; devotees of Sham
whose proper names are not known, fol. 1356;
'Askalan, fol. 147a ; Misr, foil. 1476—1496,
156a— 167; al-Iskandariyyah, fol. 1676 ; al-
Maghrib, fol. 169a ; devotees of the moun-
tains, fol. 171a ; devotees of the islands,
fol. 1876 ; devotees of the coasts, foil. 1886 ;
devotees of the deserts, fol. 1916 ; devotees
who had no known abode, but were met in
various places, fol. 204a; young maidens
who spoke like grown-up devotees, fol. 230a ;
pious Jinns, fol. 2316.

The notices seldom exceed a page or two.
A few only are of considerable extent. They
relate to the following well-known saints or
Sufis : Yahya B. Mu'ad al-Razi, who died
A.H. 258, foil. 246— 30a ; Ibrahim B. Isma'il
al-Khawwas, who died A.H. 291, foil. 30a-
326 ; Abu Yazld Taifur B. 'Isa al-Bastami,
who died A.H. 261, foil. 35a— 386 ; Abu
'Ubaid al-Kasim B. Sallam al-Naisaburi,
who died A.H. 223, fol. 40a ; 'Abdullah
B. al-Mubarak al-Marwazi, who died A.H.
181, foil. 426 — 506; Ibrahim B. Adham,
the date of whose death is not given,
foil. 536— 57a; Abu Nasr Fath B. Sa'Id
al-Mausili, who died A.H. 220, foil. 706—
746; Abu Muslim 'Abdallah B. Thaub al-
Khaulani, who died in the reign of Yazid
B. Mu'awiyah, foil. 866— 90a ; Abu Sulai-
man 'Abd al-Rahnian al-Darani, who died
A.H. 205, foil. 976— 105a; Muh. B. Isma'il
al-Bukhari, who died A.H. 256, foil. 109a-
11 la ; Abu 'Amr 'Abd al-Rahman al-Auza'i,
who died A.H. 151, foil. 1146— 117« ; Yusuf
B. Asbat, who died A.H. 199, foil. 119a-
1216 ; Du '1-Nun al-Misri, who died A.H. 246,
foil. 1576— 161a.

The MS. was written, as stated in the

LEGISTS.

429

subscription, for the Faklh 'Afif al-Din
Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. 'AH B. 'Abd al-
'Aziz al-Makhzumi, by 'Abd al-Muhsin B.
'Abd al-'Aziz al-Makhzumi.

Detached volumes of the same work are
noticed in the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 75. Two are mentioned iu the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 2030-31.

639.

Or. 3051.— Foil. 27 ; 8 in. by 5£ ; 23 lines,
3|- in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, appa-
rently in the 19th century.

Life of Sayyid Ahmad al-Badawi, without
author's name.

J tj J-ai . . . u^

Abu '!-' Abbas Ahmad B. 'AH B. Ibrahim,
al-Badawi, the popular saint of Egypt, was
born in Fas, A.H. 596, repaired with his
father to Mecca, A.H. 603 ; and took up
his abode, A.H. 634, in Tanta (\3jik), a town
of Lower Egypt, where he died A.H. 675,
and where his tomb is to this day a cele-
brated place of pilgrimage. See Lawfikih
al-Anwar, foil. 260—267; al-Munawi, fol.
216 ; Husn al-Muhadarah, vol. i., p. 299,
and Lane, Modern Egyptians, vol. i., pp.
308, 312.

The work begins with a short sketch of
the early Khalifs down to the time of al-
Hajjaj, and of the persecution which he
inflicted upon the descendants of 'Ali, when
Sharif Muhammad al-Jawad B. 'Ali al-Eida,
the ancestor of Ahmad al-Badawi, fled from
Mecca to the Maghrib, and settled in Fas,
A.H. 73. From him the descent of the

Saint is then traced down. The life of
the holy Sayyid is mostly told in his own
words, or in those of his brother al-Hasan,
and of the latter's son al-Husain. The
Saint's interviews with Sultan Baibars, who
appears to have been entirely subjugated
by him, and numerous manifestations of his
supernatural powers, naturally form a pro-
minent feature of the biography.

A similar work, by Zain al-Din 'Abd al-
Samad, w j^>-^ oU^£j\j L-JJ1 ,j aai-Jl ^^,
has been lithographed in Cairo, A.H. 1277,
and often reprinted since. See the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 41, and the Paris Cata-
logue, no. 2019.

Legists.

640.

Or. 3050.— Foil. 60 ; 8£ in. by 6J ; 25 lines,
3^ in. long; written in neat Neskhi; dated
Saturday, 27 Jumada II., A.H. 1178 (A.D.
1764). [KREMER, no. 50.]

Life of Imam Ahmad B. Hanbal, abridged
from the work of Abu '1-Faraj 'Abd al-Rah-
man Ibn al-Jauzi (d. A.H. 597) ; by Zaki
al-Dm 'Abdallah B. Muh. B. 'Abdallah al-
Khazraji al-Hanbali, with the following title :

J^Ajsr
Jj J'uoJl

Beg.

430

BIOGRAPHY.

The author wrote this work at the request
of his friend Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. Abi '1-
'Abbas Ahmad B. Mu'In al-Tikriti. He
followed the arrangement of the Manakib al-
Imam Ahmad, by Ibn al-Jauzi (Haj. KhaL,
vol. vi., p. 143), reducing the hundred Babs
of the original work to thirty, a table of
which is given in the preface.

The original work,

t_J>1x«, is

mentioned among the writings of Ibn al-
Jauzi enumerated by his grandson, Add.
23,279, fol. 1046. A copy is noticed in the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 158.

641.

Or. 4311.— Foil. 150 ; 8$ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
3^- in. long ; written in neat Neskhi ; dated
13 RabI' II., A.H. 1062 (A.D. 1652).

[BUDGE.]

A work on the life and merits of al-Shafi'i ;
by Fakhr al-Din Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad
B. 'Umar B. al-Husain al-Razi (d. A.H. 606).

Beg.

J\

J\S

The work was composed, as stated in the
above preamble, at the request of some
friends, A.H. 597. It is mentioned as
(_fi\J^\ <_*s\x« J UJXA- by Dahabi, Ta'rikh
al-Islam, Or. 52, fol. 220, and as c_JU* <_

by Subki, Tabakat, Add. 23,361,

fol. 118, the latter adding that this is a
valuable compendium. Haj. KhaL, who
describes the work, vol. v., p. 158, attributes
it dubitatively to Imam al-Razi.

It is stated at the outset to consist of
four Kisms, but in the present copy there
are only three, viz., Kism I. *S\j»-^ -^ ,j
2jU!\ Jjo-J 1^5 or the life of al-Shafi'i, in
three Babs, fol. 2&.

Kism II. <aj\x«5 aJJUiij ^'llN *£f- ji> j,
his science, his merits and praiseworthy
qualities, in ten Babs, treating respectively
of the following subjects : his knowledge of

1. the Usul or Kalam (theology), fol. 28a ;

2. of Usul al-Fikh, fol. 444 ; 3. of the Goran,
fol. 566 ; 4. of the Hadith, fol. 64a ; 5. of
the Arabic language, fol. 70a ; 6. his dispu-
tations, fol. 806 ; 7. his verses, fol. 89a ;
8. his knowledge of medicine and astronomy,
fol. 95a ; 9. his ingenious sayings, fol. 97a ;
10. his praiseworthy qualities, fol. 1016.

Kism III. > WM, u/ i> Jj*. 1. j& j
^.^^ J^*>, proofs of his superiority over
all the other Mujtahids, fol. 1056. This
Kism is divided into eight Fasls, in the last
of which, foil. 1216 — 150, the points in
which al-Shafi'i differs from the other Imams
are set forth and discussed in detail.

Copyist :

An imperfect copy is described in the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 158.

642.

Or. 3038.— Foil. 147 ; 7* in. by 5 ; 17 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in rather large and
distinct Neskhi ; dated the last day of
Rabi' I., A.H. 784 (A.D. 1382).

[KEEMEE, no. 37.]

LEGISTS.

431

The shortest edition of the biographical
dictionary of the Shafi'ites, by Taj al-Dln al-

Subki, with the heading :

_J »

J\

Beg.

<tjl

The work is described in a short preamble
as follows : \i.)\ zo , i_Juia)

J

*«

In the end, the author calls this work the
shorter abridgment of his Tabakat al-Shafi-

'

yyin
and refers to the extensive and to the inter-

mediate editions, LM.^ j#&\ UujVtf', as
previously written.

Taj al-Din Abu Nasr 'Abd al-Wahhab B.
'Ali B. 'Abd al-Kafi al-Subki, was born in
Cairo, A.H. 727, settled with his father,
A.H. 739, in Damascus, where he was ap-
pointed Kadi, A.H. 756, taught in most of
the academies of that city, and claimed the
rank of Mujtahid, or supreme authority in
matters of law. He was carried off by the
plague on the 7th of Dulhijjah, A.H. 771.
Full notices of his life will be found in al-
Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3043, fol. 1816, and
in the Tabakat of Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, Add.
7356, fol. 119. See also Husn al-Muhadarah,
fol. 716; Tashnlf al-Masami', Or. 3040,
fol. 16; and Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber,
no. 431.

For other copies of the Tabakat al-Sughra

see Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, no. 11836 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 78 ; and
Pertsch, no. 1762, where the work is fully
described.

The present copy was made thirteen
years after the author's death, in the Ma-
drasat al-Saifiyyah, Halab, by

On the title-page is written a notice of
the Shaikh Yunus B. 'Abd al-Wahhab al-
'Aithawi, a jurist and traditionist, who died
A.H. 978, by one of his disciples.

The last three leaves contain miscellaneous
extracts in a minute hand of the same period.
The longest relates to some doubtful cases
in the due observance of fasting and prayer,

with the heading

JJL-*

643.

Or. 3037.— Foil. 177 ; 10^ in. by 7£; 25 lines,
5|- in. long ; written in large, bold, and
flowing Neskhi, rather deficient in diacritical
points ; dated 28 Shawwal, A.H. 773 (A.D.
1372). [KEEMER, no. 36.]

Lives of Shafi'ites, alphabetically arranged
under the names or surnames by which they
are commonly known; by 'Abd al-Rahim
al-Isnawi.

Beg. ^>\^\ (_s*f?j U*^ il^« aJJ jji

Jamal al-Dln Abu Muh. 'Abd al-Rahim
B. al-Hasan B. 'Ali al-Kurashi al-Umawi
al-Isnawi was born in Isna, Upper Egypt,
A.H. 704. He settled in Cairo A.H. 721,
became the most eminent scholar of the
age, and died in that city on the 18th of
Jumada II., A.H. 772. See al-Durar al-
Kaminah, Or. 3043, fol. 1676 ; Ibn Kadi
Shuhbah, Or. 3039, fol. 261a ; Orientalia,

432

BIOGRAPHY.

vol. ii., p. 429 ; and Husn al-Muhadarah,
vol. i., p. 242. The two former works con-
tain lists of his numerous writings, among
which the Tabakat al-Fukaha is also men-
tioned. Compare Wiistenfeld, Akademien
der Araber, no. 155, and Geschichtschreiber,
no. 432.

There is nothing to add to the excellent
account of the work in Loth's catalogue,
no. 709 (the only other copy known), except
the following point. The two principal
sources mentioned by the author in his
preface are the work of Ibn Salah ('Uthman
B. 'Abd al-Rahman, who died A.H. 643)
and another, which in the only copy seen by
him was ascribed to al-Tiflisi al-Musawi
without any other designation. The author,
however, gives reasons for his conclusion
that the latter was either the work of al-
'Imad Ibn Batlsh or an abridgment of it,
while Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 143, and, after
him, Loth, I.e., attribute it to 'Umar B.
Bundar al-Tiflisi (d. A.H. 672). Ibn Batlsh,
whose full name was Isma'il B. Hibat Allah
al-Mausili, died A.H. 655. See the MS.,
fol. 36a, and Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, Add. 7356,
fol. 72, where his work is called t-

The author had spent twenty years, as
stated in the preface, in collecting his mate-
rials. He says at the end that he com-
menced the work A.H. 750, and completed
it on the 21st of Shawwal, A.H. 769. His
notices are brought down close to the latter
date ; the last of all relates to al-Yafi'i
'Abdallah B. As'ad, who is stated to have
died on the eve of the 20th of Jumada II.,
A.H. 768.

The present MS. was once bound up with
two other works of al-Isnawi, as appears
from the following title written on gold
ground at the beginning : &xi

y- But it must have been
separated from the others at an early date ;
for a marginal note in an old hand states
that the Tabakat al-Fukaha, alone remained.

There are, on an average, about three
notices on every page ; the leading names
are written in red ink in the margin.

The present copy was written, only four
years after the completion of the work, by
'Ali B. al-Haj 'Umar B. 'Abdallah, Imam of

Jami' al-Khutbah .... jj* ^ j+s- r\U ^ ^
wyoL«> aulaU ««lji ,.l«^ <dl\. There are nume-
rous additions and miscellaneous notices,
partly in the margins, partly on inserted
slips, and on five additional leaves at the
beginning and at the end of the volume.
They are in a cursive, scholarlike hand-
writing, and the writer, who does not give
his name, appears to have lived in the latter
half of the ninth century. He has an
obituary notice of Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, fol. 3ffl,
whom he calls his master, Ua$", and who,
he states, died on Thursday, the llth of
Dulka'dah, A.H. 851.

644.

Or. 3039.— Foil. 333 ; 7| in. by 5| ; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in a cursive, but very
distinct, Neskhi ; dated 18 Rajab, A.H. 843
(A.D. 1439). [KREMEE, nos. 39, 40.]

Lives of eminent doctors of the Shafi'i
school, from the time of al- Shafi'i to A.H.
840, by Taki al-Dm Abu Bakr B. Ahmad
Ibn Kadi Shuhbah.

Beg.

eui .«ali' w

J\

LEGISTS.

433

The author, known as Ibn Kjidi Shuhbah,
a son of the Kadi of Shuhbah (a town of the
Hauran ; v. Yakut, vol. iii., p. 339), died in
Damascus in the month of Du'1-ka'dah,
A.H. 851. See Hawiidith al-Duhur, Add.
23,294, fol. 25, and Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 486.

This valuable copy, made by a pupil of
the author two years after the completion of
the work, is earlier, although only by about
two months, than the MS. described in the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 178a, 7716, and it
has, like the latter copy, passed through
the author's hands. It bears in various
places, foil. 1076, 1886, 2696, 2906, the fol-
lowing autograph note : *Lob Jibliuj 'i\J> ib

e^s- aill \as- «a)_yo c_*I^ " Thus far has been
read and collated with the original draft ;
written by the author, may God forgive
him." Marginal additions in the same
crabbed and characteristic handwriting will
be found on foil. 29«, 52a, 1136, 138«, 152a,
1686, 177a, 195a, 251a, &c.

On the first page is the following title,
written in the author's lifetime :

x_

''

In a marginal note at the end the author
states that the work was completed A.H. 841.

The transcriber, who in the subscription
calls himself Hamzah al-Husaini B. Ahmad
B. 'Ali, is better known as the Sharif 'Izz
al-Din Hamzah B. Ahmad al-Husaini al-
Dimashki, and was Naklb al-Ashraf of Syria.
According to a notice excerpted from the
Uc^ j yljJuJl jjai by al-Suyuti (Haj.
l.j vi., p. 360) and appended to the MS.,

fol. 333, he was born about A.H. 820, became
a disciple of Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, and studied
also under Ibn Hajar. He died on the 12th
of Rabi', A.H. 874, and left the following
works : ^.joi\ tl*^ J^M* (H. Kh., iv., p.
447) ; *juAl!1 jijl- > CU^I (H. Kh., ii.,
p. 433) ; b.Uii blSj, a supplement to the
Khabaya of al-Zarkashi (H. Kh., iii., p. 129) ;
^ ^ olJj J ^#^\3 JJ^Jl (H. Kh.,
i., p.^490); L^L^U > oULL5\ (H. Kh.,
vi., p. 278) ; aSaJI j, jUl^ (H. Kh., i., p. 404) ;
and a continuation of the present work
(H. Kb., iv., p. 143). See the full text of
the above life in Kremer's Catalogue, p. 25.

Lower down is a short notice of Ibn Kadi
Shuhbah from the Hawadith al-Dtihur above
quoted, and, at the back of the same folio,
a longer one from the above-mentioned work
of al-Suyuti, stating that the author died
on the eve of the 12th of Du '1-ka'dah,
A.H. 851.

Prefixed to the MS. is an autograph licence
conferred by the author on the same 'Izz
al-Din Hamzah, whom he calls his son.
" He has read before me," says the writer,
"the whole of the Tabakat with my additions,
and I have corrected some passages by what
he had ascertained and written down. He
afterwards took the book to Egypt, and
there it was read by the prince of historians,
Shihab al-Din Ibn Hajar, who corrected
some passages and made many useful addi-
tions ": Mi J»o U\ . . . .

<«JJ1

3 K

434

BIOGRAPHY.

J >•<

The elaborate index of proper names drawn
up by the author is, as in the previous copy,
prefixed to the work, and occupies foil. 1—
25. It was completed, as stated at the
end, on the 16th of Ramadan, A.H. 841-
The present copy, written by the same
Hamzah B. Ahmad al-Husaini, was finished
on the last day of Rajab, A.H. 843.

Besides the autograph notes already no-
ticed, there are many marginal additions in
the same handwriting as the text, and a few
written on inserted slips.

For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 178a, 5976; Pertsch, no. 1763; Rosen,
Notices Sommaires, no. 209 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 136 ; and the Paris Cata-
logue, no. 2102.

645.

Or. 3046.— Foil. 320 ; 6f in. by 4f ; 23 lines,
3f in. long ; written in cursive, small, and
close Neskhi, about A.H. 950 (A.D. 1543).

[KEEMEE, no. 46.]

Biographical dictionary of the later Ha-
nafites, by Muhammad B. Tulun ; second
and third parts.

This is a continuation, or complement,
of the first work written on that subject,
oUiA> (j aJjui^ j*^, by Muhyi

vz.

al-Dm 'Abd al-Kadir B. Abi '1-Wafa Muh.
al-Kurashi al-Misri, who died A.H. 775 (see
Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 126 ; al-Durar al-Kami-
nah, Or. 3043, fol. 175 ; Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 648, vol. iv., p. 135 ; the present MS.,
fol. 21a ; Houtsma, Brill's Catalogue, no. 201 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 42).

The title of both works and the name of
the continuator are found in the following
inscription, written, by the same hand as
the text, on the first page of the MS. :

• JUi

The same title is repeated at the begin-
ning of the third part, fol. 156a. In both
the work is designated as " compiled by the
writer, Muhammad Ibn Tulun." This en-
ables us to correct an error of Haj. Khal.,
who in two places, vol. iv., pp. 137 and 321,
ascribes the work to another Ibn Tulun,
Ishak B. al-Hasan.

The MS. has all the appearance of an
autograph draft. The notices are written
by one hand, evidently a scholar's hand, but
at different times, and blank spaces are left
at frequent intervals for further insertions.

The full name of the author is Shams
al-Dln Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad B. 'Ali B.
Muh. Ibn Tulun al-Dimashki al-Salihi al-
Hanafi. He was born, A.H. 880, in Sali-
hiyyah, a village near Damascus ; acquired a
profound knowledge of law and tradition ;
was appointed professor of Hanafi law in
the Madrasah of Shaikh al-Islam Abu 'Dmar,
and Imam of the mosque al-Salimiyyah ; and
wrote a large number of treatises and ex-
tracts. He died on the llth or 12th of
Jumada I., A.H. 953. See al-Kawakib al-

LEGISTS.

435

Sa'irah, Add. 16,6 V7, fol. 1046. Haj. Khal.
gives the same date for his death, vol. iii.,
p. 551, vol. iv., p. 175, &c. For other
works of the same author, see Haj. Khal.,
Index, p. 1214, no. 8031 ; the Arabic Cata-
logue, pp. 2116, 4316; Pertsch,no. 1779; and
Steinschneider, Polemische Literatur, no. 37,
and Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 522.

Out of five men enumerated in the Kawa-
kib al-Sa'irah, I.e., as the masters of Muh.
Ibn lulun, three are mentioned as such by
the author in the present work, viz., his
uncle Jamul al-Dm Yusuf B. Muh. Ibn
Tulun, who died A.H. 937 (fol. 289a) ;
Nasir al-Din Abu '1-Baka B. Zuraik (fol.
1 6a) ; and Jamal al-Dm Yusuf B. 'Abd al-
Hadi, called Ibn al-Mubarrad (v. supra,
no. 511, p. 314). The last is the author of a
biographical work, frequently quoted by the
present writer under the title of »*iU5\ u^J^
*«*»UM *AU yUffl ,j, and very imperfectly
described by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., no. 6739.

The notices comprised in the present
volume cannot fall far short of 1200 in
number. They are arranged alphabetically
under the proper names, and relate, for
the most part, to Hanafi doctors who
lived in the author's time and in the two
preceding centuries, the eighth and ninth
of the Hijrah. But there are also some
belonging to earlier periods, from the third
century downwards. A few of them are
of considerable extent, especially those de-
voted to two legists called Ibn Shihnah,
viz., Abu '1-Fadl and Abu '1-Walid, foil.
168 — 183. The authorities most frequently
quoted are Salah al-Dm al-Safadi, Ibn Hajar,
al-Dahabi, al-Makrizi, Ibn Taghribirdi (al-
Manhal al-Safi), and al-Nu'aimi,

The latest dates occurring in the text are
A.H. 949 (fol. 2066), 950 (foil. 166a, 1926),
and 951 (fol. 249a). A still later one, A.H.

965, fol. 1046, occurs in an addition by
another hand.

The second part begins with 'Abbas B.
'Uthman B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Dimashki,
who was alive A.H. 603, and ends with
Muhammad B. 'Abd al-Muhsin, who was
alive A.H. 733. The third part begins,
fol. 157ffl, with Muhammad B. 'Uthman al-
Karadi, who was born A.H. 780, and the
alphabetical series concludes, fol. 2936, with
Yunus B. 'Ali al-Zur'i, who died A.H. 930.
The rest of the volume is occupied by the
following supplementary chapters : Notices
of men known by their kunyahs (including
Abu Bakr), \&\ <_>b, fol. 295a. Notices of
men known by their honorific titles, uj-ii^s— AJ,
fol. 3096. Notices of women, fol. 3126.
Khatimah, containing miscellaneous notices,
foil. 313a— 319a. The first of these relates
to the author of al-Burdah, Muh. B. Sa'd
(sic) al-Busiri, who died A.H. 696 or 697 ;
the second to Shaikh Muhammad al-Dam-
dami, who died A.H. 430.

On the last folio is a detached note, in
the same handwriting as the text, on several
legal treatises which bear the name of c£j^

An extract from al-Ghuraf al-'Aliyyah is
mentioned in the Berlin Catalogue, no. 4133.

646.

Or. 3040.— Foil. 49 ; 10£ in. by 6| ; 27 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 18th century.

[KEEMEE, no. 41.]

Biographies of the men quoted as au-
thorities in the Jam' al-Jawami* ; by Shaikh
al-Islam Abu '1-Ma'ali Muhammad B. 'Abd
al-Rahman B. Zain al-'Abidin B. Zakariyya
al-Ghazzi al-'Amiri al-Kurashi al-Shafi'i.
3x2

436

BIOGRAPHY.

Beg.

The author's name is not found in the
text, but in a title written on the first page,
in which he is spoken of as dead. He was
born in Damascus A.H. 1096, became one of
the most learned 'Ulama of his time, and
was appointed Mufti of the Shafi'is. He died
in Damascus A.H. 1167. Silk al-Durar,
vol. iv., p. 53.

On the margin of fol. 45a is a note,
stating that the MS. was corrected, A.H.
1190, by Muhammad B. al-Fadl, who calls
himself daughter's son of the author, LA-J
t_J\jV. This note is in the same hand-
writing as the heading above-mentioned.

The Jam' al-Jawami' referred to in the
above title is a text-book of the Shafi'is on
the bases of Muslim law, &aaM J^- It was
written by Taj al-Dm Abu Nasr 'Abd al-
Wahhab B. 'Ali al-Subki, who died A.H. 771.
On that work and its commentaries see Haj.
Khal., vol. ii., p. 610 ; supra, no. 265, the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 144 ; Aumer,
no. 360 ; Pertsch, no. 926 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, nos. 803 — 810 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. ii., p. 243.

The design of the present work is set
forth in a short preamble as follows : jjOj

a.*.}

SU5N

The notices are ninety-five in number,
averaging a page in length. They contain
for the most part a full enumeration of the
authors' works, and conclude with the date
of their death. They begin with a life of the

author of the Jam' al-Jawami', and end with
a notice of 'Ali B. Mu'min, called Ibn 'Usfiir,
who died A.H. 669. They are arranged
without any apparent system. A list of the
names has been given by Baron von Kremer
in the catalogue of his collection, p. 27.

The latter part of the MS., foil. 456—495,
contains the following short notices, which
appear to be a subsequent addition to the
work. They relate to the authors of
standard works on tradition, viz. : 1. Al-
Bukhari and the other compilers of the six
canonical books. 2. Six traditionists, the
first of whom is al-Darakutui, fol. 466.
3. Six other traditionists, viz., al-Hakim Ibn
Nu'aim, &c., fol. 47a. 4. Six Huffaz, viz.,
Abu 'Awauah, who died A.H. 316, &c.,
fol. 48a. 5. Eight other Huffaz, beginning
with al-Khatlb al-Baghdadi, who died A.H.
462, and ending with al-Mundiri, who died
A.H. 656, fol. 486.

Physicians.

647.

Or. 3045.— Foil. 253 ; 13 in. by 9 ; 33 lines,
5f in. long ; written in plain Neskhi ; dated
19 Safar, A.H. 1297 (A.D. 1880).

[KREMER, no. 45.]

Lives of physicians ; by Muwaffik al-Din
Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. al-Kasim, called
Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah, who died A.H. 668. See
the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 1796, 5936, 6846;
Pertsch, no. 1769; Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 350 ; Sanguinetti, Journal
Asiatique, 1854, vol. i., p. 232 ; and August
Muller, Verhandlungen des Orientalisten
Congresses zu Leyden.

The present MS. contains the first edition,

GEAMMABIANS AND LEXICOGRAPHERS.

437

dedicated, A.H. 643, to Amin al-Daulah.
It is, as stated at the end, a transcript of a
copy in the Khedivial Library (vol. v., p. 92),
which is noticed by Aug. Miiller, Zeitschrift
der D. Morg. Ges., Band 34, p. 469, and
Ibn Abi TJseibia, Vorwort, p. six. It ends
with the life of the author's paternal uncle,
Eashid al-Din 'Ali B. Khallfah (A. Muller's
edition, vol. ii., pp. 246 — 259).

Grammarians and Lexicographers.

648.

Or. 3041.— Foil. 23; 7 in. by 5; 15 lines,
2| in. long ; written in fair, partly vocalized,
Neskhi, with red-ruled margins ; apparently
in the 15th century. [KBEHBB, no. 42.]

Notices of grammarians and lexicographers,
abridged from the work of Abu 'Abdallah
(read Abu Bakr) Muhammad B. al-Hasan
(or B. al-Husain) al-Zubaidi, with the head-

ing,

^IWJ *1M i^j i^jijjJl, under which is
added, by a later hand, ^ (jro_j*iM OjUu

Beg.

J\S

Abu Bakr al-Zubaidi, so called from the
tribe Zubaid (al-Sam'ani, fol. 271a), was
born in Sevilla, A.H. 316. He was called
to Cordova by al-Mustansir Billah al-Hakim,
who entrusted to him the tuition of his son,
afterwards al-Mu'ayyad Billah, and appointed
him Kadi of Sevilla, where he died A.H. 379.
See Ibn Khallikfm, De Slane's translation,
vol. iii., p. 83 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48,
fol. 161a; Bughyat al-Ruwat, Or. 3042,

fol. 196; Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana, vol.
iii., p. 56 (where A.H. 330 is an error for
380) ; al-Makkari, vol. ii., p. 320 ; Fliigel,
Grammatische Schulen, p. 263 ; and Deren-
bourg, Escurial, p. 394. His work is noticed
by Haj. Khal. under two titles, viz., Oliuk
iU^j uo.jilH and iU*' Oliul», vol. iv., pp. 150,
153. Al-Suyuti mentions it under the latter
title as one of the sources of the Bughyat
al-Wu'at ; see Or. 3042, fol. 26.

0

The present MS. contains only an abridg-
ment of the original work. It is described
in the colophon as follows : j-aisc* ' i_>Vl£j\ o

'ITmar B. Ahmad B. Khallfah al-Halabi
al-Sa'di, who, according to the above, wrote
the MS., is probably the author of the
abridgment.

The notices are short, seldom exceeding a
few lines, and, in some instances, confined
to the bare mention of a name.

Contents: Grammarians of Basrah, in ten
classes or generations (o>li*lj), fol. 16 : the
first class begins with Abu '1-Aswad (Ziilim
B. 'Amr) al-Du'ali, who first dotted the

Coran Ui^ JaSi, and died A.H. 69. The
tenth class begins with Abu '1-Fahd, or,
more fully, Abu'l-Kasim 'Abd al-Rahman
B. Ishak al-Zajjaji, who died A.H. 337.
Grammarians of Kufah, in six classes,
fol. 136. The first begins with Abu Ja'far
(Muh. B. al-Hasan) al-Rawwusi ; the sixth
with Hiirun B. al-Ha'ik al-l)arlr.

Lexicographers of Basrah, in seven classes:
fol. 176. The first begins with al-Muntaji'
B. Nabhan al-Nabhani al-A'riibi ; the seventh
with the disciples of Ibn Duraid (Muh. B.
al-Hasan). Lexicographers of Kufah, in

438

BIOGRAPHY.

five classes, fol. 20a. The first begins with
Hammad B. Hurmuz Abu Laila ; the fifth
comprises the disciples of Tha'lab.

Three supplementary sections, the first
of which has the rubric HdaN u« ^.^ &*j
Jj^, fol. 2lb, and begins with Wallad, i.e.,
al-Walid B. Muh. (who died A.H. 352) ; the
third begins with Abu '!-' Abbas Ahmad B.
Wallad, a disciple of al-Zajjaj.

The latest date which occurs in the text
is A.H. 356, fol. 20a, the obituary date of
Abu 'Ali Isma'Il B. al-Kasim al-Kali.

649.

Or. 3042.— Foil. 241 ; 10| in. by 7 ; 29 lines,
5 in. long ; written in small and distinct
Neskhi; dated 4th Jumada II, A.H. 981
(A.D. 1573). [KREMER, no. 43.]

auii

Biographical dictionary of the lexico-
graphers and grammarians, by Jalal al-
Din al-Suyuti.

It agrees in every respect with the copy
described in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 741 a,
except that the additional chapters contain-
ing the surnames of grammarians are here
given in tabular form, foil. 220—229. The
author states at the end that the work was
completed in the month of Ramadan, A.H.
871. It is there designated as sl^' O\Jul»
(_fj*d\ or " the lesser biography of gram-
marians," to distinguish it from the vast
compilation in seven volumes which al-Suyuti,
as he states in the preface, had commenced
A.H. 868, but never published.

Hammer, who had a copy of the work
made for him in Constantinople, A.D. 1839,
describes it under the above title, Bughyat
al-Wu'at, and gives a full list of the contents

in his Handschrift.en, pp. 529 — 554. In the
account of the same MS., however, in the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 340, the proper
title is dropped without apparent reason,
and the work is designated by the general

term of Sl^'j ^.yJJl Oliul». Fliigel, who
drew from that MS. the chief materials of
his ' Grammatische Schulen der Araber,' was
under a wrong impression when he described
in the preface, p. xi., the Bughyat al-Wu'at
as a further abridgment of that work.

Another copy, transcribed from the
author's autograph MS., is noticed by
Rosen, Notices Sominaires, no. 215.

For other MSS., see the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 19 ; Houtsma, no. 211 ; and
Mission Scientifique en Tunisie, no. 130.

Copyist : (j*i

Poets.

650.

Or. 2075.— Foil. 164; 8 in. by 5£ ; from 14
to 17 lines, about 4 in. long; written in a
large, bold, and angular character, in which
the diacritical points are frequently omitted,
and vowels occasionally added, probably in
the 12th century.

Kitab al-Aghani, or lives of singers and
poets, with copious poetical quotations, by
Abu '1-Faraj 'Ali B. al-Husain al-Isbahani,
who died A.H. 356. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 2636 ; Aumer, no. 468 ; Wusten-
feld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 132 ; Pertsch,
no. 2126 ; and Houtsma, Brill's Catalogue,
no. 121.

In stating the contents of this and the

POETS.

439

following three volumes, reference is made
to the edition printed in twenty volumes,
Bulak, A.H. 1285.

The present volume contains Juz TIL and
TV. of the original. Juz III., foil. U — 76a,
begins as follows; ybj y^ &>\\\

j jj

Its contents correspond with vol. i., pp. 129
— 189 of the Bulak edition. It comprises
notices of Nusaib, fol. 2a ; Ibn Muhriz,
fol. 28a ; al-'Arji, fol. 31a ; and Majnun,
fols48a.

Juz IV., foil. 776 — 164a, corresponds with
vol. ii., p. 2 to p. 65, line 14, of the Bulak
edition. It comprises the latter part of the
notice of Majnun, and notices of 'Adi B.
Zaid, fol. lOOa ; al-Hutai'ah, fol. 135a ; and
Ibn 'A'ishah, fol. 1596.

On the first page of the MS. is written by
an early hand : ^.Vii J^l i_>UL/ ^ J.U3I

fui. Similar inscriptions are
found in the next following three volumes.

From the following note written at the top
of the first page in this and the other volumes,

it appears that this copy was written for the
library of the Fatimide Khalif al-Zafir, who
reigned in Egypt A.H. 544 — 549.

At the end is written : i—Atf

This volume and the next three formed
part of a set consisting of sixty Juz, bound
two by two, so as to form altogether thirty
volumes,

651.

Or. 2076.— Foil. 167; uniform with the
preceding, and written by the same hand.

Another volume of the same set, desig-
nated on the title-page as the fifth, y-^lii >jii,
and containing Juz IX. and X. of the

original.

Juz IX., foil. 2b — 99a, corresponds with
vol. iii., p. 131, to vol. iv., p. 10, of the Bulak
editi6n. But there is a transposition of
some pages at the beginning. The text of
that edition appears in the MS. in the
following order: vol. iii., p. 144, line 12—
p. 145, line 12; p. 131, line 19— p. 141,
line 28 ; p. 145, line 12— p. 192 ; vol. iv.,
p. 2 — p. 10, line 25. A passage extending
from vol. iii., p. 141, line 28, top. 144, line 11,
and a shorter one, from p. 190, line 30, to
p. 191, line 22, are wanting in the MS.

This Juz comprises the latter part of the
life of al-'Atahiyah, and the notices of
Faridah, fol. 746; Umayyah B. Abi '1-Salt,
fol. 80a; and Hassan B. Thabit, fol. 876.

Juz X., foil. 1006 — 167a, corresponds with
vol. iv., p. 10, line 26 — p. 67, line 5, of the
Bulak edition, and comprises the end of the
notice of Hassan, and notices on the cham-
pions of Badr, fol. 108a; 'Alas Du Jadan,
fol. 132a; Tuwais, fol. 133a ; "al-Ahwas,
fol. 1356 ; and al-Dallal, fol. 1576.

On the fly-leaf at the beginning is a table
of the notices contained in the volume,
written by the same hand as the title.

652.

Or. 2077.— Foil. 160; uniform with the
preceding two MSS., and written by the
same hand.

Another volume of the same set, desig-
nated as the twenty-third,

440

BIOGRAPHY.

and containing Juz XLV. and XLVI. of the
original.

Juz XLV., foil. 26— 74a, corresponds with
vol. xvi. of the Bulak edition, from p. 35,
line 8, to p. 97, line 17. But the contents
of p. 85, line 13— p. 96, line 9, are wanting
in the MS. It comprises notices of Shuraih,
fol. 2b ; Zainab Bint Hudair, fol. 56 ; al-
Hutai'ah with Sa'id B. al-'Asi, fol. 8a ;
Malik B. Asma, fol. 106; Zaid al-Khail,
fol. 19ft; Nubaih B. al-Hajjaj, fol. 406;
Umayyah B. Abi'1-Salt, fol. 516; Abu 'Ata
al-Sindi, fol. 67a; and Hatim, fol. 726.

Juz XLVI., foil. 756— 160a, corresponds
with vol. xvi. of the same edition, from
p. 97, line 17, to p. 145, line 12. But the
MS. has a considerable addition, foil. 1396 —
1486, inserted between the notices of Zubair
and of Dananir (p. 135, line 28). It consists
of a notice of al-Haziz al-Du'ili.

This Juz comprises the end of the notice
of Hatim, and notices of Du '1-Rummah,
fol. 95a ; Ibrahim al-Mausili, fol. 127« ;
JVIaktal Zubair, fol. 1316; al-Haziz al-Du'ili,
fol. 140a; Dananir, fol. 1486; and Khufaf,
fol. 1536.

A table of contents is prefixed.

653.

Or. 2078. — Foil. 128; uniform with the
preceding MSS., and written by the same
hand.

The twenty-ninth volume,
of the same set, containing Juz LVII. and
LVIII. of the original.

Juz LVII., foil. 26— 68a, begins with the
last ten lines of vol. xviii., of the Bulak
edition. The rest of the contents corre-
sponds with vol. xix., p. 2, to p. 52, line 14,
and are entirely taken up with the account
of al-Farazdak.

Juz LVIIL, foil. 696—1286, corresponds
with the same volume from p. 52, line 15, to
p. 98, line 1, and comprises notices of Khalid
al-Kasri, fol. 70« ; Sakhr al-Ja'd, fol. 866 ;
Abu Hafs al-Shatranji, fol. 916 ; Hurub al-
Fijar, &c., fol. 97a ; Malik B. al-Samsanah,
fol. 109a; 'Abld B. al-Abras, fol. Ilia;
Rabi'ah B. Makrum, fol. 1186; Aus B.
Dubayy and the Jews of Yathrib, fol. 122(5.

A table of contents is prefixed.

654.

Or. 4307.— Foil. 130 ; 10 in. by 7 ; 21 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair, partly vocalized,
Neskhi ; dated A.H. 1082 (A.D. 1671).

[BUDGE.]

Lives of singers, extracted and abridged
from the preceding work.

The notices are about fifty in number.
The first three are those of Ibn Muhriz
(Cairo edition, vol. i., p. 150) ; Ibn 'A'ishah
(vol. ii., p. 62) and al-Gharid (ib., p. 128).
The last two are those of Ibrahim al-Mausili
(vol. v., p. 2) and Abu Zakkar (vol. vi.,
p. 212).

Local Biographies.
Baghdad.

655.

Or. 1507.— Foil. 250; 8 in. by5£; 13 lines,

3^ in. long ; written in elegant Neskhi, with

all the vowels, probably in the 13th century.

[SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The first volume of the biographical dic-
tionary of the celebrated men of Baghdad,
with an historical introduction; by Abu

BAGHDAD.

441

Bakr Ahmad B. 'AH B. Thabit al-Khatib al-
Baghdadi, who died A.H. 463. See Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane's translation, vol. i.,
p. 75, and Wustenfeld, Geschichtschreiber,
no. 208.

Beg.

This volume contains the introduction,
treating of the history and topography of
Baghdad, and the initial part of the biogra-
phical dictionary which forms the main bulk
of that voluminous work.

The contents correspond with those of
the Taylor MS., Add. 23,319, foil. 2—99,
as described in the Arabic Catalogue, pp.
585-6. The division of the original text
into parts (Juz') is preserved ; the end of
each of those parts is indicated in the
margin, as, for instance, f ol. 42a : ^ ^i-\T
i_^ilaU J^>! ^ J}^, and so on for the suc-
ceeding parts, which end respectively at
foil. 77a, 117&, 1596, 201a (here, how-
ever, the marginal note is wanting), and
2435.

The alphabetical series of lives, which
begins, fol. 202i, with an extensive notice of
Muh. B. Ishak B. Yasar, contains only forty-
six notices relating to men whose name was
Muhammad, and whose father's name was
Ishak. The last of these is Muh. B. Ishak
B. Muh. B. Fadduyah (see Add. 23,319,
fol. 99aj.

About four pages of the description of the
Khalifs' palace, and of the reception of the
Greek ambassador, corresponding with Add.
23,319, foil. 36a— 39a, are wanting after
fol. 92. The lacuna is but imperfectly
filled up by two leaves of later writing.

At the end is written :

On the fly-leaf is written : " 1st volume of
the History of Baghdad, by the famous
Khatib. A very excellent and correct copy,
purchased by me at Baghdad. Jan. 1, 1847.
H. Eawlinson."

For other copies see the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 2128 — 32; the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 26; and the Leyden Catalogue,
no. 869.

656.

Or. 1508.— Foil. 125 ; 8± in. by 5£; 27 lines,
2f in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi, with the vowels; dated 23 Jumada I.,
A.H. 1241 (A.D. 1825).

[Sm HENET C. RAWLINSON.]

The same portion of the History of Bagh-
dad, evidently transcribed from the preceding
MS.

It has at fol. 48 the lacuna that has been
noticed above, without any apparent break
in the text. The gap has been, however, to
some extent filled up, partly from the
additional leaves, foil. 93-4, of the preceding
MS., partly from another source.

This copy was written, as stated at the
end, by Khattab al-Imam for 'Abd al-Fattah
Agha Rasul Agha Zadah.

The date of purchase, written by Sir
H. Rawlinson on the fly-leaf, is June 21, 1846-

Syria.

657.

Or. 3616.— Foil. 36 ; 7 in. by 5} ; 15 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair bold Neskhi,
with vowels, apparently in the 14th century.

[G. C. RENODAKD.J
3 L

442

BIOGRAPHY.

Notices of some of the Companions of
Muhammad and their successors, who settled
in Darayya, a town near Damascus ; by Abu
'Ali cAbd al-Jabbar B. 'Abdallah B. Muh. B.
'Abd al-Rahim al-Khaulani.

J\» Jli

The author, commonly called Ibn Mu-
hanna, 1*4* ^\, and, from his native place,
al-Darani, is noticed by Yakut, vol. ii.,
p. 537, and in Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48,
fol. 120, as the author of \i,b o,U>. He is
mentioned in the latter work among the
men who died A.H. 361—370. The Riwayat
of the present MS. shows that he was still
alive A.H. 365.

The text is given on the authority of Abu
Muh. Hibat-allah B. Ahmad, called Ibn al-
Akfani, who died A.H. 524. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 731, note n, and al-Wafi bil-
wafayat, Add. 23,359, where Ibn al-Akfani
is described as the great traditionist of
Damascus, and as a severe sifter of Hadiths.

From the " catena " prefixed to the work,
it appears that Ibn al-Akfani received the
text orally, A.H. 458, from Abu Muh. 'Abd
al-'AzIz B. Ahmad al-Kattani. The latter
had read the work in Darayya before Abu '1-
Hasan 'Ali B. Muh. B. Tauk al-Tabarani,
who had received it from the author A.H. 365.

The scope of the work is described as
follows : aJl\ J^-, t_->\*^ ^ \ijdi JjJ ^ ft

^J\ L-*a<o. J

The notices, which are forty-six in number,
are not arranged in strict chronological

order ; but most of them contain some
precise or approximative date. They begin
with Bilal, the Muaddin of the Prophet, and
end with Muh. B. Khalaf B. Tarik, who
lived two generations before the author.
Every statement is preceded by an Isnad.

An appendix of three pages contains a
few additional notices by Ibn al-Akfani,
which the copyist found in another copy,
and in the handwriting of Abu Ja'far Ahmad
B. 'Ali al-Firyabi. The latest date occurring
in them is A.H. 460.

In a title-page prefixed by the copyist,
it is stated that the MS. had been transcribed
from an old copy, said to be in the hand-
writing of al-Akfani, and bearing autograph
notes by al-Silafi (d. A.H. 576), and by
Abu '1-Kasim B. 'Asakir (d. A.H. 571).

The MS. passed from Renouard into the
library of Dr. John Lee. It is noticed in
the first catalogue of the latter, no. 37, and
in the second, no. 88.

658.

Or. 3024.— Foil. 106 ; 9f in. by 6-J ; 23 lines,
5J in. long; written in large and bold
Neskhi, sparingly supplied with diacritical
points, before A.H. 559 (A.D. 1163-4).

[KREMKK, no. 22.]

Biographical dictionary of the celebrated
men of Damascus, with an historical intro-
duction, by Thikat al-Dln Abu '1-Kasim 'Ali
B. al-Hasan B. Hibat Allah, called Ibn
'Asakir.

Four volumes of this valuable work have
been noticed in the Arabic Catalogue, pp.
592, 177a, 7716. For others see Pertsch,
no. 1775 ; Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no.
202 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 25 ;

SYRIA.

443

the Paris Catalogue, no. 2137 ; and Spitta
MSS., Zeitschrift der D. Morg. Ges., vol. xl.,
p. 310. The author was born A.H. 499, and
died in Damascus on the llth of Rajab,
A.H. 571. For notices of his life see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 592, note a ; Ta'rlkh
al-Islam, Or. 51, foil. 62—65 ; al-Subki,
Add. 23,361, fol. 239 ; Ibn Kadi Shuhbah,
Or. 3039, fol. 122 ; al-Isnawi, Or. 3037,
fol. 133 ; Wiistenfeld, Orientalia, vol. ii.,
p. 163 ; G-eschichtschreiber, no. 267 ; and
Hammer, Literaturgeschichte, vol. vii., p. 691.

The present volume contains Parts (Juz)
VI. — X. of the historical introduction. The
following title is written on the first page of

Juz VI., fol. 3a : £J3 u^ltf"

*^-,

*-»

Similar titles are found at the beginning
of all the following parts, viz., Juz VII.,
fol. 23 ; Juz VIII., fol. 43 ; Jux IX., fol. 63 ;
and Juz X., fol. 86.

The author's son, who is there mentioned
as having heard the work read before his
father, was born A.H. 527. He succeeded
his father as Shaikh of the Dar al-Hadlth al-
Nuriyyah, and died on the 9th of Safar,
A.H. 600. See Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 52,
fol. 162, and Wiistenfeld, Orientalia, vol. ii.,
p. 165.

The headings of the single chapters (Bab),
being in rhymed prose, are here given in the,
original :

Fol. 36. Juz VI.

Fol. 5a.

Fol. 6a.

Fol. 8a. ^J ^

Fol. lOa.

Fol. 16a.

Fol. 186.

id (j ^Ul^ Ji-OJ

jj,

_

Fol. 236. Juz VII. Continuation of the
above.

Fol. 26a.

Fol. 35a.

Fol. 40a.
,> SjW^ ^ ^ sbj

JJ

Fol. 43J. Juz VIII. Continuation of the
above.

Fol. 47a.
^l\ sift ^JJI

Fol. 566.
Fol. 5S6. »j

3 L2

444,

BIOGRAPHY.

Fol. 636. Juz IX.

£^ w \

'Fol. 73i. J13
Fol. 816. AJ\ <
Fol. 86 J. Juz X.
Fol. 904.
Fol. 98S. ^a)^

iJM U

*

J

JW Jl }*

Fol. 1005.

The above contents are stated by Baron
von Kremer in his Catalogue, pp. 16, 17.
There are some corrections and some addi-
tions in the margins. An account of the
expedition of Khalid B. al-Walid to the
succour of Abu 'Ubaidah in Syria, written
on a separate leaf, has been inserted after
fol. 67.

Eight Sanaa's, or certificates of audition,
written by different hands, with dates rang-
ing from A.H. 559 to 628, are appended to
Juz VI., fol. 21-22, and are repeated, with
but slight variations, at the end of each
succeeding Juz. Of Juz V., which appears
to have once formed part of the volume,
two Sanaa's alone remain, fol. 1.

The Sanaa's include the names of several
members of the learned family of the Banu
'Asakir, and may serve to supplement the
genealogical account given by Wiistenfeld,
Orientalia, vol. ii., pp. 161—193. The
earliest, fol. 216, which supplies a lower

limit for the composition of the work and
for the writing of the MS., records a reading
which took place before the author, in the
Eastern tower of the Great Mosque of Da-
mascus, on Thursday, the ninth of Rabi' I.,
A.H. 559. The hearers were the author's
son, Abu'1-Fath al- Hasan ; his grandson,
Abu Tahir Muh. B. al-Kasim (neither of
whom is mentioned by Wiistenfeld, I.e.) ;
the two sons of his brother Abu 'Abdallah
Muhammad, viz., Abu '1-Fadl Ahmad (Taj al-
Umanii, who died A.H. 610 ; v. Wiistenfeld,
p. 168, and Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 52, fol. 260;
and Abu'l-Barakat al-Hasan (Zain al-Umana,
who died A.H. 627 ; v. Wiistenfeld, ib.) ;
further, Yusuf B. Zafir al-Atrabulusi, and
'Umar B. Muh. al-'Ulaimi, the writer of the
Sanaa'. The Juz was read partly by the
author, partly by the last-named 'Umar al-

'Ulaimi. The text is as follows : Jj!

JW\

LftJ

&iJ\

The next following seven Sanaa's record
as many successive readings of the same
Juz, or the next, before the following persons :

2nd Sam a'. The author, the hearers being
his two sons Abu Muh. al-Kasim and Abu'l-
Fath Hasan, his grandson Abu Tahir Muh.
B. al-Kasim, four sons of his brother Mu-
hammad, viz., Abu '1-Barakat al-Hasan,

SYRIA.

445

Abu '1-Muzaffar 'Abdallah (who died A.H.
591 ; v. Subki, Add. 23,361, fol. 189), Abu
Mansur 'Abd al-Rahman (who died A.H. 620 ;
v. Wiistenfeld, p. 169), and Abu'1-Fadl
Ahmad ; lastly, various other persons fully
enumerated ; dated 24 Muharram, A.H. 560,
in the Jami' of Damascus, fol. 216.

3rd Sanaa'. The author's son, Abu Muh.
al-Kasim, the hearers being his brother
Abu '1-Futuh Hasan, and others ; Damascus,
A.H. 571 (the year of the author's death),
fol. 22rt.

4th Sama'. The same, the hearers being
his son, the owner of the MS., Abu '1-Kasiin
'Ali (who died A.H. 616 ; ib., p. 167), and
others ; Damascus, A.H. 587, fol. 226.

5th Sama'. The author's nephew, Fakhr
al-Dln Abu Mansur 'Abd al-Rahman, Rabi' I.,
A.H. 614, fol. 23«.

6th Sama'. Shihab al-Dln Abu '1-Mahiisin
Sulaimiin B. al-Fadl al-Baniyasi, a disciple
of the author ; Madrasat al-'Adiliyyah, Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 614, fol. 23«.

7th Sama'. The author's nephew, Abu'l-
Barakat al - Hasan ; Jami' of Damascus,
Rajab, A.H. 616.

8th Sama'. A disciple of the author,
Shams al-Dln Abu Nasr Muh. B. Hibat
Allah al-Shirazi (a renowned traditionist,
who was born A.H. 549, and died in Damas-
cus, A.H. 634; v. al-Mundiri, Or. 1541,
fol. 164) ; Jami' of Damascus, Dulhijjah,
A.H. 628, fol. 236.

An extract from the present volume has
been given by Baron von Kremer, Cultur-
geschichtliche Streifziige, pp. 60 — 63.

659.

Or. 4050.— Foil. 253 ; 12 in. by 6$ ; 29 lines,
3£ in. long; written in neat Neskhi, with

'Unwan and gold-ruled margins, apparently
in the 19th century.

Memoirs of Sayyid 'Ali B. Muhammad
al-Husaini al-Hanafi al-Muradi al-Dimashki,
his masters, his relatives, and his contempo-
raries, compiled by his son, Abu '1-Fadl
Muhammad Khalil Efendi.

Beg. j-u U . .

Sayyid 'AH al-Muradi, the main subject
of the memoir, was born in Damascus,
A.H. 1132, was raised to the post of Mufti
of the Hauafites, and died on the 22nd of
Shawwal, A.H. 1184. His son is better
known as the author of the biographical
dictionary of the celebrated men of the
12th century of the Hijrah, en titled j^\ (JJJu-
j^s- ,jUJl yjEM (jUfr^ ,j, printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1291—1301.

The author, who succeeded his father as
Mufti of the Hanafitos and Naklb al-Ashraf,
died in Halab, A.H. 1206. See Jabarti,
vol. ii., pp. 233—36.

The work is divided into five Biibs, with
the following headings :

Fol. 4.

J*

Fol. 35.

Fol. 43.

j II.

III.

446

BIOGRAPHY.

Fol. 70.

Fol. 241.

V.

The fourth chapter, which forms about
two-thirds of the bulk of the volume, con-
tains notices of a great number of the
panegyrists and correspondents of Sayyid
'Ali al-Muradi, arranged in alphabetical
order. The author refers occasionally to
his great work, by which is no doubt
meant the Silk al-Durar.

The date of composition is not mentioned ;
but the work includes dates as late as A.H.
1197 and 1198 (foil. 224 and 250). At the
beginning is a table of the most important
notices, occupying three pages.

660.

Or. 3618.— Foil. 91 ; 8 in. by 5^ ; 23 lines,
3f in. long ; written in small and distinct
Neskhi, A.H. 1058 (A.D. 1648).

[G. C. RENOUAKD.]

A biographical dictionary of the celebrated
men of Halab, by Abu '1-Wafa B. 'Umar al-

Beg.

The author succeeded his father, 'Umar
B. «Abd al-Wahhab al-'Urdi, who died A.H.
1024, as Mufti of the Shafi'is in Halab. He
also taught in the Dar al-Kur'an, called al-
Habashiyyah, and wrote, besides the present
work, a Sufi treatise entitled ^^\ tf-j*0'
various commentaries, and many pieces of
poetry. He was born A.H. 993, and died

on the 4th of Muharram, A.H. 1071. See
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. i., p. 148, and vol. iii.,
p. 215 ; Wustenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no.
573 ; and Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 607.

In a preface written in rhymed prose, the
author dwells on the usefulness of history
and on the unfair criticisms levelled at his
predecessor Ibn al-Hanbali (see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 1626), whom he calls the Shaikh
of his father. His object was, he says, to
record the men of his own and of the pre-
ceding generation who had not been men-
tioned, or had been insufficiently noticed, by
Ibn al-Hanbali : ^ U^Ve- j\ t\^o\f- y*

This volume contains only the first five
letters of the alphabetical series, viz., 1 with
forty-two lives, fol. 5a; L- > with four, fol.
65a ; _ with one, fol. 686 ; _ with thirteen,
fol. 696 ; and ± with six, fol. 84a. It begins
with Abu Bakr B. Abi'1-Wafa al-Majdub,
who died A.H. 991, and ends with Khidr
Efendi B. Husain al-Maridini, who was put
to death A.H. 1022. It contains a curious
notice of Baha al-Dln al-'Amili, Mufti of Shah
'Abbas, and of his disputations with the
author's father.

The present copy was written by a pupil
of the author, an,d in his life-time, as appears
from the following heading : <j i\i-»\ gj\j \ &>

JCL>\

A record of the death of Isma'Il al-Gulshani,
A.H. 1076, fol. 64«, is a later addition.

The MS., once the property of Renouard,

SYRIA.

447

passed subsequently into the hands of Dr.
John Lee, who noticed it in his catalogues,
no. 13 and no. 96.

661.

Or. 3047.— Foil. 41 ; 13£ in. by 8£ ; 35 lines,
65 in. long ; written in clear Jfeskhi ; dated
Rabi' IL, A.H. 1195 (A.D. 1781).

[KEEMER, no. 47.J

Biographies of the eminent 'Ulamas and
Sheikhs who lived in Jerusalem in the twelfth
century of the Hijrah.

Beg. i_*LS

On the first page is written :

and lower down, by

,_JU!\ ^M

al)\ _

another hand :

The first of the above titles is misleading.
The author is not, as there stated, Grhars
al-Din Khalil, but, as appears from the
work itself, al-Haj Hasan B. al-Sayyid 'Abd
al-Latif al-Kudsi, Mufti of the Hanafis in
Jerusalem. In a notice devoted to his
family, fol. 32a, he mentions himself as

follows ; *?-y^ » J* j-<V .... v_L**iM

JUi

He adds the date of his birth, A.H. 1156,
and a full enumeration of his masters.
Further on, in the life of one of these,
Shaikh Muhammad B. Budair, known as
Hubaish al-Kudsi, fol. 345, he again speaks
of himself as the author : _AU

re~

lates the following personal incident. He

was proceeding to Mecca, A.H. 1193, in the
company of his master and other disciples,
when, just before joining the pilgrims from
Egypt, they were attacked by plundering
Arabs, and the venerable Sheikh had one
arm shattered by a bullet.

In verses addressed to the author, and
quoted on fol. 9^, allusion is made to his
name Hasan and to his office of Mufti of the
Hanafis. Finally, in his conclusion, fol. 41a,
the author says that the present work had
been compiled by desire of the Shaikh al-
Islam al-Sayyid Khalil Efendi al-Muradi,
Mufti of Damascus ; and in the appended
verses in praise of that dignitary he again
calls himself Hasan.

The present work formed probably part of
the materials which the author of Silk al-
Durar collected from every quarter in view
of the compilation of his own.

The author's father, Sayyid 'Abd -ul-Latif
B. Sayyid 'Abdallah, who died A.H. 1188,
held the offices of Shaikh al-Haram al-Kudsi
and Nakib al-Ashraf, and was renowned for
his profuse hospitality. See fol. 296, and
Silk ud-Durar, vol. iii., p. 132.

The biographies, which bear the heading
t.+?-J/, are thirty in number, and are not
arranged on any obvious system ; but most
of them include, in addition to the head of a
family, notices of his sons and grandsons.
They include, for the most part, poetical
quotations of considerable extent. The latest
are brought down to A.H. 1194, the year in
which they were apparently drawn up. The
present copy was written, according to the
subscription, in the ensuing year, by Khalil,
writer of the Fetwas under the Nakib of
Jerusalem and his brother the Mufti:

lailU JJ^ . . .j*iS\ AuJl (JJ
V fg»j J>J

448

BIOGRAPHY.

This Khalll is probably the person to whom
the work is wrongly ascribed in the title.

Egypt.

662.

Or. 3049.— Foil. 100 ; 9£ in. by 6£ ; 21 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in large and bold, almost
unpointed, Neskhi ; dated 20 Dulhijjah, A.H.
780 (A.D. 1379). [KBEMER, no. 49.]

An account of Mount al-Mukattam, east
of Cairo, with biographical notices of the
pious and holy men buried on its slope ; by
al-Fakih al-Imam Muwaffik al-DIn.

Beg.

The text does not contain either the title
of the work or the name of the author.
Both are found in the following inscription,
apparently of the same time as the text (the
words within brackets have been supplied by
a modern hand): Sjbj ,j Ja-[-*U jd\] i

[jo U«flij] ss&ye. The name ^U^ ^ is clumsily
written over an erasure of the original writing,
so that we are left in doubt as to the real name
of the author. It is supplied, however, by the
next following copy, on the title-page of which
it reads: Muwaffik al-Din {Abd al-Rahman al-
Khazraji al-Ansiiri. The real title of the
work, as found in other copies, is j\jj\ j-i^
j\ji^\ jJf ,J\. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 6876 ; Casiri, no. 1746; Pertsch, no. 1091 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 146.
None of these MSS. contains the author's
name.

The date of composition is brought within
narrow limits. It must fall between A.H.
771, the obituary date of Sari al-DIn Isma'll
B. Muh. al-Gharnati, the latest recorded in
the work, and A.H. 780, the year in which
the present copy was written. Kremer was
mistaken in reading the latter date A.H. 680.

In the preface, after extolling the glories
of al-Mukattam, the author defines the scope
of his work as follows : «jJ OJ (__>\U' \ j*

Then come the following preliminary
chapters : Account of the Mukattam at the
time of the conquest, and of the cemetery,
al-Karafah, there established (partly in verbal
agreement with the chapter entitled "i.>\j&\J>&
in the Khitat al-Makrizi, Bulak edition of
A.H. 1270, vol. ii., p. 443), fol. 2a. Mosques
of the Mukattam, fol. 36. Rules and cere-
monies to be observed in visiting tombs,
under twenty heads termed *aj^»j " obser-
vances," fol. 5a. Short sections relating
mostly to the posthumous existence and
sensations of the dead in the grave, fol. 22a.
Preservation of the bodies of holy martyrs,
fol. 25a. " Account of the tombs of the
Prophet's companions and relatives, of their
successors, of the learned and pious men
buried in al-Karafah, with records of their
lives and supernatural manifestations ": Jt>

fol. 256.

The last section, which forms the main
bulk of the volume, comprises a great number
of notices, often very short, concluding for
the most part with a date of death. They
begin with 'Amr B. al-'As, 'Ukbah B. 'Amir
al-Juhani, and some other contemporaries

SPAIN.

449

of Muhammad. Further on they are ar-
ranged according to the local disposition of
the tombs, without regard to chronological
sequence.

The fullest notices are devoted to celebrated
Egyptian Shaikhs and devotees, such as al-
Laith B. Sa'd (d. A.H. 175), f ol. 71 ; Shukran,
one of the Shaikhs of Du '1-Nun, foil. 61-
64 ; Du '1-Nun al-Misri ~(d. A.H. 245), foil.
58—60; Bakkar (d. A.H. 270), foil. 54-
55 ; Bunan (d. A.H. 310), foil. 33, 37, 36 ;
Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali B. Muh. al-Dinawari (d.
A.H. 331), foil. 39, 33—35; Abu'l-Khair
al-Akta' al-Tmati (d. A.H. 343), foil. 67-
70 ; 'Abdallah B. Ahmad Ibn Tabataba (d.
A.H. 348), foil. 45, 46, 76 ; and 'Affan,
foil. 53, 50, 99.

Two later works have been written on the
same subject, viz., 1. al-Kawakib al-Sayyarah
fi Tartib al-Ziyarah, composed, A.H. 804, by
Ibn al-Zayyat (Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 119) ; and 2. Tuhfat al-Ahbab wa Bughyat
al-Tullab, written by Ibn Hajar, and edited
by his disciple, al-Sakhawi (printed on the
margins of Nafh al-Tib, vol. iv., Cairo,
A.H. 1304).

The MS. is stated at the end to have
been collated with the original. It wants
some leaves in the body of the volume, and
others have been transposed.

663.

Or. 4635.— Foil. 349 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 21 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Friday, 24 Jumada II., A.H. 1015 (A.D.
1606). [LANE.]

A complete copy of the preceding work,
with the following title written on the first

page by the copyist: ^ ij^jjj^ ii**/* fcr?^'

The notice of Sari al-Din al-Gharnati, with
the date A.H. 771, mentioned under the
preceding no., is found at fol. 235.

Spain.

664.

Or. 3688.— Foil. 197 ; 10| in. by 6f ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins ; dated RabI' I., A.H. 1093
(A.D. 1682). [BODGE.]

Lives of the elegant writers and poets of
Spain, with copious specimens of their com-
positions (see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 1756),
with the following title :

The author, Abu Nasr al-Fath B. Muh. B.
'Ubaidallah al-Kaisi, called Ibn Khakan,
born in Sakhrat al-Walad, province of
Granada, was put to death in Marocco,
A.H. 528 or 529. See al-Mu'jam, Biblio-
theca Arabico-Hispana, torn, iv., p. 300 ; al-
Ihatah, Casiri, vol. ii., p. 114 ; and Wiisten-
feld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 238.

The Kala'id al-'Ikyan has been published
by Sulaiman al-Hara'iri, Paris, A.H. 1277,
and reprinted in Bulak, A.H. 1283.

The present copy agrees on the whole

with the printed text; but presents some

omissions, especially in the poetical quota-

tions. It was written in San'a, as stated in

3 H

450

BIOGRAPHY.

the colophon, for the Zaidi Imam al-Mu'ay-
yad-billah :

665.

Or. 1413.— Foil. 12 ; 8 in. by 5 ; 21 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in a small and neat
Maghribi character ; dated Thursday, 6 Ju-
mada II., A.H. 705 (A.D. 1305).

Notice of the masters and studies of
Abu'l-Husain 'Ubaid Allah B. Ahmad B.
'Ubaid Allah al-Kurashi al-Umawi al-
'Uthmani.

Beg. jjOj . . . «£

*>o^

wli

iSH «U\

»UI

The above-named eminent grammarian,
known as Ibn Abi '1-RabI', was born in
Sevilla, A.H. 599, repaired, after the fall of
his native city to Ceuta, and died there
A.H. '688. He wrote commentaries upon
al-Idah, and upon the Kitab Sibawaih, also
a grammatical work entitled al-Mulakhkhas.
See Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 163.

The present notice is not due to himself,
but to a disciple, who wished, as he says in
the preface, to save his master the trouble
of writing it, and whose name is found in a
Sama', dated A.H. 793, as follows : al-Fakih
Abu'l-Kasim Kasim B. 'Abdallah B. Muh.
al-Ansari, known as Ibn al-Shat.

The work was completed, as stated at the
end, in Dulka'dah, A.H. 683. It consists of
two Fasls, the first of which contains notices
of the following twelve masters of Ibn Abi '1-
Rable :

1. Abu 'Umar Muh. B. Ahmad Ibn Abi
Harun al-Ishbili.

2. Abu Bakr Muh. B. 'Abdallah al-Kur-
tubi, d. A.H. 628.

3. Abu '1-Hasan 'AH B. Jabir al-Dabbaj,
d. A.H. 646.

4. Abu 'Ali 'Umar B. Muh. al-Shalaubin,
d. A.H. 645.

5. Abu '1-Kasim Ahmad B. Yazld al-Kur-
tubi, d. A.H. 625.

6. Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. Isma'Il Ibn
Khalfun al-Aunabi, d. A.H. 636.

7. Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. Muh. Ibn Abi
'Azafah al-Sibti, born A.H. 557.

8. Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. 'Ali al-Istiji
Ibn Satari, d. A.H. 647.

9. Abu'l-Futuh B. 'Umar B. Fakhir al-
'Abdari, d. A.H. 636.

10. Abu Bakr Muh. B. Nabil al-Ghafiki,
d. A.H. 639.

11. Abu 'Amr Muh. B. Ibrahim Ibn
Zaghlal al-Ishbili.

12. Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. Muh. al-
Shaltishi.

The second Fasl enumerates the works
studied by the subject of the notice, giving
for each a Riwayat or Catena, traced up to
its author.

666.

Or. 3023.— Foil. 212 ; 9£ in. by 6±; 19 lines,
3f in. long; written in Neskhi; dated
2 RabI' II., A.H. 1296 (A.D. 1879).

[KEEMEE, no. 21.]

SPAIN.

451

Biographical dictionary of the illustrious
men of Granada, by Lisan al-Dm Ibn al-
Khatib, who died A.H. 776 (v. supra,
no. 475).

Beg.

The above is the title which the author
gives to the work in his autobiography. See
Historia Abbadidarum, vol. ii., p. 166, and
Makkari, Bulak edition, vol. iv., p. 653,
seqq., where a full account of the work is
given. From this we learn that an abridg-
ment in two volumes, entitled &1»U^ £f>
ftkUjfr *bib, was made, A.H. 793, by Badr
al-Din Muh. B. Ibrahim al-Bashtaki (d.
A.H. 831 ; v. Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 145).
A copy of that abridgment is preserved in
the Paris library, and is mentioned without
the author's name by Dozy, in his account
of the Ihatah, Historia Abbadidarum, vol. ii.,
pp. 169-70.

The biographies contained in the Nafh
al-Tib, especially in voll. iii. and iv. of the
Bulak edition, are for the most part taken
from the Ihatah. Casiri gives also numerous
extracts from it in his catalogue, vol. ii.,
pp. 71 — 121. See Gayangos, Mohammedan
Dynasties, vol. i., p. xxii. The Ihatah is
mentioned by al-Suyuti as one of the sources
of the Bughyat al-Wu'at. For MSS. see
the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 128, and
Nobles, Madrid Catalogue, nos. 27— 33.

The work, which the author describes as
consisting of eight volumes (jli— \), is
divided, as stated in the preface, into two
very unequal parts (~J). The first is a
historical and topographical account of
Granada and its dependencies. The second,
which forms the main bulk of the work,
contains the lives in alphabetical order.

The present MS., a rather incorrect tran-
script of an old Maghribi copy in the Khe-
divial library (see vol. v., p. 128), contains
the preface, fol. 16; the first part, fol. 66;
and a small portion of the second, which
occupies the rest of the volume, foil.
236—212*.

The following are the names included in
the last section : Ahmad, fol. 236 ; Ibrahim,
fol. 876; Isma'Il, fol. 1246; Abu Bakr,
fol. 138a; Idris, fol. 1406; Al-Asbat,
fol. 1456; Asad, fol. 1476; Abu Bakr,
fol. 148a ; Asbagh, fol. 1496 ; Balkln, fol.
151a ; Badls, fol. 153a; Bakrun, fol. 157a ;
Tashufin, fol. 158a ; Thabit, fol. 1626;
Ja'far, fol. 1646 ; Al-Hasan and al-Husain,
fol. 1666; Habus, fol. 1726; Al-Hakam,
fol. 1736; Habib, fol. 177a; Hamdah, fol.
1786 ; Hafsah, fol. 1796 ; Al-Khidr, fol. 180a ;
Khalid, fol. 183« ; Da'ud, fol. 184« ; Ridwan,
fol. 186a; Zawi, fol. 189a; Zuhair, fol.
1916; Talhah, fol. 1926; Muhammad B.
Isma'il, fol. 1936; Muhammad B. Muham-
mad, fol. 204a.

From the above list it will be seen that
there must have been some transposition of
leaves in the original MS. Under the last
name, Muhammad B. Muhammad, are two
notices relating to the third and to the
second of the Banu Nasr of Granada, viz.,
Muhammad III. and Muhammad II. The
second of these notices is brought down to
A.H. 679, where the MS. breaks off. The
copyist adds : *J^-^ iar**^ ^J j*-j U j-\ ^J*

667-9.

Or. 3723-5. — Three uniform volumes, con-
sisting respectively of foil. 631, 477 and
444 ; llf in. by 7 ; 31 lines, 4J- in. long ;
written in fair Neskhi, with 'Unwans, red-
ruled margins, and with numerous headings
3ii2

452

BIOGRAPHY.

in an elegant Thulth character, apparently
in the 17th century.

[GLASEE, nos. 7 — 9.]

The well-known history of the literati of
Spain, and especially of the Wazir Lisan al-
Dm Ibn al-Khatlb ; by Ahmad B. Muh. B.
Ahmad al-Makkari, who died A.H. 1041.

The first of the two parts (Kism) into
which the work is divided has been pub-
lished by Dozy, Dugat, &c., Leyden, 1855 —
1861. The whole work has been printed in
Bulak, A.H. 1279. For the author's life
see Khulasat al-Athar, vol. i., pp. 302 — 311,
and Dugat's preface to the Leyden edition,
pp. 19—26.

The first volume extends from the begin-
ning of the work to a passage found in the
Leyden edition, vol. ii., p. 370, and in the
Bulak edition, vol. ii,, p. 960.

The second volume carries on the work to
the end of the third Bab of Kism II. ; see
Bulak edition, vol. ii., p. 324. The first
242 foil, of this volume correspond with the
concluding portion of the Leyden edition,
vol. ii., pp. 370—835.

Vol. iii. contains the remaining portion of
the work. It concludes with a passage
{Bulak ed., voL iv., p. 886, and Dugat's
preface, p. 25) in which the author states
that he finished the work in Cairo on
Sunday, the 27th of Ramadan, A.H. 1038.
He adds that he made copious additions to
it in the ensuing year, so that it received
its final shape at the end of Du'lhijjah,
A.H, 1039,

The earliest of several owners' notes on
the first page states that the MS. belonged,
A.H. 1180, to the library of al-Maula Badr
,al-Islam Muh. B. Sharaf al-Dln.

Yemen.

670.

Or. 1345.— Foil. 318 ; SJin. by 6; 21 lines,
4 in. long; written in cursive, but distinct,
Neskhi, apparently in the 16th century.

[Sm CHARLES A. MUEEAT.]

Biographical notices of the learned men
and Shaikhs of Yemen, imperfect at beginning
and end.

.-

From the following passage, fol. 2626, it
appears that the work consists of an abridg-
ment of al-Janadi's lives of the 'Ulama of
Yemen, with additions by the author of the
abridgment ; further, that al-Janadi's work
was brought down to A.H. 724, and that he

died A.H. 732 : jd ^jjil zi U

The full name of al-Janadi is Abu 'Abd-
allah Baha al-Dln Muhammad B. Ya'kub B.
Yusuf. The proper title of his work is

uUjUHj >U*M oUuk J liJjLJl. See the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 427, note/, and716a;
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 613 ; WUstenfeld,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 399a; the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 198; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 80. An excellent copy
of the Suluk in the Paris Library is described
by Kay, Yaman, p. xii.

Although the author of the present work
is not explicitly named in the MS., internal
evidence shows that he was al-Ahdal, or
more fully, Sayyid al-Husain B. 'Abd al-
Rahman al-Ahdal, and that the MS. contains
the work entitled (i^\ ^-\ ,j ^\ "&£,
ascribed to him by Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 227. The author speaks of his father

YEMEN.

453

Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. al-Ahdal,
and traces up his pedigree to the ancestor
of the Banu '1-Ahdal, 'Ali al-Ahdal B. 'Umar
B. Muh. al-Husaini, a renowned saint and
Sufi, who died in al-Marawi'ah, A.H. 607.
Moreover, the list of his own writings given by
the author, fol. 154, includes three works,
which are known from other sources to be
due to al-Husain al-Ahdal, viz., 1. ^aii?
^U\ j£j3, written A.H. 823 (see Uri,
no. 672, and the Arabic Catalogue, p. 4276) ;

2. Jj^yJl J^5- (j ^»«^ i—fl-i^, written A.H.
830 (see Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 209) ; and 3.
w^l^\ i_*fc,i* X,«aj Jj &^jU J-^P\ (see ib.,
vol. iii., p. 440).

In the account of his own life, fol. 152, the
author states that he was born in al-Fakh-
riyyah A.H. 779, lost his father in infancy,
studied divinity and law in al-Marawi'ah
and in Bait Husain, and performed his first
pilgrimage A.H. 809. He died, according
to Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 2109,
A.H. 855.

Fliigel, who has given a detailed description
of the present MS., and a full abstract of the
above autobiography, in the Zeitschrift der
Deutschen Morg. Gesellschaft, Band xiv.,
pp. 527 — 34, was mistaken as to the name
of the author, whom he calls Muhammad B.
Muh. B. Mansur Ibn Asir. That name,
which has been afterwards adopted by
Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 484,
was incautiously taken from the heading of
a worthless fragment prefixed by a later
hand to the MS. in order to give it an ap-
pearance of completeness. The heading is
[sic] ..^5 jjoj Sjjj* gji Jj jjijaM ^fejJi
iJ^sf ^ &**£. The fragment
consists of a meagre chronological sketch of
the rulers of Zabid, from its foundation,
A.H. 203, to the death of al-Muzaffar Yusuf
B. 'Umar, A.H. 850, and to the accession of

al-Fakih Ahmad, one of his Amirs, whose
descendants are said to rule over Yemen
" to the present day."

The work of al-Ahdal concludes with a
survey of the political history of Yemen, at
the close of which, fol. 312a, the author says
that he brought it down thus far in the
month of Jumada, A.H. 833, and that he
had commenced the abridgment A.H. 826.
He adds that many points in al-Janadi's
work were open to doubt and required cor-
rection ; further, that the copy he used was
incorrect, and that he had emendated it to
the best of his knowledge. It appears, how-
ever, from numerous passages, that the author
went on adding to the work for upwards of
twenty years subsequent to the above date
of completion. Notices dated as late as
A.H. 848, 852, 853, 854 will be found at
foil. 75«, 806, 1016, 46, 546.

The arrangement is geographical. Taking
in turn the principal cities of Yemen and the
neighbouring places, the author gives notices
of the learned and holy men who were born
or lived in each, grouping together in genea-
logical order those who belonged to one and
the same family. He always gives precedence
to the notices borrowed from al-Janadi, from
which he carefully distinguishes his own
additions. The latter, which are of con-
siderable extent, relate for the most part to
the period subsequent to al-Janadi's time ;
but others supplement omissions in the
earlier work.

The original text begins with a detached
fragment, foil. 4 — 7, relating to natives of
Mali (Js->, Kauz (jy), Wadi Baish ((J^> <jr^),
al-Nujaimiyyah (*±+^]), Wadi Wasa' (^t,
gUj), Wadi Sabya (bux» t/^j), and a few
other places situate in the northern part of
Yemen. Then comes a long digression on
the descendants of Muhammad, Abu Talib

454

BIOGRAPHY.

and 'Ali, especially on the Sherifs of Arabia,
introduced, as it seems, under the heading of
Harrad (o^»0» but imperfect at the begin-
ning, foil. 9a — 20a. It is followed by notices
of natives of Harrad who were not Sherifs,
and of those of some neighbouring localities.
The most important places subsequently
mentioned are al-Mahjam, or Surdad, fol.
656; Bait Husain, fol. 102<i; al-Marawi'ah,
fol. 1436; Zabid, fol. 1746; al-Turaibah,
fol. 207a; 'Adan, fol. 225a; Ta'izz, fol.
237a ; al-Shihr, fol. 2496 ; Tarim, fol. 253a ;
and Zafar, fol. 2606. For fuller detail, see
Fliigel, I.e., pp. 531—33.

The last portion of the MS., fol. 2626—
308, is occupied by a history of Yemen and
its rulers, also abridged from al-Janadi, and
extending from the beginning of the fourth
century of the Hijrah to the reign of al-
Mujahid 'Ali, who succeeded his father,
al-Mu'ayyad, A.H. 721.

The narrative is brought down to A.H.
724, fol. 293a. Then come notices relating
to the Amirs who were in power under the
Rasuli dynasty, and to some later events
down to A.H. 729, foil. 293a— 308a.

Thus far al-Janadi. This is followed by
the continuation of al-Ahdal, foil. 3086 —
312a. It begins with the latter part of the
reign of al-Mujahid 'Ali, from A.H. 742 to
his death, A.H. 764, and is brought down,
in the first instance, to the accession of Yahya
al-Tahir (alias al-Zahir), A.H. 831; conclud-
ing with a short summing up of the Rasuli
dynasty.

Another and last appendix, foil. 3126 —
3176, contains the reign of al-Zahir down to
his death at the end of Rajab, A.H. 842 ; the
short reign of his son and successor, Isma'il
al-Ashraf, who died in Shawwal, A.H. 845 ;
and the accession of his cousin, the reigning
Sultan, Yusuf al-Muzaffar. This last section

must have been written before A.H. 854,
when al-Muzaffar was deposed by the rival
king al-Mas'ud Abu '1-Kasim. See Johann-
sen, Historia Jemanse, p. 185.

The original text breaks off at the end of
fol. 3176. The next page contains a spurious
conclusion by the same hand as the false
beginning above noticed. It is dated in
words A.H. 950, and lower down in figures
A.H. 1052.

The present MS. is noticed by Kay in his
Introduction to Yaman, p. xviii. A Ta'rikh
al-Faklh Husain al-Ahdal is one of the
authorities quoted in the preface of Tabakat
al-Khawass. See Or. 3036, fol. 4a, and the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 301.

671.

Or. 2425.— Foil. 237 ; 10| in. by 61 ; 25 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fine old Neskhi, with
frequent omission of the diacritical points ;
dated Monday, the 9th of Sha'ban, A.H. 900
(A.D. 1495).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

Biographical dictionary of the eminent
men of Yemen, by Shams al-Dm 'Ali B. al-
Hasan al-Khazraji.

Beg.

The author died, according to Ibn Hajar,
who had met him in Zabid, towards the end
of A.H. 812, more than seventy years of
age. He had written three historical works
on Yemen, viz., 1. an extensive chronicle;
2. a work alphabetically arranged (the pre-
sent one) ; and 3. a third work arranged
according to kings or dynasties. See Inba
al-Ghumr, fol. 186a, and Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 159. The first of the above works is the
history of the Rasuli dynasty, <j k

YEMEX.

455

)3d\ j\jJ~\; see Loth's Catalogue,
no. 710. The third is represented by the
Leyden MS. no. 805, Jj ^ ffefy i>lft£j\
j.^1 See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 672,
note b.

In the preface the author, who describes
himself further on as born and grown up in
Yemen, states that he had been requested by
some friends to write a compendious account
of the learned men, kings and princes, of his
native land. Although desirous of complying
with their wish, he was still hesitating before
the magnitude of the task when he received
a command to the same effect from "the
greatest of the kings of the age, the noblest
of the sovereigns of Sham and Yemen,"

Abu '1-Hasan Isma'il B. al-'Abbas. He
began at once to collect the desired notices,
and submitted his first draft to the king.
His Majesty, after pointing out to him many
men of note who had been omitted, desired
him to re-write the work on an enlarged
scale, and to arrange it according to the
letters of the alphabet. Further on, fol. 56,
the author says that his matter was chiefly
borrowed from the eminent Fakih Baha al-
Dm Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. Ya'kub B. Yusuf
al-Janadi (d. A.H. 732; v. supra, no. 670),
author of a well-known history, which, ac-
cording to al-Khazraji, he did not live long
enough to bring to a final revision.

The king above mentioned is al-Malik al-
Ashraf, the seventh of the Rasuli dynasty,
to whom the author devotes a notice in the
present work under the name of Isma'il,
fol. 200a. He was born A.H. 761, and
succeeded his father on the 21st of Sha'ban,
A.H. 778. In that notice it is stated that
in A.H. 800, there said to be the date of the
completion of the present work, he built a
Madrasah in Ta'izz. He died on the 19th
of RabI' I., A.H. 803. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 673a, and Loth, no. 710.

The preface is followed by preliminary
chapters (J«^) treating (1) of traditions
relating to Yemen, fol. 2a ; (2) of the use-
fulness of history, fol. 4a ; (3) of the origin
of the era of the Hijrah, fol. 46 ; (4) of the
division of the work, fol. 5a. From this last
chapter we learn that the work consists of
a historical introduction (s^u) and of thirty
Babs comprising the biographical notices.
Of these the first twenty-eight follow the
order 'of the alphabet from \ to (j, each con-
taining notices of the men whose proper
names begin with the corresponding letter.
The twenty-ninth comprises men known by
their Kunyahs ; and the thirtieth is devoted
to women.

The contents of the historical introduction
are as follows : Life of Muhammad, fol. 6a ;
Abu Bakr, fol. 31a ; 'Uthman, fol. 326 ; 'Ali,
fol. 34a ; al-Hasan, fol. 356 ; Mu'awiyah and
the Ummayades, fol. 366 ; Abu 'Abbas al-
Saffah and the Abbasides, down to al-Musta'-
sim, fol. 486 ; their successors in Egypt from
A.H. 657 to the date of composition.

The last two sections form a compendious
Muhammadan chronicle largely made up of
obituary notices of celebrated men. The last
is brought down to the extinction of the
Banu Kala'un and the accession of Barkuk,
A.H. 784. It concludes, fol. 1536, with a
short statement of the deposition and sub-
sequent restoration of the latter, and of his
death in the last decade of Shawwal,A.H.801.

The biographical portion of the work,
which occupies the rest of the volume, foil.
1556 — 237a, comprises only the first six
letters of the alphabet, viz., \, fol. 1556;
V, fol. 210a; O, fol. 2156; ^, fol. 216a;
_, fol. 2166; and c> fol. 222a. The last
section concludes with a notice of Hanash
(,jJ^>-) B. 'Abdallah as-San'ani (who died
A.H. 100; see Yakut, vol. iii., p. 428, and

456

BIOGRAPHY.

Kamil, vol. v., p. 41, where ,j\i*a5\ should be
corrected to (jl*La)^). The lives are arranged
in a strictly alphabetical series. In the case
of identical names, the order is determined
by those of the father and grandfather.

A copy of the same work described in the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., pp. 196 — 99, con-
tains considerably less than ours ; for it
breaks off in the letter \ with the notice of
the Imam Abu '1-Hasan al-Mutawakkil 'ala-
'llah Ahmad B. Sulaiman, which is found at
fol. 168& of the present MS. Compare Kay,
Yaman, p. xvi.

On the first page is written the following
title :

JU3 A\ ^

On a blank page at the end of the intro-
duction, fol. 154a, are written some mnemonic
verses comprising the names of the Khalifs
from Abu Bakr to al-Musta'sim. They are
ascribed to Muh. B. 'Abd al-Latif as-Subki.

On the last page of the MS. is a short
extract from the work entitled M\*$\ £cll> J^ai
^L^-^j J^«5\5, by Kadi Sadr ad-Din as-
Sulami. It relates to the revenue of 'Irak,
which is stated to have amounted under
'Umar to 137 millions (of dirhems ?).

672.

Or. 3036.— Foil. 167; 8J in. by 6; from
20 to 23 lines, 4^ in. long; written by two
hands, apparently in Yemen, early in the
16th century. [KEEMER, no. 35.]

Lives of the Sufis and holy men of Yemen,
in alphabetical order ; by Zain al-Dln Ahmad
B. Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Latif al-Sharji al-Hanafi
al-Zabidi. See Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 138.

Beg.

According to a notice extracted from the
Dau al-Lami' of al-Sakhawi, the author was
born in Zabid on the 12th of Ramadan,
A.H. 812, and died on the 10th or llth of
RabI' II., A.H. 893. (The Bughyat al-
Mustafld, Add. 27,540, fol. 83, gives the
9th of the same month.) He left, besides
the present work, an abridgment of the
Sahih of al-Bukhari (v. Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 539), and a collection of verses and
anecdotes, entitled L_^U=-^!1 £a>p (v. Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., p. 320). Compare no. 586, I.
The well-known historian of Yemen, Ibn al-
Daiba', mentions Ahmad al-Sharji in his
autobiography as one of his masters. See
Or. 3265, fol. 84a, and Wiistenfeld, Arabische
Geschichtschreiber, no. 518.

The preface, in which the author mentions
his sources, has been quoted, in perfect
agreement with the present copy, by Dozy in
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 300. The
notices are alphabetically arranged according
to the proper names, and, in cases of iden-
tical names, according to the importance
of the notices, or to their chronological
sequence.

The alphabetical series is followed by two
additional sections. The first, ^^Jl c-jb,
fol. 151a, comprises men known by their
Kunyahs, including a great number of Abu
Bakr. The second, fol. 165a, contains notices
of men whose history was but imperfectly
known, or whose proper names had not been
ascertained.

The work was completed, as stated by the
author at the end, in the month of Shawwal,
A.H. 867. A later date of composition,
A.H. 872, is given in Bibliotheca Spren-
geriana, no. 358.

Considerable lacunae of the original MS.

YEMEN.

457

have been supplemented by a later hand.
That restoration, which consists of foil.
1—10, 15, 26—48, 143—155, and 163-4,
was completed on the 20th of Jumada L,
A.H. 1100 (A.D. 1689).

673.

Or. 2426.— Foil. 214; 11 in. by 6; 21 lines,
3| in. long; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins; dated Rajab, A.H. 1101
(A.D. 1690).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

Notices of the Imams, especially of the
Zaidi Imams of Yemen, with copious speci-
mens of their poetical compositions ; by
Isma'Il B. Muhammad B. al-Hasan B. Amir
al-Muminin al-Mansur-billah al-Kasim.

Beg.

The title of the work and the author's
name are found in the following inscription :

UJ&\ \e

J ji

Uxi

The author was a great-grandson of the
famous Zaidi Imam, al-Mansur-billah al-
Kasim. He is described as a writer of
consummate elegance in the Khulasat al-
Athar, vol. i., p. 416, where the present
work is mentioned under the title of W«.»
J5M jUib JjWI. He is said to have died,
between thirty and forty years of age, A.H.

1078 or 1079. The latter date alone is
correct. It is stated in Bugbyat al-Murid,
fol. 833, that Isma'il survived but a short
time his father, who died in Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1079.

The author is also the subject of a pane-
gyric in the Tib al-Samar, Or. 2427, fol.
1896, where the present work is mentioned
by name.

The holy Imams, says the author in the
preface, notwithstanding their eminent
poetical talent, had been, with few excep-
tions, passed over by the biographers of
poets. This consideration induced him to
bring together in the present work select
verses of their composition. He gave it
the shape of a discursive commentary upon
a Kasidah of his own, in which he had
recorded their names, in imitation of the
poem composed in praise of the twelve
Imams, by Yahya B. Salamah al-Haskafi
(d. A.H. 551 or 553; see Ibn Khallikan,
De Slane's translation, vol. iv., p. 91) ; but
he did not propose to give the dates of their
death, or any detailed account of their lives,
beyond such incidental notices as were sug-
gested by the subject.

Both Kasidahs are given in extenso at the
end of the preface. The first begins, fol.
116, with this line:

The second, which has the same metre
and rhyme, begins, fol. 13a, as follows :

The notices are arranged in chronological
order. They begin with 'Ali B. Abi Talib,
fol. 15a ; Hasan, fol. 22a ; Husain, fol. 226 ;
Husain's descendants, fol. 246 ; Zaid B. 'Ali,
from whom the Zaidis take their name,
fol. 296, &c., and are brought down in the
present MS., which contains only the first

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458

BIOGRAPHY.

part (Juz) of the work, to the century
immediately preceding the author's time.

The main part of the work deals with the
Zaidi Imams of Yemen, beginning with al-
Hadi ila '1-Hakk Yahya B. al-Husain B. al-
Kasim, who died A.H. 298, fol. 51a, and
concluding with al-Mutawakkil 'ala 'llah
Yahya Sharaf al-Dm B. Shams al-Din B.
al-Mahdi Ahmad (who died A.H. 965), and
with three of his sons, viz., 'Abdallah,
fol. 193a ; 'Ali, with his son Ibrahim, fol.
2060 ; and 'Izz al-Din, fol. 210a.

After fol. 198 there is a lacuna corre-
sponding with foil. I81a — 186o. of the next
copy.

The first Juz was completed, as stated by
the author at the end, fol. 214<z, on Tuesday,
three days before the end of Shawwal,
A.H. 1073. In the same place, the author
states that the second Juz was to be devoted
to Imam al-Mansur (al-Kasim B. Muh., who
died A.H. 1029), to his son al-Mutawakkil
(Isma'Il, who died A.H. 1087), to the
brothers of the latter, and to some contem-
porary poets.

This copy, it appears from the subscrip-
tion, was made by Zaid B. Salih al-Sbami
for a descendant of the above-mentioned
Imam Yahya Sharaf al-Din, viz., Jamal al-
Din 'Ali B. Ahmad B. al-Nasir B. 'Abd al-
Rabb B. 'Ali B. Shams ud-Dln B. Amir
al-Muminm Yahya Sharaf al-Dm.

Prefixed to the work, and in the same
handwriting, are eulogies upon it in prose
and verse, by the following four contem-
poraries of the author :

1. Ahmad B. Salih B. Abi'l-Rijal, Khatib
of San'a, whom the author frequently quotes,
and calls his master (U^). He wrote a
history of Yemen in seven volumes, entitled

and died A.H. 1092.

See Khulasat ul-Athar, vol. i., p. 220, and
Tib as-Samar, Or. 2427, fol. 198a.

2. Muhammad B. Ibrahim al-Suhuli, also
Khatib of San'a. See Tib al-Samar, Or.
2427, fol. 177a.

3. Al-Hasan B. 'Ali al-Jabir al-Hibal, a
distinguished poet, who died in San'a, A.H.
1079. See Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 30,
and Tib al-Samar, Or. 2427, fol. 203a.

4. Radi al-Din Ja'far B. al-Mutahhar al-
Jurmuzi, of 'Utmah; see Tib al-Samar,
Or. 2428, fol. 118a.

674.

Or. 3969.— Foil. 245 ; 111 in. by 7f; 20 lines,
4| in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Thursday, Jumada
II., A.H. 1075 (A.D. 1664).

[GLASER, no. 263'.]

Another copy, written in the lifetime of
the author, as shown by the following title :

This copy includes the 2nd Juz, or con-
tinuation, mentioned in the preceding MS.
It extends from fol. 199 to fol. 242, and
deals with the Imam al-Mansur-billah al-
Kasim B. Muh (A.H. 1006—1029), with his
sons, and the men of letters who lived under
hims as well as under his son al-Mu'ayyad,
who died A.H. 1054.

The author states at the end that he com-
pleted the work on the 24th of Jumada II.,
A.H. 1073.

Foil. 243—245 contain a Kasidah ad-

YEMEN.

459

dressed to Imam Yahya Sharaf al-Dln, a
letter of Sultan Sulaiman to the above
Imam's son, al-Mutahhar, dated Constanti-
nople, A.H. 957, and the answer of the
latter.

675.

Or. 2427.— Foil. 312 ; 13£ in. by 8£ ; 19 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in fair, partly vocalized,
Neskhi, with ruled margins ; dated San'a,
22 Ramadan, A.H. 1154 (A.D. 1741). '

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

Notices of the men of letters who lived in
Yemen in the latter part of the eleventh and
in the first half of the twelfth century of
the Hijrah; by Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B.
Muh. B. al-Hasan al-Haimi al-Kaukabani.

Beg.

US

The above title, which appears in the
preface, fol. 9&, is also written, in the hand-
writing of the copyist, with the name and
titles of the author, on the first page, as

follows:

In a very diffuse preface the author boasts
of his descent from Himyar, and calls the
famous Himyari poet, Nashwan, his ancestor.
His Nisbah, Haimi, is derived from Haimah,
a town or village of al-Janad in Yemen (v.
Yakut and the Kamus, liiii <j;J> ^ i«i») ; but
he calls Kaukaban his native place (fol. lla).

The work is written in a rhymed prose of

tedious prolixity and abounding in far-fetched
phrases. The author seems more anxious
to display his talent for fine writing than
to impart information. The notices contain
a scanty modicum of facts, and are almost
entirely devoid of dates. They are largely
made up of poetical quotations and of spe-
cimens of elegant epistolary composition by
the author and others.

'Ali B. Salah, writing A.H. 1158, speaks
of the author as dead ; see Or. 3805, I.

The arrangement is geographical. Each
of the four books (~J) of which the work
consists deals with the men of a particular
city or region of Yemen. The present volume
contains the first two Kisms, relating respec-
tively to Kaukaban and to San'a. Kism I.
begins, fol. 10&, with the heading : Jj^H --5M

It comprises sixty-five lives,
among which are those of the author's
grandfather (fol. 29a), Kadi '1-Kudat al-
Hasan B. Ahmad al-Haimi (who was sent
by the Imam al-Mutawakkil on a mission to
Abyssinia, and died A.H. 1071 or 1072 ; v.
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 17) ; of his
father (fol. 316), Kadi Muh. B. al-Hasan
al-Haimi; of his uncle (fol. 77a), Du'l-
Vizaratain Abu'1-Fadl al-Kadi al-Khatib
'Imad ad-Din Yahya B. al-Hasan al-Haimi;
and of other relatives.

Kism II., which begins, fol. 1506, with the
heading J$

>U-» j j±>j \j<x, contains eighty-one
notices. It includes several descendants of
Imam al-Mansur al-Kasim, beginning with
his son, al-Mutawakkil 'ala'llah Isma'Il (v.
fol. 1896), who died A.H. 1087.

The second Kism was completed, as stated
by the author at the end, fol. 312a, in San'a,
on Thursday, the 24th of Safar, A.H. 1143.
3N2

460

BIOGRAPHY.

Copyist :

A table of contents of the first two Kisms
occupies three pages at the beginning.

See, for another copy, Ahlwardt, Verzeich-
niss der Glaser'schen Sammlung, nos. 85-6.

676.

Or. 2428.— Foil. 278 ; 12^ in. by 8£; 23 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with all
the vowels, and with red-ruled margins and
red headings ; dated 1st Rabi' II., A.H. 1199
(A.D. 1785).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The last two Kisms of the above work.

Kism III. begins, fol. 36, with the heading :
,j *

(

It deals with the region which extends
from San'a in a southerly direction to the
extremity of the lower Yemen, and comprises
fifty-seven notices.

The following are the localities mentioned
in the headings as the dwelling-places of the
subjects of the notices : al-Grhiras (uJjiM),
foil. 4a, 575; Radii' (^Jj), foil. 306, 686;
Duran (^jyo), foil. 395, 706 ; Raudat Khatim
(|J»\». iojj, fol. 58a ; Damar (jUs), fol. 606,
&c. ; Murhibah (w^y ), foil. 73a, 806 ; Ba'dan
(^Uo), fol. 83a; Hubaish (ijuf*), fol. 855 ;
Du's-Sifal (JUJ^jb), fol. 976; Ta'izz (;.,o),
fol. 99a ; Kusmah («^-/), fol. 109a ; 'Utmah
(&^JLc), fol. 1096; and Ka'tabah (*u*J^*),
fol. 1286.

This portion was written more than a year

after the completion of the first volume. It
includes a eulogy on the Tib as-Samar, dated
Jumada I., A.H. 1144, fol. 546, and a letter
dated Rajab of the same year, fol. 59a.

Kism IV. begins, fol. 130a, with the
heading : c*«L^. \»

It

comprises fifty notices of men of letters who
lived in the tract extending from Kaukaban
in a north-westerly direction as far as the
district of Sa'dah. The localities mentioned
in the headings are : al-Haimah (&*a.U),
fol.!31a; Mikhlaf(wJA**),fol.l38a; Kahlan
g^/), fol. 1556 ; al-Zafir O^^), fol. 159a ;
al-Sudah (»JyJ^ fol. 1616; Habur (>&*),
fol. 166a ; Shiharah (s,^), foil. 1896, 196a ;
al-Sharaf (u^UI), foil. 201«, 2046; Barat
(J^), fol. 2146; Sa'dah (»j—), fol. 2166;
Karad ((jtyi), fol. 225ffl ; and Ru'afah (wlfrj),
fol. 2256. Most of the local names occurring
in the above two Kisms will be found in the
list drawn up by Wiistenfeld, Jemen im XI.
Jahrhundert, pp. 113 — 127.

An appendix, which begins foil. 227a, with
the heading 1*^3 jy L\j ^liM d>U?i ^ &JP
J\ Jj5>j J^4^> contains twenty- five notices
of literary men, natives of Syria, Egypt, and
the Hijaz, whoni the author knew by corre-
spondence, or who had visited Yemen. It
includes notices of Muhammad Amin, author
of the Khulasat al-Athar, and of Sayyid 'Ali
Ibn Ma'sum, author of Sulafat al-'Asr (Arabic
Catalogue, p. 6015).

In various places the author refers inci-
dentally to previous works of his composi-
tion. The following are mentioned by name :

g* sijj&\ J liiftH jj^L, vol. i., fol. 162a;

^\ ^ j ^ J±}\ vol. ii., fol. 126;
and u-J/J^ *Up uJ^ y« jj^, ib., fol. 72a.

SHIRAZ.

401

Three pages at the end of the present
volume, foil. 277a — 278a, are occupied by a
dedication of the work, or of a copy of it, to
Yahya B. Salih al-Suhuli ( J_^ JU ^ (_r-3g),
who is called 'Imad ul-Islum, and whose name
is preceded by a wordy panegyric. The
writer, who calls him his father (UJ^), does
not give his own name.

On the last page, fol. 2786, is an additional
notice, by Ishak B. Muhammad al-'Abdi, on
the Sulafat ul-'Asr of 'Ali B. Ma'sum, a copy
of which he had found in Mocha, A.H. 1117.

A table of contents, occupying three pages,
is prefixed to the volume.

Copyist :

Shiraz.

677.

Or. 3395.— Foil. 180 ; 8| in. by 5£ ; 13 lines,
2f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, partly
on bluish, partly on white paper of European
manufacture, in the 19th century.

[S. CHUKCHILL.]

Lives of the celebrated men buried in
Shiraz, by Mu'in al-Dm Abu '1-Kasim Junaid
al-Shirazi.

CJ\A

41

Beg. jlj

This is the original of the Persian trans-
lation written by the author's son under the
title of U*-^ (j~&», and described in the
Persian Catalogue, p. 346J. The full title,
as given in the preface, fol. 3b, is J} j\j$\ j-£»

M W W

jy^ }sj &* j!b^ [read k>-] la* ; but it is
generally known as j\y> Jyt> " the Thousand
Shrines," as stated by Hnj. Khal., vol. iv.,

p. 16, or as Hezar we yek Mezar, according
to Kaempfer, Amoenitates Exoticse, p. 368.

The author's name is preceded, in the
preamble, by the following honorific titles :

J\ ^\a)\y\ ^.A!\J u5^ajJ\j tJt>jZ3\j. He belonged

to a family which traced its origin to Khalif
'Umar and had given many celebrated Sheikhs
to Shiraz. His father, Najm al-Din Abu M-
Fath Mahmud B. Muhammad, who is de-
scribed as a devout Sufi and preacher,
fol. 94i, and died A.H. 740, was the great-
grandson of the founder of the family, Shaikh
Sadr ud-Din Abu '1-Ma'ali al-Muzaffar B.
Muhammad al-'TJmari al-'Adawi, author of
the Marmuzat al-'Ishrin (Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 500) and of many other works, who died
A.H. 688 (see fol. 87o).

The biographical notices, which, although
numerous, fall far short of the conventional
number of a thousand, contain, for the most
part, obituary dates, probably taken from
the tombstones, and, in the case of authors,
a full enumeration of their works. They
are arranged, according to the sites of the
tombs, irrespectively of chronological order,
in seven sections called Naubah, or daily
rounds. Bach of these includes the men
whose tombs are found in one of the seven
cemeteries of Shiraz, and may be visited in
a single day.

The latest date mentioned is A.H. 791,
which occurs twice, fol. 97a and 144a. The
work appears to have been written at that
very time ; for it is silent about Hafiz, who
died in the same or in the ensuing year.

Contents : Preface and introduction, treat-
ing of the visitation of tombs, fol. Ib ; first
Naubah (vj~>&>\ **,J\), fol. 26a; second
Naubah (wJ^UM S^aV), fol. 51a; third Naubah

462

S^o*), fol. 626; fourth Naubah (^

jiK), fol. 75a ; fifth Naubah (y £> »y
fol. 102a; sixth Naubah (JJH^ £>W- )> fol.
127a ; seventh Naubah (J.-oU^AiU), fol. 1506.

Among notices of special interest may be
mentioned those of the following four men :
1. Kivam al-Dm 'Abdallah B. Mahmud, chief
of the 'Ulama of Shiraz, whose lectures Hafiz
used to attend (v. Persian Catalogue, p.629a) ;
he died A.H. 772 (v. fol. 456). 2. Shaikh
Ruzbahan B. Abi Nasr al-Bakli, author of a
mystic Tafsir (v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 7176,
and Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 807)
and of other Sufi works, who died A.H. 606,
fol. 1106. 3. Mu'In al-Dm Ahmad B. Abi '1-
Khair, called Ibn Zarkub, author of the
Shiraz Namah (v. Persian Catalogue, p. 204),
who died A.H. 789, fol. 137a. 4. The famous
poet Sa'di, who is stated to have died
A.H. 691. His name is written, fol. 1806 :
j_yjjuJ\ jJJ\ jo* ^ \to* ^.J^ i_. >j2*e £~£.M. This
shows that Muslih, which has been generally
taken for a Lakab, and turned into Muslih
al-Dm, was in reality the proper name of the
poet.

A later recension of the work, by 'Abd
al-'AzIz B. Muh., vulgo Afdal Shirazi, en-
titled Dustur al-Za'irm, is mentioned by
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 226.

BIOGRAPHY.

Turkey.

678.

Or. 1188.— Foil. 174; 8 in. by 5 ; 21 lines,
2f in. long ; written in small and neat
Turkish Nestalik, with 'Unwan and gold-
ruled margins, apparently in the 17th
century. [ALEX. JABA.]

The well-known work of Ahmad B. Mus-
tafa Tashkupri Zadah on the lives of the

'Ulama and Shaikhs who lived under the
Ottoman Sultans.

The author, who devoted to this work the
last years of his life, died in Constantinople,
A.H. 968. See the Turkish Catalogue,
p. 72«, and his detailed biography in "Wiisten-
feld's Geschichtschreiber, no. 527, pp. 74 — 9.
The work has been printed on the margins
of Ibn Khallikan, Bulak, A.H. 1199.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 174a, 599a, 6876; the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 2157—62; Pertsch, no. 1765; the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 74, &c.

The margins of this copy teem with
additional notes, most of which have at the
end the name of their authors. The follow-
ing are the annotators whose names recur
most frequently : Baldiir Zadeh, who died
A.H. 1060 (Turkish Catalogue, p. 176);
Lutfi Beg Zadeh (Muh. B. Mustafa, who
died young, A.H. 996 ; v. Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 66) ; and 'Arab Zadeh, whose
marginal notes to the Shaka'ik are referred
to by Haj. Khal., vol. ii., pp. 139, 450
(probably Muh. B. Muh. 'Arab Zadeh, who
died A.H. 969 ; v. Turkish Catalogue,
p. 726).

Prefixed is a table of the ten Tabakat,
or generations, into which the work is
divided. On the last page, and in a later
handwriting, is, a short Turkish notice of
al-Sayyid Nasib Efendi (Yusuf), who died in
Istanbul, A.H. 1128, as Shaikh of a Maulawi
cloister.

Mosul.

679.

Or. 2429.— Foil. 173 ; 9f in. by 7 ; 22 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, for Col.
Miles; dated RabI' II., A.H. 1297 (A.D.
1880). [Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

MOSUL.

463

Lives of the saints buried in Mosul and in
its vicinity, with an historical introduction ;
by Muhammad AmTn B. Khair-allah al-
Khatib al-'Uroari, who died A.H. 1203. See
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 575, note c.

Beg.

J\

Amir Sa'd-allah Beg, son of the late
Husain Pasha, having seen a Turkish work
on the saints of Baghdad and of the Irak,
had it translated into Arabic, and desired
the author to match it with an account of
the saints of Mosul. In compliance with
the Amir's wish, the author wrote the
present work, to which he prefixed an
account of the rulers of Mosul and of its
learned men and poets. The work was
completed, as stated at the end, on the 9th
of Rajab, A.H. 1201. It received, however,
additions bearing later dates, viz., A.H. 1202,
fol. 72a, and A.H. 1203, fol. 82a.

The author came of an ancient family,
which had given to Mosul many eminent
men designated as al-'Umari. His forefather
in the fifth degree, Kasim B. al-Hasan al-
'Umari, was a wealthy and pious Shaikh,
who built in Mosul a mosque, the Imamship
of which was to remain in his family. The
author puts on record, in the notice devoted
to him, fol. 139«, his own appointment as
Khatib to that mosque, A.H. 1181. Mu-
hammad Amin wrote the following works,
enumerated, fol. 696, in a marginal addition
to the life of his father, Khair-allah, who

died A.H. 1182 : 1. ^ jj^S (see the Arabic

Catalogue, p. 3016) ; 2. ^ £>

3. uWjNjj»jM jJ\j* ; 4. i.ij^\ *juo.wM ; 5.

6. u±jj*)\ J* j 4&*j, besides the
present work and several Diwans.

The Manhal al-Auliya is divided into
three parts, respectively called Mukaddimah,
Maksad, and Khatimah, with the following
contents : Mukaddimah. History of Mosul
from the time of the Muslim conquest,
A.H. 20, to the governorship of 'Abd al-
Baki Pasha, who was appointed A.H. 1199,
and fell in the ensuing year in an encounter
with the Yazldis, fol. 4a. Notices of 'Ulama
and poets who lived in Mosul or its vicinity,
fol. 57.a. They begin with Abu 'l-Sa«adfit
Majd al-Dm Ibn al-Athir, who died A.H.
606, and with his brothers Diya al-DIn and
'Izz al-Din ; but they include many men of
earlier date. There does not seem to be any
systematic arrangement, but many contem-
poraries of the author are grouped together
at the end.

Maksad. Lives of Prophets and holy men
buried in Mosul, fol. 926. The first are the
following : Shith (Seth), fol. 92 ; Nuh, fol.
95a ; Yunus, fol. 96a ; Jirjis, fol. 986 ; al-
Khidr, fol. 102£ ; Sham'un al-Safa (Simeon),
fol. 1056. These are followed by Companions
of the Prophet, viz., Al-' Abbas B. Maradis
(Mirdas) al-Sulami, fol. 107a; Uwais al-
Karani. fol. 108« ; and 'Abd allah B. 'Umar
B. al-Khattab, fol. 109a ; by some descen-
dants of 'Ali, and finally by Shaikhs of
later periods, without any strict order, the
last being the famous al-Hallaj al-Husain
B. Mansur, who was put to death A.H. 309,
fol. 1596.

Khatimah. Demonstration of the super-
natural powers of saints, and refutation of
the ignorant men who deny them, fol. 1626.

The MS. bears the heading : L-^W U&

The Manhal al-Auliya is frequently quoted
by the author's brother, Yasln B. Khair-allah,

464

MEMOIRS AND TRAVELS.

in his Munyat al-Udaba (Arabic Catalogue,
p. 578a); see Add. 23,323, fol. 35^. An
extract relating to the Shaikh of the Yazidis,
'Adi B. Musafir al-Hakkari, who died A.H.
558 (see fol. lB7a of the present MS.), has
been given in French by M. Sioufi, Journal
Asiatique, 1885, vol. i., p. 80.

MEMOIRS AND TRAVELS.

680.

Or. 3621.— Foil. 70 ; 8} in. by 6 ; from 22
to 24 lines, 4^ in. long ; with about 30 lines
from fol. 58 to fol. 70 ; written in cursive
Neskhi; dated 26 Dulhijjah, A.H. 940
(A.D. 1534). [G. C. RENOUAB.D.]

An account of the author's journey from
Damascus to Constantinople, from the 18th
of Ramadan, A.H. 936, to the end of
Dulka'dah, A.H. 937; by Abu '1-Barakat
Muhammad Badr al-Dln Ibn al-Ghazzi al-
'Amiri al-Shafi'i, who died A.H. 984. See
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 7766, ad p. 294a.

Jo

U

The author's son has given a notice of his
life in the Kawakib al-Sa'irah, foil. 158—161,
where he enumerates some of his father's
writings, amounting altogether to upwards
of 110 in number, and adds that he had
devoted a separate volume to his biography.
In the preface of the Kawakib, the same
writer mentions the present work as one of
his authorities. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 431a, no. 5.

The contents have been fully analyzed by
Rosen, Notices Sommaires, pp. 187 — 190.

The present MS. is the rough draft of
the author. The latter part especially has
all the appearance of an autograph MS.,
being written in a cursive scholarlike hand,
almost wholly devoid of diacritical points,
and presenting many erasures. The colo-

phon is as follows :

Aii

The MS. passed from the hands of
Renouard into the possession of Dr. J. Lee,
in whose catalogue it is noticed under no. 99.

681.

Or. 3622.— Foil. 49 ; 6£ in. by 4 ; 17 lines,
5| in. long ; written in small and fair Neskhi ;
dated Friday, 7 Muharram, A.H. 1101 (A.D.
1689). [G. C. RENOUARD.]

Account of, the author's journey from
Damascus to Balbek and to the neighbouring
district al-Bika' al-'Aziz, from the 15th of
Dulka'dah, A.H. 1100 to the 29th of the
same month ; by 'Abd al-Ghani B. Isma'Il
al-Nabulusi, who was born in Damascus
A.H. 1050, and died there A.H. 1143. See
his life in Silk al-Durar, vol. iii., pp. 30 — 38,
where the above work is mentioned in the
long list of the author's writings.

Beg.

MEMOIRS AND TRAVELS.

465

The contents have been fully stated by
Fliigel, Zeitschrift der Deutsch. Morg. Ges.,
Band xvi., pp. 651 — 58. For other copies see
ib., Band viii., p. 579, no. 144, and Houtsma,
no. 269. This is the earliest of the author's
journeys. For others, see Kremer, Sitzungs-
berichte der Wien. Akad., voll. v., pp. 313,
823, vi., p. 101; Fliigel, I.e., p. 659;
Gildemeister, Zeitschrift der Deutsch. Morg.
Ges., Band xxxvi., p. 385 ; and Basset, Mis-
sion Scientifique en Tunisie, no. 145.

The author states at the end that he com-
pleted this account on the eve of Wednes-
day, 20 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1100.

Copyist :

This MS. is noticed in Dr. Lee's Catalogue,
no. 107.

682.

Or. 1182.— Foil. 92 ; 8J in. by 5 ; 17 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th
century. [ALEX. JABA.]

A personal statement drawn up in the most
diffuse style, in rhymed prose intermixed
with copious verses, by which the author
sought to ingratiate himself with 'Abdallah
Kuprili Pasha and to obtain his protec-
tion.

'Abdallah Pasha, whose praises, as well
as those of other Wazirs of the Kuprili family,
are dwelt upon at great length in the intro-
duction, foil. 2 — 30, held the governorship
of Egypt, A.H. 1142 — 44 (v. Jabarti, vol. i.,
pp. 144 — 46). The author, whose name does

not appear in the preface, is called in the
prefixed title 'Abdallah. From various pas-
sages of the work it appears that he was a
Husaini Sayyid living in Medina, that his
father's name was Abu '1-Jamil 'Abd al-
Karlm, and that he was a lineal descendant
of the author of ^>is^i)\, a polemical work
directed against the Shi'ah. That work was
written for Sultan Murad III. by Mirza
Makhdum, i.e., Mu'in al-Dln Ashraf (or
Muhammad) B. 'Abd al-Baki, who died
A.H. 988 or about A.H. 995. See Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., p. 390, vol. iii., pp. 316,
327, 355 ; and the Leyden Catalogue,
no. 2076.

From the extremely prolix account of the
author it may be gathered that, while he
was engaged in teaching Hadith in the
sanctuary of Medina, he was, very reluc-
tantly, implicated in a popular rising against
the Turkish Aghas, in consequence of which
his father was banished to Jiddah, and there
put to death by the local governor, while the
author succeeded in escaping to Egypt. The
date of his father's death is fixed in some
verses by a chronogram for A.H. 1138 :

The title, prefixed by a later hand, is :

In the preface the work is designated as

683.

Or. 4309.— Foil. 96 ; 12 in. by 7£ ; 27 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair cursive Neskhi ;
dated A.H. 1274 (A.D. 1857). [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 81. Account of the author's
journey from Baghdad to Constantinople ;
3 o

466

COSMOGEAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

by Sayyid Abu '1-Thana Shihab al-Din Mah-
mud B. 'Abdallah al-Baghdadi, called Alusi
Zadah.

t*M

Having been deposed from the office of
Mufti of Baghdad, the author set out from
that city in Jumada I., A.H. 1267, for
Constantinople, in order to clear himself of
the aspersions of his enemies. He went by
way of Mosul, Diyarbekr, Brzerum, to
Samsoun, from whence he took ship to
Constantinople. He appears to have met
with an icy reception from the Grand Vezir,
of whose haughty demeanour he complains
with much bitterness. The present diary
was written for his son Baha al-Din 'Abd-
allah Efendi, to whom it was sent from
Constantinople.

II. Foil. 32—95. The same author's ac-
count of his return journey from Istambul
to Baghdad.

Beg. ^j

The author sailed from the capital to
Sinop on the 21st of Shawwal, A.H. 1268,
and reached Baghdad on the 5th of RabI' I.,
A.H. 1269. This second part is designated
in the colophon as ^ J\ ayJl j J^ XyLi
j»!iLA It ends with several poems composed
by the literati of Baghdad on the occasion
of the author's return. Frequent reference
is made to a commentary upon the Goran
composed by him and entitled

Copyist : i&\

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEO-
GRAPHY.

684.

Or. 3886.— Foil. 41; 9 in. by 6£ ; about
25 lines, 4f in. long ; written in the rude
and cursive Neskhi of Yemen ; dated Tues-
day, 7 Sha'ban, A.H. 1258 (A.D. 1842).

[GLASEE, no. 172.]

A work on the wonders of nature con-
sidered as evidences of Divine Wisdom; by
Abu 'Uthman 'Amr B. Bahr al-Jahiz, who
died A.H. 255.

"UJI

Ufr

Further on the author describes the scope
of the work thus: ,.,,^i ,.^J, ,.^s- *>\ JU

A few lines further he mentions earlier
works written, mostly in Syriac, on the same
subject, as follows : U* VbUtf' JJU

.M

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

467

Ji t±>
—Laj'i

t-Al/

*

*ib

y*j

«jj>

There is no division in the work, beyond
that which arises from the first word of
paragraphs being written large and in red
ink. Most of these begin with the word

, "reflect," for instance :

Beginning with heaven, the sun, the moon,
and the stars, the author reviews in succes-
sion the proofs of the wisdom and power of
the Creator, as displayed in the earth and
its mountains ; in minerals, plants, animals;
and finally in the structure of the human
body.

No such work is mentioned among the
writings of al-Jahiz in the notices to which
we have access (Ansab al-Sam'ani, fol. 118 ;
Shahrastani, Haarbriicker's version, p. 77 ;
Ibn Khallikan, vol. ii., p. 405 ; Bughyat al-
Wu'at, fol. 187 ; Wiistenfeld, Aertzte, no. 65;
Leclerc, vol. i., p. 315 ; and Hammer,
Literaturgesch., vol. iv., pp. 477 — 87). But
there does not appear any valid reason for
doubting its authenticity. The knowledge
evinced by the author, in the passage above
quoted, of early works which had quite
vanished out of the ken of later times, seems
to furnish a strong argument in favour of
its genuineness.

The title above given does not appear in
the text ; but it is found on the title-page
and in the colophon.

685.

Or. 4636.— Foil. 139; 9^ in. by6i; 27 lines,
4J in. long; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 18th century. [LANE.]

An abridgment of the Geography of al-
Sharif al-Idrlsi.

The text agrees closely with the edition
printed in Rome, 1592. The original work
was written, A.H. 548, for Roger II., King
of Sicily, by Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad B.
Muh. al-Idrlsi, whose life has been told by
Dozy and De Goeje, Description de 1'Afrique
et de PEspagne, pp. ii. — v., and by Amari,
Storia dei Musulmani, vol. i., p. xliii., and
vol. iii., p. 452. For MSS. see Uri, nos.
884, 887 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 2221-22 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 166,
where A.H. 560 is given as the date of the
author's death. For copies of the abridg-
ment see Pertsch, no. 1524, and the Paris
Catalogue, no. 2223.

686.

Or. 3127.— Foil. 59 ; 8£ in. by 6J ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in cursive, but legible,
Neskhi ; dated Thursday, 19 Jumada II.,
A.H. 1207 (A.D. 1793). "

[KEEMEE, no. 137.]

A cosmographical work by Abu Hamid,
3 o 2

468

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

or Abu 'Abdallah, Muhammad B. 'Abd al-
Rahim B. Sulaiman al-Kaisi al-Gharnati.

Beg.

The author, who in the title prefixed is
wrongly called Shihab al-Dln Ahmad al-
Gharnati, was born in Granada, A.H. 473,
and died in Damascus, A.H. 565. For
notices of his life see Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or.
51, fol. 16 ; al-Makkari, Analectes, vol. i.,
p. 617; and Reinaud, Geographie d'Aboul-
feda, Introduction, pp. Ill — 113.

The MS. agrees with the early copy
noticed in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 440a.
The four Babs begin respectively at foil. 4b,
12a, 30a, and 436. For other copies see
Pertsch, no. 1501 ; the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 2167—2171; and Brill's Catalogue,
1886, no. 313. Some extracts have been
published by B. Dorn in Melanges, Asia-
tiques, tome vi., pp. 685 — 716.

687.

Or. 1526.— Foil. 109 ; 8 in. by 5|; 17 lines,
3$ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Monday, 24 Shaw-
wal, A.H. 1093 (A.D. 1682).

[SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A cosmography describing the wonders
of the world, and of Egypt in particular,
with a legendary account of its ancient
kings, by Ibn Wasif.

The following title is prefixed by the
same hand as the text :

^ ^olsP Je. JjP U»
U*

>

Beg.

The author, whose name is not given in
the text, describes the scope of his work as

follows : MilMj SJa-j J\»0 t

Jlii

u*

a)\ Jfli I*

The above is in. verbal agreement with
the preface of the work of Ibrahim B. Wasif
Shah, entitled j#&\ c-oW^ ^^, and de-
scribed in detail by Chwolsohn, die Ssabier,
vol. i., pp. 237, 322, and by Rosen, Notices
Sommaires, no. 220. The present copy
appears to contain a shorter recension of
the same work. It is divided into three
parts U}?-) , beginning respectively at foil.
2a, 22a, and 72&. The first treats of the
wonders of the seas and islands and of the
pyramids. The second relates to Adam and
his descendants, the ancient priests of
Egypt, and its kings before the Deluge.
The third treats of the kings of Egypt
after the Deluge, the Pharaohs and their
talismans, and concludes with the story of
Moses and of the passage of the Red Sea.

But the contents, although in substantial
agreement with those of the MS. described
by Rosen, are in a state of hopeless con-

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

469

fusion, a portion of the second part having
been transferred to the third, and vice versa,
besides other transpositions, evidently arising
from the disordered state of the MS. from
which this copy was transcribed.

The precise date of Ibn Wasif Shah is not
known ; but the work must have been
written before A.H. 606, the date of the
Petersburg MS. Haj. Khal., who mentions
the present abridgment under UiJ\ t_J\js?,
vol. iv., p. 186, and the larger recension
under ^\ v^oV31 ^^X vol. v., p. 114,
states that the latter was quoted by al-Buni
(who died A.H. 622).

From this it may be inferred that Ibn
Wasif Shah lived in the 6th century of the
Hijrah. See Chwolsohn, Zeitschrift der D.
Morg. Ges., vol. vi., p. 408. He is the main
authority followed in a legendary history
of Egypt, entitled ,y£ j*\y*-, for an abstract
of which see Wiistenfeld, Orient und Occi-
dent, vol. i., pp. 326 — 340. For copies see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 682a ; the Copen-
hagen Catalogue, p. 98; Pertsch, no. 1644;
the Paris Catalogue, no. 1819-20 ; and the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 147.

On the first page of the MS. is written :
"Purchased at Baghdad, Aug. 23, 1845.
H. Rawlinson."

688.

Or. 1497.— Foil. 355; . 12J- in. by 8J; 28 lines,
6£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi on Euro-
pean paper, in the 19th century.'

[SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The first volume of the well-known geo-
graphical dictionary of Yakut al-Hamawi,
who died A.H. 626.

Beg.

U

ftiM

»JJ\

This modern copy agrees in the main with
the Berlin and Petersburg MSS., described
by Wiistenfeld in the 5th volume of his
edition, pp. 1 — 3. It begins with the life
of Yakut, transcribed from Ibn Khallikan.
The text of Yakut commences abruptly,
fol. 6a, with this passage: ^J (jo^. ^ >\\\ U\i
l$J ±y~> Jj u°j^ <j»&, corresponding with
the printed edition, vol. i., p. 15, line 14.

The last article is yUiU* (vol. ii., p. 88).

This copy is a transcript of the Mosul
MS., on which see Wiistenfeld, vol. v., p. 5 ;
Layard, Ninive, vol. i., p. 36 ; and Chwol-
sohn, Zeitschrift, Band ix., p. 271.

689.

Or. 1498.— Foil. 358 ; 10£in.by7; 25 lines,
4| in. long; written in neat Neskhi, A.D.
1847. [SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The second volume of the same work,
extending from j\>a* to t^^J\ (Wiistenfeld's
edition, from vol. ii., p. 89, to vol. iii. p. 183).

It is a transcript of the old Taylor MS.,
Add. 23,372 (Arabic Catalogue, p. 609a),
the lacuna of which has been filled up from
another copy.

On the fly-leaf: "Copied at Baghdad,

1847."

690.

Or. 1499.— Foil. 159; 10£ in. by 7J; 25 lines,
4jj- in. long; written in a small and neat
Neskhi, A.D. 1853.

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

Two detached portions of the same work,
viz. :

I. Foil. 1—43. The first part of the work,
beginning, like Or. 1497, with the life of

470

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

Yakut. The text begins with the same

passage, ^^ j u0)*?- ^ ^' ^> an(i ent*s
with wSiM, corresponding with, the printed
edition, vol. i., pp. 15 — 169.

II. Poll. 44—159. A further portion
beginning with U^b. Uj Ai)\j uj—M (TT>^> an(^
ending with tiJo^y^ (Wiistenf eld's edition,
vol. iii., pp. 95—524).

This is a transcript of the Taylor MS.,
Add. 23,373 (Arabic Catalogue, p. 6096).

On the fly-leaf : " Copied for me at Bagh-
dad, 1853."

691.

Or. 1500.— Foil. 380 ; llfin.byS; 23 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, A.D.
1848. [SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A further portion of the same work,
beginning with i_JW\j -*Ua!\ i__>b, and ending
with &>$\\ ("Wiistenfeld, vol. iii., p. 485, to
vol. iv., p. 611). It has the usual lacuna
extending from L^ to the passage U^sr*

l»*^».\ £xiy« ,j j^j (Wiistenfeld, vol. iv.,
pp. 305, line 5, to p. 345, line 13). It has in
the latter part, foil. 343 — 380, many small
lacunae, apparently due to the mutilated
condition of the original MS.

On the first page : " Copied for me in
1848 at Mosul."

692.

Or. 1501.— Foil. 309; 12iin.by8i; 28 lines,
6 in. long ; written in plain Neskhi ; dated
5 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1265 (A.D. 1849).

[SiR HENKY C. RAWLINSON.]

The last volume of the same work. It
begins abruptly in the middle of the article
with these words: Jib

- (Wiistenfeld, vol. iv., p. 153, line 6),
and concludes with the following passage :

(ib., p. 1048, line 2).

It presents the lacuna above noticed,
from (J^to yWUM, without any ostensible
break in the text.

This transcript was made, as stated in
the colophon, by order of the English Agent,
Mr. Rassam Beg.

Sir H. Rawlinson wrote on the fly-leaf:
" Copied for me from a fine and old MS. at
Mosul in 1854."

693.

Or. 1502.— Foil. 196; 12 in. by 7|; 21 lines,

5| in. long; written in fair Neskhi; dated

Monday, 8 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1253 (A.D. 1838).

[SiR HENEY C. RAWLINSON.]

Another copy of the concluding portion of
the work, beginning with Uj eJKMj *4\ t-»b
U^JJLJ (Wiistenfeld, vol. iv., p. 612). In
addition to the final passage, as quoted from
the preceding MS., there is at the end the
author's statement that he completed the
work on the 20th of Safar, A.H. 621, in

Halab (ib., p. 1048) : jJj-JJ\ U»

On the fly-leaf at the end : " Transcribed
for me at Teheran from a copy written at
Baghdad, A.H. 818. H. Rawlinson, Tehe-
ran, March 10th, 1838."

694.

Or. 1503— Foil. 201 ; 10$ in. by 7 ; 19 lines,

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

471

4£ in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated Monday, 2 RabP I., A.H. 1254 (A.D.
1838). [SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A dictionary of geographical homonyms,
by the same author, Yakut al-Hamawi.

Beg.

**«

This is a modern, and not very correct,
transcript of the early Taylor MS., Add.
23,377 (Arabic Catalogue, p. 6106), and is
in so far of some value, that it was written
before that MS. had been damaged by
water, and may therefore serve to supple-
ment its present deficiencies.

Copyist : j>.<&«> j^»- -Vil ^ J**i*

On the fly-leaf: "The Mushtarik of
Yakut, H. Rawlinson. Copied for me at
Baghdad, 1838."

For other MSS. see the preface of Wiis-
tenfeld's edition, 1846 ; Pertsch, no. 1525 ;
and the Paris Catalogue, p. 2233.

695.

Or. 1504.— Foil. 225 ; 8£ in. by 6£ ; about
27 lines, 3f in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi ; dated A.H. 1252 (A.D. 1836-7).

[Sm HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The well-known abridgment of Yakut's
geographical dictionary.

Beg.

This copy agrees with the Taylor MS.,

Add. 23,376 (Arabic Catalogue, p. GlOa),
and is evidently derived from the same
source. It has the same spurious begin-
ning, which ascribes the work to Yakut
himself. The genuine text of the Marasid
begins in the 13th line with these words:
uaj^ jUoS\ ^ V$«j\y<>j l^Afc?- Juo.j v— >\j*aN (see
Juynboll's edition, p. 2, line 16).

Copyist : ^.j^ (^^j*

Sir* H. Rawlinson writes at the end :
"This MS. was transcribed for me at
Teheran by an ignorant and careless writer,
from a very fine old copy written at Con-
stantinople, A.H. [blank]. The transcript
has been execrably performed. The writing
is scarcely legible, and there are not two
consecutive lines without an error. Novem-
ber 20th, 1838."

696.

Or. 1524.— Foil. 74 ; 8f in. by 6 ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in large and bold Neskhi,
about A.H. 700 (A.D. 1300).

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A work on general geography, imperfect
at the beginning, without title or author's
name.

It appears from a comparison of the text
with extracts from Ibn Sa'Id included in
Abu'l-Fida's Takwim al-Buldan, that we
have here the work of the former writer,
entitled LfyiU <->U£ The author, Abu'l-
Hasan 'Ali B. Musa B. Muhammad B. 'Abd
al-Malik al-'Ansi al-Andalusi, was born in
Granada, A.H. 610 or 615. He is chiefly
known as a poet, and as author of several
works on the lives of poets. After long
peregrinations through Egypt, Syria, and
Irak, he settled in Tunis, where he died,
according to the Ihiitah of Lisan al-Din

472

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

(Casiri, vol. ii., p. 110, Makkari, vol. i.,
p. 642), circa A.H. 685. Al-Suyuti gives
the same date in Husn al-Muhadarah, vol. i.,
p. 320, but an earlier one, A.H. 673, in
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 182. This last is
the date adopted by Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 103, &c. See a full notice of his life,
with copious poetical extracts, in al -Makkari,
Analectes, vol. i., pp. 634 — 707 ; compare
Reinaud, Introduction a la Geographie
d'Aboulfeda, pp. 141 — 3 ; Amari, Storia
dei Musulmani, vol. i., pp. xxxviii. and xlix. ;
and Dorn, Caspia, p. 154.

The work is divided into nine parts, treat-
ing respectively of as many zones of the
globe, namely, the zone situated to the
south of the seven climates ; the seven
climates ; and the zone situated beyond, or
to the north of, the seven climates. Each
zone is subdivided into ten sections (>}->•),
proceeding from west to east. The authori-
ties most frequently quoted are Ibn Fatiinah
and al-Baihaki.

Two leaves prefixed to the MS. by a later
hand, in order to give it an appearance of
completeness, bear the title

J1, and contain a summary description of
the seven climates, beginning :
JU1 y, k-jNj U~M k-, J

Jp\

The original writing begins in the early
part of the fourth Juz of the first or torrid
zone. The first article is as follows : j>\*£-

The article on Dumdumah, which follows,

is quoted in extenso by Abu '1-Fida, Reinaud's
translation, tome ii., p. 225. Further on,
foil. 17-18, is found the passage relating to
Janbltah, the Karlahs, and Khasasah, cor-
responding with pp. 225 — 28 of the same
translation.

The remaining contents are as follows :
First Climate, fol. 106. Second Climate,
fol. 286 (wanting the latter part of Juz 1,
from the article on JtJ, and all but the last
five lines of Juz 2). Third Climate, fol. 37a.
Fourth Climate, fol. 47& (wanting all after
Manbij, Juz 4). A fragment of the fifth
Climate, fol. 61, beginning with
Sevilla, Juz 1, and ending with
Valencia, Juz 2. A fragment of the sixth
Climate, fol. 62, beginning with jJj, Valla-
dolid, Juz 1, and ending with siy, Nar-

bonne, Juz 2. The seventh Climate, fol. 64
(imperfect at the beginning ; the first article
is _jkjj Jtsb, Poitou, Juz 2). The northern
zone, «n*J\ ^Lft» JU~ J js+~$, foil-
676—74.

A note at the end states that the MS. was
collated A.H. 700 :

On the fly-leaf: "Bought at Baghdad,
April 28, 1844. H. Rawlinson."

A copy is mentioned, without author's
name, by Uri, no. 1015. Another, dated
A.H. 714, and used by Abu '1-Fida, is
noticed in the Paris Catalogue, no. 2234,
and an abridgment is mentioned by Rosen,
Notices Sommaires, no. 233. Extracts re-
lating to Italy have been published, with an
Italian translation, by Amari, Bolletino degli
studj orientali, 1881, pp. 388—392. For
another geographical work of Ibn Sa'id, see
Uri, no. 874, and Nicoll, no. 263.

COSMOGEAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

473

697.

Or. 3623.— Foil. 173 ; 14 in. by 9 ; 27 lines,
5f in. long ; written in fair Persian Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins, and with headings
in large and bold Thulthi ; dated Friday,
27 Dulka'dah, A.H. 729 (A.D. 1329). Bound
in elegant stamped leather covers.

[G. C. RENOUARD.]

The geography of Zakariyya B. Muh. B.
Mahmud al-Kazwini, who died A.H. 682.
See the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 441a, 7376.

Beg.

On the first page is the following title
written within illuminated borders :

This is the MS. 6 described by Wiistenfeld
in the preface to his edition of the work,
p. vi. It was transcribed from the author's
autograph MS. dated Dulhijjah, A.H. 674,
as stated in the colophon : U«>

*-J

laafi

Jl 4>1

The MS. is noticed in Dr. John Lee's
Catalogue, no. 69. For other copies, see
Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 1526 ; the
Paris Catalogue, nos. 2235—38; the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. v., p. 2 ; &c. A copy
due to the same transcriber as ours, and
dated a year later, is mentioned by Rosen,
Institut, no. 65.

698.

Or. 1527.— Foil. 152 ; 10 in. by 6$ ; 25 lines,

5 J in. long ; written in neat Neskhi ; dated

Saturday, 2 Jumada II., A.H. 838 (A.D. 1434).

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

II

The wonders of creation, by the same
author.

Beg.' r*lS b

The text is in substantial agreement with
Wiistenfeld's edition, from which it chiefly
differs by omissions. There is no dedica-
tion in the preface. The prologue of the
first Makalah (Wiistenfeld's edition, pp. 15 —
16) and the chapter on ethics, j^i-!sN ,j J-oi
(?'&., pp. 305 — 317) are wanting, and several
articles of less extent are left out. The two
Makalahs into which the work is divided
begin respectively at foil. 86 and 396.

Copyist : Jjjf»- ^

The MS. was bought by Sir H. Rawlinson
in Baghdad, 15 Oct., 1846.

For other copies, see Wiistenfeld's Preface ;
Pertsch, no. 1503—8 ; the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 2173—80; Roseu, Institut, no. 64; the
Khedive's Library/ vol. v., p. 85 ; &c.

699.

Or. 4217.— Foil. 200; 12 in. by 8 ; 21 lines,
5f in. long ; written in fine, fully vocalized,
Neskhi ; dated Tuesday, end of Jumada I.,
A.H. 1094 (A.D. 1683). [LANK.]

The same work.

This is apparently the first of the two
recensions distinguished by Wiistenfeld in
3?

474

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

his preface, p. vii. It does not contain any
dedication, and it wants the two sections the
omission of which has been noticed in the
preceding MS.

The name of the author is given as follows :

**n

700.

Or. 1528.— Foil. 205.— 10 in. by 6f ; 21 lines,

4| in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with

all the vowels, apparently in the 15th century.

[SiE HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

I. Foil. 1 — 179a. A cosmographical work,
without author's name, to which the follow-
ing title, written in an ornamental gilt

border, is prefixed : o\SjJiir

full*-

Beg. JUM

There is no specific title in the text, but
the work is described in the following terms :

The following are the headings of the
seven Babs into which the work is divided :

Pol. 16.

Fol.
Fol.

U,

jU

Fol. 250.
Fol. 28a.

Fol. 366.
Fol. 426.

The last Bab is of considerable extent.
It is subdivided into two sections also
termed Bab, viz., yjU^ J Jj^H L.A5V, fol. 426,
and oVjJJl J J\U\ L->\J\, fol. 48a. The second
Bab begins with trees, especially fruit-trees,
and includes the following chapters (J-ai) :
i», fol. 706 ; jU^Jl JjSJl J, fol. 786 ;

j, fol. 83a ; gjy* HUs?
fol. 86a ; oJ,jj_jLN J, fol. 926 ;
fol. 95a ; and t-uLM j, fol. 101 a.

A further section, which begins fol. 1046,
without any heading, treats of animals in
alphabetical order, beginning with j-J, and
ending with L-J^O. Then follow chapters on
monstrous races of men and on Jinns, fol.
1296 ; on animals of strange shape, and
monsters, fol. 1366 ; on spirits endowed
with strange influence, j3&\ JLsP (j»ji> lj,
fol. 140a; on science and the learned,
fol. 1446 ; on eloquence, fol. 1466 ; on
poetry, fol. 1506 ; and lastly, a collection
of sayings and moral maxims in prose and
verse, foil. 152a— 179.

The author often quotes al-Kazwini, and,
more frequently still, copies him without
acknowledgment. Earlier writers freely cited
are al-Mas'udi, Ibn Sina, al-Blruni, and
Abu Hamid al-Andalusi. The latest works
mentioned are J^ J»Ui\ u_>U/ (foil. 50a,

J»Ui\

57a, 956), by Muh. B. Ibrahim al-Warrak,
who died A.H. 718 (v. Arabic Catalogue,

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

475

p. 1836), and the history of Shihab al-Dln
al-Nuwairi (fol. 57a), who died A.H. 732.
From this it may be inferred that our author
lived in the eighth century of the Hijrah ;
for the evident age of the manuscript will
hardly admit of a later date.

In his article on wine, fol. 58a, the author
refers to a previous work of his own, entitled
^JU^' Is&, in which he had devoted a
whole chapter to the same subject. Haj.
Khal. mentions a work of that name, vol. ii.,
no. 1964, but without stating the author.

II. Foil. 179<z— 2055. Nasihat al-Muluk,
or advice to kings ; by Muh. B. Muh. al-

Ghazzali, with the heading : c

Beg.

JIS

The work consists of extracts from the
Arabic version of the Nasihat al-Muluk,
entitled in some copies "t^0^ Jj ^^\\ jj3\
^^\\. See the Arabic Catalogue, pp.
6586, 746a. The extracts correspond with
foil. 4—24, 41—46, and 55—69 of Or. 135.

For other copies see Pertsch, no. 1874;
Loth, no. 615 ; Aumer, no. 612 ; the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 2424 — 30, &c. In one of
the Paris copies it is stated that the work
was translated from Persian by Abu'l-
Hasan 'Ali B. al-Mubarak B. Mauhub, who
lived in Mosul in the latter part of the sixth
century of the Hijrah.

The Arabic version has been printed
under the title ^J^\^\ ^/>, in Cairo,
A.H. 1277. See the Khedive's Library,
vol. ii., p. 150.

Inside the cover is written : " Purchased
by me at Baghdad, Feb. 14, 1848. H. Raw-
linson."

701.

Or. 1525.— Foil. 139 ; 7f in. by 5} ; 21 lines,
2| in. long; written in small Nestalik, with
'Unwan and red-ruled margins ; dated 28
RabI' II., A.H. 1001 (A.D. 1593).

[SiE HENBY C. RAWLINSON.]

The cosmography of Siraj al-Dln Abu
Hafs 'Umar Ibn al-Wardi. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 611a.

Beg.

This copy does not give the author's
name, and the above title is only found in
the colophon. The text agrees with the
editions printed in Cairo, A.H. 1300 and
1302 ; but the passage stating the date of
composition, A.H. 822, is wanting. The
author died A.H. 850. See Pertsch, vol. i.,
p. 304.

The poem on the resurrection, by 'Abd
al-'Aziz B. Ahmad al-Dmni (d. A.H. 694 ;
v. no. 235, and Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, no.
533), entitled j^j \±~}\fi &j£\\jd\ "^
with which the editions and most MSS.
conclude, is here followed by a table for
calculating the chances of victory : ,j Jj^
*_>j)4^ ._*5\i5\ ^L^, fol. 1376, and by the
verses of Ibn al-Habbariyyah (Muh. B.
Salih, d. A.H. 504 ; Ibn Khallikan, vol. iii.,
p. 150) on the game of chess, foil. 138a-139a.
(The same additions are noticed by Nicoll,
p. 227, and by Pertsch, no. 1514.) A map
of the world occupies two opposite pages,
foil. 86, 9a.

Copyist :

3 r 2

476

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

A detailed table of contents by a later
hand occupies foil. 2 — 5.

On the fly-leaf is written : " Bought by
me at Baghdad, March 20, 1846. H. Raw-
linson."

For other copies see Pertsch, no. 1514;
the Paris Catalogue, nos. 2188—2206;
Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 225, Institut,
no. 66 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 46, &c.

702.

Or. 4637.— Foil. 157 ; 8 in. by 5J; 21 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in small and distinct
Neskhi, with red-ruled margins ; dated
Wednesday, 25 Sha'ban, A.H. 1035 (A.D.
1626). [LANE.]

Another copy of the Kharidat al-'Aja'ib,
with the following title :

It has the same additions as the preceding
copy, and a rudely drawn map of the world
occupying two opposite pages, foil. 3, 4.

Topography.

703.

Or. 3601.— Foil. 95 ; 8£ in. by 5J; 17 lines,
3-g- in. long; written in Neskhi; dated
6 Rabr II., A.H. 1305 (A.D. 1887).

[SIDNEY CHURCHILL.]

A description of the glories and beauties
of Isfahan, with copious poetical extracts,
without title or author's name.

Beg.

The anonymous author calls Isfahan his
birthplace, and designates his work only by
the name of Risalah. He begins by quoting
some Hadiths relating to Isfahan, and some
legends about its name and origins, extracted
from the yl^i-o^ i_A^of Hamzah al-Isfahani,
(v. Fihrist, p. 139, and Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 108). He then proceeds to mention the
advantages of its climate, the beauties of
the surrounding sites, and to enumerate its
celebrated men ; but he confines himself
mostly to a dry list of names, foil. 24 — 30.
There is no division into chapters, or any
methodical arrangement of the contents.
But they include some interesting notices
relating to the principal buildings of Isfahan;
and to some historical events in its history.

The work was written in the latter half of
the fifth century, or, more precisely, between
A.H. 465 and 485 ; for the author refers to
Malik Shah as the reigning sovereign, and
speaks of his celebrated Wazir, Nizam al-
Mulk, as being still at the height of his
power (foil. 78a, 791). But he bestows
most of his eulogies upon his special patron,
Fakhr al-Mulk Nusrat al-Din Abu'1-Fath
al-Muzaffar (probably Fakhr al-Mulk Abu '1-
Muzaffar, son of Nizam al-Mulk), who ap-
pears to have been then in command at
Isfahan. The work concludes with a number
of Kasidahs composed in the latter's praise by
the author and by some contemporary poets.

It is to be regretted that the transcript of
that early and rare work should be so in-
correct as to be often quite unintelligible.

Copyist : jUla^ UU. ^i*>.

704.

Or. 3392.— Foil. 62 ; lOf in. by 7; 11 lines,

TOPOGRAPHY.

477

4f in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi,
with all the vowels, and with gold headings ;
dated middle of Jumada II., A.H. 904
(A.D. 1498). [SIDNEY CHURCHILL.]

An abridgment by Muhammad B. Abi '1-
Fath Muh. al-Sufi al-Shafi'i, of the descrip-
tion of Egypt, entitled tiJdUV i_J^/ iijjj

tilMlj JyJaH v\#j, by Ghars al-Dm Khalil
B. Shahln al-Zahiri.

The following title is written on the first
page in white, within an illuminated blue
and gold border :

The author says that he wrote this abridg-
ment by order of one whose commands he
was bound to obey, and that he left out
most of the narrative matter, as belonging
properly to historical works.

The work is divided into twelve Babs,
•with the following headings :

JFol. 26.

c

Fol. 28a.

icli'\

Fol. 38a.

- ..
Fol. 39a. Al

1.

2.

3.

4.

Fol. 46a.

Fol. 47a.

Fol. 53J.

Fol. 555.

Fol. 606.

Fol. 616. iaj

Fol. 64a.

Fol. 656.

J\

6.

L? 7.

i 4 8.

*1 J 9-

10.

12.

The present MS. is the autograph of the
abbreviator, as appears from the colophon :

xa51

JUS «JJl

The second Bab includes a chronological
table of the Sultans of Egypt, foil. 31—33,
from Barkuk, A.H. 784, to the reigning
Sultan, al-Malik al-Zahir Abu Sa'id Kansauh
al-Ashrafi, who succeeded on the 17th of
Rabi' I., A.H. 904.

Khalil B. Shahln al-Zahiri, an Egyptian
Amir, author of the original work, and of a
book on dreams (Arabic Catalogue, p. 345a),
died A.H. 873. See the Berlin Catalogue,
no. 4272, and, for copies of the Zubdah,

478

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

Uri, no. 753, s ; the Paris Catalogue, no.
2258 ; and Houtsma, no. 263. It has been
translated by Venture de Paradis (v. Cardin,
Journal de Gabarti, p. 114, note). The same
scholar stated the contents of the work in
Volney's Voyage, vol. i., p. 247. Some
extracts have been given by Quatremere,
Histoire des Sultans Mamlouks, vol. ii.,
part 2, p. 91. Compare also Pertsch, Gotha
Catalogue, nos. 1525, 4, and 1657.

The present abridgment is mentioned by
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 538, and vol. iv.,
p. 106, under Sjiu»51, but without the author's
name.

705.

Or. 1559.— Foil. 99 ; 8£ in. by 4f ; 23 lines,
2f in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi, with red and blue headings, ap-
parently in the 15th century.

[SiR HENET C. RAWLINSON.]

A work describing the beauties of Da-
mascus, with copious poetical quotations, by
Abu '1-Tuka Abu Bakr B. 'Abdallah al-Badri
al-Dimashki al-Shafi'i.

Beg.

The above title is found in the preface,
fol. 3a ; but the author's name does not
appear in the text. It occurs in the follow-
ing title written in red and blue on the
first page by the same hand as the text :

sic ,*J]\ ^t

In the body of the work, when quoting
his own verses, the author designates himself
only by his Nisbah, al-Badri.

In the preface he says that he wrote the
present work far away from his native place,
Damascus, at the request of a friend not
named, who had become enamoured of that
city by hearsay. The work is not divided
into chapters. After mentioning the his-
torical glories of Damascus, the beauties of
its monuments, and the memories attached
to them, the author dwells at greater length
on its produce, describing in full its fruits,
vegetables and flowers, and the beauties of
some sites in the environs, with appropriate
poetical quotations. He concludes with a
short review of the tombs of celebrated
and holy men buried in its cemeteries.

The verses are mostly due to poets of the
8th and 9th centuries of the Hijrah. In some
instances the writer had received them from
the lips of the authors. This is especially
the case with Shams al-Dm al-Nawaji (foil.
19a, 205, &c.), who died A.H. 859, and with
Du '1-Wizaratain Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B.
Abi '1-Kasim al-Khaluf al-Tunusi (foil. 41<7,
44a, 45&), who is spoken of as still living
(he wrote about A.H. 874 ; see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 492, in., and Ahlwardt, Ver-
zeichniss, no. ccxxiv.). Kayitbai, who reigned
A.H. 873—901, is referred to, foil. 196, as
the reigning Sultan.

Two other works written in Egypt about
that time are due to the same author, viz.,

_lf^M t>y>-$\ «_Juoj ,j -J-x-aN 'ijf-, composed
A.H. 871 (v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 654b),
and iij»aJ\ Jj^4^ <j &>.j&2\ £^,\, the autograph
draft of which is dated A.H. 880 (v. the
Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 298, and
vol. i., no. 999). In the latter MS. the
author's name appears in the same form as
above. Haj. Khal., who mentions the present
work, vol. vi., p. 323, calls the author Abu '1-
Baka 'Abdallah B. Muh. al-Badri. He has
been followed by Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue,
vol. ii., p. 133, and by De Slane, Paris

TOPOGRAPHY.

479

Catalogue, no. 2253, 2. In a copy of the
Nuzhat al-Anam, noticed in the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 165, the author is called
Taki al-DIn Abu '1-Sidk Abu Bakr B. Muh.,
known as 'Abdallah al-Badri al-Misri al-
Shafi'i. A similar name is given by Haj.
Khal. under two other works of the same
writer, vol. iii., p. 605, and vol. iv., p. 311.

The last leaf of the original MS. is lost.
It has been supplied by a few lines written
A.H. 1224

706.

Or. 3035.— Foil. 99 ; 6 in. by 4J- ; 13 lines,
3 in. long ; written in Neskhi, A.D. 1850.

[KREMER, no. 34.]

An account of the schools, convents, and
shrines of Damascus, abridged by 'Abd al-
Basit al-'Almawi from the work of Muhyi
al-DIn Abu '1-Mafakhir al-Nu'aimi entitled

Beg. jj

The work is divided into eleven Babs and
a Khatimah, as follows : 1. &\j&\ jj* ijt
fol. 2a ; 2. C-o^ ^ j, fol. 4a ; 3. o-j^ <j
watm, fol. 10a ; 4. UiU ^j* j, fol. 306 ;
5. aJ^m (_j-,^ ,j, fol. 47«; 6. o-,^ <j
•bUAi, fol. 48a ; 7. «_-l^ o-j^ j, fol. 536 ;
8. jSljU J, fol. 546; 9. Oli9bJ5\ j, fol. 63a;
10. lA,jM 0J, fol. 646' ; 11. t-^jM J, fol. 706;
^^ J Ulii, fol. 856.

The contents agree with those of a MS.
dated A.H. 979 and described in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 442a ; but there are some
passages, not found in the earlier copy, in
which occur dates as late as A.H. 970
(fol. 42a) and A.H. 974 (fol. 97a), evidently
posterior to the first redaction. From one

of these additions, fol. 94a, we learn that
the author's father, Sharaf al-Din Musa al-
'Almawi, was Khatib of the Jami' al-Hajib
in Damascus, A.H. 875—921; that at the
latter date the author himself, who was then
only fourteen years old, recited a Khutbah
in that mosque ; and that he afterwards
succeeded to his father's office.

A copy of the original work of Zain al-
Dm 'Abd al-Kadir B. Muh. al-Nu'aimi is
described by Aumer, Munich Catalogue,
no. 387. The author, who is designated as
the historian of Damascus, and one of its
first traditionists, was born A.H. 845, and
died A.H. 927; v. supra, no. 487. The
present abridgment is noticed by Kremer,
Zeitschrift der D. Morg. Ges., vol. ix.,
p. 267, and has been utilised by him for his
" Topographic von Damascus."

707.

Or. 2920.— Foil. 124 ; 9f in. by 6£ ; about
23 lines, 4J in. long ; written in a rude
Neskhi; dated (fol. 1026) 20 Eajab, A.H.
1260 (A.D. 1844).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

A nautical almanack, containing tables of
longitude and latitude for the coasts of the
Indian Ocean, of the Persian Gulf, and of
the Red Sea, tables of the Latin months and
of the signs of the Zodiac, and directions for
nautical observations. These last are chiefly
contained in a chapter which occupies foil.
109 — 120, and begins as follows : ^ *—>V

On the fly-leaf at the end is written:
" Found in a slave dow captured off Ras El
Had, and condemned."

480

SCIENCES.

SCIENCES.

Encyclopaedias .

708.

Or. 4518.— Foil. 402 ; 11£ in. by 7 ; 27 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, with
'Unwan and gold-ruled margins ; dated
Thursday, 26 Rajab, A.H. 1094 (A.D. 1683).
[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The well-known philosophical encyclo-
paedia of the Ikhwan al-Safa, or Sincere
Brethren, compiled about A.H. 350.

The work has been printed by Nur al-
Dln Jlwa Khan in four volumes, Bombay,
A.H. 1305-6. For our knowledge of its
contents we are chiefly indebted to Fr.
Dieterici, who has published its most im-
portant parts in the text under the title
" Die Abhandlungen der Ichwan es-Safa in
Auswahl," Leipzig, 1883 — 6, and has given
translations of the most important parts in
various publications to which the readers
will be referred further on. For the authors
and their time, see Fliigel, Zeitschrift der D.
Morg. Ges., vol. xiii., pp. 1 — 43, and Die-
terici, Philosophie der Araber, pp. 141 — 151.

Beg. <«JJ

•)\ *

The contents are as follows :

Fol. 16. Synopsis of the fifty-one treatises,
\j^ J>V^ Ll^-j^fl)^ as published by
Dieterici in his "Abhandlungen in Auswahl,"
pp. 624 — 635, and translated by him in the
" Streit zwischen Mensch und Thier," pp.

221 — 236, and in Der Philosophie der Araber
im X. Jahrhundert, pp. 131 — 137.

Fol. 5a. I. The first treatise, on Arith-
metic, ^Jui^U'^l &•*) JjlN. Published, with
some omissions, in the "Auswahl," pp. 255 —
292, and translated in " Die Propaadeutik
der Araber," pp. 1—22. Beg. ^ 4)

Fol. lla. II. Introduction to Geometry,
JL-»jj$M fJs- jj\ J.*>A\ (j SoliJl D^j-M. Partly
edited in the "Auswahl," pp. 292—301, and
translated, " Propaedeutik," pp. 23 — 45.

Fol. 176. III. Astronomy, Ley_jk-}N SUj.
Published in extract, "Auswahl," pp. 113 —
124, and translated, " Propa3deutik," pp.
46 — 85. The latter portion, treating of
astrology, appears in the MS. as a separate
appendix following upon the conclusion of
the astronomical treatise, Dl-^l d-v.

Fol. 28a. IV. Geography, ofc_, x*)\J\ 2\*j\
(jo^ 'ijyo ^»o. Ui^i?-. Published in extract,
"Auswahl," pp. 59 — 65; translated, "Propa3-
deutik," pp. 86—99. The tables of longitude
and latitude differ considerably from the fac-
similes at the end of the last work.

Fol. 34a. V. Music, Ji*->^U J *-«^ 2U.M.
Edited, " Auswahl," pp. 301—331 ; trans-
lated, " Propjedeutik," pp. 100—153.

Fol. 50a. VI. Numerical relations, 2L*^\
Sjj4ijJ^ t_ju-jJI ^ L«>iiL.^. "Auswahl," pp.
331—344 ; " Propgedeutik," pp. 154—168.

Fol. 54a. VII. Theoretical sciences,

>

«_>

Extract in "Auswahl," pp. 239 — 254; trans-
lation in the " Logik und Psychologic der
Araber," pp. 1—18.

Fol. 59a. VIII. Practical sciences or Arts,
iuU*!) £_>.L:«aN ij JL-cll)\ D\.->pl. Extract in
"Auswahl," pp. 225—239; translation in
" Logik und Psychologie," pp. 85 — 101.

Fol. 64a. IX. Diversity of characters and

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS.

481

Ethics, j^U.^ i_J&ki-1 J Lu-USl SUjM. Extract
in "Auswahl," pp. 396 — 436; translation
in "Logik und Psychologie," pp. 102 — 173.

Fol. 90a. X. Logic, (_r9-^\^\ *5Luj x^i>U)l.
Text in " Auswahl," pp. 345 — 355 ; trans-
lation, "Logik und Psychologie," pp. 19 — 32.

Fol. 936. XI. The categories, UL-j,
^Uj^JLjklalJJ. Translated in " Logik und
Psychologie," pp. 33 — 43; text in "Auswahl,"
pp. 355—364.

Fol.96a. XII. Hermeneuticaj^UJ^;^ «3L*j.
Text in " Auswahl," pp. 364—369 ; trans-
lation in " Logik und Psychologie," pp.
44—50.

Fol. 98a. XIII. Analytica Priora, 2L*,
J^\ ViukjJy 1. Text in "Auswahl," pp. 369-
376 ; translation in " Logik und Psychologie,"
pp. 51—59.

Fol. 1006. Analytica Posteriora, ^VJiM ^J
(jUjJI, forming in this copy the second part
of the preceding treatise. Text in ' ' Auswahl,"
pp. 376 — 395 ; translation in " Logik und
Psychologie," pp. 60—84.

Fol. 1066. XIV. The first treatise of
Kism II., or Physica, treating of matter
and form, motion, place, and time, ^U^ — JiM

Text in " Auswahl," pp. 24 — 42 ; translation
in " Naturanschauung und Naturphilosophie
der Araber," 1861, pp. 1—23.

Fol. 1116. XV. On heaven, the universe,
and the spheres, A»*J\ ^j

Extract in " Auswahl," pp. 97 — 113 ; trans-
lation in " Naturanschauung," pp. 24 — 54.

Fol. 1186. XVII. On existence and decay,
or the four elements, ^ jZs- L^U-M SJLw^

oL^lj (J^J\. Text in " Auswahl," pp. 71-
77; translation in " Naturanschauung," pp.
55—65.

Folv121a. XVII. Meteorology,
ijUNjWl J jLs.&*>\J>\. Extract in "Auswahl,"
pp. 77 — 97 ; translation in " Naturanschau-
ung," pp. 66—94.

Fol. 1276. XVIII. Mineralogy, JLJL,p\
j*\£ Ljj 0M\ ^^ L&S J jts. ii-UJI
J\ \J»j*}j»- t-J^li-^ i)*j *;JJ»«11 Extract in
" Auswahl," pp. 125 — 139 ; translation in
" Naturanschauung," pp. 95 — 140.

Fol.- 139o. XIX. On nature and its
activity, iua/j i«jaU^ JufcU. ^J jLz Lo*>U\ aV-^1
Loj5» a^\ J IflJWl. Text in "Auswahl,"
pp. 43 — 58 ; translation in " Naturanschau-
ung," pp. 141—160.

Fol. 1436. XX. Botanic, J &s^\ ~^}\
\p-\j\j OljJJ\ o-Ua-). Extract in " Auswahl,"
pp. 139 — 154 ; translation in " Naturan-
schauung," pp. 161 — 190.

Fol. 1506. XXI. Zoology, L»& UUpl
O\i \jjkil <_jli<fl\ ^ yjjt.*}^. This treatise
includes the celebrated apologue on the
dispute between man and the animals (foil.
1566 — 1966) which has been printed in
Calcutta, 1812 ; re-edited by Dieterici,
1879; and translated by him, with the
title "Der Streit zwischen Thier und
Mensch," 1858. For the first, or scientific,
portion of the treatise, see " Auswahl," pp.
155 — 170, and for the translation, "Natur-
anschauung," pp. 191 — 216.

Fol. 196a. XXII. On the composition of
man's body, j—U t-*i-^-> ,J. Extract in
" Auswahl," pp. 186 — 195 ; translation in
"Die Anthropologie der Araber," 1871,
pp. 1—19.

Fol. 200i. XXIII. On sensual percep-
tion, I^LJ^-^" o-^ii ii)^i5\ tMuf (J. Extract
in "Auswahl," pp. 196 — 211; translation
in "Anthropologie," pp. 20 — 40.

Fol. 208a. XXIV. The human embryo,
the junction of the soul with it, and the
3 Q

482

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influences of the planets, HLiM ka—e ^J
J\ \$> Lrflji\ \s\jj L&^j. Extract in " Auswahl,"
pp. 171 — 186 ; translation in " Anthropo-
logie," pp. 64—98.

Fol. 2176. XXV. Man as Microcosm, J
ji^o ^ ^LJ^ *U$CU Jy j*,. Text in
" Auswahl," pp. 454 — 475 ; translation in
" Anthropologie," pp. 41 — 63.

Fol. 2236. XXVI. Growth of the indi-
vidual SOuls, ^ *>jj-^ (j^0^\ j£> &*&/ ^

i^ioJl iSL-a.1^. Translation in "Anthropo-
logie," pp. 99—108.

Fol. 2266. XXVII. Limits of human
knowledge, Jl ^JjUil ^ ^LJ^l BU» w\ju ^
sj». Translation in "Anthropologie," pp.
109—119.

Fol. 230a. XXVIII. Life and death, J
'ij^j Oji) 'L^a- LjbU. Translation, ib.} pp.
120—134.

Jol. 2346. XXIX. Pleasure and pain,
f$y\3 oUM LifcU (J. Translation, ib., pp.
135—158.

Fol. 242a. XXX. Diversity of speech,
oUiM ,_J!^\ Jifi. ^j. Translation, ib., pp.
159—221. The text of the MS. is consider-
ably shorter than Dieterici's translation, from
which it differs very materially.

Fol. 2466. XXXI. The theory of Pytha-
goras as to the origin of beings, Lf^lf* ^
U^liJ J\j J* obj».jl1. This is the first
treatise of Kism III. See, for the text,
"Auswahl," pp. 437 — 446, and for trans-
lation, " Die Lehre von der Weltseele bei den
Arabern," 1872, pp. 1—10.

Fol. 250a. XXXII. On the rational origins
according to the modern, ^ ^ LJuU5\ (jt\A,\ ,j
tl>W^. Extract in "Auswahl," pp. 1 — 14 ;
translation in "Weltseele," pp. 11—27.

There is at fol. 252a an extensive lacuna
without any apparent break in the text.
The lost portion consists of the latter part

of Treatise XXXII., from a passage corre-
sponding to " Auswahl," from p. 5, line 13, to
theend; of the whole of Treatise XXXIII., on
the Macrocosm (" Auswahl," pp. 446 — 454 ;
" Weltseele," pp. 27—36) ; and of the initial
portion of the next following Treatise. The
missing portion occupies ten leaves in the
next copy, Or. 2359, foil. 53—62, and
thirty-one pages in the Bombay edition,
vol. iii., pp. 8 — 39.

Fol. 252a. XXXIV. On reason and its
object ; imperfect at the beginning. Extract
in "Auswahl," pp. 211 — 224; translation in
" Weltseele," pp. 37 — 51. The extant portion
begins with a passage corresponding with
" Auswahl," p. 214, line 14.

Fol. 2556. XXXV. Orbits and revolutions
of the stars, jV*% }^i>\ ^>. Text in
"Auswahl," pp. 475 — 492; translation in
" Weltseele," pp. 52—69.

Fol. 2606. XXXVI. The nature of love,
j±*J\ LifcU. <J. Text in "Auswahl," pp.
493 — 507 ; translation in " Weltseele," pp.
70—84.

Fol. 265a. XXXVII. On resurrection,
JUUoJ\5 eL-*j^ Ltolo ^J. See "Auswahl," pp.
507—523, and " Weltseele," pp. 85—115.

Fol. 274a. XXXVIII. On various kinds
of motion, uu^U <_>-U») IL*&^ (J. See " Aus-
wahl," pp. 524—541, and " Weltseele," pp.
116—136.

Fol. 2796. XXXIX. Cause and effect,
O^U\j JW\ J. See " Auswahl," pp. 541—
576, and " Weltseele," pp. 137—174.

Fol.290a. XL. Definitions, ^.^jjjii J.
See " Auswahl," pp. 577—592, and " Welt-
seele," pp. 17—196.

Fol. 294a. XLI. : the first treatise of
Kism IV. On doctrines and religions, ^i

Fol. 3306. XLII. The way to God, J

A\ J\ JJ

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453

Fol. 333a. XLIII. Doctrine of the Ikhwan
al-Safa as to the immortality of the soul,

Text in " Auswahl," pp. 592—609 ;
an abridged translation in " Philosophic der
Araber im X. Jahrhundert," pp. 87 — 110.

Fol. 339. XLIV. Social life and mutual
helpfulness of the Ikhwan al-Safa, y'y^ 'ij^f-
L±*j (•&«i*J uJ^J Ui-aM- Text in "Auswahl,"
pp. 609—623.

Fol. 345. XLV. The nature of faith and
the qualities of the believers, W

Fol. 3616. XLVI. Divine law and pro-

**

phecy, Xjjjj\ \v\J*j ^^ o-jx>UM iufcl* ^

Fol. 369a. XLVII. The call to God and
to holiness of life,j_c jJJl Jl

Fol. 3835. XLVIII. Action of the spiritual
beings, ujj3Wjj)\ JUi\ iLi-i' ^.i

Fol. 389a. XLIX. Various kinds of govern-
ment and classes of the subjects, c\yl "Ls^ ^

Fol. 395a. L. Order of the universe, ^
ij*»\> (JU\ .x^ Lflj^. Text in "Auswahl,"
pp. 15 — 23; translation in " Der Darwinismus
im zehnten und neunzehnten Jahrhundert,"
1878, pp. 215—228.

Fol. 39 7 a. LI. Magic, spells, witchcraft,

&C., J\ l&

Copyist :

A note at the end, in the hand of the
scribe, states that the MS. had been collated ;
another that it was made a Wakf by Sayyid
Ahmad B. Sa'id B. Khalfan al-Busa'Idi.

For other copies of the original work, or
of the Spanish recension of al-Majriti, see
Uri, nos. 871, 883, 904, 989 ; Casiri, no. 923 ;
Aumer, nos. 652 — 55 ; the Paris Catalogue,

nos. 2303 — 6 ; the Vienna Catalogue, no. 1 ;
the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 94 ; Pertsch,
no. 157 ; and the Leyden Catalogue, second
edition, vol. i., p. 2. A Persian abridgment,
entitled iXU J^«f, is described by Bthe,
Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1492.

709-10.

Or. 2338 and 2359.— Two uniform volumes,
consisting respectively of 276 and 321 folios,
10 in. by 6^ ; 25 lines, 3f in. long ; written
in fair Neskhi, with 'Unwans and gold-
ruled margins, dated 27 Safar, A.H. 1088
(A.D. 1677).

[SAYYID 'An, OF HAIDAEABAD.]

Another copy of the Treatises of the
Ikhwan al-Safa. Each treatise has its
'Unwan, with its ordinal number written in
white on a gold ground.

Contents of the first volume :

Fol. 1. Synopsis of the Treatises. The
latter part, foil. 3 — 9, has been supplied by
a modern scribe, Muhammad 'Abd al-Rah-
man Bihari.

Fol. 10. A short notice of the five authors
of the work, who are called : 1. Abu '1-
Hasan 'Ali B. Raminas al-'Aufi. 2. Muh.
B. Mas'ud al-Makdisi. 3. Abu Ahmad al-
Nahrajuri al-Busti. 4. Zaid B. Rifa'ah.
5. 'Ali B. Harun al-Sabi. It is followed by
the dialogue of Abu Hayyan 'Ali B. Ahmad
al-Tauhidi, with the Wazir Samsam al-
Daulah, as translated by Dieterici, "Philoso-
phic der Araber," pp. 144 — 6.

Foil. 11 — 276. The first twenty-six trea-
tises in the same order as in the preceding
MS.

Beg. Jb**\ i^,iM »jU& J6- f^Uj «U J-4A

In this volume the number of treatises is
3Q2

484

SCIENCES.

raised to twenty-seven, because the Analytica
Posteriora, which forms the second part of
Treatise XIII., is counted as a separate
treatise, and called the fourteenth. This is
also the case in the Bombay edition, vol. i.,
p. 131.

In the latter part of the volume there are
some transpositions. The contents must be
taken in the following order : —

XXII. Composition of the human body
(here called the 23rd), foil. 2516—256.

XXIII. Sensual perception, foil. 2566 —
260, 240-241.

XXIV. Development of the embryo, foil.
2426—250, 261—265.

XXV. Microcosmos, foil. 2656—272.

XXVI. (numbered as the 27th). Indi-
vidual souls, foil. 2726—276.

Contents of the second volume, Or. 2359 :

1. Treatises XXVII. — LI., designated in
the headings as 28th— 52nd, foil. 1—261.

2. An additional treatise, called the 53rd,
on the art of divination, and on judicial
astrology, foil. 2626—307.

Beg. wl *i

3. Another synopsis of the 51 treatises,
more detailed than the first ; by a later
hand.

711.

Or. 2873.— Foil. 248; 12 Jin. by 7J; 25 lines,
4 in. long ; written in small and close Nes-
talik; dated Shahjahan-abad (Delhi), Dul-
ka'dah, A.H. 1072 (A.D. 1662).

The second part, or Physica, of the great
philosophical Encyclopaedia of Abu 'Ali al-
Husain B. 'Abdallah Ibn Sina, entitled
Kitab al-Shifa.

Beg. &

This volume comprises the eight books
(Fann) into which the Tabi'iyyat, or Physica,
are divided. Their divisions are as follows :

Fann I., comprising four Makalahs, viz.,

1. oU^j-U) t/aUil, v1*"^ J, fol. 26 ; 2. J

^\^ (Jj£ ^j ^> fol. 18a; 3. On the
properties of bodies, as quantity, divisibility,
&c., fol. 40a ; 4. On accidents, or transitory
conditions, j^\ >jj» \J»^f- (J, fol. 586.

Fann II. On heaven and the universe,
fol. 75a.

Fann III. Existence and decay,
fol. 87a.

Fann IV. O^\*ii^!\j JUi^H J, in two
Makalahs, beginning at foil. 1056 and 112a.

Fann V. h^\ J3^\ ^J, in two Makalahs,
beginning at foil. 11 5a and 120a.

Fann VI., treating of man, his soul,
senses, and faculties, in five Makalahs, be-
ginning as follows : 1. fol. 128a ; 2. fol.
1356; 3. fol. 441a; 4. fol. 1526; and 5.
fol. 1586.

Fann VII. On plants, fol. 169a.

Fann VIII. On animals, foil. 175a— 2486.
It is divided into nineteen Makalahs. The
following are those the headings of which
appear in the text: 3. fol. 1816; 4. fol. 184a;
5. fol. 186a; 6. fol. 1876; 8. fol. 193a ;
9. fol. 1976 ; 12. fol. 2056 ; 13. fol. 2196 ;
14. fol. 2296 ; 15. fol. 240a ; 16. fol. 243a ;
17. fol. 245a; 18. fol. 246a; 19. fol. 2476.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS.

485

The copyist, 'Abdallah, says in the colo-
phon that he was not very proficient in
Arabic, and he begs to be excused for errors
of transcription. In the margins of foil.
18a, 4Ga, 586, &c., there are colophons,
apparently transcribed from the original MS.,
which was dated Samarkand, A.H. 802.

For other MSS. of the Shifa see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 745a ; Nicoll, Bodleian
Catalogue, p. 5816 ; the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iii., pp. 315 — 9 ; Loth, nos. 475 — 7 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 99.

712.

Or. 1556.— Foil. 160 ; 8J in. by 6 ; 25 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Sunday, 13 Safar, A.H. 1130 (A.D. 1718).
[SiR HENEY C. RAWLINSON.]

A popular encyclopaedia, containing in-
structions on religious belief and observances,
on morals and politics, on the curiosities of
nature and of various countries, lastly,
historical notices and miscellaneous informa-
tion ; by Jamal al-Din Abu 'Abdallah Mu-
hammad B. Ahmad al-Kazwmi.

Beg.

The author's name is found in the follow-
ing title, prefixed by the hand of the copyist :

*l

The same name occurs in one of the Paris
MSS., De Slane, nos. 2334—7. In the
Museum copy noticed in the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 338t>, the author is only designated
as al-Kazwini al-Shafi'i, and in the Grotha

MS., no. 173, he is only called al-Kazwini,
while in the Catalogue of the Burckhardt
MSS., no 21, he appears as Abu Bakr al-
Khuwarazmi. An anonymous copy is noticed
in the Khedive's Catalogue, vol. vii., p. 701.
Whatever his name may be, the author
lived apparently in the sixth century of the
Hijrah, and wrote after A.H. 527; for he
received a tradition, as stated fol. 158«,
from Jalal al-Din Abu '1-Kasim 'Ali B.
Ya'la, pf whom he speaks as dead. A tra-
ditionist of that name, a native of Herat,
went to Kazwin A.H. 523, stayed there
some years, and died A.H. 527. See Tad-
win, Add. 21,468, fol. 4396, and Kamil,
vol. xi., p. 5.

The work consists of thirty-two sections
called Kitab. A full table of them, and of
the chapters (Bab) which they comprise,
occupies the last eight pages of the preface,
foil. 4 — 8. The Kitabs are as follows :
, fol. 8a; 2.

fol. 13a ; 3. aLJI J, fol. 19 a ; 4. c-Jj/H J,
fol. 226 ; 5. lj&\ J* djb J, fol. 29a ; 6. J
UiJlj ^\ jjrty, fol. 376 ; 7. r^U^ i-M J'
fol. 42a; 8. &\^\ J, fol. 46J; 9. O^>li^ J,
fol. 52a ; 10.j>\£ Li^ J, fol. 566 ; 11. J
fiXSW, fol. 58a; 12. «_^y^\ 4*^* J> fol. 596;
13. l^JliT, UiJI iaj^ J, fol. 67a ; 14. x^L. J
5JJU\, fol. 71a; 15. ^ JiUA J, fol. 786;
16. jyiU J, fol. 846; 17. >^ ^ J,
fol. 89a ; 18. ^}\ t^\s>3 ^^ ^f- J,
fol. 97a ; 19. VJU» J(sly J, fol. 1006 ; 20. J
LJJ) ijZ*, fol. 1046; 21. JJaLJI J, fol. 108a;
22. ?,y\ jy\ J, fol. 116a ; 23. ^,\3\ J,
fol. 1246; 24. uSJjWj-. J, fol. 1316; 25. J
eiJjUM LSbU-j «_^i, fol. 135a; 26.^^31 J,
fol. 139a; 27. yUUN t-^V J, fol. 143o;

486

SCIENCES.

28. u.ljii J, fol. 149«; 29. uy
fol. 1506; 30. »U)\ J, fol. 1536; 81.
fol. 155a; 32. w\-jH>-T yii J, fol. 158o.

Copyist: ^.

For other copies see Pertsch, Gotha Cata-
logue, no. 173, and Houtsma, no. 146.

In the last MS. the author is called, as in
the Cambridge copy, Abu 'Abdallah Abu
Bakr al-Khuwarazmi.

713.

Or. 3140.— Foil. 216 ; 8£ in. by 6} ; 25 lines,
3y in. long ; written in Neskhi; dated Wed-
nesday, 4 Sha'ban, A.H. 1150 (A.D. 1737).

[KEEMEE, no. 150.]

Another copy of the preceding work.

A title written by the same hand as the
text contains the same author's name as the
last MS.

Copyist :

714.

Or. 1035.— Foil. 221 ; 9J in. by 6£ ; 16 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated 5 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1254 (A.D. 1839).

A volume of the vast encyclopaedia of
al-Nuwairi, with the following spurious title

on the first page : ^j o

,»

The author's name is found, but slightly

disfigured, in the first lines of the text :

J\S

The famous Egyptian historian and poly-
graph, Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B. 'Abd al-
Wahhab B. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Da'im al-
Nuwairi, died on the 21st of Ramadan,
A.H. 733. See al-Durar al-Kaminah, fol.
366 ; Orientalia, vol. ii., p. 358 ; and Husn
al-Muhadarah, vol. i., p. 320. The contents
of his voluminous encyclopedia, entitled
<_ji>^l yjii J <-r'j'^ *?.V> have been fully
stated by De Goeje, Leyden Catalogue, 2nd
ed., vol. i., pp. 5 — 18. For MSS. see ib.,
the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1573 — 9, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 170.

The present volume contains Fann IV.,
treating of plants and trees, divided into five
Kisins, the headings of which are given in
Arabic by De Goeje, I.e., pp. 9-10. They
begin as follows :

Fol. 3a.

Fol. 41a.
Fol. 876.
Fol. 1226.
Fol. 1586.

The fifth Kism comprises eleven Babs ; but
the present copy breaks off before the end
of the ninth Bab, which treats of decoctions
and extracts, and begins, fol. 214a : t-.)^

J1

ENCYCLOPEDIAS.

487

715.

Or. 3143.— Foil. 38; 7f in. by 5|; 23 lines,
2f in. long ; written in small Nestalik, ap-
parently in the 18th century.

[KEEMEE, no. 153.]

Definitions of the technical terms used in
twenty-one sciences.

Beg. «J£ <->^*ii &>• «-Afcl»5 (j»Jk5 ,_yjj\ «J

\9 AiO U . . . .

After dwelling on the importance of a
right understanding of scientific terms, and
on the fact that words do not bear the same
meanings in different sciences, the author
says that he had gathered the materials of
the present work from the lips of his masters
and from books, while he was engaged in
study, and that he was prevailed upon by
the instances of a friend to collect them into
the present book, comprising twenty-one
Babs, in each of which a special science is
defined, and its technical terms explained.
The scope of the work is described as follows :

Oil U

\jj\j

The preface ends with a dedication to
Shah Shuja', the Muzaffari prince, who
reigned A.H. 760—786 : ____ jee

sU, -l j>\ . . . ^.^j UiJlj jU

li)UaLJ\

We can, therefore, disregard the following
modern title prefixed to the MS., as far as it
ascribes the work to Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti,
who lived a full century later :

JUS «U

The real author is probably al-Sayyid al-
Sharlf «Ali B. Muh. al-Jurjani (d. A.H. 816),
who was appointed by Shah Shuja', A.H. 779,
teacher in the Dar al-Shifa, Shiraz, and
occupied that post for ten years. See the
Persian Catalogue, p. 522a. This conjec-
ture is borne out by striking verbal coinci-
dences, in some passages of the present work
with the dictionary of scientific terms,
O\ii^£-M, of the same author. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 230.

The following are the sciences dealt with
in the 21 Babs : 1. Exegesis, fol. 4«.
2. Tradition, fol. 5a. Law, fol. 6a. 4. The
bases of law (Usul al-Fikh), fol. 86.
5. Scholastic theology (Usul al-Kalam),
fol. 10a. 6. Dialectics, fol. 1 la. 7. Syntax,
fol. 12a. 8. Grammar, fol. 136. 9. Rhetoric,
fol. 14a. 10. Prosody, fol. 176. 11. Logic,
fol. 19a. 12. Philosophy, fol. 216. 13. Astro-
nomy (al-Hai'ah), fol. 23a. 14. Geometry,
fol. 24a. 15. Arithmetic, fol. 256. 16. Fi-
nances (al-Istlfa), fol. 26a. 17. Music, fol.
27a. 18. Astrology, fol. 28a. 19. Medicine,
fol. 29a. 20. Ethics, fol. 32i. 21. Sufism,
foil. 36o—386.

The Arabic headings have been given by
Kremer, " Meine Sammlung," p. 63.

716.

Or. 3141.— Foil. 63 ; 13 in. by 8 ; 21 lines,
6 J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi in seven
columns, alternately red and black, probably
in the 19th century. [KEEMEB, no. 151.]

The curiously combined treatises on law,

488

SCIENCES.

prosody, history, grammar, and rhyme, of
Sharaf al-Dm Isma'il B. Abi Bakr B. 'Abd-
allah al-Mukri al-Husaini al-Shawari al-
Shafi'i.

Beg.

ryb

j

AflU-

The author was born, A.H. 755, in Abyat
Husain, district of Surdad, Yemen, and
taught in the Madrasah Mujahidiyyah of
Ta'izz and in the Nizamiyyah of Zabid.
He died at the end of Safar, A.H. 837.
See Ibn al-Ahdal, Or. 1345, fol. 195« ;
Tiraz A'yan al-Yaman, Or. 2425, fol. 198a;
and lubii al-Ghumr, fol. 310.

The work has been fully described by
Hammer in his Handschriften, no. 5. For
other copies see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 41 lb;
Aumer, no. 882 ; Vienna Catalogue, no. 8 ;
Pertsch, no. 164 ; De Goeje, Leyden Cata-
logue, second edition, nos. 7 — 9 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 159.

717.

Or. 3142.— Foil. 178; 8 in. by 5 ; 29 lines,
2f in. long; written in small and close
Nestalik, with red-ruled margins ; dated 13
Kabi' II., A.H. 1085 (A.D. 1674).

[KBEMKE, no. 152.]

An encyclopaedia of Muslim sciences, by
Ahmad B. Yahya B. Muh. B. Sa'd [Sa'd
al-Dm] al-Taftazani.

Beg. i— J,l

&&j\\

The author gives his name in the con-

cluding lines, where he states that he wrote
the work in Herat, A.H. 894 : \$&j* \*y»- *>j

* J

J1

The following contemporary title is pre-
fixed to the MS. : <_Ju5\5 L-^ai ss-j+J?

iia* •

W

The author was the great-grandson of the
celebrated theologian of Timur's time, Sa'd
al-Dm Mas'ud B. 'Umar al-Taftazani. His
father, Yahya B. Muh. B. Mas'ud, held the
office of Shaikh al-Islam in Herat from the
time of Shahrukh to the reign of Sultan
Husain, and died A.H. 887. The author,
Saif al-Dln Ahmad, succeeded to the same
post, which he held for nearly thirty years.
He was put to death by order of the fanatical
Shah Isma'il Safawi, A.H. 916. See Hablb
al-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, pp. 198, 343 ; and
Baber's Memoirs, Pavet de Courteille's trans-
lation, vol. i., pp. 401.

Haj. Khal. knew the present work, which
he calls the Cj^yOy* of al-'Allamah al-Hafid.
He quotes from it some passages (vol. i.,
pp. 216—218, and 137) which are found
in our MS. respectively at foil. 26—36 and
136 ; but he does not mention it, as might
have been expected, under the title

The work bears no distinctive title in the
MS., nor has it any preface. It begins with
an introduction, in which sciences are classed
under two heads, viz., traditional sciences, or
those of the followers of the law (ss-jZ3§ *j)*),
and philosophical sciences (LA-Afl3\ (»^1)- A
full enumeration of the several sciences in-

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS.

481)

eluded in eacli class is followed by observa-
tions on their objects and their mutual
relations.

The section called Matlab, which forms
the main body of the work, is devoted to the
traditional sciences, and consists of eleven
chapters, called ±JLs-, with the following
headings: 1. ^ wj^j, idA-N £*£ J^. W
•3'lj-S, fol. 146; 2. ti-fc>il ^s- j-*\j-*- J,
fol. 19a; 3. C^il Jyo\ J, fol. 406; 4. J

jt Pitt jJiP, fol. 52a ; 5. ^l ^ J, fol. 686 ;

6. Ayo\j &EflM J* ^jj, in two sections called
\\+u>, and beginning respectively fol. 9 la and
fol. 1086; 7. fclN J, fol. 126a; 8. uJ>M J
jlfcMj,, fol. 1306 ; 9. ^ fie J, fol. 1336 ;
10. yUjil, JUU fl* J, fol. 147a; 11. ^ J
U^j/^j £A^» fol. 161a. This last section
'ends with a short chapter on the art of
writing (Lii J* J), fol. 164a.

The rest of the volume is taken up by an
appendix containing observations on logic
and other branches of philosophy, ^ \^^^>\
LuXJ' (.jJjJl yUj jlai.^ (j* ^jij *-£*, foil.
165o— 178a.

Under each of the above headings the
author adduces and discusses the opinions
of his predecessors, quoting most frequently
al-Shaikh (i.e., Ibn Sma), al-Ghazzali, the
author of al-Miftah, al-Sayyid al-Sharif, and
his great-grand sire al-Taftazani ; but he also
adds many original observations of his own.

Copyist : i^jy»j> (je^jer (^jLJM .x*^

718.

Or. 1298.— Foil. 83 ; 8 in. by 5 ; 15 lines,
3 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with gold
headings and gold-ruled margins ; apparently
in the 18th century.

A collection of thirteen versified treatises
('ijft-j1) on as many branches of Muslim lore,
by one and the same author, with dates
ranging from A.H. 935 to 942.

The author, whose name is found at the
beginning of the fourth tract (fol. 13a), is
'Abd al-'Aziz B. 'Abd al- Wahid al-Miknasi
al-Maliki, who was called the Shaikh of the
Goran-readers of Medina. He visited, A.H.
951, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Halab, and
returned to Medina, where he died A.H. 964.
He is said to have written metrical treatises
on twenty-eight sciences. Most of the tracts
contained in this volume are mentioned by
name among his compositions by contempo-
rary writers, viz., the author of al-Kawakib
al-Sa'irah, Add. 16,647, fol. 1306, and Ibn
al-Hanbali, Add. 23,976, fol. 131.

In some lines of prose at the end the author
says that he completed these Manzumat on
the 19th of Dulka'dah, A.H. 942, and ends
by claiming for them the indulgence of his
friends in Fas.

The contents are as follows :

I. Fol. 2a. JyojU CJ5U1 >^ _, J^ ^i*.
A tract, wanting the first few lines, on the
essential points of orthodox faith according
to al-Ash'ari, composed, as stated in the
last lines, A.H. 941. See Haj. Khal., vol. vi.,
pp. 219 and 280.

II. Fol. 46. y^ fki. A tract on the
interpretation of the Goran, being a metrical
version of the jx~ sd\ Jit ^ ^-»\j*^ of Jalal
al-Dm al-Suyuti (Ha]'. Khal., vol. ii., p. 651).

Beg.

The date of composition, indicated by a
chronogram in the last line but four, is
A.H. 942.

SB

490

SCIENCES.

III. Fol. 12«. A versified list of the
Surahs of the Goran

Beg.

IV. Fol. 130. e^jii Jfc! Jl»*x* cj^ 1-J-
A treatise on the rules and technical terms
of the traditionists.

Beg.

V. Fol. 20a. Jy^jy. A treatise on the
bases of jurisprudence U'aiJl J^o\ lj), dated,
in a chronogram at the end, A.H. 938. See
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 222.

Beg. ^^ $ urJJl 41

VI. Fol. 355. j *+j >- o

A treatise on dialectic (Jjii), completed, as
stated in one of the last verses, A.H. 942.
See Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 295.

VII. Fol. 41a. A short tract on the obliga-
tory observances of the pilgrimage (cjU»-j
<j±$\), composed A.H. 936.

Beg.

VIII. Fol. 42a. cj>j-d^ Ji. J
»_j5UaU. A treatise on grammar (i»Jb-o3). See
Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 218.

Beg.

U_M>

IX. Fol. 476.

A treatise on syntax (yf), dated at the end
A.H. 935. See Haj. Khal., vol. iv,, p. 336.

4)

X. Fol. 51&. jjjJ^. A treatise on logic
(jlaX-U j), composed, as indicated by a
chronogram at the end, A.H. 935. See
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 222.

Beg. ^J J&**\\j\j.# u« JIS ^

XI. Fol. 55&.

j. A treatise on rhetoric

. See Haj. Khal., under
vol. iv., p. 239.

Beg.

XII. Foil. 66b. A treatise on the orna-
ments of speech, the subject and title of
which are conveyed in this verse :

Beg.

XIII. Fol. 686. A treatise on arithmetic
and algebra, entitled cxu*^ »j^ i_>U!ill
See Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 222.
Beg. ' ^*U pi 43 jJJ.

*>

It was composed, as stated at the end,
A.H. 942.

719.

Or. 3144.— Foil. 536; 12 in. by 7£; 33
lines, 4j in. long ; written in neat Neskhi,
with 'Unwan and gold-ruled margins ; dated
Friday, 18 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1177 (A.D.1764).

[KKEMEE, no. 154.]

PHILOSOPHY.

491

,j,Li\

The encyclopaedic and biographical dic-
tionary of Mustafa B.'Abdallah Katib Chelebi,
better known as Haji Khalifah, who died
A.H. 1068 (Arabic Catalogue, p. 4786).

This is the revised and enlarged recension
of 'Arabaji Bashi Ibrahim B. 'AH, as con-
tained in the MS. of the Oriental Academy,
Vienna, which Fliigel designates as B, and
On which his edition is founded.

In the epilogue, which agrees textually
with that given by Flugel, vol. i., p. v., the
editor says that he completed the work on
Sunday, the 4th of KabI' II., A.H. 1170.

'Arabaji Bashi died, according to Sa'd
Bfendi, as quoted by Flugel, vol. iii., p. iii.,
note 4, at the end of the reign of Mustafa III.,
i.e., about A.H. 1187. A later and more
precise date is given on the title-page of
the present MS., where it is stated that
'Arabaji Basbi died on his way from Mecca
to Medina, in the month of Muharram,

A.H. 1190: ^V \jr^.f- tf}» ^.^-

**i

111.

ucai

This valuable copy, which belonged to the
Viceroy 'Abbas Pasha, has many marginal
additions, some of which bear dates posterior
to Arabaji's recension, as A.H. 1210, foil.
168, 185 ; A.H. 1218, fol. 360 ; A.H. 1219,
fol. 24 ; and A.H. 1225, fol. 46.

Copyist : <-Ju»y, && ^ ^^ —W'

For other copies, see Flugel's preface, the
Leyden Catalogue, second edition, no. 25,
and Nobles, Madrid Catalogue, nos. 24 — 26.

720.

Or. 4310.— Foil. 71 ; llf in. by 7f ; 25 lines,

4|-in. long; written in cursive Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins, in the 19th century.

[BUDGE.]

An encyclopaedia, by Amm al-'Umari B.
Khair-allah al-Khatib al-'Umari.

u . . .

The author, also called Muhammad Amin,
belonged to the noble 'Umari family of
Mosul,' and died A.H. 1203 ; v. Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 575, note c.

The work was written at the request of
the author's relative, 'Ali al-'Qmari B. 'Ali
al-'Umari, and was designed to treat of
twenty-one sciences. The present volume
comprises only three, viz., syntax (^ ),
fol. 26 ; grammar (c-a^ad^), fol. 45o (left un-
finished) ; and logic (jlaiil), imperfect at the
end.

A versified encyclopaedia by the same author
has been described in the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 3016.

Philosophy.

721.

Or. 1561.— Foil. 158 ; 7f in. by 4 ; 19 lines,
2 in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik,
apparently in the 16th century.

[Sm HENRY C. RAWLTNSON.]

I. Foil. 26—276. A collection of Plato's
sayings and philosophical sentences, desig-
nated on the title-page as wj

Beg.

492

SCIENCES.

The sentences, which rarely exceed a few
lines, are not arranged according to any
systematic plan. Each begins with the words
Jl»j written in red ink, and, in a few cases,
the work from which they are taken is stated,
as, for, instance, the book of Timaeus (^^
o-jUJ»), foil. 135, 196, 216, and the book of
Phaadon (yiLi «-AL/), foil. 136, 96. See
Fihrist, p. 246 ; Wenrich, De Auctorum
GraBCorum versionibus, pp. 119 — 122; and
Casiri, vol. ii., pp. 301 — 304. Moral maxims
by Plato are noticed by Aumer, Munich
Catalogue, no. 651, fol. 56.

II. Foil. 286— 142a. A treatise on ethics,
by Abu 'AH Ahmad E. Muh. Miskawaih,
who died A.H. 421 ; see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 7456.

Beg.

The work, to which no specific title is
given in the text, is designated on the title-
page as *ij<L« Jft _jj>l £iU i^yi t_,li/, and
at the end of some sections (Makalah), foil.
41a, 966, as J^U^ (— o.J^3 L_AI/. It is men-
tioned under the latter title by Ibn Abi
Usaibi'ah, vol. i., p. 245, and under both by
Haj. Khal., ii., p. 476, v., p. 112. See also
the Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 152. The
text agrees with the editions printed with
the latter title, Cairo, A.H. 1298 and 1299.
The six Makalahs, the headings of which
are given by Haj. Khal., begin respectively
as follows: I., fol. 286 ; II., fol. 41a ; III.,
fol. 65«; IV., fol. 796; V., fol. 966; VI.,
fol. 117 a.

III. Foil. 143«— 158a. Ji-41. Introduc-
tion to Logic, by Porphyry.

This is an expanded recension of the
Isagoge, quite distinct from the popular
abridgment of al-Abhari. The editor, whose
name does not appear, frequently refers to
Porphyry by name (ij^j^/j, adding his
own comments on the objects and method
of the author.

The MS. is imperfect at the beginning.
It commences abruptly as follows : J

&LJi)U. Some preliminary chapters,
due to the editor, deal with the raison d'etre
of philosophy, with its definitions and divi-
sions, lastly, with the object, use, and divi-
sions of Porphyry's book. The title and
scope of that work, and the author's name,
are set forth in this passage, fol. 1466 : l»li
&jJ awfr J\

U *> Ii!

w- J (

.\La5\ J\

The same title is found in the last line :
J .^\ u^y-jyy ^a5* ^J- Porphyry's

book is mentioned in the Fihrist, p. 253, as

The work is divided into two Kisms. The
first treats of the meaning of the five univer-
sals in the following order : (j-.-jJU (genus),
fol. 148«; y&\ (species), fol. 1496; J^iN
(difference) fol. 1526 ; l^LU (property),
fol. 1546 ; and u^^ (accident), fol. 155a.
Kism II., foil. 155a — 1576, deals with co-

PHILOSOPHY.

498

incidences and differences between the above
five terms, JJA ^ Jp\ c

The latest author quoted is Yahya al-
Nahwi (fol. 147a), who lived in the seventh
century (Fihrist, p. 254).

For the translations of Porphyry's Isagoge
see Wenrich, p. 280. An early Arabic
version is noticed by De Slane, Paris Cata-
logue, no. 2346. An English translation
forms an appendix to the Organon of Aris-
totle, translated by 0. T. Owen, London,
1853, vol. ii., pp. 609—633.

722.

Or. 1512.— Foil. 113; 6f in. by 3f ; 17 lines,
2 in. long ; written in neat Persian Neskhi ;
dated A.H. ivi, apparently for 1076 (A.D.
1665-6). [SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The pseudo-Aristotelian work, entitled
Theologia, with the heading : ^Ui' ^

J\

The work has been edited with a German
translation by Dr. Fr. Dieterici, who has had
no access to this copy, Leipzig, 1882-3. The
same scholar has described it in the Zeit-
schrift der D. Morg. Ges., Band 31, pp.
117 — 126, and in the Transactions of the
Berlin Congress, II., pp. 1 — 12. See also
Haneberg, die Theologie der Aristoteles,
Abhandl. der Miinchener Akademie, 1862,
pp. 1—12.

The text of this copy is rather incorrect ;
but it has been collated, and has some cor-
rections in the margins. The ten books
into which the work is divided begin as
follows : I. fol. 2a (including a table of
contents, foil. 4a — 9a, which corresponds
with pp. 171 — 180 of the Leipzig edition) ;
II. fol. 15a; III. fol. 26a; IV. fol. 33a ;
V. fol. 396 ; VI. fol. 456 ; VII. fol. 53a ;
VIII. fol. 59a (VIII.B of Dieterici begins
fol. 64£) ; IX. fol. 82a ; X. foil. 916—1136.
Blank spaces left for the heading and first
words of the books have not been filled in.

Colophon :

j~

On the first page is a seal dated A.H. 1088.
On the fly-leaf: "Purchased at Baghdad,
Aug., 1848. H. Rawlinson."

For other copies see Bibh'otheca Sprenger.,
no. 741; the Paris Catalogue, no. 2347; and
Dieterici's Vorrede, p. vii.

723.

Or. 3264.— Foil. 190 ; 7£ in. by 5£ ; 25 lines,
3f in. long ; written, apparently by a scholar,
in a small and close character, very scantily
provided with diacritical points; dated A.H.
700 (A.D. 1300-1).

The commentary of Nasir al-Dln al-Tusi
(d. A.H. 672) upon the Isharat, a philo-
sophical treatise, by Abu 'Ali Ibn Smii
(d. A.H. 428), with the following inscription :

Beg. cj\4jol>

iJ\ J\S

494

SCIENCES.

The Isharat, described as the last and
most profound of Avicenna's philosophical
works, comprises two parts, the first on
logic, the second on physics and metaphysics.
See Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 300, and the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 320. The
commentary of Nasir al-Dm al-Tusi, desig-
nated by the author at the end, fol. 1880, as
cjlfc-jj^j oy-ll)\ L-Atf' C->^£L« J=-, was
written, according to Haj. Khal., I.e., p. 302,
A.H. 644. For MSS. see the Leyden Cata-
logue, no. 1452 ; the Petersburg Catalogue,
nos. 87—89 ; Loth, nos. 480-1 ; the Paris
Catalogue, no. 2366 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., p. 91, &c.

The present volume contains the second
half of the work, treating of physics and
metaphysics. The following are the head-
ings of the ten chapters (lav) into which
the text is divided :

Fol. 16.
Fol. 39o.

Fol.

Fol. 926.
Fol. 118a.

Fol. 1466.
Fol. 1626.
Fol. 1696.
Fol. 180a.

The contents agree with an edition of the
same part of Nasir al-Dln's commentary,

J g]}\

J y<.UH k»i)\
Uu J

lithographed in the press of Naval Kishor,
Lucknow, A.H. 1293, with the title ^

The last three sections

of the Isharat have been published with a
French translation by A. F. Mehren, 1891.
An edition of the entire work by J. Forget,
Leyden, 1892, is in progress.

Foil. 82—85 and fol. 190a, contain a
fragment of the first part of the work,
namely, the latter portion of Nahj 9 and
Nahj 10, kUUJI c^UUl\ J ^\ A
wrongly inserted into the present volume.

The margins of foil. 170 — 2 contain a
curious addition by the commentator, viz.,
two versions of the story of Salaman and
Absal, the second of which, ascribed to Ibn
Sina, reached the writer, he says, twenty
years after the completion of the present
commentary (v. Leyden Catalogue, no. 1456).

Three pages at the end, foil. 1886—1896,
are occupied by a tabulated statement of
the contents of j!^\ <-s>.^ ^^, by Abu
'AH Ahmad B. Muh. B. Miskawaih. See
no. 721, II.

724.

Or. 3126.— Foil. 285 ; 10* in. by 6£ ; 15 lines,
4| in. long ; written in fine, large, and bold,
sparingly pointed Neskhi, probably in the
12th century. About twenty leaves at the
end are more or less damaged by holes.

[KEEMER, no. 136.]

A treatise on metaphysics, by al-Ghazzali
(d. A.H. 505), to which the following modern
title is prefixed :

There can be no doubt that the author is
al-Ghazzali, for in the concluding lines he

PHILOSOPHY.

refers the reader to his own work, Tahafut
al-Falasifah, for a fuller exposition of con-
flicting views as to the attributes of God :

U

ai £>.£>• jj*? \jjk Uilj uUVjjb. But the work
cannot be identified with any of the known
writings of the great theologian as described
by Dr. Gosche, " Uber Ghazzali's Leben und
Werke," Abhandlungen der k. Akademie zu
Berlin, 1858, or noticed by Haj. Khal. It
is entirely devoted to metaphysics, and is
divided into seven Makalahs.

The MS. appears, from the original
numbers of the quires, to have lost the
first two leaves. It begins in the middle
of a preliminary discussion on the existence
of general ideas. The next chapter, which
is also part of the introduction, begins :

* Uy ^ A

Each of the seven Makalahs is subdivided
into ten Babs. The headings of the Maka-
lahs, and of the Babs included in the first,
are as follows :

Fol. 36.
Fol.

FoL

Fol. 116.
Fol. 14a.
Fol. 156.

U> J

.-jJ^ J JyiJ] J-a» J

Fol. 28«.
Fol. 305.

Fol. 335.
Fol. 37a.

Fol.'40a.

LS\

J)

Fol. 445.

cy^»l\. The ten Babs treat severally of
the categories, viz.,

Fol. 676. ^j 0^\ j^y J 51)0)1
l^JLji-^s. ; showing that quantity, quality,
knowledge, &c., are accidents, and discussing
the notion of number.

Fol. 94a. J\ *ffj\ rL^i\ J SM\}\ 2\S\\
^J\^o"3\j (_£j\j*&. The ten Babs treat of the
various modes of existence, such as necessary
and possible, one and many, prior and pos-
terior, eternal and temporal, &c.

Fol. 1715.
Fol. 1975.

Fol. 2336.

This last Makalah treats of the following
subjects : the origin of elements, Divine
providence, the order of the world, the
classes of beings, intelligence as absolute
ruler, veracious dreams, joy and bliss,
intellectual pleasures, the degrees of theo-
sophists, and the mysterious signs, j\j~,\ ^
Ob^ (i.e., instances of the supernatural
powers of saints).

496

SCIENCES.

It may be noticed that a considerable
portion of the last Makalah is textually
borrowed from the Isharat of Ibn Sina
(v. no. 723). The author says himself in
the last paragraph, that " this was what he
had gleaned from the books of the philoso-
phers." He adds, however, that the philoso-
phers are arrant infidels for three reasons,
namely, that they deny the resurrection of
bodies, that they assert that the world is
eternal, and that they maintain that God has
no knowledge of individual objects. (The
same observation is found a little more
developed in al-Munkid, Schmolder's edition,
pp. n and 36).

The present work must be one of the
latest compositions of the author, for, while
in the Makasid he speaks of the Tahafut al-
Falasifah as a book he intended to write
(see G. Beer, Makasid al-Falasifat, p. F),
he refers to it in the present work, as also
in al-Munkid, as a previous composition.

725.

Or. 2360.— Foil. 255 ; 9 in. by 6f ; 20 lines,
4| in. long ; written in small and distinct
Persian Neskhi, with frequent omission of
the diacritical points ; dated 25 RabI' I.,
A.H. 603 (A.D. 1206, in the life-time of the
author). [SAiyiD 'ALi, OP HAIDARABAD.]

A compendium of philosophy, by Fakhr
al-Dln Muhammad B. 'Umar al-Razi, who
died A.H. 606.

The above title is taken from the preface,
in which the author describes his work as

follows: ti^ u**^* ^ J**--*

i \e

The Mulakhkhas is mentioned among the
works of al-Razi by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah,
vol. ii., p. 30 ; by Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. ii., p. 652 ; and by al-Dahabi,
Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 52, fol. 229. It is
divided into an introduction on logic and
three books treating respectively (1) of
generals, (2) of substances and accidents,
(3) of theology.

The first part, on logic, is subdivided into
a Mukaddimah, fol. 26, and two Jumlahs,
viz., 1. LU^^aJkJI {_>e\j*£\ Lj>.^ ^J, fol. 36, and

2. fciASij*»SN J, fol. 20a.

Book I. , on generals, comprises five Babs, viz.,

1. a^j-M J, fol. 65a ; 2. iufc\J\ J, fol. 69a;

3. 5^a\j t^\ J, fol. 736 ; 4. ^^\ J
£M*$\J y^ljjfol. 776; and 5. L^jjiij ^\ J,
fol. 80a.

Book II. is divided into a Mukaddimah,
fol. 816, and two Jumlahs, treating respec-
tively of accidents and substances. Jum-
lah 1, (jo\f*$\ ^i, comprises five Fanns, with
the following headings: *O (j, fol. 836;
u_i*£\ J, fol. 94a ; O^ft,)\ Ljiu J, fol. 1226 ;
0}>J1j JU5) J, fol. 126a ; J^\, ^ J,
fol. 137a. Jumlah 2,jfc^' IJ, is subdivided
into the following three Fanns : I. On bodies,
f\~»$\ J, in six Babs, fol. 1576 ; 2. On the
soul, (j-fliH ,_/, in a Mukaddimah and eight
Babs, fol. 199a ; 3. On intellect, JS*3\ J,
fol. 2416.

Book III., on theology, ^^ ^\ (J, is
divided into three Babs, viz., 1. On the
essence of God, Jlo sili (J, fol. 244a ;

2. On His attributes, *i\su> ^J, fol. 2476;

3. On His acts, «JUil J, foil. 251a— 254a.

PHILOSOPHY.

497

In a MS. described in the Leyden Cata-
logue, vol. iii., p. 357, it is stated that the
•work was completed A.H. 579. For another
copy see Uri, p. 124, no. 501.

The copyist's name, very indistinctly
written, appears to read 2^1 ^ ±+>-\. Some
lacunae of the MS. have been supplied by a
modern hand, namely, foil. 2 — 10, 12 — 14,
50 — 51, and 83. The last page of the
original MS., fol. 2546, contains a list of
Fakhr al-Dln al-Razi's works in an old
handwriting.

The following are modern additions : a
notice of al-Razi, abridged from Ibn Khalli-
kan, fol. 2a ; a life of al-Grhazzali, abridged
from al-Isuawi, fol. 255«.

726.

Or. 4312.— Foil. 304 ; 8£ in. by 5£ ; 17 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in neat and minute
Neskhi, apparently in the 16th century.

[BUDGE.]

A commentary by Shams al-Dm Muham-
mad B. Mubarakshah al-Bukhari upon a
treatise on metaphysics and physics, entitled
Hikmat al-'Ain, by Najm al-Dln Abu Bakr
(alias 'Ali) B. 'Umar al-Katibi al-Kazwini,
who died A.H. 675.

Beg.

U\

tiJi.

J\ ^\

The commentary includes the text, which
is distinguished by a red line drawn over it.
It wants a few pages at the end, breaking
off in the course of the section which treats
of the sense of vision (Add. 23,401, fol. 2356).
A few marginal notes,

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 2096, 627J; the Catalogues of Peters-
burg, no. 99; Strassburg, no. 17; Paris,
nos. 2384-5 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. vi.,
p. 97 ; and Loth, nos. 498—500.

727.

Or. 4313.— Foil. 106; 8iin.by5f; 15 lines,
3f in. Jong ; written in small and cursive
Neskhi, probably in the 18th century.

[BUDGE.]

Gloss of Mirza Jan on the commentary of
Muhammad B. Mubarakshah, upon the
Hikmat al-'Ain, and on the gloss of al-
Sayyid al-Sharif upon that commentary,
with the endorsement :

Beg. J

A copy with the same beginning is
noticed in the Khedive's Library, vol. vi.,
p. 92-3. See also Loth, no. 593, and the
Paris Catalogue, no. 2385.

The author, Hablb-allah al-Shlrazi al-
Baghandi, called Mirza Jan, lived under
Isma'Il II. Safawi, to whom some of his
works are dedicated, and died A.H. 994.
See Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 103 ; the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 323 ; and Loth,
no. 483.

728.

Or. 2982.— Foil. 268 ; 7J in. by 4| ; 15 lines,
3 s

498

SCIENCES.

2f in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently
in the 18th century. [H. STERN.]

A treatise on natural philosophy; by
Abu '1-Hasan B. Ahmad.

Beg. _j\&jb

The author, no notice of whom has been
discovered, says in the preface that he wrote
the present work because he had not found
any compendium in which the many im-
portant problems of natural philosophy,
ijuuilaM £*&}, were adequately expounded.
It is divided into a certain number of sections
called iSij*., which are subdivided into
chapters termed Ley. But the headings of
those divisions have not been entered into
the blank spaces reserved for them.

The main contents are as follows : General
notions on bodies and matter, &«UM t^a-U* ,j,
fol. 3a ; on motion, K^il j, fol. 446 ; on
space, (!}U\ jj£aJ ^j, fol. 65a ; on time,
a^j wl«j)\ (J, fol. lOOa. Heavenly bodies,
the spheres, and the structure of the material

World, \# Ja*S^ l^dFj h^ fl^V? (3^-i W*

JU-J1 jJU £ij «s»/j^Wj rU=-^ J, fol.
127&. The four elements, the four tempera-
ments, viz., warmth, cold, moisture, and
dryness, and their various combinations,

pL-f^N y* kiJA»^\ _yJ- J g, U OljJ^ J,

fol. 153a. On minerals, ^iJUJl ^y, fol. 201a.
On living bodies, i.e., plants and animals,
and their bodily and mental faculties, .J

Lj\^ilj , fol. 202«.

In the last chapter, fol. 262a, the author
upholds the doctrine of Nasir al-Dm al-
Tusi, Fakhr al-Dln al-Kazi, and al-Ghazzali

on the immaterial nature of the soul, and
refutes contrary opinions. Throughout the
work, the Shifa of al-Shaikh, i.e., Ibn Smii,
is frequently quoted ; but the author lays
claim to independent thought, and often
boasts of his original speculations. He
cannot have lived earlier than the ninth
century of the Hijrah, for he quotes, fol.
54a, in order to refute it, a passage of the
Sharh al-Tajrid, by al-Kushji, who died
A.H. 879 (v. Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 198).

This copy, evidently written by a scribe
ignorant of Arabic, is extremely incorrect.

Logic.

729.

Or. 4321.— Foil. 70 ; 8| in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 1261 (A.D. 1845).

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 4. The well-known Isagoge
of al-Abhari, who died A.H. 663.

Beg.

II. Foil. 4>b — 18. An anonymous com-
mentary on the preceding work.

Beg. . . . ^J&i> £JJL»i) »Jj»-_j s-«-V^

u joo u

J\

The author is Husam al-Dm Hasan al-
Kati, who died A.H. 760. See Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 503, and for other copies, Uri,

LOGIC.

499

nos. 498, 514; Krafft, no. 394; De Jong,
no. 114; Aumer, no. 672, 3; the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 2356, 2, 2359 ; Pertsch,
no. 1171 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol.
vi., pp. 60, 70, 73, 74.

III. Foil. 19 — 70. An anonymous gloss
on the preceding commentary.

Beg. iolii

The author is Muhyi al-Dln al-Taliji, or
Talishi. See Haj. Khal, ib. ; the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 2356, i, 2358 ; the Leyden
Catalogue, no. 1520 ; Aumer, no. 671, 672 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., pp.
54, 72, 74, 77.

730.

Or. 4315.— Foil. 102 ; 7Jin.by5i; 19 lines,
from 2^ to 3^ in. long ; written in small,
cursive, and imperfectly pointed, Nestalik ;
dated A.H. 969 (A.D. 1561). [BUDGE.]

A super-commentary upon the commen-
tary of Kutb al-Dln Muh. B. Muh. al-Razi
upon the Shamsiyyah, a treatise of logic by
Najm al-Din 'Ali B. 'Umar al-Katibi al-
Kazwini (d. A.H. 675).

Beg. i^\s

The author's name, Sultan Shah, does not
appear in the text, but in the endorsement,

(iri^\ i-^kfli »li, uUaL* wui.U, and on the
outer edge, *>.,., £U _S. »Ui

Sa'd Sultan Shah is mentioned by Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., pp. 18, 25, as one of the
commentators of the Miftah al-'Ulum.

The above beginning relates to the first
words of the Shamsiyyah.

The comments upon the commentary begin
as follows :

731.

Or. 4037.— Foil. 150 ; 8 in. by 5£ ; 23 lines,
3f in. long ; written in small Nestalik, ap-
parently in the 16th century.

[GrLASER, no. 339.]

Gloss of Mahmud B. Ni'mat Allah on the
commentary of Kutb al-Dln Muh. B. Muh.
al-Razi al-Tahtani upon the Shamsiyyah
(see the preceding no.), and on the Hashiyah
of al-Sayyid al-Sharif al-Jurjani upon the
above commentary (see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 456a).

Beg. cyU

JJ5

The author is evidently identical with
Mahmud B. Ni'mat Allah al-Bukhari, whose
treatise on logical subtleties is noticed by
Loth, nos. 556, 559.

The MS. is imperfect at the end. On the
first page is a note relating to its purchase
by a former owner, A.H. 996.

500

SCIENCES.

A similar gloss is fully described, without
author's name, by Kosen, Collections Scien-
tifiques, Fasc. i., no. 233.

732.

Or. 4316.— Foil. 69 ; 7 in. by 4| ; from 19
to 23 lines, about 3£ in. long; written in
small cursive Neskhi ; dated (fol. 29) A.H.
940 (A.D. 1533-4), and (fol. 69) A.H. 898
(A.D. 1493). [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 29. An anonymous gloss on
the commentary of Sa'd al-Dm Mas'ud B.
'Umar al-Taftazani upon the Shamsiyyah.

Beg. Jli' J JJ» ^U Jl
U1S

J/J

J\ V£

J-lflJ\ rJVi»

Jl

For the commentary of Sa'd al-Dm see
Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 76 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, nos. 2379-80 ; Houtsma, no. 476 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 63.

II. Foil. 31—38. A short treatise on
metaphysics, without author's name.

Beg.

j lc

It is divided into a few short unnumbered
sections, termed Ka'idah, a Khatimah, and
a Wasiyyah, or closing exhortation.

III. Foil. 38—69. Annotations of Bur-
han al-Dm B. Kama! al-Dm B. Hamid to
the gloss of al-Fanari (Shams al-Dm Muh.

B. Hamzah, d. A.H. 834), to the Isagoge of
Athlr al-Dm al-Abhari.

Beg. j

Both glosses are mentioned by Haj.
Khal., vol. i., p. 503 and 504. See also
Houtsma, no. 471, and the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., p. 66, where both i^UiM jj^l and
iolfe^ jo\;i5\ are noticed. The first has been
printed in Constantinople, A.H. 1235. See
Loth, no. 497. The Fara'id al-Burhaniyyah
has been inserted in the margin of the gloss
of al-Fanari, lithographed in Constantinople,
A.H. 1274.

733.

Or. 3822.— Foil. 173; 9 in. by 5£; 23 lines,
85- in. long ; written in small and neat
Persian Neskhi, apparently in the 16th
century. [&LASER, no. 110.]

Glosses of al-Sayyid al-Sharif ('Ali B.
Muh. al-Jurjani, died A.H. 816) on the
commentary entitled J^-"^ £*\$, written by
Kutb al-Dm Muhammad B. Muh. al-Razi al-
Tahtani (d. A.H. 766) upon the treatise of
logic, which forms the first part of the
Matali' al- Anwar of Siraj al-Dm Mahmud B.
Abi Bakr al-Urmawi (d. A.H. 682).

Beg.

J\j>

The title is written on the outer edge :

LOGIC.

501

See Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 595; the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 249& ; Loth, no. 525 ; Pertsch,
no. 1184 ; the Paris Catalogue, no. 2390, &c.

734.

Or. 4319.— Foil. 193; 10 in. by 5 ; 19 lines,
2J in. long ; written in neat Persian Nes-
talik, probably in the 16th century.

[B0DGE.]

Another copy of the same gloss.

The first half of the volume is crowded
with notes written in a minute character on
the margins, as well as on some inserted
slips.

735.

Or. 4317.— Foil. 63; 8£ in. by 6; 13 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in rude Neskhi in the
19th century. [BUDGE.]

Commentary of 'Abdallah Yazdi upon the
Tahdib al-Mantik wal-Kalam of Sa'd al-Din
Mas'ud B. 'Umar al-Taftazani (d. A.H. 792).

Beg.

The commentator's name is found in the

c-^j^sM ^ LeljM. His full name is Najm
al-Din 'Abdallah B. Shihab al-Din al-Husain
al- Yazdi, and the Sharh al-Tahdib is men-
tioned among his works in the Khulasat al-
Athar, vol. iii., p. 40, where he is stated to
have died A.H. 1015.

The commentary has been lithographed
in Delhi, A.H. 1284. It was completed, as
stated in a Petersburg MS., no. 94, 3, A.H.

967. For other MSS. see Loth, nos. 547—
551, and the Khedive's Library, vol. vi.,
pp. 79 and 82.

736.

Or. 3125.— Foil. 147 ; 8f in. by 6 ; 25 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Eabi{ I., A.H. 1238 (A.D. 1822).

[KEEMEE, no. 135.]

A gloss by 'Ali B. Ahmad al-Sa'Idi on
the commentary of 'Abel al-RahmSn B.
Muhammad al-Akhdari upon his own metri-
cal treatise on logic, composed A.H. 941
and entitled ^jj^ J^-M (v. Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 2516, 252a).

Beg. c

The glossator says in a short preface that
he had consulted for this composition his
Shaikh Ahmad al-Milawi, and had availed
himself of the latter's commentary as well
as of his oral explanations. In conclusion
he states that he completed the work on
the 13th of Kamadan, A.H. 1186. The
passages explained are distinguished by
the word <Jy in red ink.

'Ali B. Ahmad al-'Adawi al-Maliki, called
Sa'Idi, one of the chief teachers of al-Azhar,
died A.H. 1189. The ^Ul ^ > LiU
uSj*ii-5)J is mentioned as one of his works.
See Silk al-Durar, vol. iii., p. 206, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 56. His
Shaikh, Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B. «Abd al-
Fattah al-Kahiri al-Milawi, was also attached
to al-Azhar. He was born A.H. 1088 and
died A.H. 1181. See Silk al-Durar, vol. i.,
p. 116. He wrote a long and a short com-

502

SCIENCES.

mentary upon the Sullam. Copies of both
are noticed in the Paris Catalogue, nos.
2403 — 4, by Aumer, no. 674, by Pertsch,
no. 1206, and in the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., p. 63.

The Sullam has been printed with al-
Bajuri's gloss, Cairo, A.H. 1282, and Bulak,
A.H. 1297. For copies of the commentary
of al-Akhdari, to which the above gloss
relates, see Aumer, no. 675 ; Pertsch, no.
1202 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 62;
and the Paris Catalogue, no. 2402.

Copyist :

Dialectics.

737.

Or. 3124.— Foil. 24 ; 7 in. by 5£ ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik ;
dated Friday, 21 Jumada II., A.H. 852
(A.D. 1448). [KKEMEE, no. 134. J

A commentary, by Mas'ud al-Kumi, upon
the Adab al-Bahth, or rules of disputation,
by Shams al-Din [Muh. B. Ashraf] al-
Samarkandi, who died about A.H. 600.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 2016, viii.,
and Haj. KhaL, vol. i., p. 207.

Beg. JU JAJ JoOj . .

The commentator, whose full name s
Kamal al-Din Mas'ud al-Shlrwani al-Rumi,
was a celebrated theologian and philosopher,
who lived under Sultan Husain Baikara and

taught in the Medresehs of Herat, where he
died A.H. 905. See Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii.,
Juz 3, p. 340.

The commentary includes the whole text
written in red ink.

Copyist :

For other copies of the commentary, see
the Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 583, and
p. 123 ; Pertsch, no. 2809 ; Aumer, no. 664 ;
Loth, no. 590, II. ; Eosen, Marsigli Collec-
tion, nos. 121, 2, 415, 3 ; the Paris Catalogue,
no. 2351, 2 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
pp. 272, 273, vol. vii., pp. 217, 414; and
Houtsma, no. 461.

738.

Or. 4320.— Foil. 32 ; 8J in. by 5 ; from 19
to 21 lines, about 2f in. long ; written in
small Neskhi, probably in the 18th century.

[BUDGE.]

A gloss upon the commentary called al-
Mas'udi.

Beg.

t\ U

By al-Mas'udi is meant the commentary
of Kamal al-Din Mas'ud al-Shirwani upon

the L^S*;' i_^bT (see the preceding no.).
Ulugh Beg is named as author of the gloss,
both in the endorsement, (J6 <Jlo i^\ &JU&.
e^-^ u-jbT ,j ^j^-^1 -j£t, and in the colo-
phon, CJ.w ijj\ \jjt* ^^\ J\ ib^-JJl JSU-pl CA»> .
But the real author appears to be 'Imad al-
Din Yahya B. Ahmad al-Kashi, whose gloss,

ETHICS AND POLITICS.

508

called *jui.W tj>, begins precisely with the
same words. See Aumer, no. 664, v. ;
Pertsch, no. 2809, 2 ; and Haj. Khal., vol. i.,
p. 208, where it is said that the author lived
in the tenth century. Several copies of that
gloss are noticed in the Khedive's Library,
vol. ii., pp. 273, 274, 276, 277.

The first words of the text quoted are
\, then sAs- ^ ^ and

For al-Shirwani's commentary, see Haj.
Khal., vol. i., p. 207 ; Derenbourg, Escurial,
no. 678, 3 ; Aumer, no. 664 ; Dorn, no. 241 ;
Paris, no. 2351, 2 ; &c.

Ethics and Politics.

739.

Or. 3118.— Foil. 70; 8 in. by 5f ; 17 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with all
the vowels ; dated Saturday, 18 Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1037 (A.D. 1627).

[KEEMEE, no. 128.]

The well-known treatise on politics, al-
leged to have been written by Aristotle for
Alexander, and translated by Yahya B. al-
Batrik.

Beg.

The work has been fully described by
Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, vol. iii., pp. 258 —
260, and by De Slane in the Paris Catalogue,

no. 2417. For other copies see the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. vi., p. 205 ; Pertsch, no.
1869; Houtsma, no. 462; Lee, no. 39 ; and
Biblioth. Burckhardt., p. 59, no. 30.

This copy was written for a prince of
Yemen, Amir al-Muminm Shuja* al-Din
'Umar B. Wahid al-Din 'Abd al-Rahmiin
B. Muh. B. Muh. B. Ma'an al-Nazari, whose
name is entered on the title-page with the
following titles :

Jjfr 4lJ j (

The transcriber, 'Abd al-Baki al-Hanafi
B. Muh., who calls himself the panegyrist
of al-Mansur (cy;ra^5\ ^^^), adds at the
end some verses in praise of the same
personage.

The last six leaves, foil. 65 — 70, contain
a fragment of a Turkish treatise on the
astrolabe, entitled f—>'^»^\ -«, j (_^!sUa5) i> j*
(see the Turkish Catalogue, p. 122a).

740.

Or. 3117.— Foil. 248 ; 9f in. by 7f ; 15 lines,
5J in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated 8 Jumada I., A.H. 588 (A.D. 1192).

[KEEMEE, no. 127.]

The well-known political treatise of Abu '1-
Hasan 'Ali B. Muh. B. Habib al-Mawardi,
who died A.H. 450. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 723a.

504

SCIENCES.

The work has been edited by Enger,
Bonn, 1853, and printed with Tahdlb al-
Akhlak, Cairo, A.H. 1298. For MSS. see
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 192.

Copyist :

741.

Or. 3193.— Poll. 63 ; 8£ in. by 5£ ; 11 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in large Neskhi, A.H.
1260 (A.D. 1844).

[KREMER, no. 202.]

A collection of moral maxims and rules of
conduct, arranged under eight heads ; with-
out author's name.

Beg.

-J1

»iJ-» (j

After quoting maxims of Alexander, Plato,
Pythagoras, Aristotle, &c., on justice, the
author divides his work into eight Babs, the
first of which, with the heading Jj^\ ^>^
Jj^lj JJi*3\ ^J-fr w tii^-4 Ujj, contains pre-
cepts relating to the acquirement of under-
standing and knowledge. The other Babs
have similar headings, and relate respectively
to the following subjects : 2. »jbuJ\j j*jM,
continence and religious duties ; 3. i_o\
, the ruling of the tongue ; 4. i_!t>)

uM, the ruling of the sensual soul ;
5. j^^M ..J&C, noble qualities ; 6. S^uJl y-^j
virtuous conduct : 7. L-lxJ\ &***-, good
government ; 8. &^\ (.^*», eloquence. The
author concludes with the precepts of 'AH
B. Abi Talib to his son al-Husain.

The work is textually taken, with some
excisions, a few additions, and slight verbal

changes, from an early collection of moral
maxims, entitled ^Ur^ ^r-*^-', Ahasin al-
Mahasin, which has been printed, with al-
Ijaz wal-I'jaz and other tracts of al-Tha-
'alibi, in Constantinople, A.H. 1301. The
author, Abu '1-Hasan B. al-Husain al-Eukh-
khaji, appears to have lived in the fifth
century of the Hijrah. He quotes as one of
his authorities his " late " father, al-Husain
B. al-Hasan al-Rukhkhaji (who, as we learn
from Ibn al-Athlr, vol. ix., p. 317, had the
official title of Mu'ayyid al-Mulk, and died
A.H. 430), and he dedicates the work to the
'Ukaili prince, Sharaf al-Daulah Abu'l-
Makarim Muslim B. Kuraish, who reigned
in Aleppo and Mosul from A.H. 453 to 478.
See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's translation,
vol. iii., p. 421, and Ibn al-Athlr, Kamil,
vol. x., p. 91.

A copy of the Ahasin al-Mahasin, described
by Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 1873, has
the same divisions as the present work, with
nearly identical headings.

A MS. of the {Ikd al-Nafis, also without
author's name, is noticed in the Khedive's
Library, vol. ii., p. 165.

742.

Or. 3182.— Foil. 221 ; 9^ in. by 6| ; 19 lines,'
4f in. long ; written in large and bold
Neskhi; dated 21 Shawwal, A.H. 734
(A.D. 1334), with the exception of foil. 1, 2,
47, and 149 — 184, which have been supplied
by a later hand. [KEEMEE, no. 191.]

" The flambeau of kings," the well-
known treatise on the duties of sovereigns
and their rules of conduct, illustrated by
copious historical anecdotes ; by Abu Bakr
Muhammad B. al-Walid al-Turtushi, who

ETHICS AND POLITICS.

505

died in Alexandria, A.H. 520. See Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane's translation, vol. ii.,
p. 665, and al-Makhari, Analectes, vol. i.,
p. 517.

Beg. ju

JUti

The work is dedicated, fol. 36, to al-
Ma'mun Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad [B. Abi
Shuja' Fatik] al-Amiri [called Ibn al-Bata-
'ihi], who was appointed Wazlr by the
Fatimide Khalif al-Amir, A.H. 515, and
was deposed A.H. 519. See Ibn Khallikan,
vol. iii., p. 455, and al-Kamil, vol. x., p. 443.

The MS. has been collated. It is said in
the colophon that it was transcribed from a
copy dated Dulka'dah, A.H. 568, in which
it was stated that the work had been com-
pleted in Fustat Misr on the 14th of Eajab,
A.H. 516.

On the first page is a notice on the author's
life, in which his patronymic is spelt at full

ss<j 9

length, Ibn Rundakah, Ls&>j (.^\. On the
same page is a note, stating that the MS.
belonged, A.H. 1134, to Amir al-Muminm
al-Mutawakkil 'ala-llah al-Kasim B. al-
Husain, the Zaidite Imam of Yemen, who
died A.H. 1139.

The contents agree with the edition of the
Siraj al-Muluk printed in Alexandria, A.H.
1289. For other copies see the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 5126, 659o. ; Pertsch, no.
1878; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 2431 — 7;
the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd edition, nos.
465 — 68; and the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 67. An abridgment is noticed by De
Jong, no. 155.

743.

Or. 3827.— Foil. 122 ; llf in. by 8 ; 31 lines,
4& in. long ; written in small and neat

Neskhi, with ruled margins ; dated on the
eve of Thursday, the last of Ramadan,
A.H. 1075 (A.D. 1665).

[GLASER, no. 115.]

Another copy of the same work, written
for al-Fakih 'Izz al-Din Muh. B. 'Abdallah
al-'Utmi.

Copyist :

^ J* ^

At the end is an extract from a letter on
the origin and early history of the Wahhabis
by al-Muhsin B. 'Abd al-Karim B. Ishak,
entitled ^ JB>^ O^>*i o» oU^. It is written
in diagonal lines, and occupies four pages,
foil. 1206—122o.

744.

Or. 1529.— Foil. 102 ; 9^ in. by 6 ; 23 lines,
4| in. long; written in Neskhi, apparently
in the 13th century.

[Sm HKNRY C. RAWLTNSON.]

A treatise of ethics, especially intended
for kings, imperfect at the beginning, and
containing neither title nor author's name.

It is evidently one of the numerous works
of that prolific writer, Abu '1-Faraj 'Abd
al-Rahman Ibn al-Jauzi, who died A.H. 597.
The following three men from whom the
author, in frequent Isuads, professes to have
orally received traditions, viz., Ibn al-Husain
(Hibat Allah B. Muh.), Muh. B. Nasir, and
Abu Mansur 'Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. al-
Kazzaz, are all mentioned in the biographical
notices of Ibn al-Jauzi among his masters.
See al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, Add. 23,358, fol.
218, and Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 52, fol. 119.
Again, a piece of verse with which the
present work concludes, and which begins :

is given in extenso, with few variations, in

506

SCIENCES.

the life of Ibn al-Jauzi, by his grandson,
Mir'at al-Zaman, Add. 23,279, fol. 107,
among his select verses ; but we have no
means of identifying the present work with
any of the numerous moral writings of Ibn
al-Jauzi enumerated in the same notice.

The work is divided into chapters, termed
Babs, the original numbers of which have
been altered in order to give an appearance
of completeness to the MS.

The first extant Bab, originally the fourth,
treats of the duty of listening to admoni-
tions ; but it is imperfect at the beginning.
In the following table of the headings of
the subsequent chapters, the original, still
faintly visible, numbers of the Babs are
added within brackets :

Fol. 4a.

Fol. 76.

Fol. 96.
Fol. 116.

Fol. 166.

Fol. 216.

This last chapter breaks off at fol. 236. The
eleventh, the beginning of which is wanting,
treats of the lives and characters of the
Khalifs in chronological order, from 'Abd al-
Malik B. Marwan to the reigning Khalif, al-
Mustadi bi-amr-allah (A.H. 566—575).

Fol. 60a.

cJUM

J
J [

j [£4lS5\]

£LJ\

Fol. 63a.

This last Bab breaks off, fol. 826, in the
middle of an admonition addressed by al-
Auza'i to Khalif al-Mansur. The next Bab,
the latter part of which is alone extant,
contains exhortations addressed to Amirs.

Fol. 85a. *

Fol. 876.

There is at the beginning of most chapters
a prayer for the reigning Khalif al-Mustadi,
for whom the work was evidently written.

A spurious beginning has been prefixed,
with the title idxi^xj^jj ,j ,»

The apocryphal preface begins thus :

ijk5l3. It contains another title in the
following passage : j>.ji- &jo»~» L_

l Alii ,>

Neither of the above titles is found in the
authentic lists of al-Jauzi's works.

745.

Or. 1534— Foil. 57 ; 9J in. by 6£ ; 21 lines,
4f in. long ; written in large bold Neskhi,
apparently in the 14th century.

[SiR HENRY C. EAWLINSON.]

Moral and religious precepts for the use

ETHICS AND POLITICS.

507

of kings, illustrated by numerous anecdotes ;
imperfect at the beginning.

The author is only designated, in the
colophon, by his honorific title, or Lakab,
viz., al-Jalal, or Jalal al-Dm : \ j* Jilll JIS
&»«AjbJ\ j&U* jj aurt^.iM i_-»l!o ^ alll ST-O U

He appears to have lived in Egypt, and,
judging from the evident age of the MS., he
can hardly be placed later than the eighth
century of the Hijrah.

The preface, the beginning of which is
lost, contains the name of al-Malik al-Man-
sur, to whom the work is dedicated. This
was probably al-Malik al-Mansur Kala'un,
who reigned A.H. 678—689.

The scope of the work is described in
these terms: j-ol£i\ (_i!Ji? !\

The author, who was evidently a religious
character, begins by showing that piety is
the only foundation for the prosperity of the
state. Then comes a long story, fol. 36 — 336,
about king Dara al-Pahlawan, his discussion
with his ten councillors, called Munis, al-
Najim, al-Murakib, Marzuban, al-Hakim,
Ispahbad, and Mujir, and the scheme by
which he brought the rebel Hurmuz to
submission.

There is no division into chapters except
towards the end, where the following head-
ings occur :

Fol. 506. W J Ju* Uj JW1

Fol. 53a.

Fol. 556.

The anecdotes relate mostly to the ancient
kings of Persia, to the Umayyades, and to
the early Abbasides.

The latest reference, the date of which
can be fixed, fol. 556, is to the Uj^H e_Ai.lj,
by ZakI al-Din 'Abd al-'Azim al-Mundiri,
who died A.H. 656 (v. no. 629). There are
also quotations from two works, the date of
which has not been ascertained, namely,
&, fol. 46a, and Xii^, fol. 47a.

In a spurious beginning prefixed to the
MS. by a modern hand, the work is ascribed
to Jalal al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman al-Suyuti.

746.

Or. 3780.— Foil. 28 ; 6J in. by 4 ; 16 lines,
2;| in. long ; written in Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins ; dated Saturday, 18 Rabi* I.,
A.H. 1058 (A.D. 1648).

[GLASEE, no. 65.]

A treatise on the rights and duties of
kings ; by Safi al-Din Ahmad B. al-Safi al-
Maimuni, with the following title : <_->Ui

Beg.

The author wrote it, as stated in the pre-
amble, at the request of the Easuli Sultan,
al-Malik al-Ashraf 'Umar B. Yusuf B. 'Umar
B. Rasul, who reigned A.H. 694 — 6. It is
divided into four Babs, with the following
headings :

Fol. 46. U

508

SCIENCES.

Fol. 76.

Fol.

yllaLJI

yVlaLJl

Fol. 236.

y*

The author says at the end that he had
compiled the present work from four books
of al-G-hazzali, viz., al-Ihya, al-Wasit, al-
Iktisad, and al-Mustazhiri, with additions
from a few other works.

747.

Or. 3525.— Foil. 217; lO^in.by?; 27 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
26 Muharram, A.H. 841 (A.D. 1437).

[S. CHUKCHILL.]

A collection of sayings, select verses and
anecdotes, illustrating virtues and the oppo-
site vices ; by Jamal al-Din Muhammad B.
Ibrahim B. Yahya B. 'Ali al-Kutubi, known
as Ibn al-Maghribi.

Beg. JJifr ylyfr

J«J.

The author's name is found in the follow-
ing title, written in gold within an illuminated
border on the first page :

He is also known as al-Warrak (another
name for al-Kutubi, the book-seller) and as

al-Watwat. He was born
died in Ramadan, A.H. 718.

2.

A.H. 632, and
His works are :

-tUw<

(see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 1836) ; 3. ^^>\
jj&} ; 4. Notes to the Kamil of Ibn al-Athir.
See al-Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 48a,
where the title of the present work has been
added in the margin.

The work is divided, as stated in the
preface, into sixteen Babs, treating respec-
tively of eight virtues, and of the opposite
vices. Each Bab consists of three Fasls.
The preface is followed by an introduction
containing moral maxims, and a full table
of contents, foil. 4a — 8a. The headings of
the Babs are given by Aumer, Munich Cata-
logue, no. 604, and by Fliigel, who describes
in the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i., no. 388, an
abridgment entitled j^«5\ (.>JlaJj jj&\ <_>a3Uii..
Another compendium will be noticed further
on, Or. 3630, II. See also Rosen, Institut,
no. 107 ; Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 319 ; and
" Mission Scientifique en Tunisie," p. 11.

The present copy agrees exactly with the
edition printed in Bulak, A.H. 1284.

Copyist : {j!jjj^\ ^^ &> ±+^

On the title-page are notes of several
successive owners, dated A.H. 965, 1005,
1038, and a large seal stating that the
volume was made a Wakf, A.H. 1056, for
the benefit of students of law and Hadith.
The signature of the donor has been partly
obliterated ; but *+s£ t\Z» ^A is still faintly
visible.

748.

Or. 3692.— Foil. 335 ; 8£ in. by 5f ; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated 1st
Muharram, A.H. 1225 (A.D. 1810).

[BUDGE.]

MATHEMATICS.

The same work, without author's name.

The copyist, Yasin al-'Umari al-Mausili,
is the author of a history of Mosul brought
down to A.H. 1226. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 577i. A table of contents occupies
three pages at the beginning.

749.

Or. 3190.— Foil. 313 ; 8| in. by 6 ; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, about
A.D. 1850. [KREMEB, no. 199.]

The same work, with a title in which the
author is called Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B.
Ibrahim B. Yahya B. 'AH al-Watwat al-
Kutubi al-Misri.

750.

Or. 3119.— Foil. 58 ; 7f in. by 5 ; 21 lines,
3 in. long ; written in small and close
Neskhi, after A.H. 1000 (A.D. 1592).

[KKEMER, no. 129.]

\

A moral treatise by Taj al-Din [Abd al-
Wahhab B. cAli] al-Subki, who died A.H. 771.

Beg. .JuN -^Jxj ,»*J^

The author's object is to show by what
means men may recover such worldly bless-
ings as have been taken from them. The
means are thankfulness, prayer, and faithful
discharge of duty. This is shown in one
hundred and twelve instances (Jli«), applic-
able to various conditions of men.

The work is mentioned among the writings
of al-Subki in Husn al-Muhadarah, vol. i.,

509

p. 183. See Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 642;
Pertsch, no. 848 ; the Paris Catalogue, no.
2447 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. vi.,
p. 199, vol. vii., pp. 233, 661.

Copyist :

«_p,.UH

In the colophon, *^,UU sj* ^ *^ J^j

\\

v.j£>\ *j*&] y* i_s)^ .... ii-> J\^l *_Juai, the
first numeral has been erased.

Mathematics.

751.

Or. 1514.— Foil. 174 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 17 lines,
2f in. long ; written in neat Persian Nes-
talik, with diagrams ; dated (foil. 89, 117,
144, 163) from Safar, A.H. 886, to Dul-
ka'dah, A.H. 888 (A.D. 1481—3).

[SIR HEiNKY C. KAWLINSON.]

A commentary upon the geometry of
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, known as

Beg.

ft-

The author, who designates himself only
by his Kunyah, Abu Ishak, had long con-
templated writing a treatise of geometry
and arithmetic, as a help to astronomical
observations. When Sultan Ya'kub Bahadur
Khan obtained the sovereign power, and,
although only sixteen years of age, surpassed
all princes in merit and virtue, the author

510

SCIENCES.

willingly complied with his royal desire, by
writing for him the present work.

Ya'kub Beg B. Hasan Beg, the greatest
ruler of the Ak-kuyunlu dynasty, ascended
the throne at the age of sixteen, A.H. 883,
and died A.H. 896. See Lubb al-Tawarikh,
Or. 140, fol. 64, and Ta'rlkh Elchi Nizam-
shah, fol. 438.

The commentary appears to have been
left unfinished. It extends only to the first
five of the fifteen Makalahs of the text, and
breaks off in the course of the explanation
of the 14th figure, jl* g]}\ j£iH, of
Makalah V.

The five Makalahs begin respectively as
follows : I. fol. 5a; II. fol. 896; III. fol.
1176 ; IV. fol. 1446; V. fol. 1646.

Prefixed to the MS. is a leaf containing a
eulogy upon the work and the author, as
well as upon the latter's royal patron, by
the famous al-Dawani, Abu 'Abdallah Mu-
hammad B. As'ad, who prays that the
author may live to complete the work. The
eulogy is dated Tebriz, 27 Dul-ka'dah,
A.H. 887.

The commentary contains the entire text
of the Tahrir. The latter work has been
printed in Rome, A.D. 1594, and in Con-
stantinople, A.H. 996. For MSS. see the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 4436, 6186 ; Uri,
nos. 949, 1012 ; Aumer, no. 848 ; Loth,
nos. 736 — 40; the Paris Catalogue, no. 2465 ;
the Khediye's Library, vol. v., p. 193, &c.

752.

Or. 3129,— Foil, 99; 7 in. by 5 ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, in the
16th century, [KREMEB, no. 139.]

A commentary by Abu ;l-FadJ Muhammad

B. Ahmad B. Ayyub, called Ibn Imam al-
Nahhasiyyah, al-Shafi'i, upon the arithme-
tical treatise entitled Nuzhat al-Hussab fi
'Ilm al-Hisab, t_A.-U As- ,j L.-A-.U Ltp

Beg. . . . <^ji)l Jjjs. u-A-J! - .ill

JU- J

The author of the Nuzhat al-Hussab is
called by the commentator Shihab al-Dm
Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. Muh. B. 'Imad al-
Karafi, commonly called Ibn al-Ha'im, al-
Makdisi al-Shafi'i. (He died in Jerusalem,
A.H. 815 ; see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 773a,
ad p. 2006).

The Nuzhat al-Hussab is an abridgment
of the Murshidat al-Talib by its author, Ibn
al-Ha'im; v. Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 325.
For MSS. see Pertsch, no. 1479, 2, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 191.

The commentator had applied himself in
his youth to the study of the law of inheri-
tance and of arithmetic. Returning to the
latter after an interval of thirty years, he
found his knowledge of it unimpaired. He
states at the end that he commenced the
commentary on the 7th of Dulhijjah, A.H.
889, and that, although engaged all the time
in giving legal opinions, in teaching, and in
writing other works, he completed it on the
7th of Dulhijjah, A.H. 890.

At the end are three Sanaa's, or certificates
of reading, the earliest of which was written
by 'Ali B. Nasir al-Din al-Tarabulusi al-
Dimashki al-Hanafi, Imam of the Jarni' al-
IJmawi, Damascus, A.H. 978.

On the first page is a short notice of Ibn
al-Ha'im from the Tabakat of al-Suyuti, and
a note showing that the MS. originally con-
tained, in addition to the above work,
<_->L»*:' Jj £+d\, and its commentary, by Sibt
al-Maridini (see Pertsch, no. 1483).

MATHEMATICS.

511

753.

STOWE, Or. 10.— Foil. 159 ; 9 in. by 7 ; about
20 lines, 4 in. long ; written by several
hands, mostly about the close of the 16th
century.

.»"»y>

I. Foil. 16 — 12«. JU«

Ui
'. A treatise on arithmetic, by Ya'ish

B. Ibrahim B. Yusuf B. Sammak al-Umawi.
Beg.

This copy, dated Dimyat, Safar, A.H. 991
(A.D. 1583), is said to have been transcribed
from the author's autograph MS.

II. Foil. 12o— 145. *.L- J J\M ^
JK^I. A short treatise on mensuration,
by the same author, also transcribed from
his original draft.

Beg.

It is followed by some notes on magic
squares, with diagrams.

III. Foil. 20a— 276. ^jL J
Lux»-»Ul A commentary by Muhammad
B. Muh. Sibt al-Maridini, upon the versified
treatise of algebra, entitled al-Yasammiyyah.

Beg. . . . bj* Ut^JI J

The author of the poem is Abu Muh.
'Abdallah B. Muh. B. Hajjaj al-Ishbili,
called Ibn al-Yasamin, who died A.H. 600.
For copies of the same commentary see
Uri, no. 965, « ; Pertsch, no. 1475 ; Ahl-
wardt, Verzeichniss, 1871, no. 405; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., pp. 190 and 214.

IV. Foil. 28—456.
A commentary by Musa B. Muh., called
Kadi-zadah al-Rumi (who died about A.H.
840 ; v. Persian Catalogue, p. 456) upon the
Ashkal al-Ta'sis, a treatise of geometry by
Shams al-DIn Muh. B. Ashraf al- Samarkand],
who died about A.H. 600.

j,j

Beg. a!

This copy is dated 15 Rajab, A.H. 998
(A.D. 1590). For other MSS. see the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 186a, 618a ; Aumer, no. 849 ;
Pertsch, no. 1498 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 196.

V. Foil. 47a— 59Z>. gb,
A treatise on the construction of quadrants ;
by Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad B. Muh. B.
Ahmad B. Muh. B. al-'Attar (alias al-Baitar)
al-Bakri al-Shafi'i.

Beg.

J\ c'.

The work is divided, as noticed by Haj.
Khal., vol. v., p. 213, into a Mukaddimah,
two Kisms, and a Khatimah. At the end
the author says that the contents were
derived, A.H. 830, from the teaching of his
master, Nur al-DIn al-Nakkash B. 'Abd al-
Kadu-.

For MSS. see the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 269; Journal Asiatique, 1862, I.,
p. 124; and the Paris Catalogue, no. 2546.

The above tract is followed by some
astronomical tables and cabalistic squares.

VI. Foil. 67 — 756. A treatise on the con-
struction and use of the celestial globe, in
sixty-five Babs, by Afanta B. Luka, with

512

this title ;

Beg.

SCIENCES.

J-*^ j

An anonymous tract noticed by De Slane,
Paris Catalogue, no. 2544, 11°, has the same
beginning.

VII. Foil. 766—791. A short tract in
explanation of the fact that the stars are
visible at night, and disappear in day-time ;
without author's name.

Beg.

«

It was written in answer to a question
put by a princely personage, only designated
by the title Ghiyath al-Dunya [wal-Dln].

VIII. Foil. 80— 122a. J
ejbjjJl lafr^. A work treating of the holi-
ness of number seven, and of the memories
and traditions attached to each of the seven
days of the week ; by Abu Nasr Muhammad
B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Hamdani.

Beg. J\3 . . . j\s

After mentioning such instances as the
seven heavens, the seven earths, the seven
hells, the seven verses of the Fatihah, &c.
the author divides his work into seven
Majlis, which treat respectively of the seven
days of the week, and contain numerous

apocryphal traditions relating to the Prophets
of old, to Muhammad and to 'Ali.

The seven Majlis begin respectively at
foil. 81a, 90a, 976, 1056, 1106,1156, and 121a.

The work is mentioned under the above
title by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 579. For
other copies see Uri, nos. 127, 2, 156, and
420; Aumer, no. 156; Pertsch, no. 829;
the Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 161 ; and
the Vienna Catalogue, no. 1672, where the
contents are fully stated.

IX. Foil. 123—1596. The Alfiyyah of Ibn
Malik, written A.H. 1167 (A.D. 1754) by al-
Sayyid 'Ali Nakib-Zadah.

754.

Or. 3693.— Foil. 43 ; 8J in. by 6^ ; written
by two hands, A.H. 904 and 1095.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—10 ; about 30 lines, 3f in. long ;
written in small, sparingly pointed, Neskhi;
dated 17 Shawwal, A.H. 904 (A.D. 1499).

A commentary by Shihab al-Din al-
Slraji al-Shafi'i upon the metrical treatise of
algebra, called al-Yasamlniyyah (see no.

753, III.) : iWj jJ* J

Beg.

+s?

The prologue of the Yasaminiyyah is left
out. The commentary on the next following
line, jjii jjiW iiiS ^?, begins thus : *JLJ\ ^

ASTRONOMY.

513

I) U U

Copyist : . . . ^

Foil. 11—43; 21 lines, 4f in. long; written
in cursive, but distinct, Neskhi, A.H. 1095
(A.D. 1684), contain the following treatises :

II. Foil. 11-12. A short anonymous tract
on the use of the quadrant, called al-Maktu£
al-Shimali, divided into a Mukaddimah and
seven Bubs.

Beg.

W

III. Foil. 126 — 16. A short anonymous
tract on the sinuated quadrant, consisting of
a Mukaddimah and fifteen Babs.

Beg.

\\ U bb

Copyist : ^Uii

IV. Foil. 166—17. Verses of Sibawaih on
the syntax of pronouns when preceded \>y \$,
and verses of Ibn al-Haiib on nouns of

• J

feminine gender without feminine termina-
tions.

V. Foil. 176—43. The commentary of
Muaa B. Muh., called Kadi Zadah, upon the
Ashkal al-Ta'sIs (see no. 753, IV.), to which
is prefixed this title : jKi>\ ^jL <j

Astronomy.

755.

Or. 1407.— Foil. 107; 10£in.by6f ; 35 lines,
4 in. long; written in small and neat Neskhi ;
dated Wednesday, 12 Ramadan, A.H. 1074
(A.D. 1664).

Description of the fixed stars, by Abu '1-
Husain 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Umar al-Sufi
(who died A.H. 376), with the following title:

o u_;Ui

«— hj

Beg. ur.

The twin figures of the constellations,
drawn in outline, and partly coloured, occupy
a whole page each. To some of the con-
stellations the Latin names have been added in
Arabic characters, as Ursa Minor, ^yju l-»,y,
Ursa Major, jy.U L*^, &c. The MS. has
been collated, as appears from numerous
corrections in the margins. The work has
been translated by Schjellerup, " Description
des etoiles fixes," St. Petersburg, 1874.
See also Caussin de Perceval, Notices et
Bxtraits, vol. xii., p. 236, and, for other
copies, the Arabic Catalogue, p. 188a ; Meh-
ren, Copenhagen Catalogue, no. 83 ; Upsala,
no. 325 ; Rosen, Institut, no. 185 ; Marsigli
Collection, no. 422 ; the Paris Catalogue,.
nos. 2488—92, &c.

756.

Or. 1997.— Foil. 262 ; 13 in. by 8£ ; 31 lines,
7 in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi, but
sparingly provided with diacritical points;
dated Baghdad, RabI' I., A.H. 570 (A.D.
1174). [SiR HENRY M. ELLIOT.]

Al-Kiinun al-Mas'iidi, the great astronomi-
3 c

514

SCIENCES.

cal work of Abu '1-Raihan al-Biruni, who
died A.H. 440 (v. supra, no. 457).

Beg. yfr »

The preface contains a dedication to
Sultan Mas'ud Grhaznawi, from whom the
work takes its name. He is designated by

the following titles : *~J\ J^JI

«lrt JlW 2^s? &V, and is said to have
come out victorious, by the grace of God,
from a struggle with those who opposed his
succession to the hereditary throne. A con-
densed translation of the preface has been
given by Prof. Sachau in his own preface to
Alberuni's India, pp. xii. — xiv. The work
comprises eleven books (Makalah), divided
into chapters (Bab), some of which are again
subdivided into sections (Fasl). A full table
of contents concludes the preface, and occu-
pies seven pages, foil. 2a — 5a.

The date of composition is not explicitly
stated. The work appears to have been
written in Ghaznah, some time after A.H.
422, the year in which Sultan Mas'ud
established his rule in that capital. The
table of the Abbaside Khalifs, fol. 32a, is
brought down to al-Ka'im, who was pro-
claimed at the close of the same year. On
the other hand, the Kanun Mas'udi must
have been completed before A.H. 427, for it
is included in the list of al-Biruni's writings,
which was drawn up by the author in that
year. (See " Chronologie Orientalischer
Volker," Einleitung, p. 46.)

Only four copies of the Kanun Mas'udi
are known to exist in European libraries.
One, the contents of which have been fully
stated in the Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii.,

pp. 360 — 3, is dated A.H. 475, but contains
only the first half of the work, with con-
siderable lacunae. The contents of the
other copies have not yet been described in
detail. Another MS., apparently complete,
and dated A.H. 1040, is noticed in the
Catalogue of the Mulla Firuz Library, p. 35,
no. 65.

As the present MS. bears an early date,
and contains, with a trifling exception, the
entire work, it will not be superfluous to give
the headings of the chapters in full. In the
following list the Roman numbers indicate
the Makalahs, and the Arabic figures the
Babs :

Fol. 5a. i.

Fol. 56. J*U
Fol. lla. ii

Fol. 126. jl
Fol. 13a. (

Fol. 13J.

> 3.

4.
J 5.

6-

Fol. 146.

Fol. 15a.

Fol. 16a.

» 3*

8.

r

9.

Fol. 166.

10.

Fol. 43a.
Fol. 446.
Fol. 48a.

Fol. 49a.
Fol. 506.

Fol. 52a.
Fol. 536.
Fol. 546.
Fol. 556.

Fol. 576.

Fol. 17o. ^C J31

Fol. 18a.

Fol. 226.

Fol. 236.

Fol. 246. U

Fol. 27a.
Fol. 33a.

Fol. 346.

"1

J)\ L

ASTRONOMY.

J 11. Fol. 58o.

II.

J\
i 2

6-

7.

J 8.
J 9.
J 10.

J

J
UJ 12

m- !•
J 2.

J 3.

J 4.

* J*.1

5.

Fol. 616.

Fol. 626. \x«M J

Fol. 646.

Fol. 65a.

Fol. 66a.

Fol. 67a.

Fol.

Fol. 7 la.

Fol. 716.

Fol. 72a.

Fol. 726. CL

Fol. 73a.

Fol. 74a.

515

J 6-

^ J 7.
8.

Jtiil J 9.
j

J

J IV. 1.

3.

4.

» 5.

7.

8.

3u2

516

Fol. 746. uiJJJ J

Fol. 766.

Fol. 786.

SCIENCES.

Fol. 786.

Fol. 796. JJ &

Fol. 80a. i

Fol. 816.

taj» J 10.

Jb »>• J 11.
*u. J 12.

Fol. 82a.

Fol. 83a. .j U? ,li*j r

Fol. 85a.

Fol. 856. t

Fol. 866. tt

Fol. 876.

Fol. 886.

Fol. 89a.

14.

15.

J>

18.

19.

J 20.
\ £&>j\
21.

i 22.

J 23.

24.

• The cardinal points. In the table of chapters, fol. 3a,
and in the Oxford MS., this word is wrongly written^ljjl.

Fol. 896.

Fol. 906.

Fol. 916.
Fol. 926.
Fol. 93a.
Fol. 93a.
Fol. 94a.
Fol. 95a.
Fol. 95a.
Fol. 96a.
Fol. 97a.
Fol. 99a.

Fol. 1056.
Fol. 1096. jl

FoLllOa. w

-»jJ\ J^.^ J 25.

* *** 26.

V. 1.

2-

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

* J 8
Li- *>j

9.

10.

f 11.
» VI. 1.

,? 2.

Pol. Ilia. Olijl J*. <-»>

Pol. 1126.
Fol. 114a.
Fol. 115«.

Pol. 1166.
Pol. 1186.
Fol. 1236.

Pol. 127a.
Pol. 1306.
Fol. 1316.

Pol. 132ffl.

Pol. 1326.
Pol. 137a.

Fol. 139i.
Pol. 141a.

ttl J\ i.\U j 4.

\ j 7.
. J 8.
9.

10.

UH J>.j^ 11.

/i J VII. 1.

2.

5.
6.

' The beginning of this chapter is lost. The above
heading is taken from the table of contents, fol. 36.

ASTKONOMY.
j*/ J 3. Fol. 142a.

Pol. 1446.
Pol. 1506. s.Xi
Fol. 151a.

*

Pol. looa.

517

i^a.< J 7.

8.

i- UA J 9.
^ <^W J
i 10.

!i)c-^! J 11.

Fol. 1586. s&\) Lr^\ c^ J VIII. 1

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5.

6.

7.

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• The Khayal al-Kusufain is the subject of a
separate work by al-Biruni. See India, English transla-
tion, vol. ii., p. 208.

Fol. 2096.

Fol. 212a.

Fol. 2136.

Fol. 21 5a.

Fol. 2176.

Fol. 230a.

Fol. 233a.

Fol. 23 5o.

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ASTRONOMY.

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Fol. 2526.

Fol. 253a.
Fol. 2536. \$j\

Fol. 258a. JJ

Fol. 260a.

Fol. 261a.

In the table of contents a twelfth Bab is
added, which does not appear in the text.
It has the heading :

7.

8.

*»>. J 9.

10.

11.

The colophon is as follows : »5laU tl

w*

By the side of the colophon is a note,
stating that the MS. had been collated witK
the original in Muharram, A.H. 571.

On the first page are several 'Arz Didahs,
with seals bearing the names of the Indian
emperors, 'Alamgir and Ferrukhsiyar.

757.

Or. 1740.— Foil. 172 ; 9 in. by 5| ; written
about A.D. 1850.

[SiR HENRY M. ELLIOT.]

Miscellaneous extracts from various MSS.,
described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 1012.
The following is Arabic :

Foil. 53—97; 11 lines, 3| in. long;
written in rude and incorrect Neskhi. Ex-
tracts from a MS. of the Kanun Mas'udi,
which is described at the end as consisting
of 313 leaves, with 21 lines per page. They
include the preface and table of chapters,
short passages from Makalah L, and the
tables of longitude and latitude from Makfi-
lah V., Bab 10.

758.

Or. 1750.— Foil. 162; 8J in. by 5£ ; written
in fair Nestalik, about A.D. 1850.

[SiR HENRY M. ELLIOT.]

Miscellaneous extracts, described in the
Persian Catalogue, p. 1016. The following
is Arabic :

Foil. 77—106. The tables of longitude
and latitude, from Kanun Mas'udi, Maka-
lah V., Bab 10 ; in two drafts.

On the first page is the following pencilled
note by Sir H. Elliot: "Taken from Ma-
haraja Butun Sing's copy. The names
marked + have been entered on my map
constructed from al-Biruni " [Or. 2046].

520

SCIENCES.

759.

Or. 1941.— Foil. 47; 9£ in. by 7; written
about A.D. 1850.

[SiE HENRY M. ELLIOT.]

Miscellaneous extracts, described in the
Persian Catalogue, p. 1036. The following
is Arabic :

Foil. 27 — 29. Longitudes and latitudes of
Indian towns, extracted from the Kanun
Mas'udi, with this note in Sir H. Elliot's
handwriting : " Copied from the Lucknow
MSS."

760.

Or. 4323.— Foil. 79 ; 8£ in. by 5£ ; 18 lines,
2| in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi ; dated Saturday, 8 Kajab, A.H. 1059
(A.D. 1649). [BUDGE.]

The commentary of Musa B. Mahmud,
called Kadi Zadah, upon the treatise of
astronomy entitled al-Mulakhkhas, by Mah-
mud B. Muh. al-Jaghmini, who wrote it A.H.
618. (See the Leyden Catalogue, no. 1083.)

Beg. \jj> j<&\j AJUJ u-^LM J«- ^\ ai! j>JJ.

The author of the commentary, Salah al-
Din Musa Kadi Zadah, lived at the court of
Ulugh Beg in Samarkand, and died some
time after A.H. 823. (See the Persian
Catalogue, p. 456.)

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 1906 ; Nicoll, no. 276 ; the Leyden Cata-
logue, no. 1086 ; Mehren, no. 84 ; Casiri,
no. 953 ; Aumer, no. 854 ; Loth, no. 751 ;
the Paris Catalogue, no. 2503-4 ; the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. v., pp. 223,224, vol. vii.,
p. 43 ; Houtsma, no. 504, &c.

Foil. 77 — 79 contain the commencement
of a Turkish translation by Ahmad Da'i, of
Nasir al-Din Tusi's treatise on the calendar,
known as Si Fasl.

761.

Or. 2436.— Foil. 1 60 ; 8|- in. by 5^ ; 14 lines,
2£ in. long ; written in flowing Nestalik,
A.D. 1701-2, with the exception of foil.
149 — 160, which are written in Neskhi,
probably in the 18th century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

T. Foil. 1—1486.
The same commentary.

This copy is dated A.H. 1113 (A.D.
1701-2).

II. Foil. 149— 158a. A tract on the times
of prayer prescribed in the Coranic verse
(Surah xvii., v. 80) : (_r^\ ti>jW »jUH p

ul-*J J*^ i>~^ J^> bv ^usam al-Husaini
al-Khalkhali.

Beg. Jlw jjo U .

Sayyid Husain al-Khalkhali, a disciple of
Habib Allah Mirza Jan al-Shirazi, died A.H.
1014. (See Khuhlsat al-Athar, vol. ii.,
p. 122, and Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 437.)

The date of composition given at the end
is the first of 'Sha'ban, J *5U^ JJA (_ij.J\3 ^
1 1 * &!«. wU*i If-, evidently by mistake for
i»i, A.H. 981.

III. Foil. 1586— 160a. A short tract on
the distances and volumes of the planets,
said to be translated from Persian.

Beg. . . . JOj &

ASTRONOMY.

521

The original is probably the work of 'Abd
al-'Ali al-Birjindi, oLo\ t_^b j<i >&>.jZ> &^j
j»\r?-\j, mentioned in the Habib us-Siyar,
vol. iii., Juz 4, p. 117.

762.

Or. 3787.- Foil. 115; Siin.bySf; 25 lines,
3f in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, about
the 17th century. [GLASER, no. 72.]

Gloss of 'Abd al-'Ali al-Birjindi on the
above-mentioned commentary of Kadi Zadah
Rumi (no. 760).

Beg.

The author's name appears in the colo-
phon : W_j* UJA-JJ^ J-xii^ *JJuJ\

'Abd al-'Ali B. Muh. al-Birjindi lived in
Herat, and died some time after A.H. 930.
See the Persian Catalogue, p. 453i. His
gloss on Sharh al-Mulakhkhas is mentioned,
but with a slightly different beginning, by
Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 114. For other copies,
see the Petersburg Catalogue, p. Ill ; Loth,
no. 754 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
pp. 221, 224, and Houtsma, no. 504.

763.

Or. 1560.— Foil. 109 ; 8 in. by 4f ; 15 lines,
21 in. long ; written in small and neat
Persian Neskhi ; dated iof «i«>, probably for
A.H. 1054 (A.D. 1644).

[Sin HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

I. Foil. 4—146. eU^ gj&. The as-
tronomical treatise of Baha al-Din Muhammad
B. Husain al-'Amili, who died A.H. 1031

(see the Persian Catalogue, p. 25, and
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 440), with
diagrams and marginal notes. For other
copies, see the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 244,
632 ; Loth, no. 1043, vi. ; and Houtsma,
Brill's Catalogue, no. 515.

II. Foil. 15 — 635. Arabic translation of
an astronomical treatise written in Persian,
by Nas'ir al-Din al-Tusi, and designated by
the unknown translator as SjjM, al-Zubdah.

OL»«J\ lalj 4!)

241

Sojp^ sl»«» iii^M ^s-

This is a popular exposition of astronomy,
divided into thirty Babs. It is mentioned
as C-ojjb jj 8JJ j i$\*»j in the list of Nasir al-
Dln's works, Majalis al-Muminin, Add.
16,716, fol. 3976. Haj. Khal. gives tin-
title *t>$\ ,j »JJj, vol. iii., p. 537, without
author's name.

A copy of the Persian original, entitled
ik^Jl Sjjj, and consisting, like the present
translation, of thirty Babs, is described in
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 150. The
headings of the first five Babs of the present
version are as follows :

Fol. 155. )j* J

-Wl

Fol. 17 b.

Fol. 18a.

Fol. 205.

Fol. 22«.

2.

3.

jljSM /•> J 5.

3 x

522

SCIENCES.

The MS. breaks off at the fourth page of
Bab 28, the heading of which is j&l\j *i~H j
Ufe^jjL* ,j (jJoN U-A&^J. There are some
diagrams, and a few marginal notes.

III. Foil. 64— Ida. A Persian treatise
on astronomy, without title or author's
name.

Beg.

j-o U

«_», 4)1

It consists of two parts, called Makalahs.
The first treats of the heavenly bodies, in
six Babs. The second expounds the shape
of the earth, its division into seven climes,
&c., in eleven Babs.

It is the it* J* y> Ail**, of 'AH Kushi.
(See the Persian Catalogue, p. 458a, and
Ethe, no. 1534.)

IV. Foil. 1016— 103<z. A short astronomi-
cal tract in Persian, beginning : J..*

V. Foil. 1046— 108a. l£*. A treatise
on the astrolabe, by Baha al-Din Muhammad
al-'Amili. (See art. I.)

Beg.

The author called it Safhah, or "plate,"
because the whole of it may be written on a
plate of the astrolabe:

_~ i j

In another copy, Arabic Catalogue, p. 6226,
the title is iL*^ , which conveys the same
meaning.

Copyist:

764.

Or. 1197.— Foil. 118 ; 7 in. by 5 ; 13 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated

(fol. 109&) Wednesday, 14 Muharram, A.H.
854 (A.D. 1450). [ALEX. JABA.]

I. Foil. 1 — 116. A treatise on the astro-
labe and its use, by 'Ala al-Din 'Ali B.
Sharaf al-Din 'Isa, with the following title :

JUH f\^\ *S)

Beg. c-

«j -

ii .**

The work consists of an introduction,
containing a summary of necessary notions,
and 63 short Babs, numbered with the
letters of the alphabet.

Haj. Khal. mentions 'AH B. 'Isa among
the authors who wrote on the astrolabe ;
v. vol. iii., p. 365. Treatises on that subject
by the same author are noticed by Uri,
no. 967, art. ii., and by Casiri, no. 972, 3.
The latter calls him 'AH B. 'Isa al-Ishbili,
and gives A.H. 736 as the date of the MS.

II. Foil. 12a — 656. An astronomical
treatise, without title, preface, or author's
name, with the heading :

Beg.

JJ

It treats, in a series of unnumbered
chapters, of the calculation of the positions
of the planets, of various eras and their
reduction, of the influences of the lunar
mansions, of the hours of the day and signs
of the zodiac, and of some astronomical
observations by means of the quadrant.

The author appears, from his use of the
era of the martyrs and of the Coptic months,
to have lived in Egypt. The date of com-
position may be inferred from a passage,
fol. 14a, in which he says that 324 solar

ASTRONOMY.

523

years had elapsed from the date of the
Suwar of 'Abd al-Rahmiin al-Sufi, i.e., the
year 1276 of Alexander, to the present time.
This would give the year 1600 of Alexander
(= A.D. 1288, A.H. 687) for the date of
composition.

III. Foil. 66a—716. A short tract, in
seventeen questions, a!—-*, upon the use of
the quadrant ; by Ahmad B. 'Abdallah al-
Bardlni.

Beg.

«i\i

aJJ

The author compiled the work for the use
of his son. At the end the author's name
is written, ^>^jl\ ^U). A MS. of the same
work is noticed by Pertsch, no. 1395.

IV. Foil. 72«— 1095. J^Jl j ^»J\
c-^jJUU. A treatise on the use of the
sinuated quadrant ; by Shams al-Dm Mu-
hammad B. Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Rahim al-
Mizzi ; wanting the first page of the preface.

The author was born before A.H. 690,
studied in Cairo, and settled in Damascus,
where he invented some ingenious and
highly valued astronomical instruments. He
died there A.H. 750. See al-Durar al-
Kaminah, vol. ii., fol. 52, where the present
work is mentioned. It is also noticed by
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 388, and vol. v.,
p. 207. For other copies, see the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 110 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, no. 2547, art. 13 ; the Bodleian
Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 6066 ; and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. v., pp. 269, 308.

The treatise consists of a preliminary

chapter and 145 Babs. This copy was

written for Amir Jamal al-Dln YQsuf B.
Korkmas al-Saifi.

V. Foil. Ilia— 1175. JtiW ij*. A versi-
fied tract in the form of a Kasidah, on the
method of determining by observation the
hours of day and night.

Beg. V, — Jl

The author, who designates himself at the
end only by the name of 'Ali, is, according to
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 200, Abu'1-Baka 'AH
B. 'Uthman Ibn al-Kasih al-'Udri, and
died A.H. 801. He is also the author of a
commentary entitled ^j&>\ -.^-», upon the
Hirz al-Amani of al-Shatibi, copies of which
are noticed by Uri, p. 263, no. 1269, and by
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 609. Com-
pare Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 44, and vol. vii.,
p. 1031, no. 1171.

The poem, which is said at the end to
consist of 150 Baits, is divided into fifteen
Babs. The author's use of the Coptic
months shows that he lived in Egypt.

765.

Or. 2437.— Foil. 78 ; 8| in. by 6$ ; about
20 lines in a page ; written by various hands,
in the 18th century.

[Presented by Coi,. S. B. MILES.]

I. Foil. 1 — 45. A tract on the use of the
quadrant called ,Jl^ «jiaflU &Jt\, in a
Mukaddimah and seven Babs, without
author's name (see no. 754, II.).

Beg. ,*^V J»*N
i—j^l JUA-J.J i*.iJi*

II. Foil. 46 — 10a. A tract on the sinuated
quadrant, in a Mukaddimah and fifteen Babs,
without author's name (see no. 754, III.).

.__ JLS?' *j\ ^ isali? 2L-
bb

Beg.

a

3x2

524

SCIENCES.

III. Foil. 12ft— 206. A tract on the
designs of the astrolabe and their use, in a
Mukaddimah, fifteen Fasls, and a Khatimah,
without author's name.

Beg. tj^i jjoj . . .

j

U-iM

OU-41

This copy was completed on the 21st of
Jumada II., A.H. 1157 (A.D. 1744), in the
Madrasat al-Khusrawiyyah, by Ahmad B.
Mahmiid B. 'Abd al-Kadir. Another copy
dated A.H. 1115, also anonymous, is noticed
in the Petersburg Catalogue, no. 130, e.

Prefixed are two diagrams, the second of
which is dated A.H. 1198. Fol. 21a con-
tains a table of the longitude and latitude of
the principal cities in Persia and the Turkish
empire.

IV. Foil. 226— 26a. A tract on the use of
the bridged quadrant, in a Mukaddimah and
ten Fasls ; by Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B. Muh.
al-Majdi, who died A.H. 850 (v. Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii., p. 528).

Beg. ^

A

For other copies, see Leyden, vol. iii.,
p. 126; Aumer,no. 856; Pertsch, no. 1417;
the Paris Catalogue, no. 2547, 3; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., pp. 248, 302, 306.

This copy was written by the same hand
as art. III., at the end of the same month.

V. Foil. 27a— 51a.

.

The commentary of Kadi Zadah on the
Ashkal al-Ta'sis. (See above, no. 753, IV.)

VI. Foil. 52a— 68a. Glosses upon the

preceding commentary, by Abu 1-Fath Mu-
hammad al-Hadi Abu Nasr B. Abi Sa'id al-
Husaini al-'Iraki, called Taj al-Sa'Idi, who
was, according to Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 322,
a disciple of Kadi Zadah.

Beg. U . , .

ifl)\

_

VII. Foil. 69o— 74a. Glosses of Baha al-
Dln Muh. B. Husain al-'Amili (d. A.H. 1031)
on the eighth Bab of his own work, io^k-
uA-U, treating of algebra. (See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 6226, and Loth, no. 758.)

Beg. <dJ

VIII. Foil. 75a— 776. Rule for the alge-
braic calculation of undefined quantities :

766.

Or. 2411.— Foil. 38; 8 in. by 5f ; 21 lines,
4 in. long ; written in rather rude Neskhi,
apparently in the 17th century.

[Presented by G. CERIOJJI, OF ALEXANDRIA.]

A treatise on the use of the quadrant
called Rub' al-Mukantarat, by Muhammad
B. Muh. B. Ahmad Abu '1-Mahasin Badr al-
Dln al-Shafi'i, Muwakkit of Jami' al-Azhar,
Sibt Jamal al-Dln al-Maridini, who was
born A.H. 826, and composed the present
work A.H. 844. (See the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., pp. 243, 302.)

ASTRONOMY.

525

Beg.

-*-

J\»

.^ a-.

The treatise is divided into a Mukaddimah,
thirty Babs, and a Khatimah. It is noticed
by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 11. For MSS.
see Casiri, no. 26, e ; Mehren, no. 86 ; and
the Paris Catalogue, no. 2541, art. 6.

The date of the author's death is not
known ; but he appears to have been still
alive in A.H. 897. See the Paris Catalogue,
no. 2519, art. 7.

767.

Or. 1573.— Foil. 137;

21 lines,

3f in. long ; written in Neskhi, probably in
the 19th century.

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

This MS., which has been described in the
Persian Catalogue, p. 459, contains the

following Arabic tract.

«-A-».

jS\S,

Foil. 1136— 131«. «--». ,

jj'j'jJ^ -.jjJ\. A treatise on the computation
of degrees and minutes in astronomical
operations, by the same Muhammad Sibt al-
Maridini.

Beg.

The best work written on the sexagenary
method of calculation, says the author, was

the jili'Jlj -jd\ s-j^-9- ^J J?.^ u_ii/, by
Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn al-Majdi (d. A.H.
850). As it contained many references to

the method of the ancients, and was in parts
so concise as to become obscure, the author
wrote the present improved recension, in
which the difficult passages are fully eluci-
dated. It is divided into a Mukaddimah,
ten Babs, and a Khatimah.

See Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 205, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 247, where
the title is wrongly written ^UiU J&'s-
The correct form is found in other copies,
as Uri, no. 967 ; Lee, no. 52 ; Landberg,
no. 447 ; and Pertsch, no. 1390. The Paris
Catalogue, nos. 1390, 2541, and 2560 is,
gives jjtfjJl jjlS,

768.

Or. 3624.— Foil. 199 ; llf in. by 8 ; 25 lines,
5£ in. long; written in fair bold Neskhi;
dated Saturday, 13 Shawwal, A.H. 1007
(A.D. 1599). [DR. JOHN LEE.]

A treatise on the art of calculating dates
and taking astronomical observations, with
copious chronological and astronomical tables.

Beg. xjjj J^M *f~N ^9- ,_£JJ\ ftU J-»U

^x*-»

It is divided into two Makiilah. The first
consists of forty-five Babs, containing a
detailed account of the eras of Alexander,
Augustus, Diocletian, and Yazdagird, and
showing how they are to be reduced to each
other and to the years of the Hijrah. It
contains further ample directions for various
astronomical observations. The second
Makalah, which occupies the last two-thirds

526

SCIENCES.

of the volume, foil. 70 — 199, consists of
comparative tables of the above eras, with
the years of the Hijrah, brought down to
A.H. 1200, and of a large number of
astronomical tables.

The tables are calculated for the longitude
of Cairo, where the work was written. The
author does not give his name in the preface,
but he appears to be designated as Abu '1-
'Ukul in the following heading of a table of
the planetary motions, fol. 70 : ij>* U Ufc

\ •£) J

On the title-page is a note stating that the
MS. was given as a Wakf to the library of
al-Azhar by Ahmad al-Damanhuri (d. A.H.
1192). It is noticed in the catalogue of
Dr. John Lee, no. 54.

769.

Or. 3748.— Foil. 67 ; 9 in. by 6J ; about 35
lines, 4 in. long ; written in small and
imperfectly pointed Neskhi ; dated Sunday,
22 Muharram, A.H. 1284 (A.D. 1867).

[GLASER, no. 32.]

Astronomical tables, with an introduction,
by 'Abdallah B. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad al-
Sharji.

s- JUS M Jh jJifl

The author's Nisbah is written on the

title-page ^j^ ', but in another MS. he is
called al-Sharji. See no. 772. He had
studied astronomy, he says, under his late
brother al-Hasan B. 'Abdallah. ^/^-A and
had contributed his share to the latter's
work entitled jJc,~J\ c-^UaM L«J. Having
carried on personal observations for a long
period, and finding the tables current in
Yemen inaccurate, he determined to write
the present work, which he completed on the
10th of Rabi' I., A.H. 1081.

The introduction, divided into 42 Babs,
occupies foil. 1—22. The tables fill the
remaining space.

Calendar.

770

/ i\j.

Or. 3849.— Foil. 16 ; 12J- in. by 9 ; written
in Neskhi ; dated Jumada I., A.H. 1201
(A.D. 1787^. TO-LASER. no. 137.1

m ,

(A.D. 1787).

AC* I . j J. 1 . A.J. • 1 fc. W X

[GLASER, no. 137.]

Tables showing the correspondence of the
Arabic and Syrian months for the years
A.H. 1201—1300, with a preface, and an
appendix on the positions of the sun and the
moon.

Beg.

aJJl W JM

J

The author, whose name is supplied by
the following MS., says that he followed the
system of his predecessors, Shaikh al-Siddik
Muhammad al-Hanafi, and Sayyid al-Husain
B. Zaid Jahhaf, who had compiled similar
tables respectively for the llth and 12th
centuries of the Hijrah.

The MS. was written for Imam al-Mansur
billah ('AH B. al-'Abbas).

CALENDAR.

527

771.

Or. 3717.— Foil. 15; 13f in. by 9 ; written
in Neskhi, apparently about the close of the
18th century. [GLASEB, no. 1.]

The same work, with the following title,
in which the author is called Fakih Jamal
al-Dln 'AH B. al-Hasan B. Muh. al-Akwa' :

s^JLJ j>\jS\ j^ Jj^

(

772.

Or. 3732.— Foil. 36 ; Il£in.by7|; 31 lines,
6 in. long ; written about A.H. 1215 (A.D.
1800). [GLASEB, no. 16.]

Tables showing the correspondence of the
days of the Arabic, Syrian, and Persian
months for A.H. 1215—1230, with a short
introduction ; by Muhammad B. Ahmad B.
al-Imam.

The following title is prefixed :

*

Underneath is a note, stating that the
author died on the 23rd of Sha'ban, A.H.
1217.

After referring to the discrepancies of the
tables of Kadi Ibrahim B. Yahya al-'Alafi,
and of Fakih 'Ali B. Hasan al-Akwa' (v. no.
771), the author says that he extracted the
present tables from the Ghayat of Shaikh
'Abdallah al-Muthanna B. 'Abdallah B.
Ahmad al-Sharji (v. no. 769).

773.

Or. 3747.— Foil. 26 ; 9 in. by 6 ; about 40
lines, 5 in. long ; written in small and cur-
sive Neskhi ; dated RabI' II., A.H. 1275
(A.D. 1858). [GLASER, no. 31.]

I. Foil. 2—11. Olij^ll «>. J OULHVI iib.
A treatise on the solar and lunar months,
and the solar and lunar mansions, with
tables for the years A.H. 1263—1300, by
Fakhr al-Islam 'Abdallah B. Ham/ah,

Beg.

It is divided into a Mukaddimah, three
Babs, and a Khatimah.

II. Foil. 13—15. Table of the solar
months, with astronomical and agricultural
notices for each day, extracted from the Zjj
of Abu 'l-'Ukul (v. no. 768) :

III. Fol. 16. A metrical treatise on the
solar months, and the articles of food suit-
able for each, by Shaikh 'Afif al-Dm 'Abd-
allah B. As'ad al-Yafi'i (d. A.H. 768).

Beg.

IV. Foil. 18 — 25. A treatise on the lunar
mansions, and the divisions of time, entitled

^UjJlj JjUtf 5*> j
without author's name.

Beg.

528

SCIENCES.

774.

Or. 3848.— Foil. 39 ; 13 in. by 9 ; written
by several hands, in the 18th century.

[G-LASER, no. 136.]

I. Foil. 1 — 24. Tables showing the cor-
respondence of the lunar and solar months,
the stations of the sun, and the times of
prayer, for A.H. 1181— 1253, with this title:

II. Foil. 26 — 32. O\»3^ i-yc, j oVlaU Sib.
A treatise on the times of prayer, by 'Abd-
allah B. Hamzah, with tables for A.H. 1257
— 1301. For another copy see no. 773, I.

III. Foil. 34—39. A calendar for A.H.
1293, showing the corresponding days of the
solar months, and the times of prayer.

Astrology.

775.

Or. 3540.— Foil. 227 ; 8± in. by 6 ; 17 lines,
3 J in. long ; written iu rather rude and
cursive Neskhi, apparently in the 18th
century. [SIDNEY CHUKCHILL.]

A treatise of astrology by Abu 'l-'Anbas
Ahmad B. Muhammad al-Saimari, with the

following title : j_>°\j=- <j

(J?

Beg. i

J15 . . .
U5

The Nisbah of the author is derived from
Saimarah, the name of a group of villages
near Basrah. Notwithstanding the dis-
crepancy of the names, he is probably
identical with Abu 'l-'Anbas Muhammad
B. Ishak al-Saimari, who died A.H. 275,
and left several astix)logical works. See
Yakut, vol. iii., p. 443, and the Fihrist,
pp. 151 and 278. He is wrongly called by
Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 327, ^j*?~&\ Lr-0^\.
Compare Casiri, vol. i., p. 4096, where the
name is written

The main divisions of the work are as
follows : Signs of the Zodiac and their
influences, fol. 36. The twelve mansions,
jts- ^jj^H O_jjjiN, fol. 286. Temperaments
(Mizaj) of the seven planets, fol. 376. Their
figures in each of the zodiacal signs, fol. 70&.
Lucky and unlucky influences, fol. 746.
Twenty Fasls, entitled Jj^j Jy*&\ fol. 896.
Keys of the seven gates, S»xJ^ u->\j>^ £?\°*,
fol. 1046. The proper times for various pur-
poses, j£ if>-j ^ cy\Sj^)\ j, fol. 130a. Direc-
tions for answering divers questions put to
astrologers, J;L~^ ^->\jA fol. 1336. Horo-
scopes, JoJ^lj fol. 196a.

For an other copy, see the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 228, where the author, Abu '1-
'Anbas al-Saimari, is stated to have been
born in Saimar, A.H. 213.

776.

Or. 1346.— Foil. 155; 12 in. by 7; 29 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in small and neat
Turkish Neskhi, with red-ruled margins ;
dated Tuesday, 12 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1179
(A.D. 1766). [SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The astrological works of Ahmad B.

ASTROLOGY.

520

Muhammad B. 'Abd al-Jalil al-Sinjari, col-
lected in one volume under the title of al-
Jami* al-Shahi (see the same title, Arabic
Catalogue, p. 624, passim).

The author's Nisbah is uncertain, being
read by some Sijzi, by others Sinjari, two
forms easily confounded in the Arabic writing.
His date is apparently fixed by an autograph
MS., containing several of his mathematical
tracts, and purporting to have been written
by himself in Shiraz, A.H. 358. See "Woepcke,
Memoires de 1'Academie, torn, xiv., p. 662 ;
Algebre d'Omar Khayyam, p. 117 ; Sedillot,
Notices et Extraits, tome xiii., p. 128 ; and
De Slane, Paris Catalogue, no. 2457. If
that date is genuine, the author must have
lived on to a much later period ; for in a
treatise translated by Woepcke, Algebre,
p. 117, we find him quoting propositions of
Abu '1-Raihan al-Biruni, who was born
A.H. 362.

Several of the works included in this
volume are dedicated to the author's royal
patron, al-Malik al-'Adil Abu Ja'far Ahmad
B. Muh., Maula Amir al-Muminm (see foil.
3b, 305, 586, &c.), a prince who has not
been identified. One is dedicated to 'Adud
al-Daulah, who reigned A.H. 338 — 372.

Haj. Khal., who notices several of the
astrological treatises of al-Sinjari, gives his
name under two different forms, viz., 1. Abu
Sa'id Ahmad B. Muh. al-Sinjari (vol. i.,
p. 169, vol. ii., p. 46), and 2. Ahmad B.
'Abd al-Jalil al-Sinjari (vol. i., pp. 171, 198,
vol. iii., p. 366).

The treatises, which bear separate titles,
and are to a great extent drawn up in
tabular form, are as follows :

I. Fol. 3. Introduction to astrology, <-J$£

Beg. J

II. Fol. 17.
Catalogue, p. 198a, IX.

Beg.

See the Arabic

J\3

Ufi5\

III. Fol. 19. jJ^I ^J& t--. An
abridgment of the Kitab Ahkam al-Mawalid,
or book of horoscopes, of Abu Ma'shar, in
23 Babs.

Beg.

IV. Fol. 27.
iiU^j the Book of the Za'irjat, &c.

Beg. i\P ,_^flS\ t^>j>?-_j ^ j>\

^! J

V. Fol. 30.

An abridgment of the Tahwil Sam '1-
Mawalid, by Abu Ma'shar (v. Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 171), in 17 Babs. See Uri,
no. 948, and the Paris Catalogue, no. 2588.

Beg. y

VI. Fol. 58. Tables showing the tempera-
ments of the planets,

Beg. Otf^ J^

VII. Fol. 70.

On the rise and fall of

3 Y

SCIENCES.
See the Arabic Cata-

On astro-

530

prices, jU-^)'
logue, p. 198a, X.

VIII. Fol. 72.
logical elections, in three Fasls.

Beg.

IX. Fol. 81. uJjW ^Itf w «-"**••
abridgment of the Kitab al-Uluf (by Abu
Ma'shar; Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 50).

Beg. &\ ^ <**>. UV. .-.

X. Fol. 92. r*~1 J .jV.1 L-J\I On

the meanings of the astrological judgments,
in eight sections (Jy).

Beg. VI

Ul

XI. Fol. 113.
On the proofs of astrological judgments.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 198a, VIII.

Beg. JoV\ ^^ J 0> \l ^ . . . J\S

U . . .

XII. Fol. 128. ..
Beg. \^o \&\ r+sR

XIII. Fol. 131.

Beg.

XIV. Fol. 140. A treatise without title,
the subject of which is thus described :

> J

XV. Fol. 153. A short treatise on talis-
mans, without title.

Beg.

Some Turkish verses at the end conclude
with a chronogram for A.H. 1179, the date
of transcription. A table of contents is
prefixed to the volume.

777.

Or. 3577.— Foil. 339 ; 7|in. by 5 ; 17 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in neat Nestalik ; dated
12 Jumada L, A.H. 1079 (A.D. 1668).

[SIDNEY CHUKCHILL.]

A collection of astrological treatises and
extracts, compiled in Cairo, A.H. 759, by
Ibrahim al-Hasib al-Maliki al-Mansuri al-
Nasiri (so called from al-Malik al-Nasir
Hasan, who reigned A.H. 748—762).

The contents are thus stated by the
collector: •••^'j *

^LJi

j

NATURAL HISTORY.

531

*°

Beg. ^£

The contents are chiefly from the following
works of Abu Ma'shar:

1. jlj^j i-JjW <~>, abridged by Abu '1-
'Abbas al-Tanukhi, fol. 36 (see Haj. Khal.,
vol. v., p. 50 ; Fihrist, p. 277; Paris Cata-
logue, no. 2581-2).

2. c^Ai}^5\ u^\i/, in eight Babs, foil. 33ft-
1506 (Fihrist, ib. ; Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 136 ;
Paris Catalogue, no. 2580, a).

3- Jj.ju" J j^1
^, fol. 189a.

There are also extracts from works of the
following writers : al-Kindi, foil. 1506, 2446 ;
Abu ['Ali] al-Khayyat, fol. 202a (Fihrist,
p. 276) ; Hermes, fol. 208a ; Masha'llah,
fol. 2166 (Arabic Catalogue, p. 624, Fihrist,
p. 273) ; al-Fadl B. Hatim al-Nairizi, fol.
301ffl (Fihrist, p. 279, Casiri, i., p. 421) ;
Ahmad B. Kathir al-Hasib, (^JL-a-M (al-
Farghani?), fol. 314a; and Sind B. 'Ali,
author of £>\j&\ (_jlu/, fol. 3286 (Fihrist,
p. 275, Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 466, and
Casiri, i., p. 439).

Copyist: ^J>\ i^

Natural History.

778.

Or. 2784.— Foil. 258 ; 9J in. by 6 ; 9 line?,

4^ in. long ; written in fine, large, fully
vocalized Neskhi ; with gilt 'Unwans and
coloured drawings, apparently in the 13th
century.

A treatise on animals and on the medicinal
properties of the various parts of their
bodies, compiled from the works of Aristotle
and of 'Ubaid Allah B. Jabra'Il B. Bakh-
tishu.'.

The composition of the work is thus stated
by the anonymous compiler, fol. 95 : j*U- Jl»

jo. J &JA*
juii ^ [here a line is lost] ^ L!*X

*: ^ |»5M

The description of animals is accordingly
taken from the work designated as ^^f- C>o
and ascribed to Aristotle, and the statement
of their medicinal properties is extracted
from the ' &* of Ibn Bakhtishu'.

The first of the above works is probably
abridged from Aristotle's book on the nature
of animals (Arabic Catalogue, p. 215rt). It
is mentioned by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah, vol. i.,
p. 69, under the title of eyWjj*' c*«i i_A^
*»UJ\ ^ ^J ^j HiaU^JJl, also by Haj. Khal.
under a similar title, vol. iii., p. 121, and
again, under the title of ,J^i* ^->5**> vol. vi.,
p. 362. See also Fabricius, 4th edition,
vol. iii., p. 242; the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iii., p. 211 ; and "VYenrich, De Auctorum
Graecorum Versionibus, p. 148.

532

SCIENCES.

The author of the second work, Abu
Sa'Id 'Ubaid Allah B. Jabra'il B. 'Ubaid
Allah B. Bakhtishu', a friend of Ibn But-
lan, died some time after A.H. 450. He
left, among other works, one entitled i-^Ui
\4$Ue.\ £JU-5 V»y.j uW iVto> wnicl1 must
be the book above referred to. See Ibn Abi
Usaibi'ah, vol. i., p. 148; Wiistenfeld,
Arabische Aertzte, no. 35 ; and Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 125. A MS. entitled ^^ gU-
c..ljJi? UJ^ is noticed in the Paris Catalogue,
no. 2782.

After the above preamble comes an intro-
duction ascribed to Aristotle, and beginning
as follows :

J1

Eemarks on animals in general and their
habits are followed by an account of the
lion, foil. 99, with the heading dU^N C*»o.
Further on, fol. 101&, is found the preface
of Ibn Bakhtishu', which begins as follows :

The account of man and of .his properties
is followed, fol. 108a, by that of the domestic

quadrupeds, £f

viz., sheep, goat, ox, buffalo, camel, elephant,
horse, mule, ass, and pig ; after which comes,
fol. 1625, an account of wild quadrupeds,
^}\ J^y^ J JyBI, namely, the lyyal or
mountain-goat, hare, hyena, bear, dog, fox,
cat, weasel, ape, &c.

This section breaks off at fol. 213, and
there is great confusion in the arrangement
of the remaining leaves, as well as in the
early part of the volume, foil. 4 — 94, where
the sections relating to birds, crustaceans,
fish, and reptiles are considerably mixed up.

Fol. 94 contains, within a gilt border, the
colophon of the first Juz, as follows : j^ o

^

The second Juz, which ought to follow,
is found at the beginning of the volume,
foil. 46 — 70a. It comprises accounts of the
partridge (j*~ and -);>), of the goose and
duck, of the pigeon, &c., and is continued
in foil. 214 — 234. It includes also bats,
locusts, wasps, bees, flies, and gnats, foil.
56 — 70. The section on fish and other
aquatic animals begins fol. 705, with the
heading: &>w Ji-^. Uj i^J^-J^ i_JU^\ ^J Jj£l
*\J\ (Jjt*- &*• The chapter on crustaceans
and shells begins at fol. 81a, ^^ ,J

on

reptiles at fol. 240, <-J\»j\j

There are throughout the volume numerous
drawings of animals in gold and colours ; also
two miniatures, one representing Aristotle and
Alexander (fol. 96), the other Ibn Bakhtishu'
and Aimr Sa'd al-Din (fol. 1016). There are,
besides, four whole-page miniatures at the
beginning of the volume.

NATURAL HISTORY.

533

779.

STOWE, Or. 11.— Foil. 126; 10J in. by 6|;
31 lines, 5 in. long; written in fair small
Neskhi; dated Saturday, 30 Ramadan, A. H.
1090 (A.D. 1679).

The first volume of Hayat al-Hayawan, a
zoological dictionary by Kamal al-Din Mu-
hammad B. Musa al-Damiri, who died A.H.
808. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 2154.

Beg. *J .itfb

The preface agrees with that of the edition
printed in Cairo, A.H. 1284, with the excep-
tion that it does not give the title of the
work. But the text of the dictionary is not
so full as the printed edition, and appears
to hold an intermediate place between the
large and the short recensions.

The MS. is endorsed SU. w* J^\ ?fi
^$j.»£\ *$~ti\ £~£.5 (jj^-^ (^)^> as though it
contained the large recension ; but the word
L5;j^.5\ has been struck out, and the correc-
tion (Ja^jN Jj , " nay, the medium-sized
edition," has been added by another hand.

An intermediate recension is also noticed
by Pertsch, no. 2070.

The last article in the present volume is
^^o, which occurs in the second volume
of the Cairo edition, p. 105.

For other copies and editions see the
Vienna Catalogue, no. 1441 ; Loth, no. 1003 ;
Pertsch, no. 2068 ; Mehren, no. 105 ; Paris,
no. 2783 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. vi.,
p. 135, &c.

780.

Or. 4325.— Foil. 98 ; 8£ in. by 5£ ; 25 lines,

3^ in. long ; written in small and distinct
Neskhi, apparently in the 17th century.

[BUDGE.]

A zoological dictionary, endorsed

Beg. U^

*\jp

It is evidently abridged from the Hayat
al-Hayawan of al-Damiri, with which it
agrees textually as far as it goes, but from
which it differs by considerable omissions.

A similar, perhaps identical work, entitled
OU^jkU (_>»\js-, is ascribed to al-Damiri him-
self in the Khedive's Library, vol. vi.,
p. 137.

781.

Or. 1198.— Foil. 60 ; 6| in. by 5 ; 13 lines,
3f in. long ; written in neat Neskhi ; dated
15 Jumada II., A.H. 799 (A.D. 1397).

[ALEX. JABA.]

A treatise on precious stones, by Ahmad
B. Yusuf al-Tiiashi.

Beg.

The author, who derives his Nisbah from
Tifash, or Tipasa, a town of the Province of
Constantine (v. Yakut, vol. i., p. 907), wrote
this work, as stated in some copies, A.H. 640,
and died, according to Haj. Khal. (ii., p. 654,
iii., p. 582), A.H. 651. The title, which

does not appear in this copy, is j j

534

SCIENCES.

The text differs materially, both by addi-
tions and omissions, from the edition printed
in Florence, 1818, by A. Raineri, but is, on
the whole, shorter. For other copies see
the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 214, 402 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 217; Upsala,
no. 339; Pertsch, no. 2110; the Paris Cata-
logue, nos. 2773-8 ; and Houtsma, no. 584.

Alchemy.

782.

Or. 4041.— Foil. 99; 7J in. by 5; 25 lines,
3| in. long ; written in small and fair
Neskhi, apparently in the 14th century.

[GLASEE, no. 343.]

A work on alchemy, by Abu Musa Jabir
B. Hayyan al-Sufi.

Beg.

li\ UJb

ads-

Jabir was a disciple of Imam Ja'far al-
Sadik, who died A.H. 148 (v. Ibn Khallikan,
vers. De Slane, vol. i., p. 300; Fihrist, pp.
354—8; and Wu'stenfeld, Aertzte, no. 25).
His name is repeated, with the Kunyah Abu
Miisa, at the beginning of each of the 71
Makalahs of which the work consists. The
same Kunyah is given him by al-Razi,
Fihrist, p. 355, and by Ibn Khallikan, I.e.,
although he is more generally called Abu
'Abdallah.

The present work is mentioned under the
title of ^jil L^li^, in. the Fihrist, p. 356,

line 10. Haj. Khal., who notices it under
the above title, vol. v., p. 81, gives the same
beginning and the same number of Makalahs.
The Kitab al-Khawass of Jabir is mentioned
by 'AH Beg al-Izniki as the work which
revealed to him the great secret. (See Ahl-
wardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 4189.)

The MS. is slightly imperfect at the end.
The 71st Makalah, which begins, fol. 99«, as
follows : . . .

^ 1^3 Jlib. j^\ \j>*~\, breaks off at

the end of the 2nd page, which is partly
obliterated.

783.

Or. 3892.— Foil. 35 ; llf in. by 8 ; 21 lines,
5^ in. long; written in fair large Neskhi,
with ruled margins, apparently in the 17th
century. [GLASEE, no. 178.]

Some chapters of the work entitled -.U-
£.\IiV ,J* j}f»\ j ; by Aidamir B. 'AH al-
Jildaki, who died about A.H. 750 (see
Notices et Extraits, torn, iv., p. 108).

Beg.

aJLJUJl

The sections included are Jumlahs 3 — 12
of the first Sifr. (See Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 581.)

The author enumerates in the third Jum-
lah the works he had previously written
on the same science, viz. : _ji ^J c_JJoM iol^i

f ^"~

t_-»-JLx4\ (Berlin Catalogue, no. 4184) ; L_*J.yuJ\
J\ (Paris Catalogue, no. 2617) ;
y^O ^.j£» iJ jjjJ\ v\£- (Pertsch,
no. 1291, Berlin, no. 4183) ; ^ J

MAGIC.

535

* (Arabic Catalogue, p. 745, Berlin,
no. 4185) ; (jo^ ^ <J i>>t«a^l jJ/( Berlin,
no. 4186).

For MSS. of the Misbah, see the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 208 ; Rosen, Institut,
no. 200 ; the Paris Catalogue, no. 2615 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 396. In
the last-named work the author is wrongly
called 'Ali B. Aidamir B. 'Ali al-Jildaki, and
is stated to have died A.H. 762. This arose
from a confusion of the author with an Amir
called 'AH B. Aidamir, who died in Damascus
at the above date. (See al-Durar al-Karninah,
Or. 3044, fol. 6.)

Magic.

784.

Or. 3751.— Foil. 82 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 17 lines,
about 3 in. long ; written in Neskhi, pro-
bably in the 17th century.

[GLASER, no. 35.]

I. Foil. 1 — 28. Extracts from a treatise
on white magic entitled 'Uyun al-Haka'ik.

Beg.

The full title of the work is jfJ\5Ji ^^
,j5^1aN _L£j!j, and the author is Abu '1-Kasim
Ahmad B. Muh. al-'Iraki, who lived about
A.H. 850. The contents are fully stated in
the Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii., no. 378.
For MSS., see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 6196 ;
Pertsch, no. 1274 ; Rosen, Institut, no.
210 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. v.,
p. 348.

II. Foil. 29 — 76. An alchemical treatise
entitled !_J

Beg. J\i j-o W . . . *bJ Jj\
As- «J

A

It contains five Jumlahs, comprising nine-
teen Fasls. The title al-Muktasab, which
appears on the title-page and in the colophon,
is also mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. vi.,
p. 98, who adds that in one copy Abu '1-
Kasim al-'Iraki was named as the author.
Another title, however, is found in the
preface at the end of the table of chapters :

(joj&\ (jj^i t_^bJJI ic-Ux» ^y Ji«M t-^UL^ *^»-»j

Copies of the same work, with the title

, are noticed in

the Paris Catalogue, no. 2611, 4, and in the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., pp. 390, 396.
For al-Jildaki's commentary upon al-Muk-
tasab, see the Berlin Catalogue, no. 4184 ;
the Leyden Catalogue, no. 1272 ; the Vienna
Catalogue, no. 1495 ; &c.

III. Foil. 77 — 81. Commentary by Aidamir
B. 'Ali al-Jildaki upon the initial verses of
the alchemical treatise entitled Shudur al-
Dahab, by Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B. Miisa B.
al-Kasim al-Ansari al-Andalusi al-Majriti.
The following title is prefixed : j^

Beg.

The same commentary is entitled in
another copy, Arabic Catalogue, p, 465A,
XIX., j^ JJ.AJO jj^\ ^'J*.. The author of

the poem, who is known as Ibn Arfa' Ras,
died, according to al-Makkari, vol. ii.,
p. 410, A.H. 593.

536

SCIENCES.

Medicine.

785.

Or. 3366.— Foil. 181 ; 9f in. by6f ; 21 lines,
4| in. long ; written in large and bold
Neskhi, with vowels ; dated Baghdad,
Thursday, 10 Eabi' L, A.H. 735 (A.D.
1334).

The work of Diescorides on materia
medica.

According to Ibn Juljul, quoted by Ibn
Abi Usaibi'ah, vol. ii., p. 46, the work was
translated into Arabic in Baghdad, under the
Abbasides, by Stephen, son of Basil (died
circa A.H. 240; Wiistenfeld, Arab. Aertzte,
no. 58), whose version was corrected by
Hunain B. Ishak. See also "Wenrich, De
auctorura Graecorum versionibus, pp. 216 —

220. It is called (jiAi*^ s-A/in the Fihrist,
p. 293, and by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 75.
See also vol. v., p. 37, and vol. vi., p. 35.

The present volume contains two of the
five books (Makalah) of which the work con-
sists, namely :

1. Makalah III., commencing abruptly in
the middle of the article Agaricon
and ending with the article headed

2. Makalah IV., which begins, fol. 1165,
as follows :

Ul

a\sy »,*»

The plants are designated by their Greek
names, written in the Arabic character,
mostly without diacritical points, to which
are added, in most cases, Arabic equivalents.
They are depicted in neat coloured drawings,
which, as appears from the colophon, are due
to the transcriber; but several blank spaces
reserved for such drawings have not been
filled.

The colophon is as follows :

For other MSS., see Casiri, vol. i., p. 283 ;
IJri, no. 573 ; Leyden, vol. iii., p. 227; Rosen,
Marsigli Collection, no. 424 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, no. 2849 ; and Nobles, Madrid Cata-
logue, no. 125.

786.

Or. 2600.— Foil. 17 ; 10£ in. by 6£ ; from
19 to 21 lines, 5| in. long; written in large
and bold Neskhi, almost destitute of dia-
critical points ; dated Mosul, Dulka'dah,
A.H. 348 (A.D. 960). [SHAPIRA.J

A treatise on the nourishment of the
various parts of the human body, by Ahmad
B. Muhammad B. Muhammad, known as Ibn
Abi'l-Ash'ath.

The author, whose Kunyah was Abu Ja'far,
came from Persia, his native country, to
Mosul, where he acquired great renown by
successful cures, and where he died, at an
advanced age, shortly after A.H. 360, leaving
several valuable medical works. (See Ibn
Abi Usaibi'ah, vol. i., p. 245 ; Wiistenfeld,
Arabische Aertzte, no. 107 ; and Leclerc,
Hist, de la medecine arabe, vol. i., p. 379.

MEDICINE.

537

The work is divided, according to Ibn
Abi Usaibi'ah, into two Makfilahs. The
present fragment contains only the last five
of the six sections (Jumlah) into which
Makalah II. is divided. It begins abruptly
in the middle of Jumlah 2, Bab 6, which
treats of the nourishment of the organ of
smell. Bab 7, treating of the eye, begins

as follows :

Bab 8 treats of the organ of hearing, and
Bab 9 of the nerves.

Jumlah 3 (fol. 5«) treats, in five Babs, of
the liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, and
stomach.

Jumlah 4 (fol. 66) treats, in three Babs,
of the testicles, womb, and breast.

Jumlah 5 (fol. 12a) treats, in two Babs,
of the hand and foot.

Jnmlah 6 (fol. 135) treats, in ten Babs, of
bones, cartilage, muscle, soft flesh, tendons,

ligaments, membranes, adeps (+^*), fat (c^v*>),
and skin.

Ibn Abi TJsaibi'ah says that the author
finished this work in the fortress of Barki,
in Armenia, in the month of Safar, A.H. 348.
This statement is fully confirmed by the fol-
lowing subscription of our MS. :

J

ZLJ1

A facsimile of fol. 2b is included in the
Oriental Series of the Pala3ographical Society,
PI. xcvi.

787.

Or. 3343.-Foll. 241 ; 9}2 in. by 6 ; 20 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi,
with occasional vowels ; dated Monday, 25
JumadalL, A.H. 525 (A.D. 1131). Bound
in ornamental stamped leather covers.

[SIDNEY CHURCHILL.]

A volume of the Canon of Avicenna, con-
taining the last seven Fanns of Kitab III.,
and corresponding with the first volume of
the Roman edition, from p. 489 to p. 610.

Contents : Fann XVI. Diseases of the
bowels, fol. 2i>. Fann XVII. Diseases of
the anus, fol. 71a. Fann XVIII. Diseases
of the kidneys, fol. 816. Fann XIX. Diseases
of the bladder, fol. 104a. Fann XX. Diseases
of the male sexual organs, fol. 13 la. Fann
XXI. Diseases of the female sexual organs,
fol. 152a. Fann XXII. External diseases,
fol. 2146.

The latter part of Fann XX., and the
initial part of Fann XXI., are wanting. The
lacuna, which occurs after fol. 151, corre-
sponds with the printed text, from p. 563,
line 12, to p. 568, line 28.

788.

Or. 3689.— Foil. 285 ; 8± in. by 6£ ; 13 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in large and bold
Neskhi, with occasional vowels, probably in
the 12th or 13th century. [BuDGE.]

A volume of the Canon of Avicenna, im-
perfect at beginning and end.

The contents correspond with pp. 434 —
503 of the first volume of the Roman edition
of 1593. The first rubric, fol. 16, is ^s-
»A*ja y^UM ^ (Kitab II., Fann XIII.,
Makulah 1). The last, fol. 2856, is : ^AJJJ
(Fann XVI., Makalah 2).
3z

538

SCIENCES.

789.

Or. 1282.— Foil. 392 ; llf in. by 5| ; con-
sisting of two MSS. of different dates, bound
together.

I. Foil. 1—219; from 19 to 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in close Neskhi ; dated
Saturday, 25 Sha'ban, A.H. 733 (A.D. 1333).

The first book, or Kulliyyat, of the Canon
of Avicenna, corresponding with the first
volume of the Roman edition, from the
beginning to p. 112.

Copyist : wLJi. {.JJ& ^ ±+*? ^ &y>^f

II. Foil. 225— 392 ; 18 lines, 3f in. long;
written in fair Nestalik ; dated Monday,
3 Rabi' I., A.H. 1113 (A.D. 1701).

The second book of the Canon, corre-
sponding with the first volume of the same
edition, from p. 113 to p. 280.

Copyist: (J^

790.

Or. 1283.— Foil. 533; 9| in. by 7J ; from
23 to 26 lines, 5 in. long ; written in fair
Neskhi ; dated middle of Shawwal, A.H. 1104
(A.D. 1693).

A volume of the Canon of Avicenna, con-
taining Books III. — V. The contents cor-
respond with the Roman edition, from vol i.,
p. 281, to vol. ii., p. 268.

The rubrics are mostly wanting. The
twenty-two Fanns of Kitab III. begin re-
spectively as follows : I. fol. Ib ; II. fol. 39?; ;
III. fol. 476; IV. fol. 65a; V. fol. 71a ;
VI. fol. 776 ; VII. fol. 816 ; VIII. fol. 86a ;
IX. fol. 87a; X. fol. 93a ; -XL fol. 122a;
XII. fol. 133a ; XIII. fol. 1356 ; XIV. fol.
178a; XV. fol. 2056; XVI. fol. 2156;

XVII. fol. 2446; XVIII. fol. 249a; XIX.
fol. 259a ; XX. fol. 2706 ; XXI. fol. 2826 ;
XXII. fol. 3076.

Kitab IV. contains seven Fanns, beginning
as follows: I. fol. 3196; II. fol. 355a ;
III. fol. 372a ; IV. fol. 390a ; V. fol. 4106 ;
VI. fol. 426a ; VII. fol. 447«.

Kitab V. comprises a Makalah, fol. 470a,
and two Jumlahs, beginning respectively fol.
471 a and fol. 519a.

Copyist :

J

791.

Or. 3654.— Foil. 286 ; 10iin.by6i; 33 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in a minute and neat
Persian character, leaning to Nestalik, with
a tasteful 'Unwan ; dated Tuesday, 19 Safar,
A.H. 754 (A.D. 1353). [S. CHUKCHILL.]

A commentary upon the Kulliyyat of the
Canon, by Muhammad B. Mahmud al-
Amuli.

Beg.

J) i=-

Al-Amuli (chiefly known as the author
of the vast encyclopaedia entitled Nafa'is al-
Funun) describes his commentary as mainly
based upon that of Kutb al-Dm al-Shirazi,
which he condensed, and, in some parts, also
supplemented. He states at the end that
he completed the work on Saturday, middle
of Muharram, A.H. 753 (i.e., three years
before his death, which took place A.H. 756).
See the Persian Catalogue, p, 435 ; the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 222 and 774a ; and
Loth, no. 780.

MEDICINE.

539

This copy was transcribed, as stated in
the colophon, from the rough draft of the

author, <_^l«M \j&
It was written for a prince, whose regal
style and titles appear in an illuminated
inscription on the first page, but whose
proper name has been obliterated. The in-
scription begins as follows :

792.

Or. 2793.— Foil. 93 ; 12$ in. by 91 ; about
25 lines, from 7^ to 8 in. long ; written in
fair Neskhi, with Kufic headings ; dated
Baghdad, 16 Dulhijjah, A.H. 527 (A.D. 1133).

[GHANDOUR BEY.]

I. Foil. 1—42. A treatise of Hygiene, by
al-Mukhtar B. al-Husain [al-IIasanJ B. 'Ab-
dun B. Butlan, with the following title,
written partly in large Kufic :

Tbn Butlan, a Christian physician of
Baghdad, is stated by Abulfaraj (p. 2 44)
to have died A.H. 444 ; but Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah
(vol. i., p. 241) says that he was still alive
and writing A.H. 455. See also Wiistenfeld,
Arabische Aertzte, no. 133, and Leclerc,
vol. i., p. 489.

The work, which is drawn up in the form
of synoptical tables, begins, without any
doxology, as follows : L

The contents have been stated by Nicoll,
Bodleian Catalogue, p. 162. (For other
copies, see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 222<i ;

Uri, nos. 554, 633 ; Aumer, no. 821 ; and
the Paris Catalogue, nos. 2945, 2947, a.)

Copyist : ,_

II. Foil. 43 — 93. A medical treatise on
the regimen of the body, drawn up, like the
preceding, in tabular form ; by Yahya B.
'Isa B. Jazlah, with the following title:

Abu Jazlah, a Christian physician of
Baghdad, embraced Islamism A.H. 466,
and died A.H. 493. (See Ibn Khallikan,
De Slane's translation, vol. iv., p. 151 ; al-
Wafi bil-Wafayat, Add. 23,359, fol. 344;
Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah, vol. i., p. 255 ; Wiisten-
feld, no. 145 ; and Leclerc, vol. i., p. 493.)

For other copies, see Uri, no. 549 ; Stewart,
p. 109, no. J7 ; Upsala, no. 346; Paris, no.
2947 ; Hammer, Bibliot. Ital., vol. 49, p. 22,
no. 247 ; Biblioth. Medic. Laurent., no. 214 ;
Houtsma, no. 563; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., pp. 10, 36.

A note at the end states that this copy
had been collated with the original MS. of
the author.

793.

Or. 1347.— Foil. 44 ; 12$ in. by 9£ ; about 25
lines, 8 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi,
with ruled margins, and with illuminated
borders enclosing the first five and the last
two pages; dated Jumada II., A.H. 610
(A.D. 1213). [SiR CHARLES A. MOERAT.]
3z2

540

SCIENCES.

Another copy of the Takwlrn al-Sihhah
by Abu'l-Hasan al-Mukhtar Ibn Butlan
(no. 792, I.).

This copy was written (as stated in the
following title written in gold on the first
page) for al-Malik al-Zahir Ghiyas. al-Dm
Ghazi, son of Saladin, who held the kingdom
of Aleppo from A.H. 582 to his death in
A.H. 613 (v. Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
version, vol. ii., p. 443).

JsUN

_._>! tg

794.

Or. 3645.— Foil. 104; 9 in. by 6f ; about
20 lines, 5| in. long ; written in an archaic
angular character ; dated Jumada I., A.H.
534 (A.D. 1139). [SIDNEY CHURCHILL.]

A compendium of medicine, by Abu '1-
Hasan Sa'id B. Hibat Allah B. al-Hasan,
with, the title :

Beg. (i

The author was physician to the Khalifs
al-Muktadi (467—487) and al-Mustazhir, to
the first of whom the present work is dedi-
cated. He was born A.H. 436, and died on
the 6th of Rabi' I., A.H. 495. (See Ibn

Abi Usaibi'ah, vol. i., p. 254; Wiistenfeld,
Arabische Aertzte, no. 143 ; and Leclerc,
Me"decine Arabe, vol. i., p. 492.)

The work is partly in tabular form. The
contents have been stated by Nicoll, Bodleian
Catalogue, p. 164. (For other copies, see
Uri, p. 143, no. 611 ; Aumer, no. 822 ;
Pertsch, no. 1953; Rosen, Institut, no. 172;
and the Paris Catalogue, nos. 2957-8.)

795.

Or. 2185.— Foil. 174 ; 9£ in. by 6^ ; about
20 lines, 5-| in. long ; written in a rather
coarse Neskhi, apparently in the 14th cen-
tury.

The same work.

The folios are numbered with Coptic
numerals.

796.

Or. 2805.— Foil. 282; 9J in. by 6| ; con-
sisting of two MSS. of different dates, bound
together. [SIDNEY CHURCHILL.]

I. Foil. 1—110; 23 lines, 4J in. long;
written in a cursive Persian character, lean-
ing to Nestalik ; dated 1 Jumada II., A.H.
988 (A.D. 1580).

The Karabadin, or Pharmacopoeia, of Badr
al-Din al-Kalanisi,

Beg. U

The author quotes his authorities in the
following passage :

MEDICINE.

541

~J

Badr al-Din Muhammad B. Bahrain B.
Huh. al-Kalanisi al-Samarkandi appears to
have lived about A.H. 600. He is mentioned
by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah (d. A.H. 688), vol. ii.,
p. 31, and is quoted by al-Suwaidi (d. A.H.
690). See Leclerc, vol. ii., p. 128.

The author describes various compound
medicaments, in forty-nine Bfibs, a full table
of which is given in the preface.

For another copy see the Paris Catalogue,
no. 2946, 3.

Copyist : Jlsf L-^C- ^* ^

II. Foil. 112—282 ; 25 lines, 5£ in. long;
written in fair Persian Neskhi ; dated Arda-
bll, 8 Ramadan, A.H. 976 (A.D. 1569).

The second volume of al-Mukhtar, a com-
pendium of medicine, by Muhaddib al-DTn
Abu'l-Hasan 'All B. Ahmad Ibn~Hubal al-
Baghdadi,

A leaf, or more, is lost at the beginning.
The first chapter extant begins as follows :

The last chapter treats of evil symptoms,

The author, who is also called al-Khiliiti,
from his residence in Khilat, was born in
Baghdad, A.H. 515, but spent most of his
life in Mosul, where he died A.H. 610. He

composed the Mukhtiir A.H. 560. (See Ibn
Abi Usaibi'ah, vol. i., p. 304 ; Wiistenfeld,
no. 202 ; and Leclerc, vol. ii., p. 141.)

A MS. described as unique in the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. iii.,' p. 252, contains the
entire work divided into three books, treat-
ing respectively of generalities, of medica-
ments, and of diseases. The present copy
contains the main part of the third book.
Two ^MSS. are noticed in the Khedive's
Library, vol. vi., p. 38.

The present MS. was collated, as stated
at the end, with a copy dated Baghdad,
Rajab, A.H. 601 (in the life-time of the
author).

Copyist :

»li>b jj

797.

Or. 2601.— Foil. S8 ; 6f in. by 4J ; made up
of three fragments of different dates.

[SHAPIRA.]

I. Foil. 1—38; 14 lines, 3f in. long;
written in Neskhi, apparently in the 14th
century.

Medical recipes extracted from a work
entitled Minhilj al-Tibb, -J-^ y« \j?-\ *i» t-^Ui"

Beg.

The word

desinates here an oint-

ment to be applied to the eye. Further on
are found the following headings :
vj&\ J gLJI, fol. 156, and J jZs. jlfll
ff>]r>\ fol. 25a. This shows that the work
designated as ^J^>\ --'-^i-* is not to be
identified with a similarly entitled pharma-
copeia, UK^ jr^*' tu° divisions of which
are quite different. (See no. 801, II.)

542

SCIENCES.

II. Foil. 39—78; 14 lines, 3? in. long;
written in a rather stiff and angular Neskhi,
almost entirely devoid of diacritical points ;
probably in the 13th century.

Fragment of a medical work in four
Makalahs, without title or author's name.

Beg. ^j*^ »'j^J «^ k** J 2^ aiE-!1

The first five pages are occupied by a table
of contents, the beginning of which is lost.
It gives the headings of the fifty chapters
(Fasl) of Makalah L, which treats of the
general rules of the medical art, ,Jj^ 2ULJ\
^JaM iiU*9 y* L&M ejo^yiM ^J. The rest of
the fragment contains the first thirty-eight
of the above chapters, the last of which is
imperfect at the end.

The work is evidently the treatise entitled
•sL^'j u-fli^ JLoJ cAi^, by the Jewish

physician of Saladin, al-Muwaffik Shams al-
Riyasah Abu 'l-'Ashii'ir Hibat Allah B. Zain,
commonly called Ibn Jami'. (See Ibn Abi
Usaibi'ah, vol. ii., p. 112; al-Wafi bil-
Wafayat, Add. 23,359, fol. 185 ; Wusten-
feld, no. 183 ; and Leclerc, vol. ii., p. 53.)
For other MSS., see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 632a; Uri, no. 589 ; Pertsch, no. 1934—6 ;
and the Paris Catalogue, no. 2963.

III. Foil. 79—83 ; 11 lines, 3 in. long ;
written in Neskhi, probably in the 14th
century.

The tale of a girl called Zain al-Mawasif,
and of her lover, Masrur al-'Attar,

It is imperfect at the end. The story has
been lithographed in Cairo, A.H. 1299 and
1302, with the title: ** j>\&\- jjj~* &^
v_Jue^\ ^j icJ^i*«. (See the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 110.)

798.

Or. 3131.— Foil. 309; 10$ in. by 7 ; 25 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi, by
several hands ; dated Thursday, 15 Shawwal,
A.H. 852 (A.D. 1448).

[KEEMER, no. 141, i.]

The dictionary of simple medicaments, by
Ibn al-Baitar.

.**

Beg.

Diya al-Din Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad
al-Malaki, known as Ibn al-Baitar, a native
of Malaga, became physician to al-Malik al-
Kamil, and afterwards to his son al-Malik
al-Salih (A.H. 637—647), by whose desire
the present work was compiled. He died in
Damascus, A.H. 646. (See Ibn Abi Usai-
bi'ah, al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, Add. 23,358,
fol. 24; Wiistenfeld, no. 231; and Leclerc,
Medecine Arabe, vol. ii., pp. 225 — 37, and
in the preface of his translation of the Jami',
Notices et Extraits, tomes xxiii. — xxvi.,
p. vi.)

Al-Jami' is the title which the author
gives to the work in the preface. On the
title-page of the present copy it is called
ixifr^j «jJ^ t/jS) £.\ii <_j>U<J\. Ibn Abi
Usaibi'ah designates it as ibjJ^H ^ ««UA
Js^i,5V It is also frequently called, as in
the next MS., Mufradat Ibn al-Baitar.

The work has been printed in four voll.,
Bulak, A.H. 1291. The German translation
of Sontheimer has been severely criticized
by Dozy, Zeitschrift der D. Morg. Ges.,
Band xxiii., and by Leclerc, I.e., p. xiii. For
MSS., see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 691a ;
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 257 ;
Pertsch, no. 2001 ; Leclerc, Notices et Ex-
traits, xxiii., p. xiv. ; the Paris Catalogue,

MEDICINE.

543

no. 2976—89 ; the Madrid Catalogue, nos.
17, 22, 54 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., p. 12.

The present volume contains the first half
of the work, from the beginning to the end
of letter j. It corresponds with the first
two volumes of the Bulak edition.

Copyist :

799.

Or. 3132.— Foil. 321 ; 10J in. by 7; 23 lines,
4^ in. long; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Monday, 20 RabI' II., A.H. 995 (A.D. 1587).

[KKEMEE, no. 141, n.]

The second volume of the same work,
extending from the beginning of letter <_>- to
the end, and corresponding with the last two
volumes of the Bulak edition.

The first 136 folios have been supplied by
a later hand.

800.

Or. 2408.— Foil. 287; 10£ in. by 7| ; 15 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi ;
dated Jumada II., A.H. 851 (A.D. 1447).

[SHAPIRA.]

A treatise on simple medicaments, by the
same Ibn ai-Baitar.

Beg.

The author, who here calls himself 'Abd-
allah B. Ahmad B. Muh. al-Malaki al-'Ash-
shab, known as Ibn al-Baitar, dedicates the
work to al-Malik al-'Adil Saif al-Din Abu
Bakr B. al-Malik al-Kamil, who reigned
A.H. 635 — 7. It is therefore earlier than

the Jami', which was written for al-Malik al-
Salih, brother and successor of that prince.
The Mughni is divided into twenty Babs,
enumerated in the preface, in which the
medicaments are classed under the diseases
for which they are to be used. The sub-
jects of those sections have been stated by
Uri, p. 132.

The present volume contains only the first
eight Babs, as follows : I. Diseases of the
head,, fnl. 5a. II. Diseases of the eye, fol.
59a. III. Diseases of the ear, fol. 89&.
IV. Diseases of the nose, fol. 1016. V. Dis-
eases of the tongue, fol. 1056. VI. Diseases
of the throat and chest, fol. 129«.
VII. Diseases of the stomach and liver,
fol. 180a. VIII. Diseases of the bowels,
fol. 2366.

For other copies, see the Leyden Cata-
logue, vol. iii., p. 257 ; Pertsch, no. 2004 ;
Upsala, no. 350 ; Rosen, Institut, no. 174;
and the Paris Catalogue, nos. 2990-1.

Copyist :

801.

Or. 3691.— Foil. 100 ; 8 in. by 5£; 15 lines,
3 1 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, probably
by a Christian scribe, apparently in the
1 7th century. [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 34. A metrical treatise of
medicine, imperfect at beginning and end.

It is the well-known Urjuzah (j *jj?^
t_>JaM) of Abu 'AH Ibn Sina, a copy of which,
Add. 7556, is noticed in the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 408a, III. (See also the Leyden Catalogue,
no. 1325 ; Pertsch, nos. 2027 and 2032, s ;
the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 2 ; the
Paris Catalogue, no. 2912 ; &c.)

It begins abruptly with this line :

544

SCIENCES.

It is the thirty-third verse of a prologue
found in Add. 7556 (fol. 35fc), but wanting
in most copies.

The copy also ends abruptly with this line:
\ aJ sjui. Jo U j-Jb

which is the ninth after the rubric, aJj^J
(Add. 7556, fol. 70a, line 10).

Singles leaves are wanting after foil. 5,
14, 20, 26, and about twelve at the end.

The Urjuzah has been lithographed in
Lucknow, A.H. 1261. A Latin translation
by Blasius, entitled Cantica Avicennaa, has
been often printed.

II. Poll. 35— 100. ytfjl^lai-. A treatise
on drugs and medicinal preparations, im-
perfect at the beginning, and without
author's name.

The complete work, which has been
printed in Cairo, A.H. 1287 and 1301, con-
sists of 25 Babs, and is ascribed on the
title-page to Abu '1-Muna B. Abi Nasr al-
' Attar al-Isra'ili al-Ha.ru.ni.

According to the Khedive's Catalogue,
vol. vi., p. 44, the title is jj^-»>j &6>d\ «^*
, and the author's name, ^ ^ j.\\ j>\

Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 202, calls the author
Abu'l-Munlri B. Abi Nasr B. Haffaz al-
Kuhin al-' Attar, and says that he composed
the work for his son in Cairo, A.H. 658.
For other copies, see the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iii., p. 258 ; Uri, no. 585 ; Aumer,
no. 833 ; Petersburg, no. 232 ; Paris, nos.
2965, 2993; and Pertsch, no. 2005. The
contents are fully stated in the Bodleian
Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 155, and by Leclerc,
vol. ii., p. 215.

The present copy wants a few lines at

the beginning, the greater part of Bab I.,
and Babs XL, XV.— XVII., XIX., and
XXL— XXV. The remaining Babs have
consecutive numbers, and are considerably
shorter than in the printed text. At the
end, foil. 781 — 1006, and under the rubric
jLs- UJjL.5\ i__AJl, there is a chapter com-
prising pious and moral admonitions, ad-
dressed apparently by the author to his son.
It is divided into eleven sections, called

802.

Or. 4324.— Foil. 112 ; 8* in. by 6 ; 15 lines,
4 in. long; written in a cursive hand ; dated
A.H. 1280 and A.D. 1864. [BUDGE.]

Another copy of the Minhaj al-Dukkan,
no. 801, art. II.

Beg.

The above words are found in the eighth
line of the first page of the Bulak edition.
The present MS. has been evidently tran-
scribed from a copy which had lost the first
leaf. It comprises only the first half of the
work, ending abruptly in the beginning of
the llth Bab (p. 69 of the Bulak edition).

803.

Or. 3690.— Foil. 180 ; 9£ in. by 6f ; 17 lines,
4| in. long; written in large and elegant
Neskhi, with frequent addition of vowels,
apparently in the 13th or 14th century.

[BUDGE.]

A complete treatise of hygiene and diet,
by Abu '1-Faraj B. Ya'kub, known as Ibn
al-Kuff, the Christian.

MEDICINE.

545

Beg.

J\a

After dwelling on the importance of the
art of preserving health, the author describes
his work in the following terms :

aolfr

J.fr Jj

Then

follows a dedication to the Wazir Fakhr
al-Dln Muhammad B. al-Wazir Baha al-Dm

'Ali :

The author, whose full name is Amin
al-Daulah Abu '1-Faraj B. Muwaffik al-Dln
Ya'kub, was a Christian born in al-Karak,
A.H. 630. He became a pupil of Ibn Abi
Usaibi'ah, who was an intimate friend of
his father, Muwaffik al-Dm Ya'kub, and
he practised the healing art in Damascus,
where he died A.H. 685. Ibn Abi Usai-
bi'ah, who survived him, mentions among
his works two books on hygiene, without
stating their titles. (See 'Uyun al-'Anba,
vol. ii., p. 273 ; the Arabic Catalogue, pp.
6326, 595a ; Wiistenfeld, Aertzte, no. 241 ;
and Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 560.)

Fakhr al-Dln Muhammad, to whom the
work is dedicated, was a son of Baha al-
Dm 'Ali B. Muh. B. Salim Ibn Hinna, who
filled the post of Wazir under Sultan Baibars,
and died A.H. 677. See Fawat al-Wafayat,
vol. ii., p. 95, and Orientalia, vol. ii., p. 264.
Fakhr al-Dln appears to have died before
his father. See Quatremere, Histoire des
Sultans Mamlouks, vol. i., p. 166.

The preface is followed by a table of
fifty-nine chapters (Fasl), foil. 6a — 71, which
begins as follows :

#u ,

But in the body of the work the 59th chapter,
treating of the purchase of slaves, fol. 176a,
<m*t\ t/^. j, is followed, fol. 1796, by a
sixtieth chapter treating of physiognomy,
jLi\,AM w* jJy-U jy»\ ,j ^y^-51 J-oflJ^ which,
however, is imperfect at the end.

804.

Or. 1348.— Foil. 178; 10£ in. by 7; from
35 to 45 lines, 65 in. long ; written in small
and close Neskhi ; dated Friday, 6 Shawwal,
A.H. 787 (A.D. 1385).

[SiE CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

A commentary upon the Aphorisms of
Hippocrates, by Abu '1-Faraj B. Ya'kub al-
Masihi al-Maliki, called Ibn al-Kuff. (See
the preceding no.)

Beg.
A

UJ^ \ J\J

The author wrote it, as stated in the pre-
amble, at the request of a student of the
medical art, who had asked him to explain
the Aphorisms and, at the same time, to
refute the strictures of al-Razi and others.
The commentary is divided into seven
Makalahs.

Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah mentions Ibn al-Kuff 's
commentary in the notice devoted to him,
which concludes his work, vol. ii., p. 273.
4 A

546

SCIENCES.

See also Wiistenfeld, no. 241, and Leclerc,
vol. ii., p. 203, who both (following Haj.
Khal., vol. iv., p. 438) give improperly to
the author the name of his father, Ya'kub.
The Sharh al-Fusul is noticed in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 6326.

For other copies, see Pertsch, nos. 1894
— 96 ; the Paris Catalogue, no. 2842 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 4.

The present copy has the following title
written in gold on the first page :

Copyist : c-^ok^ «;W«» &>

805.

Or. 2794.— Foil. 161 ; 8£in.by5±; 17 lines,
3|- in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi, lean-
ing to Nestalik ; dated end of Jumada II.,
A.H. 863 (A.D. 1459).

[GrHANDOUR BEY.]

A compendium of medicine, abridged from
the Kanun of Ibn Slna, by Abu'l-Hasan
'Ala al-Dm <Ali B. Abi '1-Hazm al-Kurashi
(or al-Karshi).

J\» . . .

Ufc C-uO

J.J

The author, commonly called Ibn al-Naf is,
studied medicine in Damascus, and settled
afterwards in Cairo, where, he rose to the
first rank of his profession, and died an
octogenarian in Dulka'dah, A.H. 687. He
left, besides the present work, a commentary

upon the Canon, and other medical and legal
works. (See al-Isnawi, fol. 163 ; Ta'rikh al-
Islam, Or. 53, fol. 55; Tabakat Ibn Kadi
Shuhbah, fol. 86; Husn al-Muhadarah, vol. i.,
p. 313 ; and Wiistenfeld, Arab. Aertzte,
no. 244.)

The present work, which has become the
text of numerous commentaries, has been
printed in Calcutta, 1828 and 1832, and in
Lucknow, 1878. For MSS. see the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. in., p. 239 ; Pertsch, nos.
1921 — 4; Aumer, nos. 826-7; Houtsma,
nos. 557-8 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
2919—23; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., pp. 33, 45. It is stated in the last
work that the author's Nisbah is al-Karshi,
from Karsh, a town in Mawara-annahr.

The margins contain numerous corrections
and some additions.

Copyist :

806.

Or. 1349.— Foil. 500; 9^ in. by 6; 21 lines,
3^ in. long; written in neat Nestalik ; dated
Shamakhi, Shirwan, Friday, 8 Muharram,
A.H. 982 (A.D. 1574).

[SiR CHARLES A. MCJRRAY.]

{"J"* t^ <J***^

A commentary on the Mujiz, by Sadid al-
Dln al-Kazaruni.

Beg.

The author's name does not occur in the
text ; but it is implied by the word al-Sadldi
in the title written on the first page : i_j\I53\
The principal authorities

MEDICINE.

547

followed by the author are two commen-
taries upon the Kanun, namely, those of
Kutb al-Dm [Mahmud] al-Shlrazi B. Diya
al-Din Mas'ud al-Kazaruni, and of 'Ala al-
Dm 'Ali B. Abi'1-Hazm al-Kurashi, called
Ibn al-Nafls, and lastly, the oral teaching of
the author's master, Burhan al-Dm al-Husain
al-'Ubri. In a MS. described by Rosen,
Institut, nos. 169-70, it is stated that the
commentary was completed A.H. 779.

The present MS. has copious marginal
notes. It was written, as appears from the
colophon, by a physician called Darwish 'Ali
B. Grhulatn 'Ali al-Mutatabbib, for his son,
Najlb al-Dm 'Abdallah.

The commentary of Sadid al-Dm has been
lithographed in Calcutta, A.H. 1244. For
other copies, see the Catalogues of Leyden,
vol. iii., p. 240 ; Pertsch, no. 1925 ; Aumer,
no. 828 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 2924—9 ;
Hammer, Bibliot. Ital., vol. 49, p. 22, no. 250;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 42.

807.

Or. 3738.— Foil. 153 ; 11 in. by 8 ; 26 lines,
5f in. long ; written in imperfectly pointed
Neskhi, probably in the 15th century.

[GLASEK, no. 22.]

A dictionary of simple medicaments, by
al-Malik al-Ashraf 'Umar B. Yusuf B. 'Umar
B. 'Ali B. Rasul.

iL^Si L.

4JJ

The author's name does not appear in the
text. It is found in the following title,
written at the beginning of the second of
the two parts (Juz) into which the work is

divided, fol. 99a : J

Al-Malik al-Ashraf, of the Rasuli dynasty
of Yemen, reigned A.H. 694 — 6. (See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 673«, and Johannsen,
Historia Jemanae, p. 158.)

In a short preface the author states his
authorities, and the abbreviations adopted to
refer to them. They are: 1. al-Jami', by
Ibn al-Baitar ; 2. al-Minhaj [or Minhaj al-
Bayan], by Ibn Jazlah ; 3. the work of
Abu'1-Fadl Hubaish B. Ibrahim al-Tifllsi
[a physician of the sixth century (Persian
Catalogue, p. 852), who wrote *>ji^ ^.y3
*)jS\\, v. Uri, no. 535] ; 4. c^fcp\ J^\ [pro-
bably by Abu Bakr B. Abi '1-tiasanal-Zuhri,
of Sevilla, a disciple of 'Abd al-Malik Ibn
Zuhr ; v. Usaibi'ah, vol. ii., p. 80] ; 5. J^
[ij^\ J\j.>\ (j i)\.-»j] by Ahmad B. Abi
Khalid, called jljU ^\ [i.e., Abu Ja'far Ahmad
B. Ibrahim B. Abi Khalid, called Ibn al-
Jazzar, a physician of Kairawan, who died
about A.H. 395; see Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah,
vol. ii., p. 37; De Slane, translation of Ibn
Khallikan, vol. i., p. 672 ; and Wiistenfeld,
Aertzte, no. 120].

The latter part of the MS., foil. 143—153,
is by a later hand. A few lines are wanting
at the end ; the MS. breaks off in the article
headed O^jJJ.

For another copy see the Khedive's
Library, vol. vi., p. 41.

808.

Or. 3519.— Foil. 366 ; 9 in. by 5| ; 24 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in small, close, and
cursive Persian Neskhi ; dated Jumada II.,
A.H. 802 (A.D. 1400). [AMELINEAU.]

4 A2

548

SCIENCES.

A treatise of medicine, by Najm al-Din
Mahmud B. Diya al-Din Ilyas al-Shirazi.

Beg.

Jj*?

241,

J^lJ)

The author, yielding, he says, to the
instances of some of his friends, described
in this compendium the ordinary and indis-
pensable remedies that should be kept in
store, or carried about in travelling ; J&j

,j t^JuaJj. Nothing is known of the
author's life, or of his precise date. He
cannot, however, have written this work
later than A.H. 737 ; for a copy bearing
that date exists in the Gotha Library. (See
Pertsch, no. 1943.)

The full title, as stated by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii., p. 11, is t/jljS-M ^s> j ijjt*^. The
work is divided into five Makalahs, as
follows : I. Diseases of the several parts of
the body, from the head to the foot, in 125
Babs, fol. 5a. II. Fevers, in 27 Babs, fol.
150a. III. External diseases, in 109 Babs,
fol. 190«. IV. Simple medicaments in
alphabetical order, fol. 273a. V. Compound
medicaments, in 50 Babs, fol. 3046.

Another copy is noticed in the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. iii., no. 1376.

Copyist :

809-10.

Or. 1350 and 1351. — Two uniform volumes
containing a continuous text, consisting re-

spectively of 500 and 238 foil. ; 13 in. by 9£ ;
23 lines, 5^ in. long ; written in large and
rather rude Neskhi, with red-ruled margins,
apparently early in the 19th century.

[SiE CHAELES A. MUEEAY.]

A system of medicine, by Da'iid al-Antaki.

Beg. jj— Jlic ib oVb

The author, Da'ud B. 'Umar, called al-
Basir, or the blind, the last of the great
Arab physicians, was born in Antioch, but
took up his abode in Cairo, and died in
Mecca, A.H. 1008. See his life in Khulasat
al-Athar, vol. ii., pp. 140 — 9, and in 'Ikd al-
Jawahir, Add. 16,647, foil. 244—7. Com-
pare Wiistenfeld, no. 275 ; and Leclerc,
vol. ii., p. 304.

The Tadkirah has been printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1281, in three volumes, the first two
containing the author's own work, and the
third a continuation (Jji) due to his disci-
ples. It was reprinted in Cairo, A.H. 1294 ;
and another edition in four voll. was printed
in Bulak, A.H. 1282.

It is divided, according to the preface,
into a Mukaddimah, four Babs, and a Khati-
mah, the subjects of which have been stated
by Nicoll, Bodleian Catalogue, p. 158, and
by Leclerc, I.e., p. 304. The fourth Bab
was left unfinished by the author, who did
not write the Khatimah.

Contents : Mukaddimah, on sciences in
general, and on the place of medicine among
them, fol. 36. Bab I. Generalities of medi-
cine, fol. 96. Bab II. Preparation of medica-
ments, fol. 221. Bab III. Simple and com-
pound medicaments, in alphabetical order,
fol. 436. Bab IV. Diseases, also arranged
alphabetically in the order called Abjad,
from fol. 5006 to Or. 1351, fol. 234«.

MEDICINE.

549

The author did not carry on this last Bab
beyond the letter \>, the ninth of Abjad.

The latter part of Or. 1351, foil. 106—
238, is hastily and slovenly written. At the
end, foil. 2346 — 2436, is a treatise on birds,
especially on hunting birds, their diseases
and treatment, without author's name.

Beg.

It is divided into a Mukaddimah, three
Mabahith, and a Khatimah.

For other copies of the Tadkirah, see the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 459a, 6335, 7446 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 270 ; Pertsch,
no. 2009 ; Loth, no. 793 ; Aumer, nos. 836-7 ;
Mehren,' no. 110 ; Rosen, Institut, no. 179 ;
the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1031 — 3; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 8.

811.

Or. 3832.— Foil. 90 ; 8J in. by 6 ; written
by several hands, mostly in the 17th and
18th centuries. [GLASEK, no. 120.]

I. Foil. 1 — 18. Extracts (relating mostly
to medicaments) from the following works :

J, a work on the treatment of
diseases, ascribed to " the renowned al-
Mushri"' (?) ; 2. ^\\, i.e., ^\ ^, by
Yahya B. 'Isa Ibn Jazlah (Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2226) ; 3. *-3*\\, i.e., t^a\\ y.j^\ j J^U
(v. no. 807).

II. Foil. 19 — 30. Recipes for diseases of
the ears, the teeth, the eyes, &c.

III. Foil. 31—40. Extract from <-A=^
i»iliij c-«l»M ^ JU»jM (v. Haj. Khal., vol. iii.,
351 ; Nicoll, no. 193 ; the Leyden Catalogue,

no. 1371 ; and the Madrid Catalogue, no. 183),
dated Ramadan, A.H. 1000 (A.D. 1592).

IV. Foil. 41—57. The first and second
Makalah of the work on simple medicaments
entitled »j^U hj^ ^ ^UJi*^ (by Ahmad
B. Ibrahim Ibn al-Jazzar, who died about
A.H. 395 ; v. Haj. Khal., i., p. 349).

V. Fol. 60 — 63. Fragment of a collection
of edifying stories in prose and verse. The
stories are headed £uKp. The work is pro-
bably the ,3*]^ ^^ °f Ibn al-Jauzi ; v.
Haj. Khal., iv., p. 228.

VI. Foil. 64 — 67. A collection of precepts
and Hadiths relating to hygiene.

Beg. Juii <-^t»j JftN J*& J LXU J\S

J\

VII. Foil. 676—76. A short dictionary
of drugs, without author's name.

Beg. ^i~£> \j& ^j • • • (jj

O

VIII. Foil. 82—85. Fragment of a treatise
on the lunar mansions, with diagrams,
beginning with ujla~j^ l!jU, and ending with

The remaining portions of the MS. con-
tain miscellaneous poetical and astrological
extracts. A versified enumeration of the
Syrian months (jj&^ <J L>jj.*J£ 'ijj-*-^
L*j^), fol. 81, is dated Damar, A.H. 1081
(A.D. 1670).

812.

Or. 3137.— Foil. 196; 8£ in. by 5| ; 15 lines,
3 in. long ; written in Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins ; dated Friday, 25 Shawwal,
A.H. 1243 (A.D. 1828).

[KEEMEK, no. 146.]

550

SCIENCES.

A treatise on sexual intercourse
Beg. jli-

WAS

The author, whose name does not appear,
abridged it, as stated above, from a work
entitled Mawasim al-Ifrah, &c., by Muham-
mad B. Muh. B. 'All B. Zain al-Din al-
'Attar.

It is divided into a Mukaddimah and five
Babs, as follows :

Fol. 2a.

Fol. 9o.

KiH

Fol. 38a.

Fol. 1025. Js

Fol. 1376.

J Jj^
LJ» ,>

J J,UJ1

Fol. 1626.

ob^U J

Similar works of al-Suyiiti, namely,

and

are frequently quoted, as well as an earlier
work entitled »L* Jl ^l!\ j^, the author of
which is (according to the Khedive's Library,

vol. vi., p. 16) Ahmad B. Yusuf al-Tifashi,
who died A.H. 651. Compare Pertsch,
no. 2055.

Veterinary Art.

813.

Or. 1523.— Foil. Ill ; 8£ in. by 5|; 15 lines,
3 J in. long ; written in Neskhi, with frequent
omission of the diacritical points ; dated
Eajab, A.H. 620 (A.D. 1223).

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

A treatise on horses, their good and bad
points, their training, their diseases, and
the treatment of the same ; by Ahmad B.
'Atik al-Azdi.

Beg. O

J\5

U

. . J\i.

A

The same author's name is found in the
following title, written by a somewhat later
hand, on the first page : ^c- I* \^^ ^

But it appears as Abu Ahmad
in the colophon : <_?JJ\ \'&£ ^>\ y\ ^_2J\ Jli"

J\ &i_jfrj <tll\ ±*&. t^3>^\ t_^l^i J . .

Notwithstanding this alleged authorship,
the work is virtually identical with the
treatise ascribed in another MS. (Add.
23,416, Arabic Catalogue, p. 6336) to Abu
Yusuf Ya'kub B. Akhi Hizam. Although
the initial lines of the present MS, differ

VETERINARY ART.

551

from those of the latter, the main part of
the preface is in textual agreement with it,
and the entire work appears to be an
abridged and condensed recension of the
treatise of Ibn Akhi Hizam.

The work may be approximately assigned
to the middle or latter half of the third
century of the Hijrah. The author quotes
in the preface some Hadiths which he pro-
fesses to have received orally from al- Hasan
B. 'Arafah al-'Abdi, a known traditionist of
Baghdad, who died (as stated in al-'Ibar,
Add. 23,280, fol. 846) A.H. 257.

According to the Fihrist, p. 315, Ibn Akhi
Hizam wrote his book *J*^ ^ for al-
Mutawakkil (A.H. 232—247) ; while in the
MS. Add. 23,416 he is said to have been in
the service of al-Mu'tadid (A.H. 279—289).
His full name appears to have been Muham-
mad B. Ya'kub Ibn Akhi Hizam al-Jlli,
or al-Jabali (perhaps al-Khaili). See Haj.
Khal., vol. v., p. 82, vol. vii., p. 851 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 284 ; the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii., pp. 546, 551 ;
and Hammer, Denkschriften der k. Aka-
demie, Band vi., p. 215. Two copies of the
same work, the first of which is anony-
mous, are noticed in the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 2815 and 2823.

The present MS. contains two coloured
drawings, each occupying two opposite
pages, representing the horse, first with its
good points, and secondly with its defects.

814.

Or. 3860.— Foil. 99 ; 12| in. by 7f ; 30 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins ; dated end of Rabi' I., A.H.
1113 (A.D. 1701). [GLASEE, no. 148.]

A full commentary by al-Amlr Shams al-
Din Abu Muh. Ahmad B. al-Imam al-Mansur-

billah 'Abdallah B. Hamzah B. Sulaiman B.
Hamzah upon a versified treatise on the
horse, entitled Al-Urjuzat al-Mansuriyyah
fi Sifat al-Khail, and composed by his father,
al-Imam al-Mansur-billah.

The following title, in the handwriting of
the copyist, is prefixed :

Beg. of the commentary :

,j,\s Jjo U>\ . . .

*jji

The commentator divides his work into
four chapters (Jj^) as follows: 1. On the
creation and domestication of the horse, and
on those of the Prophets who were fond of
horses, fol. 4b. 2. On the verses of the
Goran, traditions, and legal precepts, which
relate to horses, fol. 56. 3. On the training
of horses and their treatment, according to
their divers temperaments, fol. 86. 4. The
commentary proper, or explanation of the
Urjuzah, verse by verse, foil. 126 — 96a.

The Urjuzah begins as follows :
JUI UL~J JLS UJlj J15JU

The entire text is given,, and is written
throughout in red ink. The author of the
poem, al-Mansur-billah 'Abdallah B. Hamzah,
was proclaimed Imam A.H. 594, and died in
Kaukaban A.H. 614. His son, the author
of the commentary, was called al-Amir al-

552

SCIENCES.

Mutawakkil-'ala'llah Shams al-Dm Abu'l-
Hasan Ahmad. He was the chief of the
Banu Hamzah, and a sworn ally of the
Rasuli Sultan, Nur al-Dm 'Umar B. 'AH,
who reigned A.H. 630—647. He rallied,
A.H. 648, to the Zaidi Imam al-Mahdi
Ahmad B. al-Husain, and continued his
ally till A.H. 651. The date of his death is
not known. (See Tiraz A'yan al-Yaman,
fol. 1703.)

The margins contain considerable additions
of later date, mostly extracts from al-Akwal
al-Kafiyah. (See further on, no. 816.)

Copyist: (.}^L^J>\ ~J£\

The first three folios of the MS. contain
three Kasidahs by the following authors :
1. Musa B. Yahya Bahran al-Sa'di ; 2. al-
Mutawakkil 'ala'llah al-Mutahhar B. Muh.
(died A.H. 879) ; 3. Muh. B. 'Abdallah B.
al-Imam Sharaf al-Dm.

At the end, foil. 966—99, is the first of
seven Kasidahs in praise of 'Ali, by Ibn
Abi '1-Hadid (v. no. 528, II.), with extracts
from the commentary of Muflih B. Hasan
al-Damri.

815.

Or. 3133.— Foil. 50 ; 8f in. by 6J ; 21 lines,
3J in. long; written in Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins ; dated Thursday, 11 Jumada
II., A.H. 1270 (A.D. 1854).

[KREMKB, no. 142.]

A treatise on the selection of horses, and
on the treatment of their diseases ; in 183
Babs.

Beg. L^ U*

Jl gj

From a rather confused preamble, it ap-
pears that the work, originally written in

Armenian, was translated into Arabic with
the assistance of a skilled surgeon, who had
been made a prisoner, and who explained in
the latter language the unknown names of
drugs ; that it was subsequently taken from
the library of the Khalifs by a personage
designated as \joj&\ till., who had gone to
Baghdad in the service of the accursed
enemy [Hulagu], and carried the book away
to Armenia, its original home.

is apparently a clerical error for
the king of Armenia.

In the next following section, Jj^
the work, here called Jule' ^Jb^fl, is said to
have been edited by al-Hakim Muhammad B.
al-Khalifah Ya'kub with the aid of the
philosopher Sa'd al-Din B. al-Zahir al-
'Ajami, and to have been translated from
Armenian by Mahbub and Abu '1-Faraj :

<O

U*

' _ '^— i

Further on, reference is made to the reign
of al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars,
Sultan of Egypt (A.H. 658—676), but in
what connection with the preceding passage
does not clearly appear. This probably
refers to the invasion of Armenia by that
Sultan's army in A.H. 664 as the occasion
on which the book was obtained.

Similar, although not identical, statements
are found in two MSS. described by Dr. John
Lee in his catalogue, no. 141, and by Pertsch,
Gotha Catalogue, no. 2087. Both appear to
contain the same work, although the number
of chapters is stated to be 182, instead of 183,
as in the present copy.

The following, evidently apocryphal, title
is written on the first page : .J) ^\i^ lj*

VETERINARY ART.

J ^V

816.

Or. 3830— Foil. 128 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 19 lines,
3f in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently
in the 17th century. [GLASER, no. 118.]

A treatise on the selection, management,
and training of horses, and on the treatment
of their diseases, by al-Malik al-Mujahid 'AH
B. Da'ud B. Yusuf B. 'Umar B. 'AH B.
Rasul al-Rasuli.

Beg. Jjj' f$ Ji£^

jO \*\

The author's name appears in the follow-
ing title, written on the first page : (

The names in brackets have been added
by another hand in the margin ; but there
is no doubt of their being correct. The
author speaks, fol. 127a, of a fight between
an elephant and a lion, which took place by
order of "his father, the late Sultan al-Malik
al-Muayyad," jj^ <*X\\ ^}.\ ^U\ ^\j.
Al-Malik al-Muayyad Da'ud B. Yusuf, of
the Rasuli dynasty, reigned A.H. 696 — 721,
and his son, the author of the present work,
al-Malik al-Mujahid 'Ali, reigned A.H. 721
—764. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 673a,
and Johanusen, Hist. Jemanae, p. 159.

In the preface, the author remarks that most
of the works written on the above subject
were copied one from the other, and were not

founded on personal practice and experience.
After an anecdote relating to al-Asma'i and
Abu 'Ubaidah, and to their books on the
horse, he proceeds to state the scope of the
present work as follows :

The author adds, further on, that he
would devote a special record to the famous
horses of his own, and of his forefathers.

The work is divided into six chapters
( Jy ) , with the following headings :

Fol. 56. J*U JJUi j *U U*» I.

Fol.

Fol. 48rt.

Fol. 71a.

4B

554

SCIENCES.

Fol. 915.

S V.

^»i

Fol. 112a.

VI.

The author often quotes verses, and in one
instance, fol. V7b, some of his own composi-
tion. In the fourth chapter he refers to an
epidemic which attacked horses in Yemen in
his own time, A.H. 727.

Two copies of the same work are described,
but without author's name, in the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 2820-21. A Persian trans-
lation will be found in Or. 3483.

Military Arts.

817.

Or. 3134.— Foil. 33; 8 in. by 5f ; 15 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair vocalized Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins, apparently in the
16th century. [KKEMEE, no. 143.]

A treatise on archery, by al-Tabari, with-
out title or preface.

It begins with the following heading :

The text begins as follows: y- aJll J\

ay

10

The author is only designated by his
Nisbah al-Tabari, which is repeated in the
words i^y^laN J\S at the beginning of most

paragraphs. In the first chapter he ad-
duces a number of Hadiths relating to bow-
shooting, most of which he had received
from a traditionist called Abu Bakr, who
appears from the Isnads to have lived about
the beginning of the fourth century of the
Hijrah.

The headings of the subsequent Babs are
as follows :

Fol. 86. JLuJl jSN J*& - J\ II.

Fol.
Fol.

Fol. 13a. ti\*}
Fol. 18a. \ij\
Fol. 186.
Fol. 206.
Fol. 22a.
Fol. 226.
Fol. 23a.
Fol. 246.
Fol. 26a. j
Fol. 266.

*t

J III.

J iv.

J v-

J VI.

J vii.

J VIII.

J IX.

J x-

.* XI.

o

UJ

*i XIII.
XIV.

XV.

XVI.

Fol. 27a. U,

Fol. 276.

There are four more (unnumbered) chap-
ters at the end. The great masters of the
art, whose teachings are expounded and dis-

MILITARY ARTS.

555

cussed, are Abu Hashim al-Bawardi (or al-
Mawardi),Tahir al-Balkhi,and Ishak al-Raffa.
The author names, fol. 24a, the masters who
taught him the method of each of the above
three schools. The first two were natives
of Khorasan, the third of Khuwarazm.

The second Bab contains a Kasidah on
archery, by al-Habr B. 'Abbas.

There are three coloured drawings of
bows and other weapons on foil. lib, 29a,
and 32a.

This is apparently the work mentioned by
Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 415, under the title
of (jr/lal! ujlliMj ^\ ^J ^o\j\. Compare
Uri, p. 107, no. 396, and Pusey, p. 580,
according to whom the title is ^J ^o\^\
i_.A-lJj\ *A«j. Al-Tabari is also mentioned
by Husain al-Yunini (c. A.H. 676) as one of
his authorities. (See the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iii., pp. 293, 295.) His full name is
'Abd al-Rahman B. Ahmad al-Tabari, and
he is described as a disciple of Tahir al-
Balkhi. (See no. 820, fol. 289, and no.
819, fol. 56.)

818.

Or. 3135.— Foil. 23 ; 7 in. by 51 ; 7 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi
with the vowels, apparently in the 14th
century. [KREMER, no. 144.]

A short treatise on archery, by Yusuf B.
Muh. al-Jukhi al-Mausili.

JIS

Beg.

After naming the same three masters as
are mentioned in the preceding work, the
author adds that their methods had been
expounded by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Tabari.

n

Contents : The fundamental points
bow-shooting, J^l, fol. 2a. Faults in
shooting, ^\ ^j? ^ iL-«, fol. 3a. Thirty-
one propositions on the principles of archery
(there are only thirty in the text), compiled
by 'Abdallah B. Sulaiman al-Yamani : Jj\~~.

J\, foil.

46—236.

819.

Or. 3136.— Foil. 45 ; 7± in. by 5^; 13 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi with
vowels, apparently in the 14th or 15th
century. [KREMER, no. 145.]

A full treatise on archery, by Abu Bakr
B. Yusuf B. Abi Ishak Bakr B. Muh. B.
Hasan al-Mutatabbib al-Shafi'i.

Beg.

J1 J*

The author, who boasts of having as-
sociated with all the most skilled archers of
his time, enumerates very fully the great
masters of bygone times, and describes
minutely their various rules and methods in
the handling of the bow.

There is a leaf or more wanting after
fol. 41. The MS. is endorsed in a later
hand :

820.

Or. 3631.— Foil. 293; 10J in. by 6f ;
21 lines, 5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins, apparently in the
15th century. [JOHN LEE.]

4B2

556

SCIENCES.

I. Foil. 4—260. ^3 J

M JUfrl A treatise on military art,
dealing especially with the handling of
weapons, cavalry practice, military tactics,
and the laws of war ; without author's name.

Beg.

J

The work is twice mentioned by Haj.
Khal., first under the above title, vol. vi.,
p. 401, secondly under an abridged and
incorrect form of the same, but with the
above beginning, vol. iii., p. 360. In the
latter place the work is ascribed to Muham-
mad B. 'Isa B. Isma'il al-Hanafi. According
to a note written by Dr. Sprenger on the
fly-leaf of our MS., the same author's name,
with the addition of »j>\ <^a»^, is found in
a Cambridge copy of the same work, dated
A.H. 840.

The full name of the author is, according
to Ibn Tulun's lives of Hanafites, Or. 3046,
fol. 223, 'Izz al-DIn Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B.
Badr al-Dm 'Isa B. Isma'il al-Aksara'i. He
is stated to have read the forty Hadiths of
IVasr al-Makdisi in Damascus, A.H. 644,
before the Hafiz al-Baha Ahmad B. al-
Muzaffar al-Nabulusi.

The contents are fully stated in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 527. (For other copies, see
ib., p. 667a ; the Paris Catalogue, no. 2828 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 150.)

The present copy contains seventeen rude
coloured drawings, representing horsemen in
various fighting attitudes.

II. Foil. 261—279. A manual of the
perfect horseman, treating of the handling
of various weapons on horseback, and of the
treatment of the diseases of the horse, by
Badr al-DIn Baktut al-Kammah al-Kha-

zindari al-Maliki al-Zahiri

\j*

s*

j>

jji.L»

After a preamble occupying the first two
pages, in which the contents are fully stated,

as follows : &U

the work itself begins

Vic-

J\

The author's name is repeated, with the
same epithets as above, further on, fol. 265a,
and again at the end, with the further addi-
tion, <

It is stated in the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., p. 193, that the author commenced
this work in 'Akka, in the reign of Sultan
Kala'un, A.H. 689.

We learn from al-Durar al-Kaminah,
fol. 92fc, that Baktut Amir Shikar al-
Khaznadari, so called from his master, Bailik
al-Khaznadar, was Na'ib of Alexandria, and
that the canal of that city was dug at his
expense. He died A.H. 711. Bailik al-
Khaznadar al-Zahiri, commander of the
armies under Baibars, died A.H. 676. (See
al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, Add. 23,357, fol. 80,
and Orientalia,, vol. ii., p. 262.)

The work is divided, as well as the next
following, into short unnumbered Babs.

III. Foil. 2796—293. A treatise on
archery, by Rukn al - Din Jamshar al -
Khuwarazmi.

Beg. Jib

U-

The author's name is frequently repeated
at the beginning of paragraphs, and always

MILITAEY ARTS.

557

written jli»>- . In addition to the above-
mentioned three leading masters of the art,
Abu Hashim al-Bawardi, Tahir al-Balkhi,
and Ishak al-Raffa (see fol. 2856), another
authority frequently quoted is 'Abd al-
Rahman B. Ahmad al-Tabari (see no. 817).

On the first page of the volume there is a
misleading title, ascribing the first treatise
to Baktut, as follows :

The MS. is noticed in Dr. J. Lee's Cata-
logue, no. 140.

821.

Or. 1358.— Foil. 223 ; 8 in. by 6 ; 11 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair, fully vocalized
Neskhi, with red-ruled margins, apparently
in the 16th century.

[SiB CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

A treatise on archery, by Taibugha al-
Ashrafi al-Baklamishi al-Yunani, who lived
in the latter half of the 8th century of the
Hijrah.

Beg. U . . . *& JALM *+&-

/ JUS

The work consists of the following four
parts : 1. An introduction, dealing chiefly
with traditions relating to archery, fol. 3a.
2. A metrical treatise on archery, in the
form of a Kasidah, previously composed by
the author, as stated at the end, fol. 34a,
A.H. 770, and entitled ^\ X-i^j ^Jtt Jyu£,
fol. 12a. 3. A full commentary on the said
poem, fol. 34a. 4. Supplementary chapters
in prose, foil. 1466— 223a.

Copyist :

Another copy, containing a somewhat
different and fuller text, has been described
in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 667. Fragments
are noticed by Pertsch, no. 1341-2. For
other copies, see TJri, no. 372, artt. 3 and 4;
the Ley den Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 296 ; the
Paris Catalogue, no. 2833 ; Biblioth. Burck-
hardt., p. 55, no. 16; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. vi., p. 178.

822.

Or. 3734.— Foil. 57 ; 10 J in. by 7; 15 lines,
5J in. long ; written in fair, large Neskhi ;
dated Sunday, 11 Safar, A.H. 895 (A.D.
1490). [GLASER, no. 18.]

A treatise on the military art and the
management of weapons, by al-Kizz Muham-

mad B. Mangli.

Beg.

The author's name does not appear in the
preface, but he calls himself in two places
(fol. 10a and fol. 396) J£~ ^ ^f and

H

jJLc y) j^jJLW, while at the beginning of
several paragraphs he only designates him-

w

self by the first of these names, J-HJU He
appears to have been a Mamluk in the
service of the Sultan of Egypt, and to have
lived in the latter half of the 8th century of
the Hijrah. He refers (fol. 14a), as a late
event, to the attack of Yalbugha (al-Khasaki)
upon the Franks in Alexandria (A.H. 767),
and he held, as stated foL 8, the office of

558

SCIENCES.

Nakib al-Juyush in that city. He mentions
incidentally three works previously written
by him on cognate subjects, viz.,

jjU rjb W li

All three are mentioned by Haj. Khal.
(vol. i., p. 379, vol. iv., p. 234, and vol. vi.,
p. 225), who calls the author Muh. B. Mangli
al-Misri. A work on chase, written by the
same author, A.H. 773, is noticed in the
Paris Catalogue, no. 2832.

In the present work he deals chiefly with
the preparation and proper handling of
weapons. In the early sections he dwells
at great length on the letters which should
be engraved for good luck on various pieces
of armour and on weapons.

The MS. belonged (A.H. 1070) to the
Zaidi Imam Amir al-Muniimn al-Mutawakkil
'ala'llah Isma'Il.

Music.

823.

Or. 2361.— Foil. 269 ; 9f in. by 5J ; 25 lines,
3y in. long ; written in small and neat
Nestalik, with 'Unwans and gold -ruled
margins ; dated Shahjahanabad (Delhi),
A.H. 1073—75 (A.D. 1662—64).

[SAYYID 'Au, OP HAIDAEABAD.]

A collection of treatises on music, written
for Shah Kubad B. 'Abd al-Jalil al-Harithi
al-Badakhshi, entitled Diyanat Khan, who
collated most of the contents.

This Diyanat Khan, who was an Amir of
the Court of Aurengzlb, died in Delhi
A.H. 1083. (See the Persian Catalogue,
p. 895a.) After him the MS. came into the

possession of his grandson, Mirza Muham-
mad B. Rustam Mu'tamad Khan, author of
Ta'rikh i Muhammadi (Persian Catalogue,
ib.), whose name appears on foil. 2 and 18,
with a seal dated A.H. 1120.

Two musical works, noticed in Ethe's Bod-
leian Catalogue, nos. 1844-5, were transcribed
(A.H. 1077) for the same Diyanat Khan.

The contents are as follows : —

I. Fol. 26. A Persian tract on the opinions
of legists and Sufis as to the lawfulness of
music; composed, A.H. 1028, by Muhammad
B. Jalal Ridawi.

II. Fol. 15or. A short Persian tract on the
lawfulness of Sanaa', or spiritual music, by
'Abd al-Jalil B. 'Abd al-Rahman. It is
dedicated to Nawwab Maslh al-Zaman, and
entitled, after him, Masihi.

III. Fol. 186. A treatise on music, in 15
Fasls, designated in the subscription as

, without author's

name.
Beg.

This is the work noticed as ,\j
in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 7466, and by
Uri, no. 1026, artt. 1 and 3. See also Haj.
Khal., tit.j^ Sl-i,, vol. iii., p. 363.

The author, Safi al-Dm 'Abd al-Mumin
B. Fakhir al-Urmawi, was living in Baghdad
when that city was taken by Hulagu, A.H.656,
and wrote another musical work entitled
^±51 £51-^ (Vienna, no. 1515) for Sharaf
al-Dm Harun, son of the famous Sahib
Diwan, Shams al-Din Muhammad. (See
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 413; the Bodleian
Catalogue, p. 601, and no. 922 ; Kiesewetter,

MUSIC.

559

die Musik der Araber, p. ix., note 17 ; the
Paris Catalogue, no. 2479 ; and the Vienna
Catalogue, no. 1516, 2, where the author is
not named.) A full analysis of the Shara-
fiyyah has been given by M. Carra de Vaux,
Journal Asiatique, 1891, II., pp. 279 — 355.

The present copy was written in Lahore,
A.H. 1073, and was collated with three
MSS., A.H. 1074.

IV. Fol. 336. j\j^\ -jZ>, a commentary
upon the preceding work, without author's
name.

Beg.

JIS

The commentator quotes only a few words
of the text, preceded by JIS and followed by
Jy\. After an introduction dealing with
sciences in general, he gives the passages of
al-Farabi on sound quoted by 'Abd al-Mumin
in al-Sharafiyyah, the strictures of 'Abd al-
Mumin upon the same, and his own answers
to the latter.

Collated with the original in Kashmir,
A.H. 1074.

See, for another copy, the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 1866.

V. Fol. 686. Another fuller commentary
on the same work, including the entire text,
ascribed in the heading to Maulana Mubarak-
shah :

Beg.

The author says in the preface, that,
while he was engaged on the generalities
of medicine, he felt the want of acquainting

himself with the principles of music, and
found that the j\j<£}\ 2\»>j was by far the
best treatise written on that science. The
commentary, which includes a large number
of tables and diagrams, is dedicated to the
Muzaffari prince, Jalal al-Din Abu '1-Fawaris
Shah Shuja', who reigned A.H. 760—786.

Collated with the original in Kashmir,
A.H. 1074, and again, A.H. 1078, with
another copy, dated A.H. 822.

VI. Fol. 1536. Glosses on the same work,
Risalat al-Adwar, by Fakhr al-Din al-
Khujandi.

JS

.XJST

Written A.H. 1075, and collated in the

same year.

VII. Fol. 157ft. A Persian treatise on
music, forming part of the Danish Namah i
'Ala'i, or philosophical encyclopedia of Ibn
Slna, compiled after his death by 'Abd al-
Wahid Juzjani. (See the Persian Catalogue,
p. 433.) It is designated in the heading as

^Jy& C*»£>- Jfc*ay», and in the subscription
as (Jilc- 1«U jtib L-Ai/ l_^-_j'«.

The text agrees with the corresponding
part of the Danish Namah, Add. 16,830,
foil. 273—283.

VIII. Fol. 165a. A treatise on music, by
Ya'kub B. Ishak al-Kindi, designated in the
colophon as (j

It is imperfect at the beginning, having ap-
parently been transcribed from a mutilated
copy. The lacuna has been filled up with
three leaves containing tables of musical
modes and intervals.

5GO

SCIENCES.

Among the seven musical works of al-
Kindi enumerated in the Fihrist, p. 257,
the fifth, (_flJ\Ji3\ icUo .-»• <j w3V«jj, comes
nearest to the above title. (Compare Ibn
Abi Usaibi'ah, vol. i., 210 ; Casiri, vol. i.,
p. 358 ; and Hammer, Jahrbiicher, Band xci.,
p. 31.)

The text begins abruptly : ^3 nX \ ^\ t2)j

dJO i^J -^ t £ ^*>< i *f" fto**»^ ' t ^iXJ' f^jflJ ,.

• j . \^ ^^ *^ *» ^

The last words are :
ill

Transcribed from a MS. dated Damascus,
end of Shawwal, A.H. 621, but described as
incorrect.

IX. Fol. 1686. An extensive treatise on
music, without title or author's name.

Beg.

The work is dedicated to the Turkish
Sultan Muhammad B. Murad (A.H. 847—49,
855 — 86), and the preface contains several
pieces of verse in his praise. There is a
lacuna between the end of these verses
(fol. 169fe) and the next folio, where the
treatise begins abruptly as follows :

The next following section (fol. 172a)
begins thus : J-oi «_i.5bJ) J6

The next, fol. 17 4a, is headed: <j

The second of the two Kisms into which
the work is divided begins (fol. 202a) as

follows : i_w./<J ^J J-oJ £i>$\ (j LJ^^ f ~^\ ^j

The last words are : i*\j>\

U

The author quotes frequently the Shifa of
Ibn Sina ; the two works of San al-Dm 'Abd
al-Mumin, viz., Kitab al-Adwar and al-
Sharafiyyah ; and lastly, Khwajah 'Abd al-
Kadir, author of Makasid al-Alhan, whom
he calls master of the modern (^j*^ -^>) .
This last writer, 'Abd al-Kadir B. Ghaibi
al-Hafiz al-Maraghi, finished his Makasid
A.H. 808, and dedicated a later recension
of the same work to Murad II. (A.H. 824 —
855). (See Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos.
1842 — 44; and the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii.,
no. 1426.)

The treatise contains a great number of
tables. The copy was collated with the
original near Lahore, A.H. 1073.

X. Fol. 220a. A treatise on music, by
Abu Mansur al-Husain B. Muh. B. 'Umar
Ibn Zailah, with the heading : ^K5I u->ljL/

Beg. ^

LJj**

elflJ^ll JLfr

CABALISTIC WORKS.

561

Tbe author, a disciple of Avicenna, wrote
a commentary upon the Risalat Hayy B.
Yakzfin and a compendium of the Physica
of the Shifa. He died A.H. 440. (See the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 448a, 781a.) Ibn Abi
Usaibi'ah, vol. ii., p. 19, calls him Abu
Mansur Ibn Zaila.

The work is not divided into chapters,
but it consists of three parts, dealing respec-
tively with the tones (,**-^), the rhythm

(clfiy5)\), and the composition of melodies

iii
(yi^ar1 (_Ju!V>). No later authors than al-

Kindi and al-Farabi are quoted.
Collated in Kashmir, A.H. 1074.

XI. Fol. 2366. Treatise on music, by
Yahya B. 'Ali B. Yahya al-Munajjim, with
the heading :

illb

Beg. t

The author, who is above designated as a
freedman of the Khalif xil-Mu'tadid (A.H.
279 — 89), and was called al-Nadlm, died
A.H. 300. (See the Kamil, vol. via., p. 57.)

Collated in Kashmir, A.H. 1074.

XII. Fol. 2386. Extract from the musical
treatise of Abu Nasr al-Farabi called al-

Madkhal, with the heading: J&-.JJI (_->lJk/ ^

Beg.

This fragment treats of the division of

J to >)\ juij

music into practical and theoretical, and of
the relations between the musical tones.

The Madkhal is the first part of i— >li
, the treatise of al-Farabi on music.
See the analysis of that work by Kosegarten,
Zeitschrift fiir die Kunde des Morgenlandes,
vol. v., pp. 149 — 163, and Liber Cantile-
uarum, p. 35. Compare Haj. Khal., vol. vi.,
p. 256 ; the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii.,
no. 1423 ; Casiri, no. 906 ; Nobles, Madrid
Catalogue, no. 602 ; Hammer, Kiesewetter,
Musik der Araber, pp. viii., 6, and 88 ; and
Jahrbiicher, Band xci., p. 32.

XIII. Fol. 2406. A Persian tract on
music, by Kasim B. Dust 'Ali al-Bukhari,
entitled Jtij^ i_a^X written in India and
dedicated to the Emperor Jalal al-Din Akbar.

XIV. Fol. 2476. Another Persian treatise
on music, endorsed (JLu-ycj^ t_Jw^' -j6 iJU-j,
without author's name. It is divided into a
Mukaddimah and four Makalahs, the last of
which contains drawings of musical instru-
ments. The preface contains an allegorical
account of the travels and adventures of Fikr
(Thought) and Khayal (Fancy), with verses
addressed to the author's patron, Sayyid
Ghiyath al-Daulah wa '1-Dln al-Husaini. The
date of composition is given at the end in a
rather obscure chronogram, probably for
A.H. 746. The MS. was collated, A.H. 1079,
with a copy dated A.H. 784.

Another copy in the Leyden Library
(Catalogue, vol. iii., p. 302) is described by
Kosegarten, Liber Cantilenarum, p. 36.

Cabalistic Works.

824.

Or. 4326.— Foil. 114 ; 8± in. by 6£ ; 19 lines,

4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently

in the 17th century. [BUDGE.]

4 o

562

SCIENCES.

I. Foil. 1 — 8. A work on spirits and in-
cantations, ascribed to Asaf B. Barakhya.

JP

II. Foll.9— 113.
A cabalistic work treating of the secret
virtues of the letters and names of God, of
the construction of magical squares, &c. ;
by Muhyi al-Dln, Abu '!-' Abbas Ahmad B.
Abi'l-Hasan 'Ali B. Yusuf al-Kurashi al-
Buni, who died A.H. 622.

U ^Ui [SUii] »U

The work is divided into unnumbered
Fasls. At the end is written a colophon
transcribed from an earlier MS., and dated
A.H. 651.

The text is in substantial agreement with
the lithographed edition of Bombay, A.H.
1298. A much larger recension, in four
volumes, entitled <jj&\ <_J,W^ (_r^>, was
lithographed in the same place, A.H. 1296.

For other MSS., see Casiri, nos. 920, 976 ;
Krafft, no. 351 ; Uri, no. 872 ; Leyden,
vol. iii., p. 171 ; Pertsch, no. 1262 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 93, voL v,,
pp. 345, 358 ; and the Berlin Catalogue,
no. 4125, where the headings are given.

825.

Or. 4327.— Foil. 185 ; SJ in. by 6 ; 15 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, appa-
rently in the 18th century. [BtJDGE.]

I. Foil. 38 — 162. An extract from a
cabalistic work without title or author's
name.

Beg.

The extract is from the larger recension
of the Shams al-Ma'arif (<jr^ ^j)^\ (j-^),
by Abu 'l-'Abbas al-Buni. It extends from
the beginning of Fasl 33 (Fasl 32 of the
Bombay edition) to the end of Fasl 36, and
corresponds substantially, notwithstanding
considerable variations, with pp. 38 — 98 of
the third volume of the same edition.

The remaining portion of the MS. con-
tains miscellaneous recipes for chemical and
magical operations, extracts relating to the
secret virtues of letters and Coranic verses,
and the following treatises.

II. Foil. 11—19. A cabalistic tract,
ascribed to Samur the Indian :

For similar works by Samur al-Hindi, see
Haj. Khah, vol. v., p. 79 ; and Pertsch,
no. 1277.

III. Fol. 170—178. . Tract upon the
virtues of forty names of God, by Shihab
al-Dln (Yahya B. Habash) al-Suhrawardi :

DIVINATION.

563

These forty names are called
(See Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 4143 —
45, and the Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 201.)

826.

Or. 3975.— Foil. 70 ; 9£ in. by 7i ; 16 lines,
5 in. long ; written in rude Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 17th century.

[GLASER, no. 269.]

A work on the secret virtues of the verses
of the Goran, by al-Hakim al-Tamlmi.

Beg.

JB

The preface contains a fantastical account
of the origin of the work, which, the author
alleges, was dictated to him under circum-
stances of great mystery, by a holy man
dwelling in a cave in India.

The work follows the order of the Surahs,
beginning with the Fatihah ; but the MS. is
imperfect at the end, and several leaves
have been misplaced. Every paragraph

begins with .^-U J\5

This is probably the work mentioned by
Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 208, under the title

The same writer is mentioned, ib., vol. vi.,
p. 141, among other authors who wrote on
^iyi^ jiU*. A MS. entitled ^JR jy* £$**,
also by al-Tamimi, is noticed by Uri, p. 68,
no. 156. See further the MS. described as

, Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 370.

827.

Or. 3893.— Foil. 34 ; 8 in. by 5$ ; 13 lines,
4 in. long; written in fair Neskhi; dated
A.H. 1158 (A.D. 1745).

[GLASEB,no. 179.]

I. Foil. 1—26. A tract on the secret
virtues of the Fatihah, by Ahmad B. 'Abd
al-Latif al-Sharji al-Hanafi, with this title :

Beg.

A work of the same title is mentioned,
without author's name, in the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 347.

II. Foil. 266—33. A tract on the virtues
of the ninety-nine names of God, ascribed
to Shaikh al-Barzandi (?).

Beg. j./j*—3j a*~'> ij jJUo jJJ\ \.AA*»\ i>.M (_>b
*W\ Jr!jl >^!\ A.I ^fr

Divination.

828.

Or. 2333.— Foil. 70 ; 8J in. by 6J ; 19 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, probably
in the 17th century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

A treatise on the occult meaning of the
letters of the alphabet, and their use for
divination, without title or author's name.

Beg- t> J

4c2

564

SCIENCES.

The doxology is followed by a piece of
verse, in which the virtues of all the letters
of the Abjad are set forth. It begins :

The work is largely made up of extracts
from the treatise entitled *kU\^J\j ^/clU^U
(also called ^s^\ j~)\ J ^j\\ jd\), by
Kamal al-DIn Abu Salim Muh. B. Talhah
al-Nasibi, a learned jurist, who towards his
end turned to occult sciences, and died in
Halab, A.H. 652. (See Ibn Kadi Shuhbah,
fol. 756 ; al-Isnawi, fol. 163 ; Haj. Khal.,
ii., 605, iii., 193, and vi., 11; Pertsch,
no. 1259 ; De Slane, no. 2663 ; the Berlin
Catalogue, no. 4219 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 337.) Many pages pre-
pared for tables have been left blank.

829.

Or. 2332.— Foil. 104; 6£ in. by 4J ; 13 lines,
3f in. long; written in Neskhi ; dated Safar,
A.H. 1278 (A.D. 1861).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

A treatise on the art of divination called
Ramal, without author's name.

Beg. Ji\ y> "$

The above beginning is preceded by six
pages, which exhibit the figures used in Ramal,
consisting of various combinations of dots.
The work is divided into sections, the head-
ings of which are ij»LJ\ ij6 J_j£M, ^ J^SM
^ jJLJ, *fj\*' 3uU\ ^ JyiN, and others
similar. The authorities constantly quoted
are al-Shaikh Tamtam al-Hindi, al-Shaikh
Khalaf al-Barbari, and al-Shaikh Abu 'Abd-
allah (Muh. B. 'Uthman) al-Zannati (see the

Turkish Catalogue, p. 132&, and the Bodleian
Catalogue, p. 327, note a). The same names
occur in a treatise by Ibrahim B. (Sha'ban
B.) Nan* al-Salihi, described in the Paris
Catalogue, no. 2699, and in the Berlin Cata-
logue, no. 4201.

For a table of the figures of Ramal, or
Geomancy, see Steinschneider, Zeitschrift
der D. Morg. Ges., Band xxxi., p. 762.

Interpretation of Dreams.

830.

Or. 3922.— Foil. 317 ; 8 in. by 54; 15 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, probably
in the 16th century.

[GLASER, no. 216.]

A work on the interpretation of dreams.
Beg. j&\ J^b j SjjSJI (£»\ ^^ «U

»J\.J ,ijO U\

The author, whose name is not given, does
not claim to have done more than to com-
pile the writings of his predecessors. The
work consists of eight Makalahs, containing
together thirty Fasls, subdivided into Babs,
a full table of which occupies foil. 4 — 13.

The losses of the original MS., at begin-
ning and end have been repaired, A.H. 1171,
by another hand, foil. 1—12 and 314—317.
Haj. Khal. mentions the work, vol. iii.,
p. 332, under a somewhat different title,
Xj~oj$\ Jfc^l £>\jA\ (_iS/j '*j*s~J^, and with the
same beginning, but also without author's
name. For MSS. see the Paris Catalogue,
no. 2755, and Pertsch, no. 1312.

PHILOLOGY.

565

PHILOLOGY.

Lexicography.

831.

Or. 3074.— Foil. 96 ; 9 in. by 7 ; 27 lines,
5f in. long ; written in a small and neat
Maghribi character, with all the vowels,
apparently in the 12th or 13th century.

[KKEMEE, no. 83.]

A lexicographical work, by Abu Yusuf
Ya'kub B. Ishak al-Sikklt.

Beg.

Jls

Jli' ^

\'s\

The words are not in alphabetical order.
They are arranged under the various normal
forms of the language, and exemplified by
quotations from ancient poets. The second
and next following rubrics are :

of c,

The work is divided into two equal parts
called Sifr. At the end of the first, fol. 46a,

is written

The last section of the work,

contains a large number of synony-
mous words and phrases.

Ibn al-Sikkit, one of the most eminent
Arab lexicographers, was put to death by
al-Mutawakkil, A.H. 243 or 244. He left
numerous works, among which the Islah al-
Mantik holds the first rank. For notices of
his life see Mir'at al-Zaman, Or. 4618,
fol. 126 ; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version,
vol. iv., p. 293 ; Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 215;
Fliigel, Grammatiscbe Schulen, p. 158 ; the
Fihrist, p. 72 ; and Kamil, vol. vii., p. 59.
In the last two works, later dates are given
for his death, viz., A.H. 246 and 245.

Abu Bakr, who in the above-quoted lliwa-
yah is stated to have handed down the work
as received from his father, is named more
fully in the following marginal note, fol. 41a,
^Uj^ ^ j£> (_Jj\ J* t>\JiS\ ti*ib. He is,
therefore, no other than the celebrated
grammarian, Abu Bakr Muhammad B. al-
Kasim, called Ibn al-Anbari, who died
A.H. 328, and whose father, also an eminent
philologist, died A.H. 304. See Ibn Khalli-
kan, De Slane's version, vol. iii., p. 53 ;
Fihrist, p. 75 ; and Fliigel, Grammatische
Schulen, p. 168. According to De Goeje,
Leyden Catal., 2nd ed., p. 34, the anonymous
writer of the above Kiwayah, who received
the text from Abu Bakr Ibn al-Anbari, was
Abu 'Ali Isma'il B. al-Kasim al-Baghdadi
al-Kali, who emigrated to Spain, and who
died, A.H. 356, in Cordova (v. Bibliotheca
Arabico-Hispana, vol. iii., p. 216, and Ta'rikh
al-Islam, Or. 48, fol. 48).

The present MS. has been described by
Dr. Sprenger in the Z-rtr
Ges., Band xxxi., p. 750.

566

PHILOLOGY.

In the first half of the MS., the margins
contain numerous corrections and additions,
in the same handwriting as the text. There
occurs at intervals this note, \s\+*» d*ik
SM\&\ »/Jb (see foil. 9«, 10&, 125, 153, 216),
showing that the MS. had been twice read
and revised before the master. In one
instance, fol. 38<z, are added these words,
AA*«» *>\ x^-»j. Several of the marginal
additions are ascribed to Abu Ja'far, y\ J\S

For other copies see Nicoll, no. 213 ; De
Goeje, Leyden Catalogue, 2nd edition, vol. i.,
no. 46; Derenbourg, Escurial, nos. 29, 112,
605 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 202.

832.

Or. 3742.— Foil. 79 ; 8 in. by 6J ; 27 lines,
5J in. long ; written in small angular
Neskhi ; dated Friday, 9 Shawwal, A.H. 658
(A.D. 1260). [GLASER, no. 26.]

The " Secretary's Manual," a lexicogra-
phical work, by 'Abdallah B. Muslim Ibn
Kutaibah, who died A.H. 276.

The work has been printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1300, and an extract from it, with an
English translation, was published by "W. 0.
Sproull, Leipzig, 1877. The contents are
fully stated by Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue,
no. 240, and by Hammer, Handschriften,
no. 44.

The MS. is imperfect. It begins abruptly
in the course of the section headed ^^v-^
\*j*£-y oliLoib, the first name explained
being ^i^iJ\ (Cairo edition, p. 29, line 5).

It was collated A.H. 659. At the end is
an Ijazah, or licence, bearing the same date,

granted by Hasan B. Ahmad B. Ja'far al-
Wadi'i al-Hamdani, who traces up his Eiwa-
yat to the author.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 247a; Casiri, no. 570; Derenbourg,
no. 573 ; and the Leyden Catalogue, 2nded.,
nos. 48-49.

833.

Or. 3082.— Foil. 216 ; 9£ in. by 6J ; 15 lines,
3i in. long ; written in Neskhi, with occa-
sional vowels ; dated A.H. 1294 (A.D. 1877).

[KREMER, no. 92.]

A commentary, without author's name,
upon the verses quoted by Ibn Kutaibah in
the preceding work.

«U

Beg.

ljwaA.1 .j^i^Ul ,j* iX»J ' > *••>• bAjUw I^^H+H ^.ji

/ • i • »

'. , v^>" ^B i-**^ l^^£ij£ . \ a ^ t
• » ...11 % \ A _vl Cr

The next verse explained, and its com-
mentary, are as follows : O ^l^ ^j^fr "*jj~s'

XJjJ-tf \'&S>

This verse occurs in our copy of the text,
Add. 7464, fol. 17 a.

The MS. contains, apparently, the third
part of the commentary of Abu Mull. 'Abd-
allah B. Muhammad, called Ibn al-Sid, al-
Batalyusi, who died A.H. 521. Haj. Khal.
states (vol. i., p. 222) that the commentary
was entitled i^stiO t_^ —^ ^ ujUiliS^,
and that it was divided into three Kisms,
the third of which dealt with the explanation
of the verses. There are two copies of this

LEXICOGRAPHY

commentary in the Escurial. (See Casiri,
DOS. 222 and 501 ; and Derenbourg, nos. 222
and 503.) For Ibn al-Sid's life, see Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane, vol. ii., p. 61 ; and
Makkari, vol. i., pp. 425 — 30. His Nisbah
is spelt Batalyusi by Yakut, and Batalyausi
by Ibn Khallikan.

Most paragraphs in the MS. are headed
in a large character : \J& ^J Sjuoi' ^
.-jUH- The last has the heading: ,J

Copyist:

It is stated at the end that the MS. was
transcribed from a copy in the Khedive's
Library (see the Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 206),
and was collated with the original by 'Abd
al-'Aziz Isma'Il al-Ansari al-Khazraji.

834.

Or. 3083.— Foil. 19; 13 in. by 4| ; written
by Adolph von Kremer about A.D. 1877.

Extracts from the preceding MS., consist-
ing of the verses with a few passages of the
commentary, and extending from fol. 1 to
fol. 24 of the MS.

835.

Or. 3073.— Foil. 81 ; 10 in. by 6J ; 25 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated Sunday,
7 Jumada II., A.H. 1297 (A.D. 1880).

[KREMER, no. 82.]

A classified vocabulary, by Abu '1-Hasan
CAH B. al-Hasan al-Huna'i, to which the
following title is prefixed :

The words, classed in six Babs under the
above-stated headings, are explained chiefly
with regard to their secondary, or collateral,
meanings, which are illustrated by numerous
poetical quotations. Bab 6, which forms
the main bulk of the volume (foil. 19 — 81),
contains miscellaneous words arranged in
alphabetical order.

The real title is not ^a** , as written at
the beginning and again in the subscription,

•

but A«ai4\ "the well-arranged." (See Suyuti,
Muzhir, vol. i., p. 49.)

The author, Abu '1-Hasan 'AH B. al-
Hasan al-Huna'i al-Dausi, surnamed J^iM ^,
or " ant's leg," was an Egyptian grammarian
who followed the school of Kufa. He wrote
the present work (as stated by al-Suyuti,
who had seen the autograph draft) A.H. 307.
(See Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 170; Fihrist,
p. 199 ; Fliigelr Grammatische Schulen,
p. 199 ; and Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 186.)

The present MS. was transcribed for Baron
von Kremer, from a copy in the Khedive's
Library dated 10 Muharram, A.H. 775. (See
the Catalogue, vol. vii., p. 280.)

836.

Or. 4179 ; Foil. 134; 9f in. by 6f.

[LANE.]

568

PHILOLOGY.

Foil. 1 — 88 ; 23 lines, 4 in. long ; written
in fair Neskhi ; dated Saturday, 7 Jumada I.,
A.H. 1249 (A.D. 1833) ; contain—

I. Foil. 1—14. J^y jU. «_J\JL/. A
vocabulary of the names of the various parts
of the human body, and of adjectives relating
to the same ; by Abu Ishak Ibrahim B. al-
Sari al-Nahwi.

Beg.

Abu Ishak Ibrahim B. Muh. B. al-Sari,
called al-Zajjaj, a disciple of al-Mubarrad,
died A.H. 310 or 311. (See Fihrist, p. 98 ;
Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. i.,
p. 28; Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 94; and
Fliigel, Grammatische Schulen, p. 98.) His
work is mentioned by Haj. Khal. among
many others of the same title (vol. iii.,
p. 173).

According to a Riwayah prefixed to the
above beginning, the text was transmitted,
A.H. 542, by Abu'1-Fadl Muh. B. Nasir
B. Muh., to whom it had come down,
through three intermediate links, from the
author. For another copy, see the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. vii., p. 281.

II. Foil. 16—88. Al-Munaddad, the classed
vocabulary of al-Huna'i. (See the pre-
ceding no.)

III. Foil. 89—134 ; 23 lines, 3| in. long ;
written in small, close, and cursive Nestalik,
probably about A.H. 1170 (A.D. 1757).
The first portion of the Taj al-'Arus, in
the handwriting of the author, Sayyid Mu-
hammad Murtada, with this title : J,*^ *\J&

\its-

Beg. Ji-jj

\ V^x« ; with the marginal addition :

This fragment extends from the beginning
to the root ^, and corresponds with pp.
39 — 68 of the Bulak edition. The margins
contain additions and corrections which do
not appear in the printed text. (See Lane's
Preface, p. xxi.)

837.

Or. 4178.— Foil. 60 ; 8 in. by 6 ; 17 lines,
written in fine, old, carefully vocalized
Neskhi, apparently in the llth century.

[LANE.]

Fragment of an early lexicographical work.

The author is only designated by his
Kunyah, Abu Bakr, in the words ji* ^\ JU",
which occur at the beginning of several
paragraphs. His approximative date may
be inferred from incidental statements,
showing that he received oral information
from two men who lived in the third
century of the Hijrah, viz., 1. 'Abd al-
Kahman, brother's son of al-Asma'i, men-
tioned foil. 6b and 56a (his name was 'Abd
al-Rahtnan B. 'Abdallah ; see Bughyat al-
Wu'at, fol. 153 ; Fliigel, Grammatische
Schulen, pp. 80, 101). 2. Abu Hatim,
mentioned foil. 396, 57a (i.e., Abu Hatim
Sahl B. Muh. al-Sijistani, who died A.H.
255 ; v. Fihrist, p. 58 ; Grammatische
Schulen, p. 87).

The authorities chiefly quoted are Abu
'Ubaidah (Ma'mar B. al-Muthanna, d. A.H.
210) ; Abu Zaid (Sa'id B. Aus, d. A.H. 215) ;
al-Asma'i ('Abd al-Malik B. Kuraib, d. A.H.
213); and Abu Malik ('Amp B. Kirkirah,
Fihrist, p. 44). A later author occasionally

LEXICOGRAPHY.

569

quoted is al-Tawwazi ('Abdallah B. Muh.
B. Harun, d. A.H. 238; v. Bughyat al-
Wu'at, fol. 149).

From the above it may be safely concluded
that the work belongs to the celebrated
lexicographer, Abu Bakr Muh. B. al-Hasan
B. Duraid, who was born A.H. 223, and
died A.H. 321, and of whom it is stated that
lie received instruction from the above men-
tioned nephew of al-Asma'i, from Abu Hatim
al-Sijistani, and from al - Tawwazi. (See
Fihrist, p. 61 ; Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 17;
and Grammatische Schulen, p. 101.)

The present fragment appears to belong
to the latter part of Ibn Duraid's celebrated
work entitled Al-Jamharah, the contents of
which are stated in the Leyden Catalogue,
2nd ed., no. 52. (Compare Suyuti, Muzhir,
p. 46 ; Fihrist, p. 61 ; Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 629 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 171.)

The first portion of the MS. (foil. 1—19)
deals with rare nouns, arranged under the
technical names of their grammatical forms,
and frequently illustrated by poetical quota-
tions.

The first headings are :

The last is :

In the remaining portion of the volume
the principal headings are :

Fol. 196.
Fol. 20Z>.
Fol. 216.
Fol. 226.
Fol. 266.

M3

6 U

Fol. 28a.

Fol. 29a.
Fol. 31i.

[This last section, the most extensive of
the present fragment, treats of those verbs
which are used indifferently in the first and
fourth form, a subject to which Ibn Duraid
has devoted a separate work entitled t->'oi
liJmilj Oi*j. See Fihrist, p. 61.]

Fol. 43a. ci-JjV & >\$\ «!&..£ $ U L_.b
Fol. 46a. "i^>^\ >-*A\£ U i_^U

Fol. 476. «J
Fol. 496.

In the margins are observations ascribed
to a writer designated now as Abu 'Umar, now
as al-Jarmi. This is an early grammarian
called Abu 'Umar Salih B. Ishak al-Jarmi,
who died A.H. 225. (See Grammatische
Schulen, p. 81.)

838.

Or. 3075.— Foil. 91 ; 8| in. by 6|; 17 lines,
5 in. long ; written in a large flowing
character, with all the vowels, A.H. 365
(A.D. 976). [EJiEMER, no. 84.]

A special vocabulary of nouns ending in
Alif, with or without Medda, with copious
poetical quotations ; by Abu '!-' Abbas Ahmad
B. Muhammad B. Wallad al-Nahwi.

Ibn Wallad, whose full name is Abu '1-
' Abbas Ahmad B. Muh. B. al-Walid B. Muh.
al-Tamimi al-Misri, was a disciple of al-
4 D

570

PHILOLOGY.

Zajjaj, who placed him above his other
Egyptian disciple, Abu Ja'far al-Nahhas. He
died A.H. 332, leaving, besides the present
work, a defence of Sibawaih against al-Mu-
barrad, J^U ^ *?._jJ*-5 jLai^ll. (See al-'Ibar,
fol. 122 ; Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 896 ; Husn
al-Muhadarah, vol. i., p. 306 ; Fliigel, Gram-
matische Schulen, p. 233 ; and Haj. Khal.,
vol. v., p. 155.)

The work consists of two parts. The
first, which forms the main bulk of the
volume, foil. 2 — 68, is the vocabulary proper.
It contains nouns, either Maksur or Mamdud,
arranged in alphabetical order under the
initial letter, with explanations of their
meanings, and of the distinction between the
two forms, illustrated by quotations from
classical poets. The second part, foil. 686 —
91«, contains general rules relating to the
distinction between the two forms, their
derivation from roots, the formation of their
plural, and their orthography.

The MS. is divided into two equal portions
(Juz). The first ends, fol. 44a, with the
letter t of the vocabulary. It wants, ap-
parently, three folios at the beginning, and
commences with the last two pages of
letter I It was written by Hamzah B. 'Abd-
allah B. al-Husain, and is dated the first of
Dul-hijjah, A.H. 365:

(usr <(i fr

t

«-»

The title and the author's name are found
at the beginning of Juz 2, fol. 46a : -^.ii

Under the above is written the name of
the person for whom the MS. was copied,
Abu 'Abdallah al-Husain B. 'Abdallah B. al-
Husain : ^

SJ

This 2nd Juz, the handwriting of which is
similar to, but not identical with, that of the
first, was written in the preceding month of
the same year, by al-Hasan B. 'Abdallah B.
al-Husain al-Tarabulusi, evidently a brother
of the first scribe. The colophon is :

The nature of the work is described by
the author at the beginning of the gram-
matical appendix, fol. 686, as follows : J15

lfrU«,, Jb^j
lui ^i J,

JU,

On the preceding page is a note, stating
that the MS. had been collated, A.H. 371,
with the copy of Ya'kub B. Ishak al-Kazzaz,
which had been read and corrected, A.H. 347,
before Shaikh Abu '1-Husain (Ali B. Ahmad
al-Muhallabi :

This Abu '1-Husain al-Muhallabi, to whom
are due several marginal additions in the
present MS., introduced by the words yl J\S
uj-Ji, was an eminent Egyptian philologer,
who died in Misr, A.H. 385. (See Ta'rikh

LEXICOGRAPHY.

571

al-Islam, Or. 48, fol. 190 ; Bughyat al-
Wu'at, Or. Ill, fol. 2856.) 'All B. Hamzah
states in his Tanbihat (no. 841, fol. 107),
that al-Muhallabi had wrongly appropriated
the strictures of Abu '1-Tayyib al-Mutanabbi
upon the Kitab al-Maksur wal-Mamdud, after
the latter's departure from Egypt.

A detailed description of this MS. is given
by Dr. Sprenger in the Zeitschrift der D.
Morg. Ges., Band xxxi., pp. 751 — 7.

839.

Or. 4180.— Foil. 189; 12iin.by8i; 21 lines,
5f in. long; written in fine, carefully vo-
calized, Neskhi, with red-ruled margins and
gilt headings, apparently in the 15th cen-
tury. [LANE.]

The second volume of the Tahdib al-
Lughah, a full dictionary by Abu Mansur
al-Azhari.

The first leaf, supplied by a later hand,
has this title : WJ1 S-o3-$3 u_Atf ^ J>\$\ j_U

Beg. >&j A£\j

»»j r **- f

Abu Mansur Muhammad B. Ahmad B. al-
Azhar B. Talhah al-Azhari was born in
Herat A.H. 282, and died in the same city
A.H. 370. (See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. iii., p. 48, and Bughyat al-
Wu'at, fol. 5Z>.) His numerous works are
stated by al-Dahabi, Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or.
48, fol. 116, and by Eliigel, Grammatische
Schulen, pp. 216 — 9. Lane describes his
Tahdib as an excellent lexicon, from which
he had largely drawn. (See the Preface,
p. xiii.)

The arrangement of the work is peculiar.
It follows the order of letters introduced by
Khalil in his Kitab al-'Ain, and founded on
their places of utterance from the throat to
the lips. (See Lane's Preface, p. xii.) Each
letter is subdivided into six sections, viz.,

2. *^ W ; 3.

4. .JuiJN ; 5.

6.

The roots classed under each letter are
those into which that letter enters, either as
third, second, or first radical. The present
volume begins with the letter t, and con-
tains also ^_, beginning fol. 50a ; i, begin-
ning fol. 90a ; and J, beginning fol. 140a.
At the beginning of each of the last three
letters is a Bismillah in elegant Kufi, with
gilt ornaments. At the end of the volume is

written : Jl (_j\&

The MS. has been collated, and has a few
corrections in the margin.

Eor other copies see the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 169.

840.

Or. 4193.— Foil. 96 ; 9£ in. by 6| ; 15 lines,
4J in. long ; written in neat and partly
vocalized Neskhi, apparently in the 14th
century. [LANE.]

Another portion of the same work, con-
taining the latter part of the L!>, and the
main part of the j. The title is found at
the beginning of the second letter, fol. 24a,

The MS. begins abruptly in the middle of
the article relating to the root J>\. The first
rubric is -^.llj AiM <_>b, belonging to the

4D 2

572

PHILOLOGY.

third section ( J^\ JW) of letter &. The
fragment ends with the article j>\, belonging
to the fourth section (i_juali\) of letter ^.

The MS. has been collated, and has a few
corrections.

841.

Or. 3081.— Foil. 115 ; 9| in. by 6$ ; 23 lines,
4% in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi ;
dated 3 Jumada II., A.H. 1295 (A.D. 1878).

[KEEMEE, no. 91.]

Critical observations on the mistakes of
philologers, by Abu '1-Kasim 'Ali B. Hamzah
al-Basri.

Beg. . . .

5 J

ft

Abu '1-Kasim (or, as he is called by al-
Suyuti, Abu NVaim) Hamzah B. 'Ali al-
Basri, an eminent philologer and a friend of
al-Mutanabbi, received the poet in his house
when he repaired to Baghdad, and wrote
glosses on his Diwan (v. Arabic Catalogue,
pp.4866, 7816). He died A.H. 375. (See
Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48, fol. 1446, and
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 172.) The present
work is also called Jji^, or refutations, and
the single parts (^) of which it consists are
separately mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. i.,
p. 328; vol. iv., pp. 333, 446; vol. v.,
pp. 155, 162 ; and vol. vi., p. 388. In the
last place the author's name is wrongly
written 'Ali B. 'Umar al-Basri.

After showing by various anecdotes, with
Isnads, that it had been a constant practice

of philologers to mutually point out and
correct their mistakes, the author proceeds
to his strictures on the eight following
works :

1. The Nawadir of Abu Ziyad al-Kilabi
al-A'rabi, fol. 56 : ^\ ^\ji <J U (_^c Ol$jajo3\
L5j^\ ^.J^M aly. Abu Ziyad Yazld B.
'Ubaid allah (or 'Abdallah) B. al-Hurr came
to Baghdad under al-Mahdi (A.H. 158 —
169), and died there forty years later. (See
Fihrist, p. 44.)

2. The Nawadir of Abu 'Amr al-Shaibani,
fol. 126 : tj\M^\jJts- ^J^y J U J^ c^l^-ajm
Abu 'Arar Ishak B. Mirar al-Shaibani, died
A.H. 210. (See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
version, vol. i., p. 182.)

3. The Kitab al-Nabat, by Ahmad B.
Da'ud al-Dinawari (d. A.H. 282 ; Kamil,
vol. vii., p. 329, Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 71),
fol. 256 : ... OU15\ ^IS^ J U

4. The Kamil of al-Mubarrad (d. A.H.
285), fol. 44a :

o-lj*)\

5. Ikhtiyar Fasih al-Kalam, by Abu '1-
'Abbas Ahmad B. Yahya Tha'lab (d. A.H.
291 ; Fihrist, p. 74, Ibn Khallikan, vol. i.,
p. 83), fol. 706: u->U/ }e>^f\ Js.

*.**> j

The work is generally called
See De Goeje, Leyden Catalogue, vol. i.,
no. 50.

6. Kitab al-Gharib, by Abu 'Ubaid al-
Kasim B. Sallam (died A.H. 224; Fihrist,

p. 71), fol. 73a: u-AJL/J Lc

A

f*u

\J&\

<~A>*a\\

7. Islah al-Mantik, by Ibn al-Sikkit (died

LEXICOGRAPHY.

573

A.H. 244; v. supra, no. 831), fol. 93a :

8. Al-Maksur wal-Mamdud, by Ibn Walliid
(died A.H. 332; v. supra, no. 838), fol. 107a:

It is stated in the colophon that the MS.

•was transcribed from an old and slightly

mutilated copy in the Khedive's Library
(see vol. iv., p. 221).

Copyist:

A fragment of the same work is noticed in
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. i., p. 61 ; 2nd ed.,
vol. i., p. 34.

842.

Or. 3084.— Foil. 192 ; 9|in. by 6£ ; 15 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
occasional vowels, A.H. 1294 (A.D. 1877).

[KEEMER, no. 93. J

A treatise on the errors committed by the
learned in the spelling or pronunciation of
rare words and proper names ; by Abu
Ahmad al-Hasan B. 'Abdallah B. Sa'Id al-
'Askari, with the following title :

Beg. **!

The author, a celebrated philologer, was
called al-'Askari, from his native place,
'Askar Mukram, in al-Ahwaz. He was born
A.H. 293, and died on the 7th of Dulhijjah,

A.H. 382. (See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. i., p. 382 ; Ta'rikh al-Islim,
Or. 48, fol. 177 ; Ansab al-Sam'ani, fol. 3906 ;
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 1156 ; and Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii., p. 302.)

The author sets forth the scope of the
work as follows : Js>UiW IJA ^UJ" ,j

After giving some curious instances of
the trouble the ancients took in ascertaining
the correct form of doubtful names, the
author states that he had compiled a com-
prehensive work on Tashif, and had been
requested by learned men in Isfahan and
Rai to extract from it, in two separate works,
what concerned the students of Tradition
(no. 163) and what was required by men of
letters. The latter is the present work. The
author adds that, although belonging himself,
like his master, Abu Bakr Muh. B. al-Hasan
Ibn Duraid (d. A.H. 321), to the school of
Basrah, he made it a rule to be fair and im-
partial, and to point out the errors of the
Basrians as unsparingly as those of the
grammarians of Kufa.

The work is divided into Babs, a table of
which is given in the preface. The headings
of those contained in the MS. are :

Fol. 6a.

<o

Ji ,J cjU II.

(The beginning of this chapter does not
appear in the MS.)

j*\j J

IV.

V.

574

Fol. 256.

Fol. 296.
Fol. 58o. ,.,joJ

Fol. 876.
Fol. 95a.

The author here treats separately, and at
considerable length, of the poems of Imru '1-
Kais, al-Nabighah, Zuhair, al-A'sha, Tarafah,
and a few other ancient poets.

Fol. 1596.

Fol. 170a.

PHILOLOGY.
III.

VI.
VII.

Jii*. U ^b VIII.

J^o. U

IX.

The MS. is divided into two Juz of equal
extent, the second of which begins fol. 946.
Five more Babs enumerated in the table
(fol. 6a), viz., f\*~>\j i_j^N \>\ ^ Ji^. U.

are not included in
the present volume.

The MS. was transcribed from an old copy
in the Khedivial Library (see vol. iv., p. 273),
with which it was collated, A.H. 1294, by
'Abd al-'Aziz Isma'Il al-Ansari, who writes

at the end :

rr

843.

Or. 3076.— Foil. 404; 9 in. by 6| ; 22 lines,
5 in. long ; written in neat and distinct
Neskhi, carefully supplied with all the
vowels, A.H. 550 (A.D. 1155).

[KKEMER, no. 85.]

An Arabic dictionary, arranged according
to the initial letters of the roots, by Abu '1-
Husain Ahmad B. Faris B. Zakariyya B.
Muh. B. Habib al-Kazwmi, with the follow-
ing title in the same handwriting as the

text: .Ji \ .513 iilJl

The author, a grammarian of the school
of Kufah, lived chiefly in Hamadan, and
afterwards in Kai, where he died A.H. 395.
(See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 7546.) The
title of the work, Mujmal al-Lughah, is thus

s^t

written in the preface : ^ &1M J^*"0 «£*v*>j

y{**-\ «J ,»!sJ^J\ cJu»»-l. It is repeated, either

'^'\\

entire or shortened to J-**^ , at the begin-
ning of every chapter, and always spelt
Mujmal.

The arrangement is peculiar. Each letter
of the alphabet forms a Kitab, including all
the roots beginning with that letter, and
subdivided into Babs. The first Bab of
every Kitab comprises the reduplicate roots
( jjU4\j t_flfrLa^) beginning with the leading
letter of the Kitab ; for instance, under i_J,

w w

the roots ji, i^JJ, &c., or their derivatives.
Bab 2 contains the roots beginning with i_3
and having for their second radical the

LEXICOGKAPHY.

575

letter which in the Arabic alphabet comes
after «_i (i.e., j), as Jii, SSLS, &c. Bab 3
contains the roots which have J for second
radical ; Bab 4 those which have ^ for second
radical; and so on. When in that way the
alphabet is exhausted, return is made to its
beginning, and we find in succession the
roots beginning with, u, c*», <-i-j, and so on
to *J. The last Bab in every Kitab deals
with roots of more than three letters.

This valuable copy is due to the pen of an
eminent philologer, Ibn al-Khashshab, who

wrote at the end : &+i~\ «15\

Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad Ibn al-
Khashshab, a disciple of Abu '1-Mansur al-
Jawaliki, was born in Baghdad A.H. 492,
and died in the same city A.H. 567. He is
praised for his fine hand and the accuracy
with which he wrote. (See al-Wafi bil-
Wafayat, Add. 23,358, fol. 16 ; Ta'rikh al-
Islam, Or. 51, fol. 23; Bughyat al-Wu'at,
fol. 143 ; and Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. ii., p. 66.)

There is no date of transcription, but the
date A.H. 550 is found at the end of a licence
written on the first page by Ibn al-Khashshab
himself, in which he gives the catena by which
the work had come down from the author to
himself, and adds that he had heard it read
before his Shaikh, Abu Mansur Mauhub B.
Ahmad al-Jawaliki (d. A.H. 539). U» ^ *\f
i» \j»\ J\ *jy ^ u

u?

u?

&13I

The margins contain some corrections and
additions by the same hand as the text, most
of which are marked with • probably for

At tte end is the copy of a letter of the
author, Ibn Faris, to al-Kadi Abu Bakr
Muhammad B. Isma'Il, giving a full account
of the various catenas through which the
works of al-Khalil, al-Kisa'i, al-Farra, Abu
'Ubaidah, and other authorities on which he
relied in the Mujmal, had been handed down
to him.

.XO .j Oj C-OJ

Prefixed to the MS. is a notice of Ibn
Faris by Muhammad B. Hasan B. 'Ali al-
Nawaji (died A.H. 859), apparently an
original draft.

For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 7546; Loth, no. 991; Pertsch, no. 377;
and De Goeje, Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
vol. i., p. 41. In a copy described in the
last work is found a licence written by the
same Ibn al-Khashshab, A.H. 546.

844.

Or. 4589.— Foil. 205 ; 12± in. by 7£ ; 25 lines,
6 in. long ; written in fair, archaic, and vo-
calized Neskhi, with red headings, dated
Saturday, 3 Shawwal, A.H. 488 (A.D. 1095).

A glossary of the rare words of Tradition,

576

PHILOLOGY.

including a full commentary upon the Hadith
in which they occur, and copious quotation
from early poets. It is a useful compilation
of the three standard works on Gharib al-
Hadith (see Haj. Khal., vol. iv., pp. 324 — 26),
namely, those of Abu 'Ubaid (al-Kasim B.
Sallam, d. A.H. 224), of al-Kutabi ('Abdallah
B. Muslim Ibn Kutaibah, d. A.H. 276), and
of Abu Sulaiman al-Khattabi (Hamd B. Muh.
B. Ibrahim B. al-Khattab al-Busti, who died
A.H. 388 ; see Ibn Khallikan, vol. i., p. 476 ;
Sam'ani, fol. 2026 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48,
fol. 208 ; and Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 1245).
It is correctly described in the following

colophon : (J^> (_yjj^ t^osUt i—^c e.^4? J

_jJ\ . . . jCOUtf

The work is divided into two parts. The
first comprises rare words occurring in short
Hadiths, alphabetically arranged according
to the initial letters of such words. The
second deals with Hadiths of greater extent
containing more than three difficult words,
and does not follow any alphabetical order.

The first part is imperfect at the beginning.
The letter \ is altogether wanting, and the
next four letters are represented only by
a few detached and transposed leaves,
namely, i_-> by foil. 1 and 4, cj by fol. 6,
L±J by fol. 7, and ^ by fol. 3, 5, and 8—14.

The first extant article, fol. la, relates to
j and begins as follows : e^ojc- ,j

Jlib ^i.

J

\ SJbb

Letter

_ begins, fol. 15<z, as follows :

Ul

From that letter to the end of the alpha-
betical series the text is complete. The last
word explained is ^-»b in the Hadith tU»\ ^

&K ^?-U At the end of this first part, fol. 153o,
is written the following : s£j

J*

The second part begins with this heading

ftJJl

jf yj Jjl^

The third Hadith is that of Umm Zare,
about the eleven wives, the text of which has
been given by Prof, de Goeje in the Zeit-
schrift der D. Morg. Ges., vol. xviii., pp.
787—807, with a translation of Abu 'Ubaid's
commentary. The latter is given in a con-
densed form in the present MS., foil. 154 — 56.
Abu 'Ubaid's very unsatisfactory explanation
of the speech of the fifth wife calls forth the
following sensible observation by Abu Su-
laiman al-Khattabi: j->\

-' •— «*

AW 1 J

ii> U vi-jJ) (^JMJ l^jiy Ji-b &a5
It may be added that the story was not

LEXICOGRAPHY.

577

told by Muhammad, as would appear from
de Goeje's text, but by 'A'ishah to him.
This is distinctly stated in our MS., where
the Hadith begins as follows :

J\

The compiler adds frequently observations
of his own in the headings of which (^^ J^'
&it a&\ ^j Js-*^ (.U^l) he is only designated
as "the most illustrious Kadi and Imam."

845.

Or. 2840.— Foil. 434 ; 9f in. by 6|; 31 lines,
5 in. long ; written in minute and very neat
Neskhi, with all the vowels ; dated Thursday,
last of Jumada I., A.H. 658 (A.D. 1260).

CHURCHILL.]

The well-known dictionary of Abu Nasr
Isma'il B. Ham mad al-Jauhari, who died
A.H. 398.

The date A.H. 393, generally assigned to
the author's death, is too early. Yakut had
seen an autograph copy of the Sihah dated
A.H. 396. Al-Jauhari died, according to
Abu '1-Fida, torn, ii., p. 618, A.H. 398, or
about A.H. 400, as stated in Bughyat al-
Wu'at, fol. 1026, and in Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 48, fol. 233. For an account of the
work, see Suyiiti, Muzhir, vol. i., p. 49 ;
Lane, Preface, p. xiv. ; and Goldziher, Sitz-
ungsberichte der k. k. Akademie, Band Ixxvii.,
pp. 587—631.

Copyist :

For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 227a, 4676, 639a; Pertsch, no. 378;
Kosen, Institut, no. 151 ; the Leyden Cata-

logue, 2nd ed., vol. i., p. 42 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., pp. 164—66; &c. The
Sihah has been lithographed in Teheran,
A.H. 1270, and printed in Bulak, A.H. 1282
and 1292, under the title «*^«M _U^j i&\ _\5.

Among former owners, who wrote their
names on the first page, is the Shaikh al-
Islam of Persia, Muhammad Bakir Majlisi,
who died A.H. 1110.

846.

Or. 4181.— Foil. 306 ; 10$ in. by 7$ ; 27 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair, thoroughly
vocalized, Neskhi ; dated Sunday, 21 Rama-
dan, A.H. 866 (A.D. 1462). [LANE.]

The first volume of the Sihah, y* Jj^
*i&\ ^j \j*yf? m^P \ with a few marginal
notes and some corrections.

This volume ends with letter j, and is
designated at the end as the first third of
the work. It bears on the first page, like
the two following volumes, the name of
F. Fresnel.

This copy of the Sihah is mentioned by
Lane in the first page of his preface to the
Lexicon. He says that the marginal notes
in this and the next volumes are due to Ibn
Barri (Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. Barri al-
Makdisi al-Misri, d. A.H. 582 ; v. Bughyat
al-Wu'at, fol. 144, and Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 93) and to al-Busti ('Abdallah B. Muh. ;
Haj. Khal., ib., p. 94). Ibn Barri's work is

entitled _\*^ ^J^ j Q U ^ ^A-o^l

See Casiri, no. 582, Derenbourg, Escurial,

no. 585.

847.

Or. 4182.— Foil. 212 ; 11 in. by 7£ ; 27 lines,
5£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
4 E

578

PHILOLOGY.

vowels, by several hands, apparently in the
16th and 17th centuries. [LANE.]

The second volume of the Sihah, extending
from the beginning of letter j to about the
first third of letter J, where it breaks off in
the article Jj.5.

848.

Or. 4183.— Foil. 344; IQi in. by 7i ;
25 lines, 5^ in. long ; written in cursive,
and imperfectly vocalized, Neskhi ; dated
Edirneh (Adrianople), Monday, 26 Rajab,
A.H. 877 (A.D. 1472). [LANE.]

The third volume of the Sihah, C_5li5\
_U^ ^, beginning with the article Jb
(fol. 209 of the preceding volume), and com-
pleting the work.

Copyist :

849.

Or. 4638.— Foil. 177 ; Hi in. by 8; 27 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in fine, carefully vocal-
ized, Neskhi ; dated the first decade of
Rajab, A.H. 729 (A.D. 1329). [LANE.]

The first volume of the Sihah of al- Jauhari,
comprising the first nine letters of the
alphabet, to the end of J. The words
explained in the text are written in a large
character in the margin. There are some
marginal notes by the same hand as the text,
but in a smaller character.

The copyist, Muhammad B. 'Abd al-Hadi
B. 'Abd al-Kadir al-Fuwwi, was an Egyptian
legist of the Shafi'i school, who died A.H.
766 (al-Durar al-Kaminah, II., fol. 896).

This fine volume must be one of the
later acquisitions of Mr. Lane, who does not
mention it in his preface.

A note on the last page gives the number
of letters and of Juz contained in each of the
following six lexica : 1. al-Jami', by al-Kaz-
zaz (Muh. B. Ja'far, d. A.H. 412) ; 2. Kitab
al-'Ain, by al-Khalll ; 3. al-Jamharah, by Ibn
Duraid ; 4. al-Mujmal, by Ibn Faris (no.
843) ; 5. Mukhtasar al-'Ain, by al-Zubaidi
(v. the Madrid Catalogue, no. 5) ; 6. the
Sihah of al-Jauhari.

On the fly-leaf are verses in praise of the
Sihah, by al-Hasan B. 'AH B. Ahmad al-
Mahabadi, and by Abu Muh. Isma'il B. Muh.
B. 'Abdus.

850.

Or. 4184.— Foil. 347 ; 8 in. by 6 ; 17 lines,
3-g- in. long ; written in Nestalik ; dated
Jumada II., A.H. 1038 (A.D. 1629).

[LANE.]

An abridgment of the Sihah of al-Jauhari,
with additions ; by Muhammad B. Abi Bakr
B. 'Abd al-Kadir al-Razi. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 2276.

Beg. **i5\ £*»=- i^*1

The conflicting statements of Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 94, as to the author's date, have
been discussed by Rosen, who proved that
he lived about A.H. 650. The precise date
of his death is, according to Ahlwardt,
A.H. 680. See Rosen, Institut, p. 53, and
Notices Sommaires, p. 59, note.

The work has been printed in Cairo A.H.
1289, and reprinted A.H. 1292, 1301, 1302,
1304, and 1305. See the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 185.

The margins of the present copy are
crowded with annotations. Foil. 1 — 13
and 346-7 contain miscellaneous notes and
extracts.

LEXICOGEAPHY.

579

Another abridgment, also called Mukhtar
al-Sihah is noticed by Houtsma, Brill's Cata-
logue, no. 284.

851.

Or. 4194.— Foil. 422 ; 10Jin.by7; 27 lines,
4| in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi; dated 19 Ramadan, A.H. 939
(A.D. 1533). [LANE.]

An abridgment of the Sihah, by Sayyid
Muhammad B. al-Sayyid Hasan.

Beg.

Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 572, calls the work
j«V» and the author Sayyid Muh. B.
Sayyid Hasan B. Sayyid 'Ali. He adds that
he wrote the work in Adrianople, A.H. 854,
and dedicated it to Sultan Muhammad the
Conqueror. He subsequently published an
improved recension, with corrections and
additions, derived from the Kamus, and
called it al-Ramuz. He died about A.H. 866.
See Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 341.

From the preface it appears that the
author incorporated the additions of a

former abbreviator (the author of the Mukh-
tar), with some critical remarks of his own,
and added further some matter borrowed
from the Mughrib of al-Mutarrizi (Or. 4188),
from the Fa'ik of al-Zainakhshari, and from
the Nihayat C^..iii ^.jf- (j of Ibn al-Athir
(Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 403). He inserted
also full explanations of the Hadiths quoted
in the text.

Lane describes the work in his preface,
p. xiv.,, as far superior to the Mukhtar.

For other copies see lira, no. 1071 (Nicoll,
p. 608a), and the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd
edition, no. 92.

852.

Or. 4185.— Foil. 166; 8£ in. by 5f; written
in neat Neskhi, with red-ruled margins, in
the 18th century. [LANE.]

I. Foil. 1—65 ; 27 lines, 4 in. long.

A further abridgment of the Mukhtar
al-Sihah, by Da'ud B. Muhammad al-Karsi
al-Hanafi.

Beg.

JP i^N Jjil

At the end the author says that he com-
pleted the work in Misr (Cairo), in Dulhijjah,
A.H. 1151. He wrote subsequently, A.H.
1169, an Arabic and a Turkish commentary
upon the Nuniyyah of Khidr Beg. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 3926, and the Turkish
Catalogue, p. 5i.

II. Foil. 66—166; 21 lines, 3 in. long.
The well-known dictionary of scientific
terms, by al- Sharif al-Jurjani : c^

4E2

580

PHILOLOGY.

853.

Or. 1178.— Foil. 88 ; 7£ in. by 5| ; 25 lines,
.3$ in. long ; written in plain Neskhi ; dated
Thursday, 2 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1066 (A.D.
1656). [ALEX. JABA.]

*JO ,*5

An Arabic glossary, arranged according
to subjects, by Abu Mansur 'Abd al-Malik
B. Muh. B. Isma'Il al-Tha'alibi.

Beg. JJ

The author died A.H. 429, according to
Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's translation, vol. ii.,
p. 128, or A.H. 430, as stated in Ta'rlkh al-
Islarn, Or. 49, fol. 156. In the preface there
is a long eulogy of the governor of Fars,
Abu'1-Fadl 'Ubaid Allah B. Ahmad al-
Mikali, at whose residence in Firuzabad the
author had spent four months, and at whose
request he composed the present work. He
refers incidentally to the Yatlmat al-Dahr
as a previous work of his own. The treatise
consists of two parts, respectively designated
as iilN &EJ and Xxjj»Mj«>. The MS. contains
only the first, which is divided into thirty
Babs, fully enumerated in the preface.

The contents have been stated by Hammer,
Hand schrif ten, no. 42, and, with the original
headings, by Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, vol. i.,
p. 210. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 755.

The second part, treating of figures of
speech and of the use of particles, is included
in a MS. described in the Cambridge Cata-
logue, p. 38, no. 8, and in an edition litho-
graphed in Cairo, A.H. 1284. Another
recension, entitled i

has substantially the same contents, with a
much shorter preface. It is described by
De Goeje, Leyden Catalogue, 2nd edition,
vol. i., p. 45, where all known MSS. of the
Fikh al-Lughah are enumerated. The work
has been published by Cheikh. Rochaid
Dahdah, Paris, 1861, and by L. Cheikho,
Beirut, 1855. Compare Goldziher, Zeit-
schrift der D. Morg. Ges., Band xxviii.,p. 162.

Copyist :

854.

Or. 4186.— Foil. 292 ; 10 in. by 6£ ; 17 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair and carefully
vocalized Neskhi ; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 675
(A.D. 1276). [LANE.J

An extensive lexicon following the arrange-
ment of the Kitab al-'Ain of Khalil ; by
Abu'l-Hasan 'AH B. Isma'il B. Sidah al-
Andalusi.

The present volume contains a portion of
the seventh, and nearly the whole of the
tenth, of the original volumes of the work.
At the beginning is the following title,
written within an ornamental gilt border :

Lower down, in a somewhat later hand :

The Sultan for whose library this volume
was written is apparently al-Malik al-Mansur
Kala'un.

At the end is written :

J/

LBXIOOGEAPHY.

581

The full title of the work is

kj^j. It is called by Suyuti, Muzhir,
vol.i.,p. 50, the greatest lexicographical work
after the Sihah of Jauhari. See also Lane's
preface, p. xv., where the present volume is
mentioned. An abridgment of it is mentioned
in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 228a.

The author, Abu '1-Hasan 'AH B. Isma'Il
(or, according to Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 167,
and to al-Makkari, vol. ii., p. 258, 'AH B.
Ahmad) Ibn Sidah, a native of Murcia, the
blind son of a blind father, died A.H. 458.
For notices of his life and works, see al-
Silah, Biblioth. Arabico-Hispana, vol. ii.,
p. 410 ; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's trans-
lation, vol. ii., p. 272 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 50, fol. 65 ; and Nicoll, p. 180, note *.

The present volume consists of two de-
tached portions. The first, foil. 1—68,
belonging to the original seventh volume,
contains a portion of letter j, namely, from
which belongs to the first section
ii\) of the letter, to i_>^/> which belongs

to the second section (gsi0^ ,J^) of the
same letter.

Beg.

UJU5\

M\£- c-A-aM

The second portion, foil. 69—292, is the
tenth of the original volumes, wanting the
the first two quires, or twenty leaves. It
begins with the latter part of letter (ja, from
the article (joj, belonging to the section
JI*^ jJ^W-^ of that letter ', and contains,
besides, letter t^>> beginning foil. 885, and
letter ^ foil. 1606—292.

For other copies, see Uri, no. 1072, and
the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 184.

855.

Or. 3268.— Foil. 185 ; 9f in. by 6J ; 13 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair, partly vocalized,
Persian Neskhi ; dated Malatiyah, 4 Rama-
dan, A.H. 599 (A.D. 1203).

[S. DE SACT.]

A classified Arabic Vocabulary, by al-
Maidani.

Beg.

The above beginning is found on a folio
written by a later hand to supplement the
loss of the original MS. On the same folio
occurs the author's name, al-Maidani, which
is not found in the text.

The preface includes a dedication to Shams
al-Kuttab Abu '1-Barakat 'AH B. Mas'ud B.
Isma'Il, whom the author describes as the
most eminent of his disciples and the pride
of his master. It is followed by a chapter
on the various forms of the broken plural,
and by a full table of contents. The work
is divided into four Kisms, subdivided into
Babs, as follows :

Fol. 126. Jfr

Foil. 19a— 122, 131—138, 123—130.

Foil. 130, 139—149.

582

PHILOLOGY.

Foil. 149a— 1716.

Abu'1-Fadl Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ahmad
al-Maidani, author of the Kitab al-Amthal,
died in Nishapur, his native city, A.H. 518.
(See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane, vol. i., p. 130 ;
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 826 ; and Quatremere,
Journal Asiatique, vol. i., p. 177.) He com-
pleted the present work, as he states himself
at the end (fol. 1716), on the 14th of Rama-
dan, A.H. 497.

The work has been lithographed in Te-
heran with the Sair al-Adab of Tha'alibi
and other treatises. For MSS., see the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. i., p. 76, 2nd ed.,
p. 66 ; the old Paris Catalogue, no. 1334 ;
Casiri, no. 598 ; Derenbourg, Escurial, no.
601 ; Houtsma, no. 274-5 ; Lagarde, Per-
sische Studien, p. 58 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 173.

The latter part of the MS. (foil. 173a-
185) contains, besides some lexicographical
notes, select verses, and a vocabulary of
Arabic words and phrases explained in
Persian (foil. 176a— 1846). This last is en-
titled ]b\s>N\ t_«A^C and begins as follows:
j\ Jtf^j JU3 <j\*~ jtf jy »\BJ «U1 JIW. The
words are apparently arranged in the order
in which they occur in some text not spe-
cified.

Copyist:

The MS. once belonged to Scheidius, who
wrote on the first page : " Ex Oriente
accepit E. Scheidius, 1767." It is noticed
in the Bibliotheque de S. de Sacy, vol. iii.,
p. 26, no. 138.

856.

Or. 1174.— Foil. 190 j 10$ in, by 7 ; 5 lines,

4J in. long ; written in large Neskhi, with
all the vowels ; dated Tuesday, the 1st of
Rajab, A.H. 864 (A.D. 1460).

[ALEX. JABA.]

The Arabic glossary of Mahmud B. 'Umar
al-Zamakhshari (who died A.H. 538), to
which the following title has been prefixed

by the copyist :

^»- Js- J^i

Beg. ^

Between the lines of the Arabic text, in
the preface as well as in the vocabulary, is
written by the same hand, but in a smaller
character, a double gloss giving in two
separate lines the Persian and Turkish
equivalents. Thus in the second line of
the preface we have :

J-ii

and in the vocabulary, fol. 106 :

The MS. contains only the preface and
first Kism of the Mukaddimah, corresponding
with pp, 1 — 86 of the lithographed edition
of Wetz;stein.

LEXICOGRAPHY.

583

The copyist, ja^' ^ Jl*
,_f<±>£A\ <-r>^5«?. ^ i**^ (j!> appears from his
Nisbah and from some Turkish verses added
at the end (fol. 183a) to have been a Turk.
On the same page is a somewhat later date
than the one above given, namely, A.H. 868,
relating probably to the completion of the

gloss : £0

The latter part of the MS., foil. 184—190,
contains : (1) a list of Arabic pronouns,
isolated and combined with prepositions,
with Persian and Turkish gloss, fol. 184« ;
(2) a list of Persian pronouns and adverbs,
with Turkish gloss, fol. 1866 ; (3) the names
of the Arabic letters, with their significations,
fol. 188a ; and a few miscellaneous notices.

The MS. has been noticed in the Persian
Catalogue, pp. 5056, 1089a, and in the
Turkish Catalogue, p. 134. For other
copies, see Uri,nos. 1083, 1094, 1127, 1161 ;
Nicoll, nos. 225, 231 ; De Goeje, Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. ex. ; Landberg,
no. 383 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 190 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue,
no. 1633.

857.

Or. 4187.— Foil. 259 ; 8f in. by 6J ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair, fully vocalized,
Neskhi ; with red-ruled margins, dated
25 Shawwal, A.H. 1172 (A.D. 1759).

[LANE.]

An abridgment of the Asas al-Balaghah, a
lexicon by the same author, al-Zamakhshari.

The Asas al-Balaghah is described by
Lane in his preface, p. xv., as an excellent
work, of which he made much use in his
lexicon. It has been printed in two volumes,
Cairo, A.H. 1299. For MSS. see the

Arabic Catalogue, p. 2296, 4686 ; the Ley-
den Catalogue, 2nd edition, nos. 71 — 3 ;
Uri, nos. 1101, 1116; Nicoll, no. 205; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 162.

The present volume is designated at the
end as the first of an abridgment of the Asas,
tjjU^ jotO? L-'Ui'y* Jj^ljfj*1. Its matter
is taken textually, with omission of the
poetical quotations, from the work of Za-
makhshari ; but the arrangement is quite
different. While in the original work the
alphabetical order is determined, as in
European dictionaries, by the first radical,
the abridgment follows the order of the
Si hah, which is determined in the first
instance by the third radical, in the second,
by the first radical.

The MS. has lost the first leaves. It
begins abruptly in the middle of the article
as follows : eQ

The same passage will be found in the
Cairo edition of the Asas, vol. ii., p. 206,
line 21.

Besides the latter part of the Bab of
final Hamzah, the MS. contains the follow-
ing letters : <_;, fol. 46 ; o, fol. 476 ;
eu, fol. 55« ; -, fol. 62a ; _, fol. 75a ;
£, fol. 956; •>, fol. 1006; J, fol. 1346;
j, fol. 1386; j, fol. 197a; ^, fol. 207a;
oi, fol. 2286 ; (JO, fol. 2376 ; and i>,
fol. 247a.

858.

Or. 2904.— Foil. 250 ; 12£ in. by 8| ; 26 lines,
6 in. long ; written in Neskhi by two dif-
ferent hands ; dated Wednesday, 30 Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1136 (A.D. 1723).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

584

PHILOLOGY.

The great Arabic dictionary of Nashwan
B. Sa'Id al-Himyari, who died A.H. 573
(v. no. 584).

Beg. U ...
pUfcif) y-W jlai- ^j CjVitil J-ii\ ^U ^>

After dwelling on the greatness of the
Arabic language, the author complains that
preceding lexicographers had not guarded
the diacritical points and the vowels of
words from clerical errors, and prides him-
self on having devised a scheme securing
both objects. He proceeds to say that he
had inserted in his dictionary the names of
Arab kings, the useful properties of plants
and minerals, explanations of Coranic texts,
and notices relating to history, genealogy,
arithmetic, law, the interpretation of dreams,
and astrology.

The year in which the wbrk was completed
is indicated in the following verse :

U> O (j»-+l£ J (J^x

The word jj***' apparently stands for
j-**-, giving the date A.H. 570. The
preface is followed by a grammatical intro-
duction (uJuj-aiM jj Jwx'), foil. 4o — 146.

The dictionary is arranged according to
the initial letters of stems, to each of which
is devoted one of the larger divisions (<-_Aj3
The first Bab of each Kitab contains the
reduplicate roots. In the next following
Babs the remaining roots are arranged ac-
cording to the second radical. Each Bab is
divided into two parts dealing respectively
with the nouns and the verbs.

The present copy, which is far from
correct, comprises the preface, the intro-
duction, and the first seven letters of the
alphabet, ending with letter ^_ .

Copyist :

The Bscurial possesses a complete copy
dated A.H. 626-7, described by Derenbourg,
nos. 34 and 603. The first volume, written
A.H. 595 by the author's son, 'Ali B.
STashwan, is noticed in the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 175. Another copy in
the Berlin Library has been used by D. H.
Miiller to correct the text of the Kasldat al-
Himyariyyah. (See Zeitschrift der D. Morg.
Ges., vol. xxix., p. 621.) Oxford possesses
the first half of the work dated A.H. 669.
(See Uri, no. 1074.) The work was abridged,
according to Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 74, by
the author's son. (See Uri, p. 231, nos.
1064-5.) Another abridgment is noticed by
Loth, no. 998.

859.

Or. 2905.— Foil. 124 ; 13 in. by 8f ; from
29 to 39 lines, about 6 in. long ; written in
Neskhi by several hands; dated Sunday,
12 Jumada I., A.H. 1211 (A.D. 1796).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

Another copy of the first volume of the
Shams al-'Ulum, with the same contents as
the preceding MS.

Copyist : j*\s- ^ «i)\ jj* ^ jo\>

Although more modern and not free from
errors, it is far more correct than the pre-
ceding MS.

Col. Miles has written at the end : " Shams
al oloom, Muscat."

860.

Or. 2906.— Foil. 221 ; 131 in. by 11 ; 37 lines,
9 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Shawwal, A.H. 1083 (A.D. 1673).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

LEXICOGRAPHY.

585

The first and second volumes of the Shams
al-'Ulum. The first ends (fol. 1216), as in
the preceding MSS., with letter ^_ . The
second, extending from fol. 1236 to the end,
comprises the next six letters, from ,> to <_£.

On the first page is written : " Obtained
at Muscat."

The text of this copy is more distinct and
more correct than that of the preceding MSS.

861.

Or. 2907.— Foil. 174 ; 10 in. by 8£ ; 22 lines,
6^ in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated Wed-
nesday, four nights before the end of Mu-
harram, A.H. 1080 (A.D. 1669).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The second volume of the Shams al-'Ulum,
extending from the beginning of s to the
end of (_ji, corresponding with the latter
half of the preceding MS., but more carefully
written.

Copyist : ^ JU» ^ j-I

The MS. is said in the colophon to have
been written in the fortress called WL.!\ J-*-
in the reign of the Imam Sultan B. Saif B.
Malik B. Abi 'l-'Arab (who died, as added
by Col. Miles, on the 16th of Dulka'dah,
A.H. 1090).

On the fly-leaf is written : " Purchased
in 1880 from the chief Kazee at Muscat,
Sheykh Ahmed el-Teywanee."

862.

Or. 2908.— Foil. 384 ; 9£ in. by 8 ; 16 lines,
about 5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ;
dated Saturday, 2 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1024
(A.D. 1615).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The third volume of the Shams al-'Ulum,
extending from the beginning of (je to the
end of j.

Copyist : J^ ^ j*f> ^ ciJjU* ^ A

The MS. was written for Sheikh Ahmad
B. Rashid B. Salman. In a marginal note
it is stated that the collation was completed
on the 8th of Dulka'dah, A.H. 1054 (altered
to 1024) for 'Umar B. Mas'ud al-Kindi al-
Samadi.

863.

Or. 2909.— Foil. 309 ; 9| in. by 8£ ; 17 lines,
about 5^ in. long ; written by the same hand
as the preceding, and for the same person ;
dated Friday, 4 Rabi' I., A.H. 1004 (ap-
parently by mistake for 1024 = A.D. 1615).
[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The fourth and last volume of the same
work, extending from the beginning of u-»
to the end of ^.

864.

Or. 4188.— Foil. 245 ; 7 in. by 5£; 17 lines,
3 in. long ; written in neat vocalized Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins ; dated Uskub, Ra-
madan, A.H. 977 (A.D. 1570). [LANE.]

S*

A dictionary of rare words occurring in
tradition and legal books, by Abu '1-Fath
Nasir B. 'Abd al-Sayyid al-Mutarrizi.

Beg.

The author was born in Khuwarazm
A.H. 538, the very year in which al-
Zamakhshari died, although al-Suyuti, with
4 F

586

PHILOLOGY.

a strange disregard of dates, says that he
studied under the latter scholar (Bughyat
al-Wu'at, fol. 206). He died in his native
place A.H. 610.

The Mughrib follows the alphabetical
order customary in European dictionaries.
It is a valuable supplement to other lexicons,
much used by Lane. (See his Preface, p. xv.)
For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 229ft, 6416 ; Uri, no. 1117; the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed.; nos. 77-8; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 189.

865.

Or. 1175.— Foil. 206; 9f in. by 6f ; 11 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in large Neskhi, with
vowels, probably in the 16th or 17th century.

[ALEX. JABA.]

A classed Arabic glossary explained in
Persian, by Isma'Il B. 'AH B. Ishak.

Beg. U . . . .

±*>\

The contents are stated in the Persian
Catalogue, p. 506.

866.

Or. 4189.— Foil. 252 ; lOf in. by 1\ ; 31 lines,
7 in. long ; written in rather coarse and
inelegant, but distinct, Neskhi, about the
beginning of the 14th century. [LANE.

A dictionary based upon the Tahdib al-
Lughah (no. 839) and the Muhkam (no.
854).

The author, whose name does not appear
in the MS., is Safi al-DIn Abu'l-Thana
Mahmud B. Abi Bakr B. Hamid al-Urmawi.
He was born in al-Karafah A.H. 647, and
ived chiefly in Damascus. Besides the
above work, he wrote an appendix to the
Nihayat of Ibn al-Athlr. Towards the end
of his life he was afflicted with intermittent
insanity, and died in a hospital, A.H. 723.
See Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, foil. 144,
where he is said to have combined in his
lexicon the matter of the Muhkam, of the
Sihah, and of the Tahdib. Haj. Khal.
mentions it (vol. v., p. 428) as an improved
recension of the Muhkam. Lane, who calls
the author Mahmud al-Tanukhi, describes
the work in his Preface, p. xvi., as the best
and most comprehensive of Arabic lexicons
after the Lisan al-'Arab and the Taj al-
'Arus, and says that the present volume is
the last of five, of which the autograph
MS. consisted. See also ib., p. xix. The
narrow margins are crowded with additions,
in the same handwriting as the text.

The work follows closely the arrangement
of the Tahdib. The present volume begins
abruptly with the last two lines of the
article jjiS, immediately followed by the root
<i,j, both belonging to the section i_fl£\-ox> of
letter o. It contains therefore the main
part of that letter, and the subsequent
letters to the1 end of the series, namely,
O fol. 51ft, k fol. 75a, i fol. 86a, UL> fol.
106ft, j fol. 131a, J fol. 166ft, w fol. 197ft,
L_J fol. 225a, v-» fol. 2285, fol. 234a, and

i.e., the hollow letters

\,

fol. 242fc.

At the end of the last section, fol. 2476,

is written

j>\

The MS. of the Muhkam which the author
had before him was transcribed, as here

LEXICOGRAPHY.

587

stated, from the copy of Abu 'Abdallah B.
Khalasah, twice collated with the original
draft of Ibn Sidah, A.H. 463.

Then follow these additional chapters :
\4jjl~j oliWt i_>b, fol. 2476; O\U)\ L_>b
V#\SH,, fol. 248a; O\,yi <_>b, fol. 2486;

i— j

,j Ay. U L-Aj,

1, fol. 250—2516.

J.)^

fol. 2496 ; an

At the end is given in full the conclusion
of the Tahdib of al-Azhari, transcribed from
a copy made in Herat, A.H. 357 (in the
author's lifetime), by Abu Ja'far Muh. B.
'Ali al-Juzjani.

The last page of the MS. contains the first
part of a notice ascribed to al-Sahib (Isma'il)
Ibn 'Abbad (d. A.H. 385) on upwards of
110 names of stones, in alphabetical order.

867-8.

Or. 3077-8. — Two uniform volumes consist-
ing respectively of foil. 290 and 299 ; 9 in.
by 6J ; 21 lines, 3^ in. long ; written by the
same hand in Neskhi ; dated Wednesday,
29 Sha'ban, A.H. 1268 (A.D. 1852).

[KREMEE, no. 86.]

An Arabic dictionary arranged under the
initial letters, by Ahmad B. Muhammad B.
'AH al-Mukri al-Fayyumi, who died A.H.
770.

Beg. O

aJJ

J\

The author, whose name does not appear
in the text, had compiled an extensive work,
originally as a glossary to the commentary
of al-Eafi'i upon al-Wajiz of al-Ghazzali

(no. 305), and had afterwards enlarged it
with much additional matter. The present
dictionary is an abridgment of that work.
It is mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 586,
and vol. vi., p. 489, and it has been described
by Mehren in the Zeitschrift der D. Morg.
Ges., Band xxvii., p. 204. See also Lane's
Preface, p. xvi.

There is a grammatical appendix (2nd vol.,
foil. 2766— 299a), at the end of which the
author enumerates his sources. He says, in
conclusion, that he completed the work in
the last decade of Sha'ban, A.H. 734.

The colophon states that the MS. had been
transcribed from a copy made upon a tran-
script of the author's autograph MS.

The work appears to be popular. It has
been lithographed in Persia (probably Te-
heran) without date, but before A.H. 1274;
in Cairo, A.H. 1278 ; in Cawnpore, A.H.
1288; and printed in Bulak, A.H. 1281.
For MSS., see Casiri, no. 599 ; De"renbourg,
no. 602; Uri, no. 1076; Mehren, no. 199;
Pertsch, no. 406 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 187.

869.

Or. 4190.— Foil. 372 ; 8± in/by 6; 25 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 16th century. [LANE.]

Another copy of the preceding work, with
the author's name at the beginning:

This is the MS. mentioned by Lane in his
Preface, p. xvi.

870.

Or. 4196.— Foil. 104 ; 8| in. by 5| ; 21 lines,

2^ in. long ; written in small Nestalik, dated

A.H. 1169 (A.D. 1756). [LANB.]

4*2

588

PHILOLOGY.

A dictionary of philosophical terms, by
Sayyid 'Ali B. Muhammad al-Jurjani (d.
A.H. 816).

It has been published by Flugel, Lipsias,
1845, and printed in Cairo, A.H. 1283 and
1306, and in Constantinople, A.H. 1253 and
1300. For MSS. see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 230a ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 84—87 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 166 ; &c.

871.

Or. 4197.— Foil. 123 ; 8£ in. by 5£ ; 19 lines,
2| in. long; written in neat Neskhi, in-
clining to Nestalik, with red-ruled margins,
apparently in the 18th century. [LANE.]

The same work.

At the end, foil. 122-3, is a chapter on
the construction of cabalistic squares,

872.

Or. 4198.— Foil. 60 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 27 lines,
3J in. long; written in Neskhi and Nestalik,
with red-ruled margins, apparently in the
19th century. [LANE.]

The same work.

873.

Or. 4322.— Foil. 110 ; 8f in. by 5 ; 20 lines,
2| in. long ; written in Neskhi, A.H. 1183
(A.D, 1769). [BUDGE.]

Another copy, written for Muhammad
Amin B. Yasin Efendi Zadah al-Mausili
(v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 573a).

FolL 108 — 110 contain an extract on the

definition of the sciences known to Muslims
irom a work of al-Baidawi : j,

i\&5\

874.

Or. 1172.— Foil. 453 ; 10 in. by 6f ; 33 lines,
5 in. long ; written in small and neat vocal-
ized Neskhi, with red-ruled margins ; dated
Saturday, 6 Shawwal, A.H. 936 (A.D. 1530).

[ALEX. JABA.]

m

The well-known dictionary of Majd al-DIn
Muhammad B. Ya'kub al-Flruzabadi, who
died in Zabld, A.H. 817 (see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 229a). A full notice of the
author will be found in Taj al-'Arus, vol. i.,
p. 13.

For editions and other MSS. see Pertsch,
no. 394 ; De Goeje, Leyden Catalogue,
2nd ed., no. 91 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 177.

\ Copyist: ^ A

On the last page is a notice of the
life and works of Flruzfibadi, by the same
hand, without author's name.

Foil. 1 — 23 contain a commentary upon
the preface of the Kamus, being part of a
gloss on the whole work, entitled (_>«yVU JjSM
(_^ycli3\ jUc rj^, the author of which is
called, in the title prefixed, Badr al-DIn
Muhammad al-Karafi al-Maliki.

Beg.

Badr al-DIn Muhammad B. Yahya B.
'Umar al-Karafi, chief of the Maliki doctors

LEXICOGRAPHY.

589

of his time, was born A.H. 939, and occupied
during fifty years the post of Kadi of the
Malikis in Cairo, where he died A.H. 1008 ;
see Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iv., p. 258.

That gloss was compiled from the notes of
'Abd al-Basit, daughter's son of Siraj al-Din
al-Bulkini, and from others, by the Turkish
Mufti Sa'di (Sa'd-Allah B. 'Isa). The com-
mentary on the preface was taken from
rough notes by Muhibb al-Din Ibn Shihnah,
to which the compiler made additions of his
own. He states at the end that he had com-
pleted the work in Jumada II., A.H. 994.
The present copy is dated A.H. 1100
(A.D. 1689).

Haj. Khal. mentions the above gloss under
(_j*yAJf, vol. iv., p. 493, line 9, and gives an
extract from the preface, but does not name
the author. For another copy see Casiri,
no. 591, and Derenbourg, Escurial, no. 594.

Appended to this volume is a letter of
Shaikh Muhammad Mahmud B. al-Talamid
al-Tarkazi al-Shinghlti to Sir James Red-
house, dated 10 Rabl' L, A.H. 1307, and
relating to a copy of the Kamus seen by the
writer in the Koprili Library, Constantinople.
He states that the MS. was dated A.H. 814,
and had been collated under the eyes of the
author.

875.

Or. 3694.— Foil. 522 ; 10 J in. by 6£ ; 35 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in small and close,
vocalized Neskhi, with a highly finished
'Unwan and red - ruled margins ; dated

Rabi' II., A.H. 946 (A.D. 1539).

[BUDGE.]

Another copy of the Kamus.

On the first page, framed in a richly
illuminated border, is the following inscrip-
tion ;

At the end are three lines of poetry by
Hujjat al-'Arab Taki al-Din ['Abd al-Rahman
B. 'Abd al-Muhsin] al-Wasiti, in praise of
the Kamus.

Copyist :

The last two pages are occupied by a very
full notice of the author, extracted from
gW jA\ ^ }*EHt\ ^.U\jji«, by Shihab al-
Din Ahmad al-Kastalani (d. A.H. 923 ;
v. Wiistenfeld, Geschichtschreiber, no. 509),
a work unknown to Haj. Khal. The notice
was transcribed in Cairo, A.H. 1071, by
Mas'ud B. Ibrahim, then on his way from
Istambul to Mecca.

876.

Or. 4192.— Foil. 502 ; 9£ in. by 6| ; 37 lines,
3f in. long ; written in a neat, minute and
vocalized, Nestalik, with red-ruled margins ;
dated A.H. 1120 (A.D. 1708). [LANE.]

The Kamus, with marginal additions.

This is the copy which Lane received from
F. Fresnel, and which he describes in his
Preface, p. i. He states that the marginal
notes are extracts from the Lisan al-'Arab
(by Jamal al-Din Abu '1-Fadl Muh. B. Mu-
karram Ibn Manzur al- An sari, who died
A.H. 711; v. Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 57,
and Lane, Preface, p. xvi.).

The last two folios contain: 1. A com-
mentary by al-Murtada al-Misri upon a
passage of the preface of the Kamus (Cal-
cutta edition, p. 4). It is taken from the Taj
al-'Arus, vol. i., pp. 24 — 27. 2. An extract

590

PHILOLOGY.

from the work entitled i»\3JMj y>^\
jfcl^i, by the Spanish grammarian, Abu
Ja'far Ahmad B. Yusuf B. Malik al-Ru'aini
al-Gharnati, who died A.H. 779 (al-Durar
al-Kaminah, Or. 3043, fol. 636).

877.

Or. 3273.— Foil. 257; Siin.by 5£; 17 lines,
3J in. long; written in small and cursive
Indian Nestalik, apparently in the 16th
century.

An Arabic dictionary explained in Persian,
by Kadi Khan Badr Muhammad Dhar.

Beg.

Kadi Khan Badr Muhammad, of Dhar,
wrote about A.H. 822 a Persian glossary,
entitled Adat al-Fudala, described in the
Persian Catalogue, p. 491. In the present
work, intended, as he says, to enable be-
ginners to dispense with voluminous lexicons,
the words are arranged, irrespective of their
roots, in alphabetical order, their place being
determined first by the initial letter, then by
the second, and lastly by the final letter.

The following authorities are mentioned
in the preface : Jawahir al-Lughah (by al-
Zamakhshari, Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 647) ;
Asami (probably by al-Maidani, v. supra,
no. 855) Mukaddimat al-Zamakhshari (no.
856) ; the Ji-y OliJ, by Baha Baghdadi ;
the Khamsah of Nizami ; and the Divans of
standard poets, as Khakani, Anwari, Fari-
yabi, Sa'di, and Khusrau.

The MS. is slightly imperfect at the end,
breaking off after the word ^LM.

878.

Or. 4195.— Foil. 362 ; 9£ in. by 7; 23 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated
Sunday, the last day of Muharram, A.H. 994
(A.D. 1586). [LANE.]

An Arabic-Persian dictionary, based prin-
cipally on the Sihah, by Muhammad B. 'Abd
al-Khalik B. Ma'ruf (c. A.H. 880).

See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5076 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,no. 115 ; Pertsch,
Berlin Catalogue, nos. 46, e, and 161 — 3 ;
and fithe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1670.

To the ordinary beginning is prefixed this
couplet :

y ji

Copyist:

879.

Or. 4199.— Foil. 363 ; 8^ in. by 6£ ; 25 lines,
3 1 in. long ; written by two hands in fair
Neskhi; dated from Shawwal, A.H. 1257, to
Rabi' I., A.H. 1261 (A.D. 1841—5).

[LANE.]

The well-known lexicographical work of
al-Suyuti.

Beg. JP

U*

The work has been printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1282. For the table of contents and
other MSS. see the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd
ed., nos. 95—97.

This copy is divided, like the printed

LEXICOGRAPHY.

591

edition, into two parts, the first of which,
foil. 1 — 204, was written last by Nasr Abu '1-
Wafa al-Hurmi B. al-Shaikh Nasr Yunus al-
Wafa'i al-Azhari, corrector of the press at
the agricultural school, Cairo.

The same scholar says, at the beginning
of the second part, that, having been pre-
vented by an eye-disease from completing
his transcript, he had had the remainder of
the work copied at his expense. The copyist,
as appears from the colophon, was Muh.
Salih, a pupil of the agricultural school.

The MS. is described by Lane, Preface,
p. vi., as an excellent copy, transcribed from
the best known MS., in the mosque of al-
Azhar.

880.

Or. 1173.— Foil. 519 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
2f in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently
in the 16th century. [ALEX. JABA.]

An Arabic dictionary explained in Turkish,
by Mustafa B. Shams al-Dm al-Karah-Hisari,
known as al-Akhtari, who died A.H. 968.
(See the Turkish Catalogue, p. 1356.)

Beg. . . . J^\j jWl* \XjS» t/jJI 4tt

J\5

This is the shorter of the two editions
mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 192 ;
but it has many marginal additions. For
editions and MSS. see the Turkish Cata-
logue, p. 136a, and De Goeje, Leyden Cata-
logue, 2nd ed., vol. i., no. 124.

881.

Or. 3520.— Foil. 599 ; 12 in. by 7 ; 25 lines,
4 in. long ; written in small and cursive
Nestalik, apparently in the 18th century.

[SIDNEY CHUECHILL.]

An Arabic dictionary explained in Persian,
without author's name.

Beg. l

> J,}

The words are arranged, irrespective of
their roots, under the first letter. Bach
letter of the alphabet is subdivided into a
number of Babs, according to the final letter
of the words it includes, and in each Bab the
words are arranged according to the number
of letters of which they consist, words of
two letters coming first, words of three
letters next, and so on.

On the first page is the seal of a former
owner, Abu '1-Hasan al-Tabib, with the date
A.H. 1131.

A modern preface, dated Nuhawand, A.H.
1241, has been prefixed by Mahmud Mirza
Kajar, the fourteenth son of Fath 'Ali Shah,
who was born A.H. 1214, and was appointed
governor of Nuhawand. (See Majma' al-
Fusaha, vol. i., p. 56). He had long enter-
tained the wish to have an Arabic dictionary
compiled on the same lines as the Sanglakh
of Mirza Mahdi Khan for Turkish (see the
Turkish Catalogue, p. 264), and the Burhan
Kati' of Mirza Muh. Husain Tabrizi for
Persian (Persian Catalogue, p. 500). At
last, in the auspicious reign of His Majesty
Fath 'AH Shah, he obtained from the royal
library the present dictionary, the author of
which was unknown. He gave it the title of
*i&\ (Jj^, and, "after supplying some of
its deficiencies and correcting some of the
vocables," he wrote for it the present preface.
After setting forth the arrangement of the
work, Mahmud Mirza gives the following
explanation of some abbreviations used in it.
dJ refers to Kanz al-Lughah, ^ to the
Sihah of Jauhari, c to 'Am al-Lughah, by

592

PHILOLOGY.

Khalil Nahwi, ,. to Muhlt al-Lughah, by
Sahib [Isma'il] B. 'Abbad, and J to the
Kamus.

882-905.

Or. 4154 — 4177. — Four and twenty uniform
volumes, about 10 in. by 7 ; from 19 to 21
lines, 4 in. long, in a page ; written by
several hands in large Neskhi, with very
few vowels ; dated A.H. 1260—1270 (A.D.
1844—1854). [LANE.]

An Arabic Thesaurus, by Sayyid Murtada
al-Zabidi. This copy was transcribed for
Lane, from the best MSS. extant in Cairo,
by Shaikh Ibrahim B. 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-
Dasuki, or under his supervision. Its tran-
scription and collation occupied more than
thirteen years.

The author, whose full name is Abu '1-
Faid al-Sayyid Muhammad B. Muh. B. Muh.
B. 'Abd al-Kazzak, called Murtada, al-
Husaini al-Zabldi al-Hanafi, was born in
Balgram, A.H. 1145, and settled in early
life in Zabid, Yemen. He compiled the
present work in Egypt in the space of
fourteen years ending with A.H. 1188. He
died of the plague A.H. 1205. A full ac-
count of his chequered life and of his
numerous works will be found in Jabarti's
history, vol. ii., pp. 196 — 210, and in the
tenth volume of the Cairo edition of Taj
al-'Arus, pp. 469-70.

Lane describes this work, which was the
main foundation of his Lexicon, as a com-
pilation from the best and most copious
Arabic dictionaries, in the form of a run-
ning commentary upon the Kamus, with
critical and other illustrations, original and
selected from various authors of high repute,
and with a large number of additional words
and meanings. See Lane's Preface, pp. vi.

and xviii., where the sources of Taj al-'Arus
are enumerated. Lane discovered, however,
subsequently that about three-fourths of its
matter were verbally transcribed, without
any adequate acknowledgment, from an
earlier lexicon entitled Lisan al-'Arab, the
author of which, Jamal al-Dm Abu '1-Fadl
Muh. B. Mukarram B. 'Ali al- An sari al-
Ifriki al-Misri, called Ibn Manzur, died
A.H. 711 (see ib., pp. xii. and xx ; Bughyat
al-Wu'at, fol. 57S ; al-Durar al-Kaminah,
fol. 130; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 181).

The contents of the twenty-four volumes
are as follows :

I. Or. 4154, foil. 493 ; letter Hamzah and
the first part of letter <_-> (beginning fol. 2366)
down to the root t_-oJ. It has, like most of
the following volumes, a few marginal notes
and corrections. Dated Jumada II., A.H.
1260. Copyist:

Beg.

II. Or. 4155, foil. 576 ; the latter part
of i_^.

III. Or. 4156, foil. 618 j letter O, letter tl>,
fol. 182a, and letter ^, fol. 318. Dated
5 Muharram, A.H. 1263. Copyist:

IV. Or. 4157, foil. 464; letter ^ and
letter £, fol. 3606. Dated 18 Dulka'dah,
A.H. 1263. Copyist: Jy»jJ\j\iiN ±s- ^\.

V. Or. 4158, foil. 429 ; letter 5, from the
beginning to the root J-P. Dated Rajab,
A.H. 1264. Same copyist.

VI. Or. 4159, foil. 324; the latter part
of letter 5 and the whole of i, beginning
fol. 240a.

LEXICOGRAPHY.

593

VII. Or. 4160, foil. 478; letter Jt from
the beginning to the root^o-.

VIII. Or. 4161, foil. 599 ; a further
portion of letter j from^o to js~.

IX. Or. 4162, foil. 495 ; the remainder of
letter j from j>s> to ^j. Same copyist, who
here calls himself ^ ^ <^ t&j^ u

AfliM

*/

X. Or. 4163, foil. 540; the whole of
letter j and letter, (_>* from the beginning
(fol. 237) to (jJ^j. At .the end of letter j the
author gives his name in full :

L5_jl*)\ [marginal correction

and states that he completed that portion
of the work on Thursday, four nights before
the end of Shawwal, A.H. 1183.

XL Or. 4164, foil. 612; the remainder
of <_jj and the whole of letters <_£ (fol. 173a)
and <^ (fol. 408S).

XII. Or. 4165, foil. 670; the following
three letters : u°, \> (fol. 244a), and k
(fol. 6136). At the end is a colophon tran-
scribed from the author's original draft,
stating that he completed this portion in
Sha'ban, A.H. 1184, in his dwelling situated

in 'Atfat al-Ghassal, Cairo :

,Jl>o <(J)\. Lower down is a note by Ibrahim
al-Dasiiki stating that he completed the
correction in Shawwal, A.H. 1267, in the
Khedivial Geometrical School, Bulak.

XIII. Or. 4166, foil. 612 ; letter £, from
the beginning to the heading

XIV. Or. 4167, foil. 412 ; the latter part
of £, letter i (fol. 121a), and letter i_3 from
the beginning to i_Jbjj <-i\j.

XV. Or. 4168, foil. 540 ; the remainder
of letter «_>, and letter j (fol. 3956) down to

XVI. Or. 4169, foil. 667 ; the latter part
of j, and letter dJ (foil. 584a) down to

XVII. Or. 4170, foil. 573 ; the remainder
of iiJ, and letter J (fol. 239a) down to 2oU .

XVIII. Or. 4171, foil. 659; the continua-
tion of J from Jji to iJui' JIS.

XIX. Or. 4172, foil. 617; the end of J,
and letter - (fol. 2466) down to +>&\ .

XX. Or. 4173, foil. 651; the remainder
of ... The author states at the end that he
finished that portion of the work in his
dwelling in Cairo on Wednesday, 20 Safar,
A.H. 1187.

XXI. Or. 4174, foil. 721 ; the whole of
letter w. Transcribed by Hasanain 'Abd
al-Karim, and corrected by Ibrahim 'Abd
al-Ghaffar al-Dasuki, Shawwal, A.H. 1270.

XXII. Or. 4175, fol. 495 ; letter * entire
and the united letters j and <_$• (MJ\j y^5\ i_jb)
from the beginning (fol. 1336) to ,^3. Dated
10 Muharram, A.H. 1263. Copyist :

XXIII. Or. 4176, foil. 474; the continua-
tion of letters j and <_j from LjJ\ to (_f^.
Dated Rabl' II., A.H. 1263; same tran-
scriber.

XXIV. Or. 4177; foil. 434; the end of
letters 3 and ^ letter I, or JLLjJJ\ i_ft5^)\ <— >b
(fol. 308a), and the Khatimah of al-Jauhari,

4 G

594

PHILOLOGY.

with the author's commentary, foil. ,422a —
428a. The above is followed by the Kha-
timahs of three of the author's main authori-
ties, viz., 1. Tahdib al-Lughah, by al-Azhari
(no. 839), fol. 428a. 2. A commentary
on the Kamus entitled <_j-y«U)\ Lo\i\j (j*jj\ M<0\,
by the author's Sheikh (Muh. B. al-Tayyib
al-Fasi ; v. Lane, p. xix.), fol. 4296. 3. The
Takmilah of al-Saghani (Arabic Catalogue,
p. 227 ; Lane, p. xvi.), fol. 4306. Last of
all comes the author's own conclusion, in
which he says ,that he completed the work,
after fourteen years' toil, on Thursday, the
2nd Rajab, A.H. 1188.

This last volume is dated Kajab, A.H. 1263.
The transcriber, Ibrahim 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-
Dasuki, says that he had copied this and the
two preceding volumes before the rest of the
work, in order to avail himself of a portion
of the author's autograph which he found in
the Riwak of the Syrians, and which he feared
he might not obtain later on.

Ibrahim al-Dasuki was the Arabic teacher
of Kremer, who calls him the greatest master
of the language. (See Herrschende Ideen
du Islams, p. ix.) He died A.H. 1301, as
stated in the Khedive's Library, vol. vi.,
p. 144.

There are two editions of the Taj al-'Arus,
both printed in Cairo. The first consists of
five volumes, A.H. 1286-7, and extends only
to the end of letter e . The second, dated
A.H. 1306-7, comprises the whole work in
ten volumes, the last of which contains the
life of the author.

906-915.

Or. 2959— 2968.— Ten large folio volumes,
17 in. by 101.

[Presented by SIR JAMES W. REDHOUSE.]

Thesaurus-Dictionary of Arabic, Persian,
and Turkish, explained in English, extending
from letter \ to the end of letter ^ ; compiled
by James William Redhouse, C.M.G., &c.

For a full account of the work, see the
Turkish Catalogue, pp. 147 — 9.

Grammar.

916.

Or. 2808.— Foil. 128; 9| in. by 6f ; 23 lines,
5J in. long; written in neat Neskhi, with
all the vowels ; dated 13 Ramadan, A.H. 651
(A.D. 1253). [A. GHANDODB BET.]

A treatise on grammar, by Abu Bakr
Muhammad B. al-Sari al-Lughawi al-Bagh-
dadi, known as Ibn al-Sarraj.

The MS. appears, from the original folio-
ing in Coptic figures, to have lost the first
two leaves. A folio prefixed by a hand of
the 16th century has the following begin-

ning ; . . .

The next following sections, relating like
the first to questions of syntax, have the
following headings :

Fol. 10a.
Fol.

Ib.

t\ 0

GRAMMAR.

595

Fol. 136.
Fol. 15a.
Fol. 166. .
Fol. 186.
Fol. 556.

U
U

After a few more sections relating to
syntax, the author deals with changes
effected by pause (i_ju^) on the forms of the
verbal noun ( .liba^), with the meanings of
the secondary forms of verbs, servile letters,
permutation of letters, &c. The last section,
Ji-j^ (~J^, fol. 1146, treats of the coalescing
of consonants.

The title is found in the colophon : J>-\ \'&>

The author's name, which does not appear
in the text, is found in a modern title-page,
fol. 2a. Ibn al-Sarraj, the youngest and
favourite pupil of al-Mubarrad, died in
Baghdad, A.H. 316. His Kitab al-Usul is
considered the best treatise on the subject.
(See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version,
vol. iii., p. 52 ; Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 246 ;
Fliigel, Grammatische Schulen, p. 103 ; and
Fihrist, p. 62.)

Under the title is written a short notice of
the author from *5Xs^)\ <_J,l»*J *&•*& jy*»*, a
biographical work by Jamal al-Din Muham-
mad B. 'Azam ((•}.£•) al-Tunusi, who is stated
to have died in Mecca A.H. 891. (See Haj.
Khal., vol. iii., p. 225.)

917.

Or. 3777.— Foil. 28 ; 7£ in. by 5 ; 16 lines,

3 in. long; written in small and neat Neskhi,
with occasional vowels, apparently in the
15th century. [GLASEB, no. 62.]

A Mukaddimah, or manual of grammar,
by Abu '1-Hasan Tahir B. Ahmad B. Baba-
shad al-Nahwi al-Misri.

The first leaf, supplied by a later hand,
has this title : t_Jb!U ^ <j

The same title is found in the colophon.
Beg. ilijb ^

The author was originally a trader in
pearls. He went to Baghdad in that ca-
pacity, and there applied himself to study.
On his return to Egypt, he was employed in
the Divan to correct the official letters.
After a time he gave up worldly pursuits,
and took up his abode in the minaret of the
mosque of 'Amr B. al-'As, an accidental fall
from which ended his life, A.H. 469. See
Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 119, where the
present work is mentioned as 5f*»rf" i_A°o,
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 1406, and Haj. Khal.
under ill^b ^\ icJU, vol. vi., pp. 70 and 86.

In his concluding lines the author de-
scribes his work as d\j\ ^ s^oiac*^^ L<j>a-U
al^.- *-j ^ U »Jj**j jUaJS^. It is divided
into the following ten Fusul: *-»^, fol. 16 ;
, fol. 56; wJ^l, fol. 76 ; gj*, fol. 10a;
, fol. llo ; jU, fol. 13a ; ^t fol. 14a ;
J-U\, fol. 14*; glsN, fol. 206; and
fol. 236.

4o 2

596

PHILOLOGY.

The colophon reads as follows :

The real date is probably A.H. 833, the
last numeral being a slip of the pen for

For other copies, see the Leyden Catalogue,
2nd ed., vol. i., p. 87 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 92 ; Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Samm-
lung, nos. 114 and 15, art. 4 ; and Nobles,
Madrid Catalogue, no. 68.

918.

Or. 3955.— Foil. 187 ; 9£ in. by 6|.

[GLASEE, no. 249.]

I. Foil. 1—63 ; about 30 lines, 5f in. long ;
written in cursive, sparingly pointed Neskhi ;
dated Ta'izz, Friday, 23 Rabi' II., A.H. 811
(A.D. 1408).

A commentary upon the preceding work,
by the author.

Beg.

Jli' . . .

The preface is addressed by the author to
Shaikh Abu'l-Kasim Khalaf B. Ibrahim al-
Mukri. The latter had received a commentary
upon the Mukaddimah, which Ibn Babashad
had dictated in the previous year, viz.,
A.H. 466, to Abu '1-Kasim 'Abd al-Eahman
B. Abi Sa'id al-Sikilli ; but, having found
that copy defective in the beginning, he had
requested the author to supplement it. The
latter complied the more readily with his
wish because that first commentary had been
dictated by him in great haste and in the
midst of engrossing occupations.

The author says, further on, that the
Mukaddimah, containing as it did all that
beginners required, had been styled by

scholars

i.e., " sufficient." He adds

that it had been written upwards of thirty
years previously.

The commentary is very full, and extends
over the whole work. The comments are
separated from the text by the words U5y U\j
or £l5\ Jy.

The MS. was written by Faklh Sharaf
al-Din Isma'll B. 'Umar B. Isma'Il al-Hilli,
who, as we are informed in a later note by
his nephew, 'Abdallah B. Huh. B. 'Umar B.
Isma'Il, died A.H. 840.

The same work is noticed in the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 148.

II. Foil. 64—136 ; about 25 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in fair, vocalized Neskhi ;
dated San'a, Rabi' II., A.H. 831 (A.D. 1428).

The Mufassal of Zamakhshari (v. Or. 2809),
with marginal notes ; imperfect at the begin-
ning.

It begins abruptly with a passage corre-
sponding with page 10, line 6, of Broch's
edition of 1879.

Copyist : ^

Subjoined are a few extracts, the first of
which is an Urjuzah by Shams al-Dm Mull.
Ibn al-Maghribi al-Andalusi, Muhtasib of
Baghdad, on similar words written respec-
tively with k and (jb. It begins as follows :

III. Foil, 139—187, uniform with the
preceding.

Nizam al-Gharib, a glossary of rare words,
by 'Isa B. Ibrahim al-Raba'i (v. Or. 3770,

art. I.), with this title: <j ^.j

.GRAMMAR. 597

B. Ibrahim B. 'AH al-Irbili, . . .

The last page has been supplied by a later
hand.

919.

Or. 3824.— Foil. 137 ; 7£ in. by 5 ; 24 lines,
4 in. long ; written in neat, but imperfectly
pointed, Neskhi ; dated 4 Jumada II., A.H.
798 (A.D. 1396). [GLASEB, no. 112.]

I. Foil. 1 — 124. Commentary of Imam
Yahya B. Hamzah B. Rasul Allah upon the
Mukaddimah of Ibn Babashad, with this

title :

ftifr

Jyw,

M

&R

Beg. pic-

ZJ>

4lJ

The commentator is the Zaidi Imam al-
Muayyad billah, author of al-Intisar, who
died A.H. 749. The commentary is men-

tioned under the title of j»U» &*,$, ^lii in the
list of the Imam's works, Tarjuman, fol. 164a.
It includes nearly the whole text of the
Mukaddimah, and was completed, as stated
at the end, in the month of Muharram,
A.H. 711. It is mentioned, with the same
date, by Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 70.

This copy is divided into two parts (Juz),
the first of which ends, fol. 536, with the
second paragraph of Fasl 3.

IT. Foil. 125—137. The Maksurah of Ibn
Duraid, with a Tasmit by Majd al-Din As'ad

Beg. of TasmTt

920.

Or. 3737.— Foil. 119 ; 10 in. by 7 ; 21 lines,
4f in. long; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 15th century.

[GLASEE, no. 21.]

Another copy of the commentary of Imam
Yahya B. Hamzah on the Mukaddimah of
Ibn Babashad, with this title: Vii ,_jll/

a.c!\

This copy is divided, like the preceding,
into two parts, the first of which ends with
the same passage (fol. 496). The second
part is slightly imperfect at the end, and has
some leaves transposed.

921.

Or. 4202.— Foil. 114 ; 7f in. by 4f ; 15 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
RabI' I., A.H. 1055 (A.D. 1645).

[LANE.]

A commentary on the Mi'at 'Amil of 'Abd
al-Kahir B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jurjani (d.
A.H. 474), without author's name.

598

PHILOLOGY.

[sic]

An anonymous commentary with the same
initial words is noticed by Fliigel, Vienna
Catalogue, nos. 150-1, by Pertsch, nos.
217, 220, 3, and in the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 71 ; but none of these MSS.
contain the strange title found in the
present copy, a word apparently unknown
to Arabic lexicons. In one of the Khedive's
MSS. the commentary is ascribed to Khalid
al-Azhari.

The commentary includes the text, word
by word, with a red line drawn over it.

Copyist: <«JJ\ j-e ^ Jjia)] ji

A Turkish calendar (**l> tjS-}, by the same
hand, occupies one page at the beginning.

922.

Or. 4328.— Foil. 88; 6 in. by 4; 17 lines,
2 £ in. long ; written in plain Neskhi, pro-
bably in the 17th century. [BUDGE.]

Another anonymous commentary on the
Mi' at «Amil.

Beg.

U\

[sic]

The passages of the text are preceded by
Jy.

923.

Or. 4329.— Foil. 112 ; 7 in. by 5|; 17 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair, partly vocalized,
Neskhi, apparently in the 15th century.

[BUDGE.]

The versified grammar of al-Kasim B. 'Ali
al-Hariri, who died A.H. 516, with his own
commentary.

Beg.

JIS

The commentary begins

The Mulhat has been printed, with the
same commentary, in Bulak, A.H. 1292, and
in Cairo, A.H. 1302. The original MS. has
lost beginning and end ; its contents corre-
spond with pp. 9 — 87 of that edition. The
lost portions, foil. 1 — 10, 91 — 112, have been
supplied by a modern hand, A.H. 1295
(A.D. 1878).

The headings of Mulhat al-I'rab are given
in the Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 1826,
and the work has been translated by Leon
Pinto, Paris, 1885.

For other copies and editions of the com-
mentary see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 240,
vin. ; Ahlwardt, no. 292 ; Uri, no. 1140 ;
the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 158 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 76 ; Houtsma,
no. 305, &c.

924.

Or. 3762.— Foil. 326 ; 8± in. by 6| ; written
by several hands, with dates ranging from
A.H. 1068 to 1188 (A.D. 1658—1774).

[GrLASER, no. 46.]

I. Foil. 1 — 35. A commentary by Jamal
al-Dm Muhammad B. 'Umar B. Mubarak
Bahrak al-Hadrami upon the Mulhat al-
I'rab of al-Hariri, with this title :

[over the line

GRAMMAR.

599

Beg. . . . WU

It will be seen from the above that the
commentator has abridged the commentary
of al-Harlri upon his own metrical treatise
(no. 923), and has made to it considerable
additions. The commentary includes the
whole text of the Mulhat, and ends with
verses inciting learners to its study.

The author died A.H. 930. See al-Nur
al-Safir, Add. 16,648, fol. 55, where the
present commentary is mentioned among his
works, and Or. 3165.

The commentary has been printed with
the title v.-Arf0^ **Jbj t->lj»-^\ Has, in Cairo,
A.H. 1300. Extracts from it are given by
Leon Pinto in his edition of the Mulhat al-
I'rab, Paris, 1885.

For other copies see the Leyden Cata-
logue, 2nd ed., no. 159; Ahlwardt, Gla-
ser'sche Sammlung, no. 192 ; Landberg,
no. 514, s; and for printed editions, the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 28.

II. Foil. 38—85. A commentary by
Khalid B. 'Abdallah al-Azhari upon the
grammatical treatise of 'Abdallah B. Yusuf
Ibn Hisham, entitled al-I'rab 'an Kawa'id al-
I'rab, with this title : J\

Beg.

life

The author, Zain al-Dln Khalid B. 'Abd-

allah B. Abi Bakr al-Azhari, wrote also
commentaries upon Audah al-MasSlik, the
Alfiyyah, and the Ajarrumiyyah. He died
on his return from Mecca to Cairo, A.H. 905.
See al-Kawakib al-Sa'irah, fol. 556.

This commentary has been printed with
the Tamrin al-Tullab of the same author,
Cairo, 1876. For other copies see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 6926 ; Pertsch, no. 324 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 116.

III. ' Foil. 86—107. Gloss of Sayyid
Muhammad Ibn 'Anka on the preceding
commentary, edited by Muh. B. 'Abd al-
Rahman al-Tihami, who gave it the follow-

ing title:

Beg. j?

J-wJ\ JAf.

It will be seen from the above that the
editor was a disciple of the author of the
gloss, whom he calls here Abu Hazza' Muh.
al-Husaini, and had obtained his leave for
editing it. The author came from Mecca,
and resided in Ibb, a town of Yemen.

This copy is dated Wednesday, 2 Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1188 (A-L\ 1774).

IV. Foil. 110—174. Gloss of Ahmad B.
Muhammad al-Zurkani al-Maliki upon al-
I'rab of Ibn Hisham, and on its commentary,
by Khalid al-Azhari (art. II.).

Beg. y?

600

PHILOLOGY.

x.,11!

The author of the gloss was a Maliki
legist, who lived in Egypt towards the close
of the tenth century of the Hijrah. His
grandson, 'Abd al-Baki B. Yusuf B. Muh.,
commentator of Mukhtasar Khalil, was born
A.H. 1020. See Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii.,
p. 287, and the Arabic Catalogue, p. 413,
note d.

The copy is dated Monday, 18 Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1188.

V. Foil. 176—207. The text of the Mulhat
al-I'rab of al-Hariri (v. supra, no. 923), with
copious glosses vertically written between
the lines.

The author's name does not appear. The
following title is prefixed :

The copy is dated Saturday, 19 Dulhijjah,
A.H. 1117 (A.D. 1706).

Copyist: **

VI. Foil. 215—234. Commentary upon
the Mi' at 'Amil of 'Abd al-Kahir al-Jurjani,
without author's name.

For other copies, also anonymous, see De
Jong, p. 21, and the Leyden Catalogue,
2nd ed., no. 155.

VII. Foil. 237-8. The first three pages
of another commentary upon the Mulhat al-

Prab, entitled &^* ej^i? ^ (_^Uu5\
l, without author's name.

Beg.

J\

The author is 'Abd al-Kadir B. Ahmad
B. 'Ali al-Fakihi, who died A.H. 982. See
the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 160;
Landberg, no. 513 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 89.

VIII. Foil. 239—307. Al-HarTri's com-
mentary upon his own Mulhat al-I'rab, with
the text (no. 923). The work begins with
the first four Baits of the Mulhat, the
comment upon which begins as follows :

The following title is prefixed

Dated Friday, last of Rajab, A.H. 1068
(A.D. 1658).

IX. Foil. 309 — 313. Extract from a col-
lection of the sayings of Taki al-DIn al-
Subki (d. A.H. 756), by his son, Taj al-DIn :

JL>

Dated Shawwal, A.H. 1107 (A.D. 1696).

X. Foil. 314— 317. A Kasidab, by Sharaf
al-DIn Isma'Il B. Abi Bakr al-Mukri (d. A.H.

GRAMMAR.

601

837), in condemnation of music, entitled

Beg.

Appended are verses in praise of the above
poem by a contemporary of the author, Sayyid
Jamal al-Din al-Hadi B. Ibrahim B. «Ali B.
al-Murtada, foil. 317-8.

XI. Foil. 319—323. Another Kasidah of
Ibn al-Mukri in refutation of Ibn al-'Arabi
and of the Sufis.

8,1s.

Beg.

925.

Or. 2809.— Foil. 233 ; 8| in. by 6 ; 13 lines,
3£ in. long; written in large and elegant
Neskhi, with all the vowels ; dated Friday,
six nights before the end of Sha'ban,
A.H. 665 (A.D. 1267).

[A. GHANDOUB BE?.]

The grammar of Abu '1-Kasim Mahmud
B. 'Dmar al-Zamakhshari, who died A.H. 538
(v. the Arabic Catalogue, p. 2305).

The above title, which occurs in the
preface, fol. 35, is also written in white in
an illuminated border on the first page, with

the addition:

,*»»

t_JLJU

The work is known by the two editions
published by J. B. Broch, Christiania, 1859
and 1879. It has also been printed in
Alexandria, A.H. 1291, and has been partly
translated by Trumpp in the Sitzungs-
berichte der Bayer. Akademie for 1878 and
1881. For MSS., see the Khedive's Library,

vol. iv., p. Ill ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd
ed., p. 93; Houtsma, no. 306; &c. The
text is included in the commentary of Ibn
Ya'Ish, edited by G. Jahn, Leipzig, 1876—86.

At the end of the MS. it is stated that the
work was begun on the first of Ramadan,
A.H. 513, and finished on the first of Mu-
harram, A.H. 515. There are a few marginal
notes, partly in the writing of the copyist,
partly by later hands.

This feopy is due to the pen of a well-known
grammarian, Muh. B. Ibrahim Ibn al-Nahhas,
who was born A.H. 627, and died in Cairo,
A.H, 698, and who is praised for his fine
handwriting (Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 46). He
wrote on the title-page : d\ J\

s.*aj

926.

Or. 3765.— Foil. 80; 8J in. by 7; about
23 lines, 5 in. long ; written in the angular
Neskhi of Yemen, with occasional vowels ;
dated in the Madrasat al-Nizamiyyah, Zabid,
5 Muharram, A.H. 673 (A.D. 1274).

[GLASEE, no. 49.]

The same work, wanting the first page.

It begins abruptly with these words :
^bjUj ^fc^J tr»\li*b cu~^\> .^b.jlSb (see
Broch's 2nd edition, p. 2, line 18).

At the end of Kism I., fol. 455, is a Sanaa',
or certificate of reading, dated 1 Rabi' I.,
A.H. 673, in which Muhammad B. 'Abdallah
B. 'Umar B. Jabir states that al-Faklh Wajih
al-Dln Abu Muh. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Sulai-
man al-Shawari had read before him the
whole of the Mufassal, and gives his own
catena traced up to the author.

602

PHILOLOGY.

927.

Or. 3740.— Foil. 287 ; 9| in. by 6J ; 19 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi,
with all the vowels ; dated Thursday, 30
Rabi< I., A.H. 686 (A.D. 1287).

[GLASEK, no. 24.]

The second and last volume of an extensive
commentary upon the Mufassal of Zamakh-
shari, by Abu Muh. al-Kasim B. al-Husain
al-Khuwarazmi, with the following title :

Beg.

The author was born A.H. 555, and died
A.H. 617. He wrote, besides the present
commentary, another of medium size entitled
&i4f~^> an(i a shorter one called tjir • See
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 193, and Haj. Khal.,
vol. vi., p. 38. His commentary on Sikt al-
Zand is noticed in the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. ii., p. 55.

This volume, which contains the whole
text of the Mufassal in short passages pre-
ceded by t&\ jU- Jli'/and separated from the
commentary by the words ^-j^ u^> com-
prises, besides the latter part of Kism I.,
Kisms II., III., and IV., beginning respec-
tively at foil. 686, 119a, and 185a. The
corresponding text occupies pp. 89 — 197 in
Broch's edition of 1879.

The commentator states at the end that

the Takhmlr al-Mufassal was completed on
Sunday, the 17th of Sha'ban, A.H. 611.

The transcriber, Muh. B. 'AH B. Muh.
al-Saifi al-Himyari, who was also the owner
of the MS., wrote it in the fortress of Zafar,
in Yemen.

928.

Or. 3720.— Foil. 215 ; llf in. by 8 ; 27 lines,
5 } in. long ; written in fair, but imperfectly
pointed, Neskhi ; dated Sunday, 26 Dulka'-
dah, A.H. 951 (A.D. 1545), bound in stamped
leather covers. [GLASER, no. 4.]

A commentary upon the Mufassal of al-
Zamakhshari, by Amir al-Mumimn al-Mahdi
lidin-allah Ahmad B. Yahya B. al-Murtada,

Beg. . . . w?

After praising the Mufassal as the most
elegant composition on grammar, the author
says that, haying found previous commen-
taries unduly diffuse and, at the same time,
partly defective, he determined to write the
present one, which, while avoiding undue
prolixity, gave full explanation of all that
required it.

The commentator is the Zaidi Imam and
prolific writer, al-Mahdi, who died A.H. 840.
The present commentary is mentioned
among his numerous works in Sirat al-
Mutawakkil, Or. 3918, fol. 24&, under the
abridged title of J-oa^ j,\»*

GRAMMAR.

603

In the present volume, which is called

Jj^J\ *^il, the commentary is brought down
to the end of Kism I. (Broch's edition, 1879,
pp. 1 — 108). It includes the entire text,
written with red ink.

This copy was made for the great-grandson
of the commentator, al-Mutahhar B. Amir
al-Mumimn Sharaf al-Dln B. Shams al-Din
B. Amir al-Muminin al-Mahdi lidin-allah
Ahmad B. Yahya al-Murtada, who died
A.H. 980.

929.

Or. 3821.— Foil. 154; 8£ in. by 6 ; from 16
to 20 lines, 4f in. long ; written in fine,
bold, partly vocalized Neskhi, before A.H.
643 (A.D. 1245). [GLASER, no. 109.]

I. Foil. 1—118.

A treatise on grammar, by Sabik al-Din
Muhammad B. 'AH B. Ahmad B. Ya'Ish
al-San'ani.

JIS

«W.

The author refers in the above preamble
to a more extensive grammar, previously
written by himself, under the title of i

koc*5' (neither work was known to Haj. Khal.).
He appears to have lived in Yemen about the
close of the sixth century of the Hijrah, and
is not to be confounded with Ibn Ya'ish,
commentator of the Mufassal, whose name
was Ya'Ish B. 'Ali, and who died in Halab,
A.H. 643.

The work is divided into a large number
of sections, with the following and similar
headings : *ibl3\ L-^b JAS, *y*^\ t_jb jie, &c.
The subjects are treated in the following
order: ^\, fol. 2b ; J-oN, fol. 5a; uJ>i,
fol. 146; u^rtN, fol. 186; Ul, fol. 216;
Olfry^, fol. 276; ^b_^\, fol. 486; OV^1,
fol. 69a; X-.JLi.iH, fol. 81a; g£, fol. 83a;
fol. 86a ; cJ^o* 1 U, fol. 88a ;
, fol. 906; L^
fol. 966;

fol. 946;
fol. 986; «>J«3), fol.

lOla ;

fol. 104a ; &c.

The work ends with several short sections,
the last of which treats of the meeting of

two vowel-less letters (L^iilj\ ULJ\). Verses
are often quoted.

In a licence written at the end, fol. 119,
the author's son, 'AH B. Muh. B. 'AH B.
Ahmad B. Ya'Ish, declares that the above
work of his father, and also his own work
entitled al-Durar al-Manzumah bil-Bayan,
with its commentary (v. infra, art. III.), had
been read before him by one Zaid B. Ibrahim.

Foil. 10 — 13 have been supplied by a later
hand.

II. Foil. 120—126. The Mulhat al-I'rab
of al-Hariri (no. 923), j *

At the end is the following note, dated
A.H. 643:

604

III. Foil. 126 — 132. A poem in the form
of a Kasidah, containing grammatical riddles,
by Sayyid 'Ali B. Muhammad Ibn Ya'ish (son
of the author of al-Tahdib, art. I.), with the
following title : *j_jKJ J u^^ **Jii&\ jj£\
WLJJ\, with a commentary by the author.

Beg. U^AIO ^

UJ

IV. Foil. 133—152. Readings of the
Goran by Nafi', as transmitted by Kalim,
collected by al-Mukri Abu Muh. 'Abdallah
B. Ahmad B. As'ad : i\

PHILOLOGY.

2^ in. long ; written in Neskhi, A.H. 1029-30
(A.D. 1619-20). [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—36. Al-Misbah, by Abu'l-
Fath Nasir B. 'Abd al-Sayyid al-Mutarrizi
(d. A.H. 610). See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 231a, art. III.

II. Foil. 39 — 47. Commentary on the
Mi'at 'Amil of 'Abd al-Kahir al-Jurjani
(no. 921). It breaks off at the beginning
of the paragraph JU5^1\ f\**~>\ <j j->U)\ ejiJ\
(Baillie's edition, vol. i., p. 28).

III. Foil. 48—97. The Kafiyah of Ibn
al-Hajib, wanting the beginning, i.e., the
first four pages of Baillie's edition.

After a short notice of Nafi' and Kalun
(v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 70a, and Noldeke,
Geschichte des Qorans, pp. 288 seqq.}, the
author gives the general rules adopted by
the former, and afterwards, foil. 144 — 152,
his reading of special words in the order of
the text, from Surat Al 'Imran to Surat
al-Kafirin, where the MS. breaks off.

The latter part of the MS., foil. 131—154,
is in a somewhat later hand, probably of the
14th or 15th century.

For other collections of the readings of
Nafi', see Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, nos.
641—45.

930.

Or. 4330.— Foil. 97 ; 8i in. by

11 lines,

931.

Or. 3080.— Foil. 88 ; 7 in. by 41 ; 13 and 11
lines, about 2 in. long ; written in cursive
Nestalik, probably in the 17th century.

[KEEMEE, no. 88.]

The same treatises, in the following order :
al- Kafiyah, fol. 26 ; al-Misbah, fol. 396; and
and Mi'at 'Amil, fol. 766.

There are copious notes in the margins.

932.

Or. 1177.— Foil. 120 ; 8£ in. by 6 j 15 lines,
3f in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi, with 'vowels; dated Tuesday, 22
Muharram, A.H. 720 (A.D. 1320).

[ALEX. JABA.]

A commentary upon the Misbah of al-
Mutarrizi, imperfect at the beginning.

The MS. has neither title nor author's
name ; but it evidently contains the com-
mentary entitled fya$\ by Taj al-DTn Muh.
B. Muh. B. Ahmad al-Isfara'ini. See the
Arabic Catalogue, no. 500 and p. 773a, ad
p. 235a.

GRAMMAR.

605

The extant portion of the preface contains
a eulogy upon a high-placed and learned
personage, only designated by the names
Burhan al-Hakk wa '1-Dln and Muhammad,
by whose desire the author wrote this com-
mentary. An extract from the same preface
is given by Fleischer, Leipzig Catalogue,
no. 24.

The Dau has been printed in Lucknow
A.D. 1850. Most MSS. leave out the pre-
face. See the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 175 ; Loth, no. 891 ; the Vienna Cata-
logue, vol. i., no. 164; Houtsma, no. 313;
Derenbourg, Escurial, no. 117; Paris, no.
4099 ; Upsala, no. 47 ; Pertsch, no. 237 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 78. In
the last-named work al-Isfara'ini is stated to
have died A.H. 684, while Rosen gives, in
the Marsigli collection, no. 264, A.H. 674 as
the date of his death.

The commentary proper begins fol. 3«:

*JJ\

Copyist:

933.

Or. 4331.— Foil. 137 ; 8 in. by 5 ; 14 lines,
3 Jin. long ; written in plain cursive Neskhi,
probably in the 16th century. [BUDGE.]

An anonymous commentary upon the
Misbah, with marginal notes.

Beg. \oj&\ ^» \^j &J£ U t£\ j^9- jjo le\
JlS 1^5 JUj^) f\&\ oi

The MS. is endorsed

_ - * j j r-wM ; but it contains

in reality the same commentary as the pre-
ceding MS.

Copyist : Jjb ^

934.

Or. 1176.— Foil. 140 ; 7£ in. by 5J- ; 11 and

13 lines, about 3 in. long ; written in Neskhi,
probably in the 18th century.

[ALEX. JABA.]

The following grammatical treatises :

I. Al-Kafiyah, by Ibn al-Hajib, fol. 26.

II. Mi'at 'Amil, by 'Abd al-Kahir al-
Jurjani^fol. 426.

III. A commentary upon the preface of
the Misbah, without author's name, fol. 556.

Beg. W . . .

The same work is noticed in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 231a, art. II. For other copies,
see Pertsch, no. 214, and the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 4019—22.

IV. Al-Misbah, by al-Mutarrizi, fol. 1056.

V. Al-Ajurrumiyyah (v. Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2396), fol. 1306.

935.

Or. 4205.— Foil. 126 ; 5£ in. by 8J ; 11 lines,
1^ in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with
red-ruled margins ; dated RabI' II., A.H.
1031 (A.D. 1622). [LANE.]

I. Foil. 2 — 69. Anonymous commentary
upon the preface of the Misbah.

*»& U>\ AJO Ul i_JJ>xnV J\5

It is the commentary above noticed, no.
934, III., without the preamble.

II. Foil. 70—111. The text of the Misbah.

III. Foil. 112—126. The Mi'at 'Amil of
'Abd al-Kahir al-Jurjani, with the usual
commentary.

606

PHILOLOGY.

936.

Or. 4332.— Foil. 70; 7 in. by 4f; from
21 to 23 lines, 3J in. long ; written in small
and cursive Nestalik, apparently in the 16th
century. [BUDGE.]

A gloss on the anonymous commentary
upon the Dibajah of the Misbah (see no.
934, III.).

It has no preface, and begins at once with
the first words of the commentary as follows:

J\ J-o^ } ^ JU ^ £JJL 3)

Astf w« Ji

The entire text of the commentary is
included, and is distinguished by a red line
drawn over it.

937.

Or. 3878.— Foil. 90 ; 8± in. by 6 ; 5 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair, partly vocalized,
Neskhi; dated Sunday, 21 Ramadan, A.H.
1009 (A.D. 1601). [GLASEE, no. 166.]

The well-known grammar of Ibn al-Hajib
(Jamal al-Dm Abu 'Amr 'Uthman B. 'Umar,
who died A.H. 646), with copious marginal
and interlineary notes ; wanting about four
leaves at the beginning.

For MSS. and editions see Pertsch, no.
250 ; Loth, no. 901 ; Paris, nos. 4025—36 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 88.

Foil. 90 — 93 contain the Maksurah of Ibn
Duraid, and the beginning of Biinat Su'ad,
with glosses.

938.

Or. 4038.— Foil. 129 ; 9J in. by 5£ ; 5 lines,
2 1 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated al-Sharaf al-A'la,
BabI' I., A.H. 1069 (A.D. 1658).

[GLASER, no. 340.]

The same work, with copious notes written
in the margins and between the lines.

Copyist:

939.

Or. 4333.— Foil. 121 ; 8 in. by 5| ; 5 lines,
2j- in. long ; written in fair, partly vocalized,
Neskhi, apparently in the 17th century.

[BUDGE.]

The same work, with some marginal notes,
chiefly from Jami's commentary.

The first and last leaves have been sup-
plied by a later hand.

940.

Or. 3782.— Foil. 37 ; 6£ in. by 4J ; 14 lines,
2j in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th
century. [GLASEE, no. 67.]

The same work.

941.

Or. 4035.— Foil. 96; lOJin.by?!; 22 lines,
5|- in. long; written in fair Neskhi; dated
10 Muharram, A.H. 832 (A.D. 1428).

[GLASEE, no. 337.]

A commentary upon the Kafiyah, by its
author, Ibn al-Hajib, with this title : v—AiS'

Beg.

GRAMMAR.

607

It is stated by al-Suyuti, Bughyat al-
Wu'at, fol. 165, and, after him, by Haj.
Khal., vol. v., p. 7, that Ibn al-Hajib com-
posed both a commentary upon the Kafiyah,
and a metrical version of it. His commen-
tary is also mentioned by Ibn Khallikan,
vol. ii., p. 194. There is, therefore, no
reason to doubt the testimony of the present
copy and of the Munich MS., Aumer, no.
714, in both of which the commentary is
ascribed to Ibn al-Hajib.

The passages of the text are introduced
by the word «Jy, according to a practice
which is not unusual with Eastern writers
commenting on their own works. But in the
body of the commentary the author occa-
sionally refers to the text by the word U!y.
We find, moreover, the present commentary
quoted as that of the author of the Kafiyah,
«a-j2> ij uJ^aU J£, in one of the earliest
commentaries, no. 944. For instance, in
the passage quoted there, fol. 52, beginning
Jl ^.Ub £iy> jjjj \s^* J^ Jlib w\ j^g wU,

which is found in the present MS., fol. 15.

Copious notes are written in a small cha-
racter in the margins.

A copy of the same commentary, dated
A.H. 687, is described in the Leyden Cata-
logue, 2nd ed., vol. i., no. 184. See also
Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 54,
and the Paris Catalogue, no. 4055.

942.

Or. 4036.— Foil. 291 ; 7J in. by 5| ; 11 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, probably
in the 16th century.

[GLASEE, no. 338.]

Another copy of the same commentary,
without author's name.

It wants a leaf after the first page, and
about six at the end.

943.

Or. 3933.— Foil. 170 ; 11£ in. by 7£; 20 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in fair, but imperfectly
pointed, Neskhi, apparently in the 16th
century. [GLASEB, no. 227.]

Commentary of al-Radi upon the Kafiyah.

Beg.

The first four leaves, which have been
supplied by a later hand, bear this title :

i ^\ under which is the following
addition by the same hand : *»*}

'i\Ji

The full name of the author is Radi al-
Din Muhammad B. al-Hasan al-Radi al-
Astarabadi. He wrote commentaries on the
Kafiyah and on the Shafiyah, the first of
which was completed A.H. 683 (or, according
to some copies, A.H. 686), in a sanctuary
designated as si.}j*>\ iyoii (i.e., Najaf), and
died A.H. 686. See Majalis al-Muminin,
Add. 16,716, fol. 278, and Howell's Grammar,
Preface, p. 31. He has often been con-
founded with Rukn al-Din al-Hasan B. Muh.
al-Astarabadi, who wrote three commentaries
on the Kafiyah, and died A.H. 715. See
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 119.

The MS. contains only the first half of
this voluminous commentary, ending with
the paragraph on ^UfM i_ai»p (v. Baillie's
edition, p. 49). The text is written in red

608

PHILOLOGY.

ink. Foil. 96—101 and 170 are by the same
modern hand as foil. 1 — 4.

The commentary has been printed in
Constantinople, A.H. 1275, and lithographed
in Lucknow, A.H. 1280. For other copies
see the catalogues of Loth, nos. 912, 913,
952; Stewart, p. 126, no. 16; Petersburg,
no. 168; Paris, no. 4036; Escurial (Deren-
bourg), nos. 3, 18, 91 ; Strassburg, no. 15 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., pp.
73-74.

944.

Or. 3763.— Foil. 339 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 13 lines,
4 in. long ; written in elegant and carefully
vocalized Neskhi ; dated Tuesday, 20 Ju-
mada II., A.H. 709 (A.D. 1309).

[GLASER, no. 47.]

A commentary upon the Kafiyah, by Ibn
Mauhub.

Beg. »1S\ wl* j*?j . . .

%^ J ••J ^J^ • •

Jy ji^*

J JUS

The commentary proper begins : ^ jj

The first eight leaves have been supplied
by a later hand. The author's name appears
in this endorsement, by an older hand, on the
first leaf of the original MS., fol. 9 : ^
u-jjfey* ^ Jui\&\. He is probably identical
with an Egyptian grammarian noticed in
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 206, Mauhub B.
Mauhub B. 'Umar ^U al-Shafi'i (Abu
Mansur Sadr al-Din), who was Kadi of
Cairo, and died A.H. 665 (or A.H. 675 ; v.
Haj. Khal., iv., p. 369).

The commentary includes the text in

short passages distinguished from the com-
ments by JIS and Jy\ . It does not refer to
any commentary but that of the author.

Copyist:

945.

Or. 4334.— Foil. 215 ; 7 in. by 5f ; 15 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in small Nestalik ;
dated Tuesday, 25 Dulka'dah, A.H. 841
(A.D. 1438). [BUDGE.]

The commentary of al-Khabisi upon the
Kafiyah, with copious marginal notes.

1 J jN

The author's name appears only on the
outer edge : **j\£M ^ ^j0**"- His full name
is Shams al-Din Muhammad B. Abi Bakr B.
Muh. al-Khabisi. See Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 8, from which it appears that he lived, at the
latest, in the eighth century of the Hijrah,
and that his work was known as J*j§, a
title which does not appear in the present
copy. The text of the Kafiyah is written in
red ink.

For other MSS. see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2326 ; Loth, no. 920 ; Paris, nos. 1042-3 ;
Aumer, no. 717 ; Pertsch, no. 257 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 115.

946.

Or. 4011.— Foil. 104; 9| in. by 7 ; 25 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fine Neskhi, with the
vowels ; dated Friday, 2 Dulhijjah, A.H. 704
(A.D. 1305). [GLASER, no. 309.]

A commentary upon the Kafiyah, by Sayyid
Rukn al-Din, designated on the first page as

GRAMMAR.

609

Beg.

This is the intermediate, or medium-sized
one, out of three commentaries written on
the Kafiyah by Rukn al-Dm Hasan B. Muh.
al-Astarabadi, who died, according to Suyuti
(Bughyat al-Wu'at), A.H. 715 or 718.

For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 232a ; Loth, nos. 917 — 9 ; Pertsch, no.
253 ; Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 185 ;
Escurial, nos. 95-6; Paris, no. 4037; Houtsma,
no. 323 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 120.

Copyist:

On the last two pages, and by the same
hand, are some Persian odes by Maulana
Jalal al-Dm.

947.

Or. 4339.— Foil. 139 ; 7| in. by 4£; 15 lines,
2f in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi, apparently in the 16th century,
except the first eight leaves, which have
been supplied by a modern hand.

[BUDGE.]

Glosses upon the preceding work, al-
Wafiyah, without author's name.

Beg. U

The work is called in the colopnon
*jj^ ij6- ^ A>.sU«51 ijJiflll The author is
probably identical with 'Imad B. Yahya B.
'Ali al-Fiirisi, who wrote a gloss on Sayyid

SharlPs commentary upon the Shamsiyyah.
(See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 251a ; Loth,
no. 513 ; and Pertsch, no. 1191.) This last
gloss is stated in the Gotha MS. to have
been completed A.H. 369, apparently for
A.H. 869.

948.

Or. 3803.— Foil. 110; 10 in. by 6f ; about
40 lines, 4J in. long ; written in small,
almost Unpointed, Neskhi, apparently in the
14th century. [GLASEE, no. 89.]

Commentary of Imam 'Imad al-Din Yahya
B. Hamzah upon the Kafiyah, endorsed

This commentary is mentioned in the Tar-
juman, fol. 164, under the title [y*j^V] J^^
*JW\ i«liai\ —j2» ^ ~iu?\*&\ as one of the
numerous works of the above Imam, who
died A.H. 749 (v. no. 919). It is described
as consisting of two stout volumes. A copy
with the same title is noticed in Landberg's
Catalogue, no. 511. The second volume is
mentioned in the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 186.

The present MS. contains the second half
of the work. It is slightly imperfect at
beginning and end. The first words extant
of the text belong to the definition of the

personal pronoun, cJ^>\if jl Jill *-«j U^jy-aM
tf-\ jj\ i__Ajlc- j\ (Baillie's edition, p. 49).

The comment on that passage begins :

The last paragraph of the text,
occurs on fol. 107a, and is followed by
extensive comments, in the course of which
the MS. breaks off.

4 I

610

PHILOLOGY.

The commentator is frequently designated
at the beginning of paragraphs by the
words : sUj^j sjf- $\ ^j ,.l«^\ ^J\ J\S

The passages of the text are introduced
thus : «.ou*i <iU\ ^JA u^ll£J\ t_j*»-U> JIS

949.

Or. 4204— Foil. 219 ; 6f in. by 4
2| in. long ; written in neat
Neskhi; dated 20 Dulhijjah,
(A.D. 1575).

; 19 lines,

and close

A.H. 982

[LANE.]

The commentary of 'Abd al-Rahman Jami
upon the Kafiyah (Arabic Catalogue, p. 232a).

«JLJ

Beg.

For editions and MSS. see Loth, no. 921 ;
Pertsch, no. 259 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
4044 — 53 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol.
iv., p. 85.

950.

Or. 4335.— Foil. 292 ; 7^ in. by 5£ ; 14 lines,
2-| in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated
Ramadan, A.H. 1081 (A.D. 1670).

[BUDGE.]

Another copy of al-Fawa'id al-Diya'iyyah,
wanting the first page. It has a few mar-
ginal notes.

951.

Or. 4337.— Foil. 105 ; 7| in. by 4| ; 20 lines,
2f in. long ; written in small and close
Nestalik ; dated Monday, 6 RabI' II., A.H.
1061 (A.D. 1651). [BUDGE.]

Gloss of 'Abd al-Ghafur al-Lari upon
al-Fawa'id al-Diya'iyyah, endorsed

Beg.

'Abd al-Ghafur, a disciple of Jami, died
A.H. 912, and left this work unfinished. It
does not proceed beyond the section on
JUW1 *U>\ (Or. 4204, fol. 129). The gloss
has been printed in Constantinople, A.H.
1272, and, with the notes of 'Abd al-Hakim
Siyalkuti, in Cawnpore, A.H. 1295. For
MSS. see the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 188 ; the Petersburg Catalogue, no. 244 ;
Loth, no. 928 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 43.

Copyist :

952.

Or. 4336.— Foil. 225 ; 8| in. by 6£ ; from
13 to 17 lines, about 3^ in. long ; written in
thick Neskhi, apparently in the 17th century.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 177. Another copy of al-
Fawa'id al-Diya'iyyah, with copious marginal
notes, imperfect at the end.

II. Foil. 178—225. A gloss on the pre-
ceding work, by 'Isam al-Dm Ibrahim B.
Muh. B. 'Arabshah al-Isfara'ini, who died
A.H. 943 (Arabic Catalogue, p. 784a, ad
p. 573, and Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 10).

It is imperfect at the end. For other
copies see Uri, no. 1095; Escurial, nos.
149, 156; Petersburg, no. 166; Vienna,
no. 177 ; Loth, no. 932 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 44, where the author
is said to have died A.H. 951.

GRAMMAR.

611

953.

Or. 4338.— Foil. 201 ; 8J in. by 5 ; 5 lines,
3 in. long ; written in large Persian Neskhi,
probably in the 16th century. [BoDGE.]

The Shafiyah, a treatise on inflection, by
Ibn al-Hajib (Arabic Catalogue, p. 234i).

This copy wants the first page. It is fur-
nished with copious notes, written in a small
character between the lines and in the

margins.

For other MSS. see Pertsch, no. 194 ; Loth,
no. 945—48 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 6; &c.

954.

Or. 3876.— Foil. 76 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 15 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in cursive ill-shaped
Neskhi, A.H. 1175—8 (A.D. 1762—4).

[GrLASER, no. 164.]

I. Foil. 1—57. The same work : *.,uU c-^

II. Foil. 60—71. A brief enumeration of
early traditionists : jLoi^j <-^=-l^ j,

Beg. wij

ILL Foil. 72—76. The Mi' at 'Amil of 'Abd
al-Kahir al-Jurjani (no. 921).

955.

Or. 3797.— Foil. 116 ; 11£ in. by 8J ; 33 lines,
6} in. long ; written in fair, but sparingly

pointed, Neskhi, apparently in the 15th
century. [GLASEE, no. 83.]

A commentary upon the Shafiyah.
Beg. C*

The author, whose name does not appear
in the -MS., is RadI al-Dln Muhammad B.
al-Hasan al-Astarabadi, who died A.H. 686.
See no. 943.

The commentary includes the whole text,
written in red ink. It has been printed in
Lucknow, A.H. 1262, and lithographed in
Delhi, A.H. 1283. For other copies see
Loth, nos. 952-3.

956.

Or. 4351.— Foil. 88 ; 7 in. by 5 ; 27 lines,
3 J in. long ; written in small and close
Neskhi, probably in the fifteenth century.

[BUDGE.]

A commentary upon a grammatical work,
imperfect at beginning and end.

It proves to be the commentary of Fakhr
al-Dln Ahmad B. al-Hasan (or al-Husain)
al-Jarabardi (died A.H. 746) upon the Sha-
fiyah of Ibn al-Hajib.

This commentary has been printed in
Persia (Teheran ?), A.H. 1271, without
pagination. The present copy wants the
contents of the first ten and the last four
leaves of that edition. The first words
explained are t-J^al) J*oL»lj, and the last lail.

For other MSS. see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2346; St. Petersburg, no. 173; Vienna,
no. 182 ; Pertsch, no. 50, s ; Loth, no. 949 ;
Houtsma, no. 340 ; and the Khedive's Library,
voL iv., p. 8, vol. vii., p. 648.
4i2

612

PHILOLOGY.

957.

Or. 4030.— Foil. 115 ; 7* in. by 5 J ; 17 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in small and neat Neskhi ;
dated Dulhijjah, A.H. 882 (A.D. 1478).

[GLASBE, no. 332.]

I. Foil. 2 — 68. An anonymous commentary
upon the treatise on inflection known as al-
'Izzi, by 'Izz al-Dln 'Abd al-Wahhab B.
Ibrahim al-Zanjani, who died after A.H. 655.

Beg ..... £**

JIS

*— Q

The commentary is distinguished from
the text by J\S and JyU It was completed
as stated at the end, on Friday the first
of Dulhijjah, A.H. 762. The MS. from
which the present copy was made, and the
colophon of which is transcribed, was
written by Yahya B. Saif al-Slrami, in
Cairo, A.H. 808. This was a son of the
grammarian Saif al-Dln Yusuf B. Muh. al-
Sirami, who died A.H. 810 (Bughyat al-
Wu'at, fol. 2186).

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2356 ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 200 ; and Pertsch, no. 205, 2.

The MS. is endorsed t-jy«M ^Jb^^ ^
cr>.J\ j.«~, gZti. Sa'd al-Dln al-Taftazani,
who appears to be meant, wrote, A.H. 738,
a commentary upon the 'Izzi ; but it is quite
distinct from the present one. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 235a, and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 7, vol. vii., p. 218.

II. Foil. 69 — 115. A commentary on the
same work, by 'Ali B. Ibrahim B. 'Abd al-
Salam, called al-Imam al-Zanjani.

Beg. JjOj . . . a£

\Jo\

LJli

Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 209, mentions a
commentary with nearly the same beginning,

but calls its author ^ ^j^ f&ty ^^S^\ ^\
(jlaijJl *5LJ\ &&• ^ Ai*^^ See also Pertsch,
no. 199, where the same name is given.

The commentary includes the text, dis-
tinguished from the explanation by the words
&)y and JyU

958.

Or. 3695.— Foil. 71 ; 8J in. by 6 ; 7 lines,
2 1 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
vowels ; dated Thursday, 23 Sha'ban, A.H.
1085 (A.D. 1674). [BUDGE.]

The Alfiyyah of Jamal al-Dln Muhammad
B. 'Abdallah Ibn Malik (died A.H. 672), with
copious notes written between the lines and
in the margins. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2356 ; Pertsch, no. 263 ; Loth, no. 958 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 50.

959.

Or. 4343.— Foil. 125 ; 7£ in. by 3| ; 8 lines,
If in. long ; written in neat Nestalik ; dated
2 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1085 (A.D. 1675).

[BUDGE.]

Another copy of the Alfiyyah, with a few-
glosses at the beginning.

960.

Or. 3696.— Foil. 267 ; 8 in. by 5| ; 19 lines,
2^ in. long ; written in small Neskhi ; dated
Shawwal, A.H. 1111 (A.D. 1700). [BUDGE.]

GRAMMAR.

613

A commentary upon the Alfiyyah, by the
author's son, Badr al-Din Abu 'Abdallah
Muhammad.

J»

U

j+fr

«U\ joft

Badr al-Din died in Damascus, A.H. 686.
See Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 52, where the
present commentary is mentioned among his
•works. The text of the Alfiyyah is written
in red ink and vocalized.

Copyist : JUilM «J-*^° *~2\ ^ *+*? ^ p*^

For other copies of the commentary see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 237a ; Loth, no.
959 ; Houtsma, no. 344 ; the Vienna Cata-
logue, no. 180 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 63.

961.

Or. 4340.— Foil. 175; 8|in. by 5f ; 23 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated Shawwal,
A.H. 1122 (A.D. 1710). [BUDGE.]

Another copy of the same commentary.

962-3.

Or. 4200-4201. — Two volumes consisting re-
spectively of 557 and 559 foil. ; 13 lines,
2f in. long ; written by the same hand in
cursive Egyptian Neskhi, probably in the
first half of the 19th century. [LANE.]

A very full commentary on the Alfiyyah,
by Nur al-Din Abu '1-Hasan ' Ali B, Muh. al-
Ashmuni al-Shafi'i.

Beg.

U

The work has been printed in the margins
of a super-commentary entitled ^\^\jt>\y}
by Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Ali B. al-Sa'id
al-Tunusi, Tunis, A.H. 1292. Another super-
commenj;ary by Muh. B. 'Ali B. al-Sabban,
printed in Cairo, A.H. 1288, and re-printed,
Bulak, 1294, does not contain the entire text
of al-Ashmuni.

The author was one of the Shaikhs of al-
Sha'rani, who mentions him in his Lawakih
al-Anwar. He died A.H. 900. See the
Tunis edition, p. 4, and De Sacy, Alfiyyah,
p. 3. The last work contains extracts from
the present commentary. The author's
Nisbah, al-Ashmuni, is pronounced by Arab
purists " al-Ushmuni."

The commentary includes the entire text,
written in red ink.

The first volume concludes with
(De Sacy's edition, p. 80, verse 573 ; Tunis
edition, vol. ii., p. 46). The second begins
with \jJJl, and completes the work.

For other MSS. see the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 114.

964.

Or. 3746.— Foil. 118; 9f in. by 6; about
33 lines, 4^ in. long ; written in close, almost
unpointed, Neskhi ; dated Sunday, 9 Ju-
mada II., A.H. 894 (A.D. 1489).

[GLASEK, no. 30.]

Glosses of Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn

Hisham on the work of his grandfather,

Jamal al-Din 'Abdallah B. Yusuf B. Hisham,

| commonly called &o^

614

Beg. £-U\ w\9 &*> U\ . . . ^

PHILOLOGY.

4

It will be seen from the above that the
glosses were collected by an unknown editor
after the death of the writer. The work to
which they relate, the real title of which is
vittl* ^\ "a^\ Ji\ cJJU4\ ^oj\, is a prose para-
phrase of the Alfiyyat of Ibn Malik.

The author of the gloss, whose full name
is Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Rahman
(not 'Abdallah, as given by Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 414) B. Jamal al-Dm 'Abdallah
Ibn Hisham, grandson of the celebrated
grammarian, was also an eminent philologer.
He was born in Egypt, and died in Damascus
on the 4th of Jumada II., A.H. 835. See
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 74, where his Lui»l=-
£-ajSM Jc is mentioned, and Inba al-Ghumr,
fol. 303.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 236, nos. 505 — 7. Compare Pertsch,
nos. 269-270.

Fol. 118 contains the beginning of a
poetical version, by Abu Hamid Muh. B.
'Abdallah Zuhairah al-Kurashi, of the gram-
matical work c-j^c.^ j^y jj i_->^fr^\ by Ibn
Hisham.

965.

Or. 4341.— Foil. 131 ; 8f in. by 6£ ; 19 lines,
3J in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi ; dated
Sunday, 19 Muharram, A.H. 1216 (A.D.
1801). [BUDGE.]

A commentary, by 'Abd al-Rahman al-
Suyuti, upon the Alfiyyah of Ibn Malik.

Beg. U . .

tilSU ^\ LtJb <Cs~jo «— ijlaJ

The author, who is only designated by his
Nisbah in the heading ^j*~A\ \^>\zJ? \j&,
mentions this work among his own in Husn
al-Muhadarah, vol. i., p. 193.

The Museum MS. (Catalogue, pp. 2376,
775a), Casiri's no. 69, and a Petersburg MS.
(Dorn, no. 186), all bear, like the present, the
title iuj^l ifft , while in others the more

common, but less suitable, word *s4^' has
been substituted. See Haj. Khal., i., p. 409,
ii., p. 74 ; Loth, no. 962 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 27. The work has been
lithographed in Lucknow, 1831, and printed
in Cairo, A.H. 1291.

The text is included, in short passages,
written in red ink. There are copious
marginal notes at the beginning.

Copyist :

966.

Or. 4344.— Foil. 154 ; 9i in. by 6$ ; 25 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Safar, A.H. 974 (A.D. 1566). [BUDGE.]

Jo&LM

A full commentary, by Abu Muh. Mahmud
B. Ahmad al-'Aini (died A.H. 855), upon
the verses quoted in four commentaries upon
the Alfiyyah of Ibn Malik.

Beg. U»

O ••

GRAMMAR.

615

The author states that he had been re-
quested to abridge his extensive commentary
jj»\^l5) -jb, and had complied by writing the
present work, in which he preserved the
abbreviations used in the former for reference
to the four commentaries in which the verses
are quoted.

Both works are mentioned in Bughyat
al-Wu'at as^A-aMj j&&\ **\j2l\ ,_£, and by
Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 82, as (jj&\ o*^-£»
. The full title of the first and larger

commentary is
&AaWl (see vol. i., p. 413). The four com-
mentaries referred to are those of the son
of Ibn Malik (no. 960), of Ibn Umm Kasim
(Hasan B. Kasim), of Ibn Hisham, and of
Ibn 'Akil ('Abdallah B. 'Abd al-Rahman).
See Haj. Khal., ib., and Nicoll, Bodleian
Catalogue, p. 6106. For other MSS. see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 238a; Uri, no. 1163;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 83.

The verses explained are written in red ink.
Copyist : ^

Ju ^

Prefixed by a later hand are a table of
contents and a commentary explaining the
rare words used by the author in his preface,
foil. 1—3.

967.

Or. 3697.— Foil. 142 ; 11 in. by 7 ; 27 lines,
5 in. long; written in small Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 16th century. [BUDGE.]

c-J

A commentary upon a treatise on syntax,
entitled Lubb al-Albab.

Beg.

[margin

Je-

The Lubb al-Albab, the text of which is
included in the commentary, and distinguished
by a red line, begins as follows : 4lJ

Further on the scope of the work is
described, and its title given in the following
passage:

The work is dedicated to the great Wazir
of the Moghol Dynasty, Shams al-DIn Sahib
Dlwan al-Mamalik (al-Juwaini, who died
A.H. 683), which gives an approximate date
for its composition.

The commentator proceeds to say that,
finding that no commentary had ever been
written upon the above work, he had long
since proposed to compose one, but had been
prevented by various causes from carrying
out that plan, until he was enabled to adorn
his preface with the name of one whose
valour and wise rule had restored security
and peace to the empire, namely, the Sultan
of Wazirs, Fakhr al-Hakk wal-Daulat wal-
Din Abu Talib B. 'Ali B. Muh. B. Abi
Talib al-Husaini, whose descent is traced up
to 'Ali B. Abi Talib.

616

PHILOLOGY.

The original text of our MS. does not
contain either the name of the author or
that of the commentator, and the account of
Haj. Khal., vol. v., pp. 302—305, throws but
an uncertain light on that point. Owing to
a strange confusion, he gives there, p. 303,
under the heading of al-Lubab, by Taj al-
Din Muh. B. Muh. al-Isfara'ini, no. 11,066
(a work quite distinct from the present one),
an extract from the above preface, followed
by a portion of the preamble and by the
initial words of the commentary, in perfect
agreement with the present copy. The
author of the commentary is designated in
the same passage as Nukrah-kar, and in
another place, vol. iv., p. 534, this same
Nukrah-kar Sayyid 'Abdallah is called the
commentator of al-Lubb, c_JiM _,IS». (His
full name is Sayyid Jamal al-Dm 'Abdallah
B. Muhammad al-Husaini. He was a native
of Naishapur, but he settled in Aleppo,
where he taught in the Asadiyyah. He
lived subsequently in Damascus, and lastly
in Cairo, where he became Shaikh of a
convent, and died A.H. 776, about seventy
years of age. See Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 16,
and Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 148.) The rest
of Haj. Khalfa's article relates to the Lubab
of al-Isfara'ini, and at the end, p. 304, he
states explicitly that Sayyid Nukrah-kar
had written commentaries on two distinct
works, namely, the Lubab of al-Isfara'ini
and the Lubb al-Albab, which latter was not
the work of that name by al-Baidawi.

In another article, p. 306, no. 11,073, the
Lubb al-Albab, the initial words of which
agree with our text, is ascribed, first wrongly
to al-Isfara'ini, and then, on the authority of
our commentator, Sayyid 'Abdallah, to Shams
al-Dm 'Abd al-Mun'im B. Muh. al-Barkumini,
who is, therefore, in all probability, the real
author.

Copies of the Lubb al-Albab are noticed

by Pertsch, no. 284, and in the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 101. In both places the
work is ascribed, apparently on the authority
of Haj. Khal., to Taj al-Dm Muh. B. Muh.
al-Isfara'ini. A third copy is noticed by
Loth, no. 899, who points out the contradic-
tions of Haj. Khal.

For MSS. of the Lubab, which is un-
doubtedly by al-Isfara'ini, and of its com-
mentaries, see Nicoll, no. 210 ; Pertsch,
no. 285 ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 198-9 ; Vienna, no. 183 ; Derenbourg,
Escurial, nos. 24, 25, 116, 265 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., pp. 90, 101. It
is stated in the last work that al-Isfara'ini
died A.H. 684.

On the fly-leaf, and in a modern hand writing,
are a notice of the work and commentary,
extracted from Haj. Khal., and a full table
of contents with references to the folios of
the MS. Foil. 135—142 have also been
supplied by a later hand.

968.

Or. 4342.— Foil. 56 ; 8 in. by 5| ; 13 lines,
3 in. long; written in Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins, probably in the 18th century.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 33. Marah al-Arwah (Arabic
Catalogue, p. 233).

II. Foil. 34—47. The Tasrif, known as
Jjl\ (no. 957).

III. Foil. 48—56. Paradigms of the
regular verb, iiiis^' &to\

969.

Or. 3079.— Foil. 19; 7 in. by 4£ ; 8 lines,
2| in. long ; written by a European hand in
clear Neskhi, with all the vowels ; dated the
third day of Asbat, A.D. 1780.

[KRBMER, no. 87.]

GKAMMAR.

617

The Ajurrumiyyah, by Muhammad B. Muh.
al-Sinhaji, who died A.H. 723 (v. Arabic
Catalogue, p. 239).

For MSS. and editions see Pertsch, no.
286, the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 20, &c.

970.

Or. 4345.— Foil. 113 ; 10 in. by 7 ; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi : dated
A.H. 1268 (A.D. 1852). [BUDGE.]

A commentary by Muhammad B. 'Abd al-
Kahim B. Muh. al-'Umari al-Milani, upon the
grammar entitled^' J* ,j ^iiiV by Fakhr
al-Dm Ahmad B. al-Hasan al-Jarabardi.

Beg. U

A

The commentary does not include the
whole text, but only passages preceded by »3y.
The first of these is 0,0* (_^j\ **»j lafl) ij^l «Jy

The author of the text died in Tebriz,
A.H. 746 (Subki's Tabakat, fol. 58 ; al-Durar
al-Kaminah, fol. 22 ; Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol.
70). The commentator, who was his pupil,
completed this work A.H. 801, and died A.H.
811. See Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 655, and Dorn,
Petersburg Catalogue, no. 190.

For other copies of the commentary see
Uri, nos. 1159, 1136, and Loth, no. 1033.

971.

Or. 4348.— Foil. 110 ; 8± in. by 5f ; 17 lines,
3| in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 16th century. [BUDGE.]

A commentary by Jamal al-Din Abu Muh.
'Abdallah B. Yusuf Ibn Hisham, who died
A.H. 761, upon his own grammatical treatise,
entitled i_^«5! ,,^/i^** Jj t-^jJ^jjyi

Beg. *ltfc ^ alll jj* ^s? yl . . . UJJL-. J15
ffi\ JJ\ A\A+~\ j\ Jy\ U

^JM- \\ (jgjxiAig* *J tl*»- l—^lSS ^jJ J*> \i»\

#

The text is included, and distinguished by
the words cJJ> and Jy\

See Ha]'. Khal., vol. iv., p. 18, and for
other copies, Uri, no. 1153 ; Nicoll, p. 183 ;
Houtsma, no. 367 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., pp. 68, 100 ; and Bscurial (Deren-
bourg), no. 47, 2. The work has been
printed in Bulak, A.H. 1253, and in Cairo,
A.H. 1299.

972.

Or. 4349.— Foil. 92 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
3 1 in. long ; written in plain Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 18th century. [BuDGE.J

Another copy of the same commentary.

973.

Or. 4350.— Foil. 105 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
3^ in. long; written in plain Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins; dated Muharram, A.H.
1266 (A.D. 1849). [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 2 — 101. A third copy of the same
work.

II. Foil. 102-3. An Urjuzah containing
similar words, written respectively with
]o and <_>i, dedicated to the Wazir 'Aun al-
Din Ibn Hubairah (d. A.H. 560).

Beg. *~\j\

See a similar tract above, no. 918, II.
4 K

618

PHILOLOGY.

III. Foil. 104-5. Commentary upon an
Urjuzah on the forty different uses of the
preposition J :

Beg.

974.

Or. 4346.— Poll. 79 ; 9^ in. by 7 ; 13 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in cursive and indistinct
Turkish Neskhi, with red-ruled margins ;
dated A.H. 1297 (A.D. 1880). [BUDGE.]

[sic]

A commentary, by Abu '1-Thana Ahmad
B. Muh. upon the I'rab 'an Kawa'id al-
I'rab of Ibn Hisham (Arabic Catalogue,
p. 239a).

Beg.

Jl

The author, Ahmad B. Muh. al-Zaili,
commonly called Shamni (^lj_^J\), com-
pleted this commentary A.H. 967, in the
reign of Sultan Sulaiman. See Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 356, vol. vi., p. 125 (where the
author is called al-Slwasi), and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 48.

The text is included in the commentary,
and distinguished by a red line drawn over
it There are copious notes in the margins.

The MS. was written for Mulla Yusuf, of
the Ahwadi tribe

975.

Or. 4203.— Foil. 88 ; 7£ in. by 5^ ; about

17 lines, 3^ in. long; written by several
hands, mostly in the 16th century.

[LANE.]

I. Foil. 2—53. U\f$\ j*ly J\ v^51 Jfy

Commentary of Khalid B. 'Abdallah al-
Azhari, who died A.H. 905, upon the I'rab
'an Kawa'id al-I'rab of Ibn Hisham.

Beg.

Jl jju

The work has been printed in the margin
of Tamrm al-Tullfib, Cairo, A.H. 1293. For
MSS. see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 6926 ;
Aumer, nos. 734-5 ; Pertsch, no. 324 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 116. The
text is written in red ink.

II. Foil. 54—64. The text of the I'rab.

III. Foil. 65 — 69. A short tract contain-
ing definitions of grammatical terms, desig-
nated in the colophon as ity+tt ^jjAl.

The first leaf, which has been supplied by
a modern hand, begins : ±*AS.)\ &&\ <j

IV. Foil. 70—86. Mulhat al-I'rab, by al-
Harlri (no. 923).

976.

Or. 4347.— Foil. 282 ; 7f in. by 5£ ; 17 and
15 lilies, 3 in. long ; written in small Neskhi,
partly in the 17th century, partly in the
19th. The latter part is dated Ramadan,
A.H. 1236 (A.D. 1821). [BUDGE.]

A grammatical treatise by the same Ibn
Hisham, whose name is not found in the MS.

GRAMMAR.

619

Beg.

The work has been printed, with the com-
mentary of al-Dasuki, in Bulak, A.H. 1286,
and, with a gloss by Muh. al-Amir, Cairo,
A.H. 1299. For MSS. see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 239a ; the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. i., p. 43 ; Loth, no. 966 ; Aumer, no.
736 ; Escurial (Derenbourg), no. 48 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 110 ; &c.

Copyist: ^

This copy concludes with Bab 6, leaving
out Babs 7 and 8 (Bulak ed., vol. ii., pp.
378—420).

977.

Or. 4191.— Foil. 305 ; 8f in. by 7 ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
three nights before the end of Dulka'dah,
A-H. 1183 (A.D. 1770). [LANS.]

A complete copy of the same work, with
copious marginal notes.

978.

Or. 3882.— Foil. 34 ; 8 in. by 4| ; 27 lines,
3 in. long ; written in close and minute
Neskhi, apparently in the 15th century.

, no. 169A.]

The first portion of the preceding work.
Beg. ±4*? j>\ . . . A*,^ £«3U\ .U^)\ lM J\S

The MS. breaks off in the course of the
section beginning u-^ sty *—»/•• ^s contents
correspond with pp. 2 — 202 of the first volume
of the Bulak edition.

The MS. belonged to 'Izz al-Islam Muh.
B. Ishak Ibn Amir al-Muminin, Amir of
Kaukaban (v. Or. 3789).

979.

Or. 4352.— Foil. 114; 9 in. by 6£; 23 lines,
3f in. long ; written in Turkish Neskhi ;
dated 12 Shawwal, A.H. 1267 (A.D. 1850).

[BUDGE.]

A. commentary, by Shaikh Mustafa B.
Hamzah, upon the grammatical manual
entitled j\j*d\ j\$>\, by Muh. B. Pir 'AH
al-Birkawi (died A.H. 981), with marginal

notes.

Beg. . . . J

aM jj*5\

The author, commonly called Atahli
^jJ&^U), completed this commentary A.H.
1085. It has been printed in Bulak, A.H.
1266. See the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 117, vol. vii., p. 264, and, for other copies,
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 243, nos. 529-30 ;
Petersburg, no. 204 ; Aumer, no. 748 ; and
Houtsma, no. 387.

980.

Or. 3698.— Foil. 120 ; 8J in. by 5f ; 25 lines,
3| in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 18th century. [Bm>GE.J

A commentary, by Husain B. Ahmad
Zaini Zadah, upon the same work, Izhar al-
Asrar, with marginal notes.

620

PHILOLOGY.

U

itf \l

The commentary, which includes the text,
written in red, is stated to have been completed
A.H. 1152. It has been printed in Con-
stantinople, A.H. 1228, and in Bulak, A.H.
1269. See the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 48, and Houtsma, no. 388.

The present copy is imperfect at the end.

A commentary upon the Kafiyah, written
by the same author, A.H. 1168, is noticed in
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 233a, and in the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 85.

Rhetoric.

981

Or. 4354.— Foil. 160 ; 7 in. by 5; 13 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, ap-
parently in the 16th century. [BUDGE.]

The third part of the Miftah al-'Ulum, by
Siraj al-Dm Abu Ya'kub Yusuf B. 'Ali B.
Muh. al-Sakkaki (died A.H. 626), treating
of rhetoric, with copious marginal notes.

Beg.

For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2536 ; Aumer, no. 678 ; Loth, no. 846 ;
the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 294;
Houtsma, no. 412 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 154.

982. .

Or. 4590.— Foil. 247 ; 9J in. by 6£ ; from
25 to 27 lines, 4J in. long ; written in fair,

stiff, sparingly pointed, Neskhi (foil. 58 — 212
in a more cursive character of the same
time), probably in Yemen ; dated Thursday,
middle of Dulhijjah, A.H. 683 (A.D. 1285).

An extensive treatise on the art of literary
composition in prose and verse, with copious
examples culled from the writings of the
author and others; by Diya al-Dln Abu'l-
Fath Nasr-allah B. Muh. B. Muh. B. 'Abd
al-Karim al-Jazari, known as Ibn al-Athir,
who died in Baghdad, A.H. 637.

Beg.

For the author's life see the full notice of
his contemporary, Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
translation, vol. iii., pp. 541 — 48, where the
present work is mentioned with praise. It
has been printed in Bulak, A.H. 1282, and
the contents have been stated in detail by
Fliigel in the Vienna Catalogue, no. 233.
The work is divided into the following main
sections : The Mukaddimah, comprising ten
Fasls, fol. 3a. The first Makalah, Jcs-U^ J
LJaflDi, subdivided into two Kisms, fol. 41a.
The second Makalah, w^i>4\ IeLd\ <j, con-

sisting also of two Kisms, fol. 9 la. The
second of those Kisms treats separately of
the various figures of speech in thirty Fasls,
and forms about two-thirds of the bulk of
the volume, viz., foil. 105 — 247.

The present copy is divided into two parts
(Juz') of equal size, the first of which ends,
fol. 131a, with the fifth of the thirty Fasls
above-mentioned.

On the first page and at the end is written
the name of a former owner, Ibrahim B.
Yahya B. Kasira B. Ahmad B. al-Mahdi al-
Hadawi, evidently a descendant of the Zaidi
Imams.

RHETORIC.

621

A fair copy of the same work written in
the Maghribi character, A.H. 1141, is noticed
in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 4706. For other
MSS. see Derenbourg, Escurial, nos. 214,
262, and 507, and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 299.

983.

Or. 4355.— Foil. 65 ; 7f in. by 6£ ; 19 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, probably
in the 17th century. [BuDGB.]

Fragments of a commentary upon a rhe-
torical treatise.

They belong to the Mutawwal, or full
commentary, of Sa'd al-Dm al-Taftazani
(d. A.H. 791), upon the Talkhls al-Miftah
of al-Kazwmi, and treat mostly of com-
parisons and metaphor. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 2546 ; Loth, nos. 852 — 60 ;
Leyden, 2nd ed., no. 305 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 152, &c. The work has
been lithographed in Lucknow, 1878.

The author of Talkhls al-Miftah, Jalal al-
Dm Muh. B. 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Umar
al-Kazwmi, d. A.H. 739. See al-Durar al-
Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 846.

984.

Or. 4353.— Foil. 176; 12| in. by 8|; 35 lines,
5 in. long ; written in small cursive Neskhi ;
dated 30 Rabi' II., A.H. 1243 (A.D. 1827).

[BUDGE.]

Glosses of Hasan Chelebi (Hasan B.
Muhammad Shah al-Fanari, who died A.H.
886) on the Mutawwal.

The MS. is endorsed
and the work is designated in the colophon

as (_r«l?- ur-*5 »U~U wijiN il^"*. It has
been printed in Constantinople, A.H. 1270.
For other copies see Loth, no. 867 ; Leyden,
2nd ed., no. 306 ; Escurial (Derenbourg),
no. 212 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 132.

Copyist :

985.

Or. 1260.— Foil. 62; 7 in. by 5£; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Neskhi, probably in
the 17th century.

[Presented by L. B. BOWBING.]

A collection of Badi'iyyahs, oUajjj, or
poems illustrating poetical figures ; by the
following authors :

I. Taki al-DIn Ibn Hijjah al-Hamawi
(d. A.H. 837), fol. la, ^\ JLS I

Beg. Ju-> tfi ^f- b *>*-&

See Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 34 ; Pertsch,
nos. 59, 2795; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd
ed., vol. i., nos. 325-6 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 147 ; and Mehren, Rhe-
torik der Araber, p. 12. The author wrote
upon his own poem a commentary, copies of
which are mentioned by Uri, no. 1202, and
in the Catalogues of Copenhagen, nos. 204-5 ;
Munich, no. 569 ; Cambridge, p. 28, no. 14 ;
Escurial, no. 294; and Berlin, Ahlwardt,
no. 684.

II. Safi al-Dm Abu '1-Barakat 'Abd al-
'Azlz B. Saraya (al-Hilli ; d. A.H. 752),

fol. 46: otf^H ^ ^ J"

622

PHILOLOGY.

Beg.

See Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 33 ; the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 6506 ; the Leyden Catalogue,
2nd ed., vol. i., no. 323 ; Pertsch, no. 2793 ;
Bscurial, no. 240, 290 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., pp. 147, 212, &c.

III. 'Izz al-Din al-Mausili, fol. 12a, Ju*JJJ

Beg.

This Kasidah, consisting of 135 Baits, is
referred to by Ibn Hijjah in the preface to
his Badi'iyyah (Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii.,
p. 6136) as later than the similar poem of
Safi al-Din al-Hilli (supra, art. II.). The
author, 'Izz al-Din 'Ali B. al-Husain B. 'Ali
al-Mausili, was an eminent poet, who lived
in Damascus, and died A.H. 789. See al-
Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 8 ; Inba
al-Ghumr, fol. 61 ; and Anwar al-Rabl',
Or. 3629, fol. 346.

For other copies see Ahlwardt, Verzeich-
niss, nos. 652 — 5, and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 302.

IV. 'Imad al-Din Abu '1-fida Isma'il B.
al-Husain al-Khazraji al-Shafi'i, fol. 16a,

Beg.

V 4 '-•*

The number of Baits is 137. The author
alludes to his predecessors, Ibn Hijjah, al-
Hilli, and al-Mausili, in the following line,
fol. 19ft :

V. «Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. B. Yusuf al-
'Alawi, fol. 196,

[sic]

Beg.

U

It consists of 145 Baits. According to
Sayyid 'AH B. Ma'sum, Anwar al-Rabl',
Or. 3629, fol. 347, the author was Wajih
al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman B. Ibrahim B. Isma'H
al-Zabidi al-Shafi'i, called Wajih al-Din al-
'Alawi. He was born in Zabid about A.H.
860, wrote a Badi'iyyah entitled al-Jauhar
al-Rafi', and died about A.H. 920. We
must therefore correct Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 36, who calls the author Wajih al-Dm
'Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. al-Yamani, and
says that he died about A.H. 800. See also
Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, no. 650.

VI. 'A'ishah, daughter of Yusuf B. Ahmad
Kasir [read B. NasirJ al-Ba'uni al-Dimashki,

fol. 27«, j*

Beg.

It is said to consist of 140 Baits. Haj.
Khal., who calls it uj^H _j*o j, (j^ £j,
vol. iv., p. 375, says that it was completed
A.H. 922. The poetess settled in Cairo
A.H. 929 (Durr al-Habab, fol. 181). Her
brother, Muh. B. Yusuf al-Ba'uni, died
A.H. 910. See Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, no.
cxlv. Copies of the Badi'iyyah are noticed
in the same work, no. 741, and by Houtsma,
Brill's Catalogue, no. 64.

VII. A Kasidah on the same subject,
without author's name, fol. 34a, with the

heading : g.±A\ J* j

RHETORIC.

623

all

The author is Shams al-Din Muh. B.
Mustafa al-Duraki al-Hamawi. See Pertsch,
no. 32, 4.

The Kasidah consists of 132 Baits. The
first 59 are a prologue, chiefly taken up with
the praises of a powerful sovereign, whose
name is only alluded to as being the same
as that of the Prophet. In the remainder,
each verse is preceded by the name of the
figure which it illustrates.

The latter part of the MS., foil. 41—62,
contains two treatises on the cabalistic cal-
culations called Za'irjah. The first is by
'Abdallah B. 'Abd al-Malik B. 'Abdallah al-
Marjani, and begins &J&* ^ ,$>\ (j&\ ail j^U

wbl

The author prays in the preamble for the
duration of the reign of al-Malik al-'Aziz.

The second treatise, the author of which is
not named, relates to the Za'irjah of Shaikh
Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad al-Khazraji al-Sibti,
fol. 55a. It begins :

986.

Or. 3088.— Foil. 56; 9J in. by 6^ ; 15 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
end of Ramadan, A.H. 762 (A.D. 1361).

[KREMEB, no. 97.]

The commentary of Safi al-Dm al-Hilli
upon his own al-Badi'iyyah (no. 985, II.) :

Beg. . . . uU

The commentary includes the entire text
of the Badi'iyyah, written in large character,
with the vowels.

For other copies of the commentary, see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 6506 ; Ahlwardt,
Verzeichniss, no. 629; De"renbourg, Bscurial,
nos. 390 and 240, 2 ; Pertsch, no. 2793 ;
De Goeje, Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no.
324 ; and Houtsma, no. 437.

Copyist :

987.

Or. 3846.— Foil. 120 ; 9 in. by 6 ; about
20 lines ; written in cursive Neskhi ; dated
A.H. 1205—1210 (A.D. 1791—95).

[GLASEE, no. 134.]

I. Foil. 1—60. The Badl'iyyah of Isma'il
B. Abi Bakr al-Mukri (died A.H. 837), with
a commentary.

Beg. of the comm. : U c,&>\ ^f&\ d ii-»U

^a-^U. jft £JL)^)\ »OJL<ifl)\ -feli W\S Jj«Jj . . . «ix»

l»lli\ ,> ») J-lil ^ uUJJ i^ J
Beg. of the Kasidah :

It is stated on the title-page that the
commentary is due to the author of the
poem ; but the commentator is spoken of
in the above beginning as a distinct person.

The Kasidah is stated to consist of 144
Baits, and to illustrate 150 poetical figures.
The verses are written in red with the name
of the figures, and the commentator quotes
the corresponding verses of the Badi'iyyahs
of Safi al-Hilli and Ibn Hijjah.

For copies of the text see no. 204, III.,
Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, nos. 691-2, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 212.

624

PHILOLOGY.

II. Foil. 62 — 65. A treatise in explana-
tion of some apparently ungrammatical
phrases of early poets, without author's

name.

ill

III. Foil. 67—119. A gloss, by al-Hasan
B. Ahmad al-Jalal (d. A.H. 1079; v. no.
389), upon the Logic of Tahdtb al-Mantik
wal-Kalam, by Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani
(d. A.H. 792; see no. 735), with this

title :

The author states at the end that he
completed this gloss four nights before the
end of Sha'ban, A.H. 1045. His com-
mentaries upon the Tahdlb and the Shams-
iyyah are mentioned among his works in
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 17.

988.

Or. 3761.— Foil. 60 ; 8£ in. by 5 £ ; 23 lines,
3f in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi, probably in the 16th century.

[GLASEE, no. 45.]

A commentary, by Sayyid Jamal al-Din
Muhammad B. al-Sayyid al-Sharif al-Hu-
saini, upon the treatise on rhetoric by 'Adud
al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman B. Ahmad al-Iji
(d. A.H. 756), entitled al-Fawa'id al-Ghiya-
thiyyah, with this title : ^

Beg.

J\ -fiH«J\ Jyui

The text, which is included and written
with red ink, begins : ^

The work of 'Adud al-Din is abridged from
Kism III. of Miftah al-'Ulum, and dedicated
to Ghiyath al-Din, Wazir of Muh. Khuda-
bandah. See Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 476,
and the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 314.
The commentator, a son of Sayyid Sharif
'Ali al-Husaini al-Jurjani, died A.H. 838.
See Haj. Khal., I.e. A copy of the same
commentary is mentioned by Pertsch, no.
2788, 4.

989.

Or. 3189.— Foil. 62; 7f in. by 4£ ; 17 lines,
2| in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, ap-
parently in the 18th century.

[KEEMER, no. 198.]

Dissertations on poetry, prefixed by Mu-
hammad B. Kanisauh B. Sadik to his Diwan
entitled al-Sihr al-Halal,

Beg.

Jai)\

The author gives his name and the title of
the work at the beginning of several para-
graphs (see fol. 4J, 7a, 106) : ^ **s? J£
J^' j^^ 13* <_s£-J>* Jii^o (j> *yoJb'. He also
occasionally quotes his master, Jalal al-Din
al-Suyuti (died A.H. 911), of whom he

speaks as dead,

RHETORIC.

625

} aJJI (fol. 58a). It has been noticed in
the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 347a, 778&, that
the author was still writing A.H. 928.

A complete copy of this introduction to
the Diwan is described by Loth, no. 833. It
consists of five chapters called &4jiu, the
headings of which are there given. Of
these the first three only are contained in
the present copy. They begin respectively
at foil. 16, 66, and46a.

There is little original matter in the work.
It consists mainly of quotations and extracts
from earlier authors.

990.

Or. 3629.— Foil. 348 ; 8J in. by 5$ ; 25 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in small and close
Neskhi, with gold-ruled margins ; dated
2 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1133 (A.D. 1721).

[G. C. RENOUAED.]

A commentary by 'AH Sadr al-Din al-
Madani B. Ahmad Nizam al-Din al-Husaini
al-Hasani upon his own Badi'iyyah.

Beg. J*Jj . . . ijo^ O^Jl &> &1J ±+f

Sayyid 'AH B. Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ma'sum,
commonly called Sayyid 'Ali Ma'sum, was a
lineal descendant of the great philosopher
Mir Ghiyath al-Din Mansur Shirazi, He
was born in Medina, A.H. 1052, and joined,
A.H. 1068, his father, Nizam al-Din Ahmad,
who stood high in the favour of Sultan
'Abdallah Kutubshah at Haidarabad. A year
after that sovereign's death (A.H. 1083), he
lost his father, and was imprisoned by the

new Sultan, Abu '1-Hasan ; but he contrived
to escape, and repaired to the Court of
Aurengzib, who raised him to the Khanship
under the name of Sayyid 'Ali Khan, and
ultimately appointed him to the Divani of
Burhanpur. Towards the end of his life he
took up his abode in Shiraz, where he died
A.H. 1117. Besides the present work, he
left a biography of contemporary poets en-
titled Sulafat al-'Asr (v. Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 601a, 743a), a Diwan and other works.
See H^dikat al-'Alam, lithographed in
Haidarabad, A.H. 1266, vol. i., pp. 363—5,
and Tib al-Samar, Or. 2428, foil. 239—44.

In the preface the author states that,
after reading the Badi'iyyah of Ibn Hijjah
and its commentary, he composed a similar
poem in order to surpass his predecessor.
He afterwards wrote upon it an extensive
commentary, from which the present one is
abridged. The above is followed by a dedi-
cation to a sovereign not named (apparently
Aurengzib), and by an extract from San al-
Din al-Hilli's preface on early writers upon
'Ilm al-Badl'.

The author thought that San al-Din had
been the first to write a Badi'iyyah, until he
discovered a Kasidah composed on the same
lines by Amin al-Din 'Ali B. 'Uthman al-
Irbili, who died A.H. 670, seven years before
the birth of San al-Din, while another Badi-
'iyyah, entitled ^V**^ ***•?.«*? > was written by
a contemporary of the latter, Shams al-Din
Muh. B. Ahmad Ibn Jabir al-Hawari al-
Andalusi (d. A.H. 780 ; Haj. Khal., vol. iii.,
p. 107 ; Escurial, no. 327 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., pp. 301-2 ; and the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 758a). After mentioning those
of 'Izz al-Din al-Mausili and of Ibn Hijjah,
the author says that his own consisted of
154 Baits (in the next copy there are 147),
and was composed in the space of twelve
nights, A.H. 1077.

4 L

626

PHILOLOGY.

The first verse of the poem and its head-

ing are :

J & »...>

The commentary is full and exhaustive.
Bach figure is illustrated by corresponding
lines of previous Badl'iyyahs, and by copious
examples from the whole range of Arabic
poetry. It was completed, as stated fol. 3446,
A.H. 1093. A colophon transcribed from
the autograph MS. is dated 19 Dulka'dah,
A.H. 1093.

An appendix contains notices of the
following nine authors of Badi'iyyahs : Safi
al-Dm al-Hilli, d. A.H. 752. Shams al-DTn
Ibn Jabir, d. A.H. 780. Abu Ja'far Ahmad
B. Yusuf al-Gharnati, d. A.H. 779. 'Izz al-
Dm 'Ali B. al-Husain al-Mausili, d. A.H. 789.
Ibn Hijjah, d. A.H. 837. Ibn al-Mukri,
d. A.H. 837. Al-Suyuti, d. A.H. 911.
Wajlh al-Dln 'Abd al-Rahman B. Ibrahim
al-Zabldi al-'Alawi, d. about A.H. 920.
Muhyi al-Dln <Abd al-Kadir B. Muh. al-
Tabari, d. A.H. 1033.

Prefixed are a table of poetical figures,
with references to the folios of the MS., and
a list, drawn up by Lutf-allah, of twenty
Badl'iyyahs he had seen.

The MS. is noticed in Dr. John Lee's
Catalogue, no. 118. For other copies see
the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 340 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 209 ; Land-
berg's Catalogue, no. 346 ; and Houtsma,
Brill's Catalogue, no. 440.

991.

Or. 3257.— Foil. 301 ; 13| in. by 8 ; 31 lines,
4| in. long; written in fair Neskhi; dated

Wednesday, 15 nights before the end of
Jumada II., A.H. 1278 (A.D. 1861).

[SiDNE? CHURCHILL.}

An imperfect copy of the same work. It
wants the dedication, and it breaks off before
the end of the section treating of the figure
called Jx^oJ\. The last line corresponds
with line 21 of fol. 248a in the preceding
copy. But in the colophon the work is
described as complete.

Prosody.

992.

Or. 3891.— Foil. 48 ; 12£ in. by 8f ; about
35 lines, 7 in. long ; written in cursive, ill-
shaped, and all but unpointed, Neskhi, about
A.H. 1086 (A.D. 1675).

[GLASER, no. 177.]

I. Foil. 1 — 9. A commentary by al-Fadl
B. Abi '1-Khair B. Ahmad al-Jaishi upon a
treatise of prosody by Abu 'Abdallah Muh.
B. Ibrahim al-Ansari al-Andalusi, with this
title :

\ Jai t-J-jj

Beg. of the Comm.

«)J

Beg. of the text:

The same treatise, generally called

, is noticed with the above title in

PROSODY.

627

the Arabic Catalogue, p. 643&, Add. 23,439, 1.
The author is called in most copies Abu
'Abdallah Muh., known as Abu '1-Jaish al-
Ansari al-Andalusi, and is stated to have
died A.H. 626. See Freytag, Arabische
Verskunst, p. 36, art. 12. The work has
been lithographedj with the prosody of Jami,
in Constantinople, A.H. 1261 and 1273.
That edition, however, as well as most MSS.,
differs in wording from the present text, and
does not contain the above title.

For other copies see Pertsch, no. 359 ;
Houtsma, no. 405 ; the Khedive's Library,
vol. vii., pp. 97 and 415 ; the Vienna Cata-
logue, no. 223 ; Bscurial (Derenbourg), nos.
679, s, 410, 2 ; and the Leyden Catalogue,
2nd ed., nos. 271-2. The second of the
MSS. noticed in the last work is also en-
titled

II. Foil. 10 — 31. A commentary by
Ibrahim B. Abi'l-Kasim Mutair upon his
own metrical treatise on Usul al-Fikh : L-Ajtf

Ji\

See no. 265, art. III. and IV. This copy
was collated in Jumada I., A.H. 1086.

III. Foil. 336—39. A treatise on the
peculiarities and distinctive attributes of the
Prophet, by Jalal al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman

al-Suyuti, <•— ~JuAi (ja>\*o»- ,j

J.J-JI

Beg.

This is an extract from the author's
larger work entitled (_voLoai'j Cj>\j£*^ (Haj.
KhaL, vol. vi., p. 668, no. 48). The

present work is noticed, ib.t p. 669, no. 73,
and vol. i., p. 467. See also the Khedive's
Library, vol. i., pp. 158, 296, and the Berlin
Catalogue, nos. 2577 — 85.

The remaining part of the MS. is occupied
by miscellaneous notes and extracts.

993.

Or. 3778,— Foil. 110; 6| in. by 5; about
20 lines, 3f in. long ; written in small and
neat, but sparingly pointed, Neskhi; dated
Monday, 4 Eamadan, A.H. 947 (A.D. 1540).

[GLASEE, no. 63.]

I. Foil. 9 — 36. A commentary upon a
treatise on prosody, imperfect at beginning
and end.

The text is inserted in red ink. The first
of the two Babs of which it consists treats
of feet and their modifications. The second
begins, foil. 115, as follows : ^j ,j\&\ >— A*H

U1

The commentary on that passage begins

The MS. breaks off after the first lines of
the section beginning:

The text proves to be the work entitled
u^V J* J JQ\, by Abu 'l-'Abbas
Ahmad B. 'Abbad B. Shu'aib al-Kina'i, who
died, according to Freytag, Verskunst, p. 36,
A.H. 729. It has been printed with the
commentary of Muh. al-Damanhuri, Cairo,
A.H. 1301. The portion of the text con-
tained in the present fragment corresponds

628

PHILOLOGY.

with pp. 39 — 70 (margins) of that edition.
The text alone is found in various collections
lithographed in Cairo, A.H. 1273, 1276, 1297,
&c. See the Khedive's Library, vol. vii.,
pp. 336, 339, 454, 605 ; Pertsch, no. 368 ;
and Houtsma, no. 401. An anonymous MS.
of the same work is noticed in the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 287 ; and the author's
name, supplied in a foot-note, Ahmad B.
Sa'Id al-Fanari, probably owes its origin to
an ill-written

The commentator lived in the ninth century
of the Hij rah. Quoting, fol. 346, the Sharh
al-Shawahid of al-'Aini (d. A.H. 855 ; v.
no. 966), he calls the author his master
(L*-***). He refers, fol. 316, to a metrical
treatise of his own entitled ,_/U»)1 J'JjJV Other
authors quoted by him are Ibn al-Katta', who
died A.H. 515 (v. Or. 3770, III.), and al-
Athari (Zain al-DIn Sha'ban B. Muh., d.
A.H. 828; Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 300), who wrote a treatise entitled «a-jM

II. Foil. 37 — 44. A treatise upon metre
and rhyme, in the form of a Kasidah, by
Ahmad B. Muh. al-Jazzaz al-Zabidi, with
this title : (J^> tjJ>\J\

Underneath is a note by one Salih, who
states that he had read the above treatise
and its commentary before the author in
Zabld, A.H. 945.

Beg.

The poem is an evident imitation of the
«^U\ ^ojjf-, written in the same metre and
with the same rhyme, by Sadr al-Dm Muh.

B. Hasan al-Sawi, who died A.H. 749. See
Haj. Khal., iv., p. 204; Freytag, p. 40;
Casiri, no. 327 ; Escurial, nos. 328, s, 330, a ;
Pertsch, no. 369 ; &c.

The work was completed, as stated in the
epilogue, four nights before the end of
Eabi' II., A.H. 926 :

III. Foil. 45 — 110. A commentary on the
preceding treatise, by the author.

Beg. . . . ^J

Foil. 2 — 8 contain a portion of the com-
mentary transposed. The same portion,
supplied by a later hand, occupies foil.
76— 84a.

994.

Or. 1181.— Foil. 67 ; 8 in. by 5| ; 15 lines,
3|- in. long ; written in Neskhi ; with red-
ruled margins ; dated Thursday, 6 Dulhijjah,
A.H. 1206 (A.D. 1792). [AXEX. JABA.]

A commentary, by 'Amir al-Zarkani al-
Maliki, upon his own metrical treatise on
metre, rhyme, and poetical figures, entitled

Beg. j&

The author says in the preface that he
had been led to compose the work, and had
been assisted in the task, by his devotion to
a holy and exalted personage, a scion of the

PROVERBS AND MAXIMS.

629

Sadat al-Wafa, designated as al-Sayyid
Abu '1- Anwar al-Wafa'i. At the end of
some verses in his praise, the date of
composition is expressed by a chronogram
for A.H. 1201.

The metrical treatise, the whole of which
is included in the commentary, begins :

Proverbs and Maxims.

995.

Or. 3085.— Foil. 172 ; 9f in. by 6| ; 15 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fine, bold Neskhi,
with all the vowels, apparently in the 13th
century. [KEEMEE, no. 94]

The book of proverbs, by Abu 'Ubaid
al-Kasim B. Sallam al-Baghdadi.

Beg. ,j <—>j3\

The author designates himself at the
beginning of paragraphs by his Kunyah,
Abu 'Ubaid. His full name appears in the
colophon : luy*^? j£« »_i3\

^ S\&A\ *$*» ^ p~&\ MS-

Abu 'Ubaid, a native of Baghdad and an
eminent philologer, died in Mecca, at the
age of sixty-seven years, A.H. 223 or 224.
For notices of his life and works, see the
Fihrist, p. 71, where the present work is
mentioned as yU\ JU*^\ ^lii", Ibn Khal-
likan, De Slane's version, vol. ii., p. 486 ;

Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 193 ; Fliigel, Gram-
matische Schulen, p. 85 ; Hammer, Literatur-
gesch., vol. iii., p. 424 ; and de Goeje, Zeit-
schrift der D. Morg. Ges., vol. xviii., p. 781.

The work is divided into twenty-four
sections, most of which are subdivided into
chapters (Bab). Neither sections nor chap-
ters are numbered in this copy. The latter
part of the preface and the beginning of the
first section are wanting, the lower half of
the firgt folio being lost ; but from what
remains of the preface, it is evident that
not only the text of the proverbs, but also
the comments upon them, are due to Abu
'Ubaid, for he says : J* \ 3* Uo\Ji/ j

J J3I JUU^ gW HI-

The authorities most frequently quoted
are al-Asma'i, Abu 'Ubaidah, Abu Zaid, and
al-Umawi.

The first section, the beginning of which
is lost, contains proverbial locutions, or
similes, used by Muhammad. The subse-
quent sections have the following headings :

Fol. 4fi.

Fol. 145.
Fol. 42&.
Fol. 466.
Fol. 53a.

Fol. 605.
Fol. 65a.

IV.

J JidN/i V.

VI.

VIL
VIII.

630

PHILOLOGY.

Fol. 74J.

Fol. 826.
Fol. 886.

IX.

J3t JVi

X.
XI.

Fol. 98a.

Fol. 1146. «P\J>),
Fol. 122o. pkNju-
Fol. 1296. jyW j JJjJ)
Fol. 137a. «3\fi*j Js?l J

Fol. 142a.

Fol. 148a. J

XII.
XIII.
i XIV.
J XV.

i XVI.

•JlLfct,
j XVII.
d XVIII.

XX.

XXI.

Fol. 1566. obUii J JIJU^I /i XIX.

Fol. 160a.

Fol. 165a.

Fol. 1666. *liJJ\ cUy J J\i.^l\ XXII.

Fol. 168a,

Fol. 172a.

«J .Jfe U XXIII.

XXIV.

The MS. is divided into five equal parts
(Juz), irrespective of the above sections.
They begin respectively at foil. 1, 31, 71,
113, and 144.

Two of the above sections, viz., the Vlllth
and the XVIIth, have been edited by Ernest

Bertheau, Gottingen, 1836. Apart from a
few slight additions and omissions, the text
of our MS. is in verbal agreement with that
edition. The proverbs, alphabetically ar-
ranged, and without any comment, have
been printed in a miscellany entitled ia^'
iu^jJ^ Constantinople, A.H. 1302, pp. 2 — 16.
For other copies see Fleischer, Dresden
Catalogue, p. 80, nos. 38 — 9 ; the Bodleian
Catalogue, p. 103, no. 109, and p. 5186 ; the
Paris Catalogue, no. 3969; and Mission
Scientifique en Tunisie, 2e partie, p. 16,
no. 42. The first of the above MSS. has been
described by Freytag (Arabum proverbia,
torn, iii., pp. vii. — xi.), who shows that it
contains references to authors later than Abu
'Ubaid.

Two notes written by a later hand on
the first page of the MS. mention two
commentaries on the Kitab al-Amthal, one
by (_jj^JJaj ^.M (apparently Abu Muh. 'Abd-
allah B. Muh. Ibn Sid al-Batalyausi, who
died A.H. 521 ; Ibn Khallikan, vol. ii., p. 61,
and Makkari, vol. i., p. 425), and another by
u^ioJ\ jjos- yl, i.e., Abu 'Ubaid 'Abdallah B.
'Abd al-'Aziz al-Bakri, of Cordova, who died
A.H. 487 (v.Biblioth. Arabico-Hispana, vol.i.,
p. 282 ; Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 204 ;
and Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 435, where the
Kunyah is wrongly written S^J-i-f* j^)-

996.

Or. 3867.— Foil. 244; llf in. by 6| ; 23 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
occasional vowels, and with red-ruled mar-
gins ; dated Monday, 15 Muharram, A.H.
1084 (A.D. 1673). [GLASEE, no. 155.]

A collection of proverbs, alphabetically
arranged, and accompanied by a full com-
mentary, by al-'Askari.

PROVERBS AND MAXIMS.

631

Beg. wj3

Abu Hilal al-Hasan B. 'Abdallah B. Sahl
B. Sa'id al-'Askari, a native of 'Askar
Mukram, studied under his maternal uncle,
Abu Ahmad al-Hasan B. 'Abdallah B. Sa'Id
al-'Askari, who was a disciple of Ibn Duraid
and died A.H. 382 (Ibn Khallikan, vol. i.,
p. 382). He wrote his work on origins
(JJljW A.H. 395, and died after A.H. 400.
The Jamharat al-Amthal is mentioned among
his numerous works by Suyuti, Tabakat al-
Mufassirln, p. 10 ; Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol.
115 ; and Fliigel, Grammatische Schulen,
p. 254. See also De Slane, Ibn Khallikan,
vol. ii., p. 440 ; Hammer, Literafcurgesch.,
vol. v., p. 578 ; and Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 630, vol. v., p. 391.

The author, who is designated in the body
of the work by his Kunyah, Abu Hilal,
begins with adducing instances of Amthal,
or similitudes, occurring in the Goran. After
dwelling on the knowledge of proverbs as
an essential part of literary culture, he ex-
plains the scope and arrangement of the
work, and adds that he has quoted sepa-
rately such proverbs of the form ^J5 ^ Jjjl
as he had borrowed from Hamzah al-Isfahani

v. Fihrist, p. 139), while
excluding those of modern origin (^ JjU Jli«') ,
the insertion of which he reproves as a blemish
of Hamzah's book. The origin of each proverb
is set forth at length, and its use is illustrated
by copious poetical quotations.

The first proverb, as in Maidani, is ^ ^\
The last is ^Ufl) ^ j~A, which
is also the last of the ancient proverbs in
Maidani, Freytag's ed., torn, ii., p. 938.

A copy of this rare work, dated A.H. 772,
is preserved in the Khedive's Library; see
vol. iv., p. 224.

On the fly-leaves at the end, foil. 2416 —
243, is a copy of a letter of Sultan Sulai-
man I. to al-Mutahhar, son of Imam Sharaf
al-Dm Yahya, dated Constantinople, 10
Shawwal, A.H. 957, with the latter's answer.

997.

Or. 3086.— Foil. 208 ; 11£ in. by 8$ ; 17 lines,

in. long ; written in elegant Neskhi, with
occasional vowels, apparently in Persia in
the 13th century. [KREMJEB, no. 95.]

A well-known collection of proverbs, ar-
ranged in alphabetical order, by al-Maidani.

Beg. (.^<J\Jlxo w Jl,^ U {!r^\ ^

The author, whose full name is Abu '1-
Fadl Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ibrahim al-Naisaburi
al-Maidani, died A.H. 518. See Ibn Kbal-
likan, De Slane's version, vol. i., p. 130, and
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 82.

The inscription, in the hand of the scribe,
is Jlj^ Jidl £,U ^ J^l £jii, but the
title given in the preface is JU-iM ^f. The
MS. contains only the first half of the work,
namely, the first fifteen Babs, ending with
letter ^.

The copyist 'Abd al-Mumin B. al-Saffar
says, in the following verse at the end,

that this copy had been made from a MS. of
exceptional correctness. Herr v. Kremer
remarks in his Catalogue that the fellow
volume, now in Berlin, written by the same
copyist, is dated A.H. 631 (A.D. 1234).

632

PHILOLOGY.

The work has been printed in Bulak,
A.D. 1884, and lithographed in Teheran,
A.H. 1290. It is chiefly known through
Freytag's edition and Latin version, Bonn,
1838 — 43. For MSS. see the Leyden Cata-
logue, 2nd ed., no. 385 ; the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 3958—63 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 300.

998-1000.

Or. 4519-21. — Three uniform volumes, con-
sisting respectively of foil. 365, 380, and
341 ; 9 in. by 5f ; 17 lines, 3^ in. long ;
written in large and rude Neskhi, apparently
in the 18th century.

Another copy of the Majma' al-Amthal of
al-Maidani, with this title:

The first volume ends with the proverb
JjoM »\yb j*.) y* ^^ (Bulak edition, vol. i.,
p. 279), the second with the proverb C*^
}UM (ib., vol. ii., p. 109). The third com-
pletes the work.

At the beginning of the first volume is a
note, signed " Le Baron Silvestre de Sacy,"
stating that the MS. had been given by the
Bibliotheque Eoyale to Mr. Wahl, in exchange
for other works, in 1836.

1001.

Or. 4206.— Foil. 482 ; 9ih>.by6i; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
last day of Sha'ban, A.H. 1230 (A.D. 1815) ;
formerly belonging to H. H. Wilson.

[LANE.]

The Majma' al-Amthal, complete in one
volume. It wants the last appendix, pp.
346—8 of the Bulak edition.

1002.

Or. 3845.— Foil. 146 ; 11 in. by 8 ; 25 lines,
£ in, long ; written in fair flowing Neskhi,
probably early in the 16th century.

[GLASEB, no. 133.]

A collection of proverbs alphabetically
arranged, and accompanied by a commentary;
by Jar Allah Mahmud B. 'Umar al-Zamakh-
shari (d. A.H. 538).

Beg. <ij> y* bjj&o <o JS

\ U

aJJ

This copy was made, as stated on the
title-page, for a noble personage, a descendant
of the Zaidi Imams, Salah al-Dln Salah B.
Yusuf B, Salah B. al-Murtada B, Easul Allah.
Foil. 125 — 146 have been supplied by a later
hand.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp, 334<z, 656& ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd
ed., no. 394 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 324 ; and the Vienna Catalogue, no. 338 ;
where the arrangement of the work is
described.

1003.

Or. 3733.— Foil. 142 ; 10fin.by7; 15 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins; dated Sunday, 9 RabI' II.,
A.H. 1076 (A.D. 1668).

[GLASEE, no. 17.]

I. Foil. 1 — 9. A collection of moral
maxims and ingenious thoughts, by Jar
Allah Mahmud al-Zamakhshari (d. A.H. 538),

with this title:

Beg.

PEOVEEBS AND MAXIMS.

633

This is the collection called
which has been published with a French
translation by Barbier de Meynard, Journal
Asiatique, 1875, ii., pp. 313 — 440.

The text of this copy is not, like that
edition, alphabetically arranged. The first
sentence is (J»\ \^>j <_;*•{&• &JI (Barbier's,
no. 100). The second is
(Barbier's, no. 140).

For other copies see Pertsch, no. 1247 ;
the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 391 ;
and the Paris Catalogue, no. 3965-66.

II. Foil. 10—27. u*,i» j\jW. A similar
collection by the same author.

Beg. tLJ^«i ^ J* oJJjl U t> d$&+>\ ^ f$>\

The work has been edited and translated
by Hammer, Vienna, 1835 ; and by Barbier
de Meynard, Paris, 1876. For MSS. see
the Vienna Catalogue, no. 348, 2; Paris,
nos. 3948, 3964; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 203, and vol. vii., pp. 182, 625.

III. Foil. 29—73. U-MH jUW. A collec-
tion of moral and religious precepts, com-
posed in imitation of the preceding work, and
divided, like it, into a hundred Makalahs.

Beg.

The author is thus designated on the title-
page : *ju>^

According to Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 342,
his name is Sharaf al-Din 'Abd al-Mu'min
B. Hibat Allah, called Shakruh (or Shafruh)
al-Isfahani. He is evidently identical with
the Persian poet Sharaf al-Din 'Abd al-

Mu'min Shafruh (or rather, " of Shufurwah,"
his native place, situate near Isfahan; see
Ethe", Bodleian Catalogue, col. 201, no. 47),
mentioned by Taki al-Din Kashi (Oude
Catalogue, p. 17) among those who died
about A.H. 600.

In the preface the author says that he had
been desired by a holy personage, Zahir al-
Dm Ahmad B. Mahmud al-Khuwayyi, to
write a hundred Makalahs in imitation of the
Atwak al-Dahab of Zamakhshari.

Extracts in German translation have been
given by Hammer, Fundgruben, vol. vi.,
pp. 240—57, 365—90.

For MSS. see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 6576 ; Vienna, no. 348, 4 ; Biblioth. Burck-
hardt., p. 47, no. 22 ; Houtsma, no. 137 ;
Paris, nos. 3964, 2, 3948, s, 3973 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., pp. 203, 301,
vol. vii., pp. 182, 251, 625.

IV. Foil. 77 — 104. Moral precepts and
rules of conduct, by 'Abdallah B. al-Mukaffa',
who died A.H. 139, with this title : t

Beg. y>

The author, after dwelling on the su-
periority, bodily and spiritual, of past genera-
tions, says that the wisest men of the present
time must be content with gleaning from the
stores of wisdom which the former left
behind. " From these are derived some of
the rules and precepts, necessary to men,
which I am writing in this book," ^

4M

634

PHILOLOGY.

The first part of the work contains rules
of conduct concerning men's relations to
sovereigns, or to men in power. The second,
which begins, fol. 90, with the rubric j*\
jj>aM «_>b ^UaL-tt ioji-, treats of men's
intercourse with friends and other fellow
creatures. In conclusion, the author sketches
the character of a nameless friend of his,
whom he sets up as a perfect and unattain-
able standard of moral perfection :

J\

He ends with these words :

The work is mentioned by Ibn Khallikan,
De Slane's translation, vol. i., p. 432, with-
out any statement as to its subject. Haj.
Khal., vol. iii., p. 212, enters it under the
title of w-451 s,fejUj L*iiA\ tj^\, but his
account shows that he had not seen it. The
only similar title occurring under Ibn al-
Mukaffa's works in the Fihrist, p. 118, is
JfVjP! i^ *«i*A which, if correctly described,
must apply to another work containing
epistolary compositions.

V. Foil. 105—142. &J$\j jJJ^l A col-
lection of moral and political maxims, ascribed
in the following title to Abu Mansur 'Abd
al-Malik B. Muh. B. Isma'Il al-Tha'alibi:

Beg.

U

xy J A)J
It contains an introduction, in which are

quoted maxims of Plato, Aristotle, Iskander,
Buzurjmihr, and of other ancient sages, and
the following eight Babs :

Fol. 108. Ja«3\j jJmJI 2a-iJ ^ *3U^ J L
Fol. 109. J*jM Jc «j yUl-i Uy II.

Fol. 113. v^ J* *? u^^- W»

Fol. 117.

Fol. 121.

Fol. 1225.

Fol. 126.

Fol. 136.

ji IV.

J*

J* «

» V.

VI.

w VII.

w ^Ux^. UJ VIII.

The iW.^S)^ JjJ^N t-jlJi is mentioned by
al-Dahabi, Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 49, fol. 1566,
as one of the principal works of al-Tha'alibi,
and other MSS. mentioned by Krafft, no.
479, and in the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 167, ascribe it to the same author. In
other copies, however, viz., Leyden, no. 340,
and Paris, nos. 3956, 2419, it is attributed,
as Dozy thinks rightly, to Abu '1-Hasan Muh.
B. al-Husain al-Ahwazi, a writer anterior to
al-Tha'alibi, and quoted by him.

In another MS., Vienna, no. 1838, the
work is ascribed to Amir Kabus B. Wash-
magir.

1004.

Or. 1414.— Foil. 103 ; 12£ in. by 8| ; with
an average of 30 lines in a page, A.D. 1817.
[SiR WILLIAM OUSELET.]

APPENDIX TO PHILOLOGY.

G:jr>

" Proverbs and popular sayings current
at Cairo. Translated from the Arabic, and
explained by J. Lewis Burckhardt."

This is the original draft of the author.
It has been edited, with some verbal altera-
tions and omissions, by Sir William Ouseley,
London, 1830.

The work is founded, as stated in the
preface, upon a collection made by Sharaf
al-Dm B. Asad (j-*>\ ^1) at the beginning
of the 18th century. The MS. is written in
two columns, one of which contains the
proverbs, text and translation, and the other
the author's comments upon them. The
proverbs are numbered from 1 to 999 ; but
they are in reality only 939 in number, the
author having passed by mistake from 516
to 577. The corresponding numbers of the
printed text have been added by the editor.

The author's conclusion, corresponding
with the last paragraph of the preface in the
printed edition, is dated Cairo, 25th of
March, 1817.

The latter part of the MS., foil. 80—103,
a separate quire of small quarto size, con-
tains an addition not included in the printed
edition, viz. :

" Translation of a ludicrous epic poem
written in the vulgar dialect of Cairo.
To be added to the volume containing
the proverbs current at Cairo."

It consists of a preface and of the original
text, with literal translation opposite and
explanatory notes at the end. Burckhardt
says in the preface : " The author is the
Sheikh Ahmed Mahshar, who died a few
years ago, and was reputed the best story-
teller of the town. The poem belongs to the
class of vulgar poetry called in Egypt Zedjel,
J»-j, wherein no laws, either of grammar
or of metre, are observed."

Title:

Beg.

»
l»U>

This appendix is dated Cairo, 20th Febr.,
1817.

Appendix to Philology.

1005.

Or. 1366.— Foil. 159 ; 6f in. by 4|; 21 lines,
2f in. long; written in small and neat
Turkish Neskhi, in the 16th century.

[Sm CHARLES A. MUEEAY.]

An Arabic commentary upon Sa'di's
Gulistan, by Ya'kub B. Sayyid 'Ali, who
died A.H. 931 (described in the Persian
Catalogue, p. 606a). On the first page is a
note of purchase dated A.H. 991.

For other copies see ib., Pertsch, Verzeich-
niss der Pers. Handschr., p. 1065 ; the old
Paris Catalogue, no. 293 ; and Ethe", Bod-
leian Catalogue, nos. 719-20.

ORNATE PROSE AND LETTERS.

1006.

Or. 2790.— Foil. 185 ; 8} in. by 6 ; 15 lines,
3f in. long ; written in large, elegant, and
carefully vocalized Neskhi ; dated Dulka'dah,
A.H. 557 (A.D. 1162). [GHANDOUE BEY.]

The Makamat of al-Kasim B. 'Ali al-

636

ORNATE PROSE AND LETTERS.

Hariri (d. A.H. 516), with the following
title, written partly in gold: ^ Jj^

This valuable copy is due to the pen of a
grandson of the author, Muhammad B. Mu-
hammad al-Hariri, whose name appears in

the colophon, fol. 185a : sj

4.3 1 «,«»"« ^j

His father was Abu 'l-'Abbas Muhammad,
the eldest of al-Harlri's sons, with whom the
author of the Kharidah read the Makamat,
A.H. 556. See De Sacy's Introduction,
p. 51, and De Slane, Tbn Khallikan, vol. ii.,
p. 496. In a note at the end, fol. 185a, it
is stated, on the authority of the work en-

titled «_^i v*j\*>-\ (j v*^ */£**» ^at Muh.
B. Muh. al-Hariri, was the first commentator
of the Makamat.

The MS. passed into the hands of Sadakah
B. Abi Muh. 'Abdallah B. Abi Bakr B.
Abi'l-Futuh B. al-Aghlab al-Lakhmi, who
read it twice before two Shaikhs, who had
received the text from the author's disciples.
This appears from two Sama's, the first of
which, fol. la, was written A.H. 579, while
the second, fol. 1856, is dated Alexandria,
A.H. 589.

The first of these Shaikhs is Abu Talib
Ahmad B. Muslim B. Raja al-Lakhmi, who
had the text from Abu'l-Hajjaj Yusuf B.
'Abd al-'AzIz al-Lakhmi al-Mayurki (?), Jyil.
The second is Radi al-Dm Abu'l-Thana
Hammad B. Hibat-allah B. Hammad al-
Harrani, who had it from Abu Bakr 'Abd-
allah B. Muh. B. Ahmad al-Bazzar.

The Makamat are divided into two parts
(.*j_»-), the first of which ends, fol. 89, with

the 28th Makamah. There are short glosses
by the same hand as the text in the margins,
except on foil. 11 — 18, which have been
supplied by a later hand.

At the end of the Makamat, foil. 183 — 5,
are found the two short pieces called al-
Risalat al-Slniyyah and al-Risalat al-Shin-
iyyah, also by al-Hariri, with the headings :

, and

On the last page are two Sama's relating
to the above Risalahs, dated respectively
A.H. 558 and 617. From the first it ap-
pears that the above-mentioned Sadakah
read them before 'Abdallah B. 'Abd al-
Rahman al-'TJthmani, who had them from
Abu'l-Hajjaj Yusuf B. 'AH al-Ktida'i, who
had received the text from the author.
(Compare the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 408, and the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i.,
p. 344.) According to the second Sama',
both tracts were read by a number of
scholars before the same Sadakah.

The first of the above Risalahs was com-
posed A.H. 497. See Seances de Hariri,
2nd ed., p. 211. For other copies see the
Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 425.

The earliest copy of the Makamat hitherto
known is preserved in the Khedivial Library.
It has a Sama' dated A.H. 504. See the
Khedive's Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 329, and
Zeitschrift der D. Morg. Ges., Band xxx.,
p. 314. The earliest MSS. in European
libraries are the Escurial copy dated A.H.
582 (see Casiri, vol. i., no. 491, and Deren-
bourg, no. 493), and the Strassburg MS.,
no. 5, dated A.H. 584.

ORNATE PROSE AND LETTERS.

637

1007.

Or. 1200.— Foil. 177 ; 9f in. by 6£; 18 lines,
4J in. long ; written in elegant Neskhi, with
all the vowels, punctuated with gilt circles,
and ornamented with eighty-one quaint
miniatures ; dated A.H. 654 (A.D. 1256).

[ALEX. JABA.]
The same work.

The margins contain copious glosses,
termed OU£\\ *~*>..j-, by 'Umar B. 'Ali B.
al-Mubarak al-Mausili, who also collated
the text and completed his task, as he states
at the end, A.H. six hundred and . . . (the
remainder of the date is lost). The glosses
are by the same hand as the text, but in a
smaller character. They are partly faded,
and in some places mutilated by incautious
trimming. Foil. 1, 24, 49—54, and 58 — 65,
have been supplied by later hands.

1008.

Or. 2791.— Foil. 224 ; lOf in. by 7^ ; 13 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in large and fair, vocal-
ized Neskhi, with gilt headings and red-
ruled margins ; dated Tuesday, the 19th of
Ramadan, A.H. 654 (A.D. 1256).

[GHANDOUB BET.]

The same work, with glosses written in a
minute character between the lines and in
the margins. The first two pages are en-
closed in an ornamental gold border.

1009.

Or. 2992.— Foil. 191 ; 7| in. by 5| ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair vocalized Neskhi,
with a gilt title-page ; dated Sunday, 2
Rabi' II., A.H. 688 (A.D. 1289).

[SIDNEY CHUBOHILL.]
The same work.

At the beginning are a few marginal notes
by Ibn al-Khashshab ('Abdallah B. Ahmad),

the author of (jj>j& J6 ^> wn° died A.H.
567. See Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 143 ; Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., p. 64; and De Sacy, Stances
de Hariri, 2nd ed., Introduction, p. 52.

Copyist :

1010.

*

Or. 1258.— Foil. 207 ; 6| in. by 4 ; 15 lines,
2 in. long ; written in small, partly vocal-
ized Neskhi, with 'Unwan and red-ruled
margins ; dated Saturday, 16 Sha'ban, A.H.
1108 (A.D. 1697).

[Presented by L. B. BOWEING.]

The same work.

On the fly-leaf is an anecdote relating to
the first meeting of al-Hariri with Abu Zaid
al-Saruji, and to the composition of the first
Makamah. It is told by al-Fanjdihi, on
the authority of Abu Bakr B. 'Abdallah al-
Bazzaz, who had it from al-Hariri himself.
A similar narrative is ascribed by Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. ii., p.
490, to al-Harlri's son, Abu'l-Kasim 'Abd-
allah. The above-mentioned Fanjdihi, also
called al-Bandihi (Muhammad B. 'Abd al-
Rahman), author of the fullest commentary
upon the Makamat, died at Damascus, A.H.
584. See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version,
vol. iii., p. 99.

Copyist : ^b _f^\ &

1011.

Or. 4024.— Foil. 112 ; 12J in. by 8 ; about
29 lines, 4£ in. long; written by several
hands in Neskhi, partly provided with
vowels, apparently in the 17th century.

[GLASEE, no. 326.]

638

ORNATE PROSE AND LETTERS.

Another copy of the Makamat, with the
title aij-ajM oUSy.

The first ten folios contain, among miscel-
laneous notes, the following pieces :

Fol. 25. A chapter of al-Shifa, «_i^«v UiM
(ila-aii j^H» (no. 159).

Fol. 56. Answers to legal questions, by
Sayyid Diya al-Islam al-Kasim B. Amir al-
Muminln al-Muayyad-billah [Muh.] B. al-
Mutawakkil; dated Ramadan, A.H. 1095.
Al-Kasim died in the lifetime of his father,
al-Muayyad, i.e., before A.H. 1097 (Bughyat
al-Murld, fol. 1436).

Fol. 70. Similar answers, by Amir al-
Muminin al-Mutawakkil-cala'llah Isma'il (d.
A.H. 1087).

Fol. 8a. Letter of Amir al-Muminin al-
Mutawakkil on the war-tax i>\^ii Ha'), with
an answer by Sayyid HadiB. Ahmad al-Jalal.

Fol. 10a, Letter of 'Izz al-Din Muh. B.
al-Hasan al-Jalal to Sarim al-Din Ibrahim
B. Yahya al-Sahuli, upon the latter's dog-
matical Urjuzah entitled <iU*»\ Jj u^J

1012.

Or. 2792.— Foil. 275 ; 7 in. by 4f ; 17 lines,
3^ in. long; written in cursive Neskhi, in
the Madrasat al-Nizamiyyah, Madinat al-
Salam (Baghdad) ; dated Wednesday, 14
Rajab, A.H. 670 (A.D. 1272).

[G-HANDOUE Bur.]

Commentary upon the Makamat of al-
H arlri, by Nasir al-Mutarrizi.

Beg. ^\ ^.jjj^ <&\ > j^^ A

Abu '1-Fath Nasir B. 'Abd al-Sayyid al-
Mutarrizi was born in Khuwarazm, A.H. 538,
and died A.H. 610. See Ibn Khallikan, De

Slane's version, vol. iii., p. 523 ; Ta'rikh al-
Islam, Or. 52, fol. 269 ; Bughyat al-Wu'at,
fol. 206 ; and Seances de Hariri, 2nd ed.,:
Introduction, p. 57.

The author states at the end that he
completed the commentary A.H. 563. At
the close of a long introduction, treating
of poetical figures (foil. 1 — 35), he says
that he had availed himself of the teaching
of his master, 'Abd al-Karim B. 'Abd al-
Wahid al-Anmati, who had read the Ma-
kamat under the three following scholars,
who had them from the author : Zakariyya
B. 'Ali al-Baghdadi (called Ibn al-Sajjadah),
Abu '1-Fath al-Bakarhi, and Talhah B. Ahmad
al-Nu'mani.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 318& ; Aumer, no. 561 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 210 ; and the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 3937-8.

1013.

Or. 3087.— Foil. 240 ; 9$ in. by 6£ ; 16 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
vowels, apparently in the 13th century.

[KEEMEE, no. 96.]

Another copy of the commentary of al-
Mutarrizi.

It is imperfect at the beginning, com-
mencing abruptly with the last five lines of
the introduction, followed by a table of the
Makamahs. In the conclusion, where the
author states, according to other copies,
that the commentary Was completed A.H.
563, another date is here substituted, viz.,
A.H. 654, probably the date of transcription
of the present copy.

1014.

Or. 3873.— Foil. 78 ; lOf in. by 7f ; about
32 lines, 6 in. long ; written in the cursive

ORNATE PROSE AND LETTERS.

639

character of Yemen, almost devoid of dia-
critical points, apparently in the 15th century.

[GLASER, no. 161.]

Another copy of the commentary of al-
Mutarrizi, imperfect at the beginning.

It commences abruptly with these words,
Ju*P ^A* <j\ J*V>» which belong to the
explanation of these words of the preface,
iujj jp>J> "$} (Seances, 2nd ed., p. 4, line 1).
The corresponding passage of the commen-
tary occurs in Or. 2792, fol. 386, line 12.

In the conclusion, A.H. 553 is given as
the date of composition, instead of A.H. 563,
as in other copies.

The first folio contains two elegies by an
unknown author on the death of Amir al-
Muminin al-Hadi Muhammad B. Yusuf B.
Salah B. al-Murtada B. Rasul Allah.

1015.

Or. 3176.— Foil. 54; 10 in. by 8; 21 lines,
5 in. long ; written by Alfred Kremer in
Alexandria at the beginning of A.H. 1270
(A.D. 1873). [KREMER, no. 186.]

An abridgment of the commentary of
Jamal al-Dm Muh. B. Muh. Ibn Nubatah
(d. A.H. 768) upon the Risalah of Ibn

Zaidun (d. A.H. 463): j ^

For copies and editions of the commentary,
see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 753a ; Pertsch,
no. 2830 ; Escurial, no. 358 ; Ahlwardt, Ver-
zeichniss, nos. 1110 — 14; the Leyden Cata-
logue, 2nd ed., nos. 400 — 3; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 262.

Copyist: yU>->£»b

1016.

Or. 1203.— Foil. 112 ; 8| in. by 6 ; 15 or 16
lines, about 4 in. long ; written in neat
Neskhi, with a few vowels, apparently in
the 14th century. [ALEX. JABA.]

Poetical correspondence of the author with
contemporary scholars.

Beg.

(j«v»

>JO i«.j

The author, who is called, in some letters
addressed to him, Salah al-Din, is evidently
Salah al-Dm KhalUB. Aibak al-Safadi. He
was born A.H. 696 or 697, and died A.H.
764 (see Durar al-Kaminah, fol. 120 ; Tabakat
Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, fol. 116 ; and Orientalia,
vol. ii., p. 413). The present MS. contains
a portion of the collection of his poetical
correspondence entitled ^.jo ^>-I^J\ ^Lll
to-^j ^jUU, mentioned in the first of the
authorities above quoted as one of his
numerous compositions. (See also Haj.
Khal., vol. i., p. 401, where, however, a
wrong date, A.H. 749, is given for the
author's death.) The identity of the author
is moreover established by a reference, fol.
97rt, to his biographical work, al-Wafi bil-
Wafayat, oUi^lb j,\J\ j^\ ^Ji, and in

another place, fol. 866, to o«»^ (^Tt both
works of al-Safadi.

The Alhan al-Sawaji', a complete copy of
which is preserved in Berlin (Ahlwardt, no.
1182), consists of four parts, and is arranged
alphabetically according to the proper names
of the author's correspondents.

The present MS. contains apparently the
second part. It extends from the name

640

ORNATE PROSE AND LETTERS.

Husain to that of 'Ali ; but the proper names,
which are mostly written in red ink, have in
some instances been omitted. This is the
case with the first heading relating to Badr
al-DIn al-Bilbisi, whose name may have been
Hasan or Husain, and also with the last,
which relates to t^f- . . .

(who died A.H. 737; Orientalia, vol. ii.,
p. 365). The dates in the headings range
from A.H. 718 to A.H. 753.

For other copies see the Bodleian Catalogue,
vol. i., p. 104, no. 380, vol. ii., p. 5796 ; Casjri,
no. 324 ; Derenbourg, Escurial, no. 326 ; the
Paris Catalogue, no. 2067 ; and Houtsma,
no. 55.

The present MS. appears to have been
collated with the author's autograph MS.

On fol. 821 is written : -tt\ l»*j

1017.

Or. 1353.— Foil. 124 ; 8^ in. by 6; 17 lines,
3| in. long ; written in fair, partly vocalized
Neskhi, with red-ruled margins, apparently
in the 15th century ; bound in curiously
stamped leather covers.

[SiB CHARLES A. MUKBAT.]

A volume of miscellaneous extracts in
prose and verse, by Salah al-DIn Khalll B,
Aibak al-Safadi, who died A.H. 764.

* A

Beg. wl*i

31\ y-

J\*5

remans :

In the colophon the title of the work has
been erased, but the name of the author
J?-j J* A\ (J\Ji&ti\ sj&\ V
\ (J^SL^\ CJ^fiU It is
apparently a portion of the voluminous
miscellany called Tadkirat al-Safadi.

Contents : Comments of Shams al-DIn
Ahmad B. al-Khalil al-Khuwayyi (who died
A.H. 637 ; Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 364) upon a
verse of the Goran, Surah 93, v. 4, followed
by grammatical subtleties and anecdotes of
grammarians, fol. 15.

A Majlis, by al-Safadi, upon the birth and
life of Muhammad, entitled
, fol. 56.

A glossary of phrases in which two words
are coupled for the sake of assonance, alpha-
betically arranged, and entitled cUS^M v— ;IS>
*?"jiAl>» ^7 Abu'l-Husain Ahmad B. Faris
B. Zakariyya (al-Razi, who died A.H. 395 ;
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 81 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 48, fol. 239), fol. 276.

Select verses of 'Ali B. al-Hasan B. Abi '1-
Tayyib al-Bakharzi (who died A.H. 467 ; Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. ii., p. 323 ;
Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. Ill), collected
and arranged, according to subjects, in twenty
Babs, under the title ^y-UU t.r^»-^!, by Abu '1-
Wafa Muhammad B. al-Kasim al-Akhsikati,
fol. 396.

Short notices of Shafi'i doctors, fol. 82a.
Verses and letters of Muhyi al-DIn 'Abdallah
B. 'Abd al-Zahir [B. Nashwan al-Misri, who
died A.H. 692 ; al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, Add.
23,358, foil. 67—79; Orientalia, vol. ii.,
p. 285], fol. 93a. Legal documents of the
kinds called Sadak and Tauki', drawn up by
the author, foil. lOOa. Tashifat (changes
rung on words by altering the diacritical
points) and riddles in verse, by the author
and others, fol. 107«.

The contents of the Tadkirah have been
fully described by Fliigel, Zeitschrift der D.
Morg. Ges., Band xiv., pp. 538 — 44.

For other portions of the work, see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 3456 ; Pertsch, no.
2140-1 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,

ORNATE PROSE AND LETTERS.

641

p. 216. A volume described by Ddrenbourg,
Escurial, no. 483, most probably contains
also a portion of the Tadkirah.

1018.

Or. 4003.— Foil. 40 ; 9 in. by 6J ; 29 or 30
lines, about 5 in. long; written, apparently
by a scholar, in a very cursive character,
probably in the 15th century.

[GLASER, no. 298.]

A collection of elegant pieces in prose and
verse, by Salah al-Dln al-Safadi.

The MS. is imperfect at beginning and
end, and it has no title ; but it appears to be
a part of the same Tadkirat al-Safadi.

The first heading, fol. 16, relates to a
letter written (by whom does not appear) in
answer to Amir Rukn al-Dln 'Umar Ustad
al-Dar al-'Aliyah, announcing the accession
of al-Malik al-Ashraf 'Ala al-Dln Kujuk
(A.H. 742)

Jjjf ftXO lijy l

On the next page begins a collection of
al-Safadi's youthful elegies, with the heading,

The author says that he composed them
in Safad, adding that they are some of his
first poetical essays, and of thin texture:

But the bulk of the MS. is mainly taken
up with poetical epistles by al-Safadi, and
by contemporary scholars.

The last two are a letter in verse by Shams

al-Dln [Muh. B. 'Uraar] Ibn Kadi Shuhbah
(who died A.H. 782 ; al-Durar al-Kaminah,
fol. 103) to the author, and the latter's
answer, which is imperfect at the end.

Dates, which occur in some of the head-
ings, range from A.H. 727 to A.H. 761.

1019.

Or. 2273.— Foil. 146; 10J. in. by 8 ; 23 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in a large and distinct
Maghribi character, apparently in the 16th
century.

The second volume of the Raihanat al-
Kuttab, or collected letters of Ibn al-Khatib
al-Salmani, Wazir of the kings of Granada,
who died A.H. 776 (see no. 475).

The title and the author's name are found
in the following colophon, written by the
same hand as the text : Ul

J^

The work is not mentioned by name in the
author's biography. Al-Makkari, who desig-
nates it by the above title (Bulak edition,
vol. iv., p. 654), calls it one of the most
celebrated of Ibn al-Khatib's writings, and
says that it consisted of several volumes.
It had four, according to the Barnamaj al-
Kutub (Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 659), where
an abridgment by the author is also men-
tioned. A MS. described in the Upasala
Catalogue, p. 39, has partly the same con-
tents as the present copy, but in a somewhat
different order. See also Casiri, vol. ii.,
p. 345, no. 1820, vol. i., no. 304, 2 ; Historia
Abbadidarum, vol. ii., p. 168 ; Gayangos,
Mohammedan Dynasties, vol. i., p. 307 ; and
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. i., p. 157, 2nd
edition, no. 352.

4 N

642

ORNATE PROSE AND LETTERS.

The letters are written by Ibn al-Khatib,
partly in the name of the king of Granada,
Abu '1-Hajjaj Yusuf (A.H. 733—755), and
of his successor Muhammad (A.H. 755 — 760),
partly in his own name, to contemporary
princes in Africa and Spain, also to Emirs
and office-holders. Most of them are stated
in the text to have been written from the
Alhambra, e^>^- A^a. ^ but they bear no
dates. They are classed according to their
subjects under some headings, of which the
following are found in the present volume :
Letters claiming succour against enemies,
and the fulfilment of promises, j^k^s1^ c_*jtf
0)j*!J jV^lj e^j-N J*, fol. la. Letters
of recommendation, £c-UL;L3\ u_^j^ fol. 120.
Letters expressive of affection, ^HJ S-^-^
cybj^, fol. 20«. Letters on various affairs
of state, oUiUaLJ\ ^\f^\ jyfrr, fol. 64a.
Addresses to subjects and to the provinces,
o\a^j \jty\ oUkl*« ,_^y, fol. 995. Di-
plomas of generals and governors, \j*$\ j>\$>
j^)J\., fol. 1126. Congratulatory addresses
written in the author's own person, or in the
name of the Sultan, (_jrii ^ «

J\

3\

foL 125a.

The first letter in the MS. begins as
foUows :

aU^\, jti&. Several
of the letters included in this volume will be
found inserted by Makkari in the Nafh al-
Tib, voll. iii. and iv. of the Bulak edition.
At the end is added by a later hand a letter
of the Sherif of Morocco, al-Mansur billah
Amir al-Muminin, to the Murabit Sidi Ahmad
B. Ibrahim al-Tamnarti, dated Safar,
A.H. 1005.

1020.

Or. 3625.— Foil. 162; 7 Jin. by 5J; 15 lines,
3J in. long; written in a cursive and not
very legible character, often wanting in
diacritical points ; dated Monday, 17 Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 868 (A.D. 1464).

[G. C. RENOUARD.]

A treatise on letter-writing, containing
models of royal or official letters, and
formularies.

Beg.

U,

LT

The author's name does not appear in the
preface, but we learn from the heading of
one of the documents included, fol. 966, that
he was a son of Shihab al-Din Abu 'l-'Abbas
Ahmad al-Karkashandi al-Shafi'i. That
document, drawn up by the latter, is a form
of appointment to the office of Khatlb in the
Jami' Bani Umayyah, Damascus. The head-

ing is as follows :

Shihab al-Din Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad B.
'Ali B. Ahmad al-Karkashandi, or al-Kal-
kashandi, who died A.H. 821, wrote a
similar, but more extensive, work entitled
l±J^\ i&Uuj j, ^s-"^ p*o, an abridgment of
which is described by Pertsch, no. 1619, and
has been partly translated by Wiistenfeld,
Abhaiidlungen der k. Gesellschaft der Wissen-

ORNATE PROSE AND LETTERS.

643

schaften, Gb'ttingen, Band xxv., pp. 3 — 225.
See also Uri, nos. 365-6, 390, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 278.

The name of the author himself, Najm al-
Dm Abu '1-Fadl Muhammad al-Karkashandi
al-Shafi'i, appears in the following heading,
fol. I08a:

The date of compilation must fall between
A.H. 821, the obituary date of the author's
father, who is spoken of as dead, and A.H.
868, the date of the present copy. The work
is divided into eight Makalahs and a Khati-
mah, but the seventh Makalah is wanting.
The headings are as follows :

Fol. 36.
Fol. 7a.

Fol. 76.

J
J

.^'

Fol. 136. O

Fol. 48a.

jkw

Fol. 1226. uo

Fol. 131a.

Fol. 1376.

j U,

The work includes some documents of
historical interest, namely, a letter of al-
Malik al-Nasir B. Kala'un to Abu Sa'id
Bahadur Khan, drawn up by Ibn Fadl Allah
(Ahmad B. Yahya; d. A.H. 749), fol. 36a ;
a treaty between the Khalif al-Mutawakkil
'ala'llah and al-Malik al-Zahir Barkuk, dated
Safar, A.H. 792, fol. 48a ; lastly, a bulletin
of Amir Tughan to al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad
Shaikh, announcing his victory over the
Turcomans, drawn up by Taki al-Din Ibn
Hijjah (d. A.H. 837), and dated Halab,
29 Rajab, A.H. 820, fol. 114a.

Copyist : £-2. ^

The MS. is mentioned in the catalogue of
Dr. John Lee, no. 131.

1021.

Or. 3781.— Foil. 79 ; 4| in. by 3£; 9 lines,
2 in. long; written in bold Neskhi, pro-

bably in the 14th century.

[GLASEE, no. 66.]

An Insha, or letter-writer, imperfect at
beginning and end.

It contains the following headings: ujb
*\F& J J^! j> fol. 76; vi<H \£>\ J J-J,
fol. 106 ; ^LJl isu> J J-i, fol. 19o ; j ^
^Uiil, fol. 686. The models of letters are
addressed to kings and Shaikhs, or high
functionaries. They mostly begin: J-x»j

4N2

644

POETRY.

A leaf prefixed by a later hand contains
a spurious preface, beginning : «J,

1022.

Or. 1179.— Foil. 46 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in plain Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Yafa, Rabi* I.,
A.H. 1250 (A.D. 1834). [ALEX. JABA.]

A letter-writer, by Mar'i B. Yusuf B. Abi
Bakr B. Ahmad al-Makdisi al-Hanbali.

Beg. 41

The author died in Cairo A.H. 1033. See,
for his life, Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iv.,
p. 358. The work has been printed in
Bulak, A.H. 1242, and, with the Insha of
Hasan al-' Attar, in Constantinople, A.H.
1299. For other copies and editions, see the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 2395, 775a, 478a;
Pertsch, no. 2828 ; the Leyden Catalogue,
2nd ed., no. 357-8 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 211.

1023.

Or. 1180.— Foil. 88 ; 8J- in. by 6 ; 18 lines,
4 in. long ; written in plain Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 18th century.

[ALEX. JABA.]

I. Foil. 2—32. Another copy of the Bad!'
al-Insha, considerably curtailed.

II. Foil. 33—88. A letter-writer, without
preface or author's name, with the heading :

iJb.ur

The work, which appears to have been
compiled by a Christian, contains models of
letters to Turkish officials, to 'Ulama, and to
private friends. It includes, towards the
end, foil. 71—88, forms of letters to the
Patriarch of Antioch, and other dignitaries
of the Church, and to Christian friends. It
is imperfect at the end.

1024.

Or. 3090.— Foil. 16; 8 in. by 5£; 11 lines,
4 in. long ; written in large and fair Neskhi,
probably in the 17th century.

[KBEMEE, no. 99.]

A collection of forms of prayer, proverbial
expressions, maxims, and various phrases,
suitable for use in epistolary composition,
without title, preface, or author's name.

Beg.

The paragraphs begin mostly with the
heading^i-T ^y. There are also two Babs
with the titles auixilM ^ i^b (fol. 2a), and
iiib j*UN wjj jL^^ ^ & vV- The last
paragraph is a passage of a letter written
by Ibn al-Athir (Diya al-Dm Nasr-allah, d.
A.H. 637) to al-Malik al-'Aziz.

POETRY.

1025.

Or. 1072.— Foil. 38 ; 8£ in. by 6| ; 17 lines,
3 1 in. long; written in thick and rather
indistinct Neskhi, with vowels ; dated Thurs-
day, 29 Jumada II., A.H. 1163 (A.D. 1750).
[CAUSSIN DE PEECEVAL.]

The Diwan of Imru '1-Kais.

POETRY.

G45

Beg. y> li

The first poem is the Mu'allakah. The
initial lines of the next following eight pieces,
with the corresponding numbers in Ahl-
wardt's edition of the six Divans, are as
follows :

Fol. 4a.
Fol. 6a.
Fol. 8a.
Fol. 96.
Fol. lOa.
Fol. 106.
Fol. lla.
Fol. 116.

U

(52)
(4)
(20)
(29)
(17)

(35)
(59)
(65)

There are altogether, including short
pieces, seventy-two poems. To some of
them are prefixed notices of the occasions
on which they were composed, mostly ac-
cording to the tradition of 'Amr Ibn al-
'Ala as handed down by Abu 'Ubaidah (see
Ahlwardt, Divans, p. vi.).

The compilation is comparatively late ;
for the collector names, in conclusion, as
one of his sources, a commentary referred
to by Sa'd al-Dm al-Taftazani (d. A.H. 791)
in his Mutawwal :

y«

There are copious marginal glosses in the
same handwriting as the text.

Copyist :

For other commentaries see the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 34, 2nd ed., no. 564 ;
Pertsch, no. 2223 ; the Paris Catalogue,
no. 3274 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 268 ; &c. An edition printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1282 and 1308 contains the commentary
of 'Asim al-Batalyusi. The present MS. has
been used by McG. de Slane for his edition
of the Diwan. See the preface, p. xiv.

1026.

Or. 3155.— Foil. 144 ; 9| in. by 6|; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, A.H. 1295
(A.D. 1878). [KEEMEE, no. 161.]

A commentary upon the Diwans of Tarafah,
'Antarah, and Zuhair, with the following
misleading title, ascribing the work to al-

Asma'i :

w?

yJ

ii> J6

J\

The commentary begins :

It is in reality a portion of the six Diwans
of ancient poets (&U\ ^Uil) collected by
Abu'l-Hajjaj Yusuf B. Sulaiman B. 'Isa
al-Shantamari, called al-A'lam, who died
A.H. 476 (v. Ibn Bashkuwal, Biblioth.
Arabico-Hisp., vol. ii., no. 1391 ; Ta'rlkh
al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 154; and Bughyat
al-Wu'at, fol. 217), with a commentary by
the compiler. The present copy has been
transcribed, as stated by Kremer, from an
old MS. in the library of Shaikh 'Ali al-
Laithi, Cairo, which appears to have lost
some leaves.

In the following list of contents the poems

646

POETRY.

are designated by the numbers they bear in
Ahlwardt's edition, " The Divans of the Six
Ancient Poets."

Diwan of Tarafah : 4 (the Mu'allakah),
fol. li; 5, fol.'l7a; 19,fol. 266; 12, fol.SOa;
10, fol. 32a; 11, fol. 336; 17, fol. 356; 16,
fol. 37«; 7, fol. 38a; 18, fol. 40a; 1, ib.;
14, fol. 41a; 6, fol. 44a; 2, fol. 45a; 13, ib;
8, fol. 476 ; 9, fol. 49a ; 3, fol. 506. Of the
last poem there are only the first two Baits,
in the comments upon which the text breaks
off. The next page, fol. 5 la, begins abruptly

with these words, (j£+& j^ «Jy'j j^ vV
,j p$~.}\ &*£>, which belong to the

commentary upon the eighth Bait of a poem
(Ahlwardt, no. 15) of 'Antarah.

The Diwan of 'Antarah comprises, besides
the last two lines of 15, the following poems :
11, fol. 51a; 23, fol. 53a; 19, fol. 55a; 20,
fol. 576; 13, fol. 61a ; 27, fol. 62a ; 16,
fol. 626 ; 5, fol. 636 ; 22, fol. 646 ; 4, fol.
656; 9, fol. 666; 14, fol. 676; 17, fol. 68a;
8, fol. 686 ; 1, fol. 69a ; 6, fol. 696 ; 3, fol.
70« ; 25, fol. 706 ; 7, fol. 716 ; 2, fol. 736 ;
1 2, fol. 76a. At the end is written : tf^ J

yjjj [sic] u&

The Diwan of Zuhair is also imperfect at
the beginning. It commences, fol. 79a, with
the 19th Bait of no. 16 (the Mu'allakah).
It contains, besides, the following poems :
14, fol. 84a ; 15, fol. 906 ; 9, fol. 976 ; 10,
fol. 103a; 8, fol. 108a ; 7, fol. 109a; 13,
fol. 1096; 17, fol. 1106; 4, fol. 116a; 1,
fol. 1196; 18, fol. 129a; 19, fol. 1306;
6, fol. 133a; 2, fol. l34a; 12, fol. 134* ;
20, fol. 135a; 5, fol. 1366; 3, fol. 137a;
11, fol. 1416. This last poem concludes
the Diwan of Zuhair. The commentary
upon it ends thus : t\^ V j&j

The colophon states that the MS. was

written for the library of Shaikh 'AH al-
Laithi, who, as appears from some dedicatory
verses on the first page, presented it to
Krerner.

For other MSS. of the same commentary
see De Slane, Divan d'Amrolkais, p. xiv. ;
Ahlwardt, Divans of Six Poets, p. xviii. ;
the Bodleian Catalogue, vol. i., no. 1223,
vol. ii., p. 6136 ; Casiri, no. 299 ; Deren-
bourg, Escurial, no. 301 ; and the Paris
Catalogue, no. 3274.

1027.

Or. 3154.— Foil. 65 ; lOf in. by 1\ ; 15 lines,
5f in. long ; written in a fine, large, vocalized
Maghribi character, apparently in the 17th
century. [KREMER, no. 160.]

The same collection, JoJl J^>\ without
commentary, imperfect at the end.

JB ......

The arrangement is the same as in the
MSS. of Paris, no. 3273 ; Gotha, no. 2191 ;
Vienna, no. 446 ; and Escurial, no. 301 ;
but the latter part of the Diwan of Tarafah,
and the whole of that of 'Antarah, are
wanting.

Contents : I. The Diwan of Imru '1-Kais,
beginning with the Mu'allakah, fol. 16. The
other poems are in the same order as in
De Slane's edition.

II. The Diwan of al-Nabighah, fol. 24a,
with a short introduction beginning : ^ ^

POETRY.

647

8Jj.fr

\^>

The poems correspond exactly with the
text edited by Ddrenbourg, Journal Asiatique,
1868, ii., pp. 268—297, except that the piece
numbered 21 by Derenbourg appears in the
MS., fol. 346, after no. 16 of the printed
edition, and with an additional Bait at the
beginning.

III. The Diwan of 'Alkamah, fol. 43a. It
contains only eight poems, arranged in the
same order as in the text published by
Socin, Leipzig, 1867. It wants, however,
the pieces numbered iv., vii., ix., x., and xi.
in that edition.

IV. The Diwan of Zuhair, fol. 486. It
is very imperfect, containing only the fol-
lowing poems as numbered in Ahlwardt's
edition : 16 (the Mu'allakah), fol. 49a ; 14,
fol. 51a; 15, fol. 52« (only the first 13
Baits) ; 1, fol. 526 (only the first 1 7 Baits).

V. The Diwan of Tarafah, foil. 546—656.
It contains the Mu'allakah and the following
poems, here designated by the numbers they
bear in Ahlwardt's edition : 5 (wanting the
first 7 Baits), fol. 576 ; 19, 12, 10, 11, 17,
16, 7, 15, 18, 1, 14, 6, 2, 13, 8. The last
piece is imperfect, the MS. breaking off after
the ninth Bait.

The Diwans of al-Nabighah and of 'Al-
kamah have been printed in Cairo, A.H. 1293,
in one volume with those of 'Urwah, Hatim,
and al-Farazdak. A MS. of the Diwan of
Zuhair is described by Socin, Zeitschrift
der D. Morg. Ges., Band xxxi., p. 710.

1028.

Or. 3810.— Foil. 138 ; 7£ in. by 6 ; from 15
to 17 lines, 5 in. long ; written in distinct

Neskhi, with all the vowels, apparently in
the 13th century. [GIASEB, no. 97.]

The Mu'allakat, with the commentary of
Abu Ja'far Ahmad B. Muh. B. Isma'il al-
Nahwi, called al-Nahhas, who died A.H.
338. See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane'a ver-
sion, vol. i., p. 81, and Bughyat al-Wu'at,
fol. 835.

The author's name is found in the colo-
phon : ^ *?.\jj

The commentary agrees with that of Or.
415, described in the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 747a.

The MS. is imperfect at the beginning.
The old writing begins at fol. 22. The first
line of the text is :

which is the 42nd Bait of the Mu'allakah of
Tarafah. See Ahlwardt, Divans of the Six
Poets, p. 56. The commentary upon it

begins : ul*

f-^ij (j t}^1.- The corresponding
passage is found in Or. 415, fol. 46a.

The remaining Mu'allakahs begin respec-
tively as follows: Zuhair, fol. 326; Labid,
fol. 466 ; 'Antarah, fol. 75a ; al-Harith,
fol. 98a; 'Amr B. Kulthum, fol. 120a.

The lost portion at the beginning has been
but imperfectly supplied by a later hand,
apparently in the 17th century. The text
begins, fol. 26, as follows : (j£^\ L_^ 4)1

648

POETRY.

This preamble is taken from the Jamharat
Ash'ar al-'Arab of Abu Zaid Muh. B. Abi '1-
Khattab (see the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 4806,
747a ; Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, no. 1000 ;
" Divans of the Six Poets," p. xix. ; and
Hommel, Actes du sixieme Congres, part 2,
p. 387). Then follows the Mu'allakah of
Imru '1-Kais, with the glosses of Ibn Abi '1-
Khattab from the Jamharat Ash'ar al-'Arab,
the first of which begins : w*L

Lastly is found a modern transcript of the
missing portion of the Mu'allakah of Tarafah
foil. 10 — 21, with the commentary of al-
Nahhas, agreeing with the text contained
in Or. 415, foil. 39—45.

For other copies of the same commentary,
see Ahlwardt, no. 997 ; Derenbourg, Escu-
rial, no. 407 ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 557 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 274.

The commentary of al-Nahhas on the
Mu'allakah of Tarafah was published by
Reiske, Leyden, 1742, and that upon the
Mu'allakah of Imru '1-Kais by Frenkel,
Halle, 1876.

1029.

Or. 3156.— Foil. 107 ; 8 in. by 5| ; 19 lines,
3f in. long ; written in plain Neskhi, A.H.
1265 (A.D. 1849). [KEEMEE, no. 162.]

The seven Mu'allakahs, with the com-
mentary of Abu 'Abdallah al-Sayyid al-
Husain B. Ahmad B. al-Husain al-Zauzani,
who died A.H. 486. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 257«.

Beg.

The text of the poems is written in red,
with all the vowels. They are in the follow-
ing order: Imru '1-Kais, fol. H; Tarafah,
fol. 276; Zuhair, fol. 47a; Labld, fol. 59a ;
'Amr B. Kulthum, fol. 78a ; 'Antarah,
fol. 89a; Al-Harith, fol. 1006.

The commentary has been printed in
Teheran, A.H. 1282. For other editions
and MSS. see Pertsch, no. 2191; Deren-
bourg, Escurial, no. 408 ; the Leyden Cata-
logue, 2nd ed., no. 560 ; the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 3276 — 8; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 274.

1030.

Or. 1201.— Foil. 239; 6£ in. by 4| ; from
15 to 19 lines, from 3 to 4 in. long ; written
by two hands in small, but distinct, Persian
Neskhi ; dated from Shawwal, A.H. 703, to
Dulhijjah, A.H. 704 (A.D. 1304).

[ALEX. JABA.]

I. Fol. 26. The well-known poem called
Kasidat al-Tantarani, (j^kila!! i'.ij-ai', by Mu'in
al-Din Abu Nasr Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Razzak
al-Tantarani, who died A.H. 485. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 2606, IV. ; the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 646 ; and Ahlwardt,
no. 265.

II. Fol. 46. The seven Mu'allakahs, in
the following order : Imru '1-Kais, fol. 56 ;
Zuhair, fol. 10«; Labld, fol. 13a ; Tarafah,
fol. 166 ; 'Amr, fol. 206 ; al-Harith, fol. 246 ;
'Antarah, fol. 286. Short historical notices
are prefixed to the poems.

III. Fol. 33a. The commentary of al-
Khatib al-Tibrlzi upon the ten poems, viz.,
the seven Mu'allakahs, and the Kasidahs of
al-A'sha, al-Nabighah, and 'Abid, with the

title:

Beg.

POETRY.

G49

The text of the poems is written in a
larger character, but sparingly supplied with
vowels. The order is as follows : Imru '1-
Kais, fol. 336; Tarafah, fol. 516; Zuhair,
fol. 646 ; Labid, fol. 726 ; 'Antarah, fol. 86a ;
'Amr, fol. 966; al-Harith, fol. 105a ; al-
A'sha, fol. 1146; al-Nabighah, fol. 119o ;
'Abld, foil. 123«— 1256.

See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 259a, and,
for other copies, Pertsch, no. 2191 ; the
Paris Catalogue, no. 3280 ; and the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 561. The com-
mentary of al-Tibrizi is being edited by
C. J. Lyall in the Bibliotheca Indica, Cal-
cutta, 1891, &c.

IV. Fol. 129a. Select verses by various
poets, from the earliest times to the sixth
century of the Hijrah. They are arranged
without any apparent method. The authors'
names appear in most cases as headings ;
but in some instances the only heading is
j*\ " another." The names which most
frequently recur are Ibn al-Rumi, Abu Firas,
al-Buhturi, Kushajim, al-Tughra'i, al-'Askari.
The latest poet quoted appears to be al-
Arrajani, who died A.H. 544. In the colo-
phon the collection is only designated as

V. Fol. 1696.

A collection of poems, chiefly erotic, by
Abu '1-Muzaffar Muhammad B. Abi 'l-'Abbas
Ahmad, commonly called al-Ablwardi, who
died A.H. 507 (v. Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
version, vol. iii., p. 144), with a preface in
prose and verse beginning :

The author refers to a previous collection
called oUi'^J^ (v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 285a),
and describes the present work thus : » J*j

flj\. His

name appears at the beginning of the poems
as follows : JU» fcjOl J-Ai\ U-j^M j£ *$\ J\S

j\

The first verse of the poems is :

The Najdiyyat form the first part of the
poet's Diwan. See Haj. Khal., vol. iii.,
p. 259, and the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 349. They are found separately in an
Escurial MS., Derenbourg, no. 371, and have
been commented on by al-Kaisari, v. Leydeu
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 350. For copies of
the Diwan see Uri, no. 1196; Aumer, no.
518 ; Ahlwardt, no. 275 ; Escurial, no. 371 ;
Paris, no. 3117 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 239.

VI. Fol. 1995. The well-known poem of
Ibn Duraid, tjyas\\, with a commentary by
an unknown author.

Beg. _j,«j

\)\

There is no gloss to the first Bait. The
commentary upon the second begins : U

p* u

See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 258ft, VII.,
and the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., nos.
618—621.

VII. Fol. 2286. The decades
without author's name.

AJJJ) J-JLflrf 4>1 $\

4 o

650

POETRY.

The stan/as, consisting of ten Baits each,
are alphabetically arranged. There is one
for each letter of the alphabet, including >),
and each Bait of the stanza begins and ends
with that letter. There is after fol. 231 a
lacuna extending from i to .».

For similar compositions see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 6946, II. ; the Leyden Cata-
logue, vol. i., p. 272 ; Bscurial, no. 417 ;
Pertsch, no. 2202; the Berlin Catalogue,
no. 2986 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. vii., p. 110.

VIII. Foil. 2336— 2396. Kasldat al-'Arus,
by Khalid B. Safwan al-Kannas, who died c.
A.H. 100, with an anonymous commentary :

Beg.

aJLlaaJ

The commentary begins : \ji\is-\

J?.J5\ O^ JlLMj J£\ }\ y

See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 260&, III. ;
Ahhvardt, no. 132 ; Loth, no. 1043, u ;
Derenbourg, Bscurial, no. 371, & ; and the
Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 585.

Copyists :

(fol. 1256).
(fol. 168a).

1031.

Or. 2191.— Foil. 83; 8£ in. by 6; 23 lines,
3-| in. long ; written in a neat Maghribi
character, A.H. 1233 (A.D. 1818).

A commentary by Ibn Hisham ('Abdallah
B. Yusuf, d. A.H. 761) upon the Kasidah of
Ka'b B. Zuhair, known as Banat Su'ad,

Beg.

There are two preliminary chapters, viz.,

(1) a notice of the poet, and of the occasion
on which the poem was composed, fol. 36 ;

(2) on its metre, rhyme, and subject, fol. 8a.
The commentary begins, fol. 9a :

The text of the poem is written in red
ink.

The MS. agrees with the edition printed
in Bulak, A.H. 1290, at the end of which
the author states that the work was com-
pleted A.H. 756. It has also been edited by
Guidi, Lipsiae, 1871. See Pertsch, no. 2225 ;
Paris, no. 3081 ; Ahlwardt, nos. 101-2 ;
Escurial, nos. 270, 305 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 265.

1032.

Or. 1206.— Foil. 67; 10 in. by 7| ; 19 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in a small and neat
Maghribi character, with red-ruled margins,
apparently in the 17th century.

[ALEX. JABA.]

The third part of the Diwan of Jarir, who
died A.H. 110; see Ibn KhalKkan, De
Slane's version, vol. i., p. 294; Kitab al-
Aghani, Bulak edition, vol. vii., pp. 38 — 77 ;
Caussin de Perceval, Journal Asiatique,
torn, iv., pp. 5 — 39 ; and Hammer, Litera-
turgesch., ii., pp. 283—320.

Beg.

POETRY.

651

The above tallies exactly with the words
which a Leyden MS. gives, at the end of the
second part, as the beginning of the third
part, which was to follow. See the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 43, 2nd ed., no. 589 ;
Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 262 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 243.

Most poems have short headings indicating
their subject, or the occasion on which they
were composed. The last piece consists of
three baits, addressed by the poet to some
distinguished men of the tribe of Kais, who
had come to visit him during his illness. It
has the following heading :

Jlfij

It is stated in the colophon that the MS.
had been transcribed from an old copy,
dating from the time of Ibn al-A'rabi (who
died A.H. 230) : J^ ^ j

l^. J-aJ

The broad margins contain copious notes,
some of them of considerable extent, in the
same handwriting as the text. They give
various readings, as well as historical and
verbal explanations. Many of the various
readings are given on the authority of

'Umarah (ijU^ t^jj), who, from an incidental
.passage, fol. 37a, Jy C-^yJ i_ ft-»y. ^j\ J\5
»jUff- <^ (JL+*>'$\, appears to have been a
contemporary of Abu Yusuf, i.e., Ibn al-
Sikklt (d. A.H. 244). From another passage,
fol. 226, i-Jy- J Jlai i'jy. 'i,^ J* O^?, it
.must be inferred that the writer of the notes
had read the Diwan before 'Umarah, and
must therefore have lived in the third century

of the Hijrah. He quotes also al-Asma'i
(d. A.H. 214), Abu 'Ubaidah (d. A.H. 209),
and Ibn al-A'rabi (d. A.H. 231).

From the above it becomes probable that
the notes are due to Muhammad B. Hablb
(d. A.H. 245), who, as we learn from the
St. Petersburg copy, Notices Sommaires,
p. 208, had read the Diwan of Jarir with
Abu 'Akil 'Umarah B. 'Akil B. Bilal.
'Umarah B. 'Akil B. Bilal B. Jarir, the
great-grandson of the poet Jarir, and him-
self aa eminent poet, quoted in the Hamasah,
p. 631, was one of the masters of al-Mu-
barrad (A.H. 210 — 285), who frequently
quotes him in the Kamil ; see pp. 22, 94,
143, &c., and the Fihrist, p. 57.

The MS. belonged to the famous Ahmad
Pasha al-Jazzar, whose seal is found on the
first page, with a note stating that he gave
it as a Wakf to his Madrasah, called al-Nur
al-Ahmadiyyah, A.H. 1197.

1033.

Or. 3758.— Foil. 200; 8 in. by 6; about
20 lines, 5 in. long ; written in Neskhi,
apparently in the 12th century.

[GLASEE, no. 42.]

The satirical poems composed by Jarir
and al-Farazdak against each other, with an
anonymous commentary, imperfect at begin-
ning and end.

The MS. begins abruptly with the follow-
ing line of a satire of al-Farazdak :

The commentary upon it begins as follows :

\51i1

The last verse of that piece —

4o2

652

POETRY.

is followed by a long excursus upon the
event therein alluded to, with copious quota-
tions of early poets. The answer of Jarir
begins, fol. 66, with the heading : j>j>-

C~«jN Js-

The first line is as follows :

The last poem of Jarir begins, fol.
with this verse :

(jOJL>

The answer of al-Farazdak, which begins
fol. 198&, is partly obliterated, and ends
abruptly after the 14th line, fol. 200.

The work is known as

See the Fihrist, p. 158, and Haj. Khal.,
vol. vi., p. 376.

The verses are written in a large and
fully vocalized character, and the commen-
tary in a smaller handwriting between the
lines.

The commentator is very sparing of gram-
matical or verbal explanations, but he deals
at great length with traditions relating to
the events, mostly battles between Arabian
tribes, referred to in the poems. These
digressions, which often fill several pages,
and abound in quotations from early poets,
conclude mostly with the words ^)\ J

Various readings and glosses are frequently
given on the authority of a certain Ahmad,
who is not further specified. Other authors
quoted are Hisham Ibn al-Kalbi (d. A.H.
204), Ibn al-A'rabi (d. A.H. 231), who is
stated, fol. 127&, to have recited a verse to
the commentator, and to 'Umarah B. 'Akil,

n whose words the incident of Jarir's
expostulation with Ra'i al-Ibil (Journal
Asiatique, torn, xiv., p. 8) is related, fol. 177.
Al-Mubarrad appears to have made use of
the present commentary ; his note on iji,
p. 16, lines 7-8, is textually transcribed from
it. See fol. 44.

The commentary is probably due to Mu-
hammad B. Habib, who died A.H. 245,
and is stated to have edited the Naka'id.
See Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 17, and Haj.
Khal., I.e.

For other copies of the Naka'id see Uri,
no. 1224; Nicoll, p. 613; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 341.

1034.

Or. 3157.— Foil. 64 ; 9| in. by 6J ; 21 lines,
3£ in. long; written in ISfeskhi, A.H. 1293
(A.D. 1876). [KREMER, no, 163.J

Kasidahs of al-Kumait B. Zaid, who died
A.H. 126, in praise of the Banu Hashim,
with an anonymous commentary.

Beg.

The MS. is incomplete ; it contains only
the first four of the poems found in another
copy, Add. 19,403, described in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 4836. They begin respectively
at foil. lb, 12a, 31a, and 46a. The fourth
breaks off, fol. 58a, wanting the thirteen
last Baits.

The commentary is substantially the same
as in Add. 19,403, where it is ascribed to
Abu Riyash Ahmad B. Ibrahim al-Kaisi

POETRY.

658

(perhaps for Abu Riyash Ibrahim B. Ahmad
al-Kaisi, who died A.H. 349. See Fliigel,
Grammatische Schulen, p. 226). It begins :

Foil. 59 — 64 contain the following addi-
tional pieces, viz., 1. Two Kasidahs ascribed
to Tarafah and 'Antarah, but not included
in Ahlwardt's edition of the six poets. They
begin respectively with the following lines :

UJ

2. Another Kasidah, ascribed by some to
Ibn al-Shls (for Abu '1-Shis, a poet of Harun
al-Rashid's time; v. Hamasah, p. 602), by
others to al-'Akawwak al-Yamani al-Kindi
(put to death by al-Ma'mun, A.H. 213;
v. Ibn Khallikan, vol. ii., p. 290).

Beg.

a, JAJ

J*
J* ,\

3. A Kasidah of Abu Talib, from the Sirat
Ibn Hisham.

Copyist : J^i

The MS. is a transcript of a copy in the
Khedivial Library (see vol. iv., p. 277), and
was collated, A.H. 1295, by 'Abd al-'Aziz
Isma'il al-Ansari al-Khazraji al-Tahta'i.

1035.

Or. 1202.— Foil. 11 2; SJin-by 6J; 19 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fine Neskhi ; dated
4 Dulhijjah, A.H. 685 (A.D. 1287).

[ALEX. JABA.]

A commentary upon the Maksurah of Abu
Bakr Muhammad B. al-Hasan Ibn Duraid
(died A.H. 321), without preface or author's
name.

Beg.

'J

The commentary on the second Bait, which
in most copies is the first, begins as follows :

lo J uJi)l CU»P-3lj U

(_-»Uai-

The Kasidah consists of 245 Baits, written
in large and fully vocalized Thulth, at the
rate of about one verse per page. The
commentary consists of a very full gram-
matical analysis, concluding with a para-
phrase of the verse, introduced by the words
j)j*?j. It comprises also, in some parts,
extensive historical notices, but without
reference to any authority or previous
commentary.

Copyist : jj^>- ^

1036.

Or. 3699.— Foil. 226; 7 in. by 5; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair, bold, and vocal-
ized Neskhi ; dated 3 Jumada I., A.H. 741
(A.D. 1341). [BoDGE.]

A commentary, by Abu 'Abdallah Muham-
mad B. Ahmad B. Hisham al-Lakhmi al-
Sibti, upon the same poem.

The original MS., foil. 21—226, is im-

654

POETRY.

perfect at the beginning. The first line
extant of the text is the fourteenth of the
poem:

The commentary upon it begins : +
U > »}W >\i

The explanation of each verse is given
under two heads, viz., —jt& and i—^^, to
which a third, j^U, is sometimes added, as
well as copious quotations from other poets.
The first of the above sections will be found
in an abridged form in Boisen's edition,
Havniaa, 1828.

The commentator was still alive A.H. 557,
and died probably about A.H. 570. See
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 12, and the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 422, note /. Tor other copies
of the commentary see Uri, no. 1257 ; Aumer,
no. 564 ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 620 ; and Derenbourg, Escurial, no. 476.

Foil. 1 — 20, written by a late hand, con-
tain : 1. A Kasidah of Shihab al-Dln Ahmad
(B. Muh.) al-Khafaji (d. A.H. 1069) in praise
of the Prophet and in imitation of the above
poem of Ibn Duraid.

Beg. Ui

2. The first part of an abridgment of the
commentary of Ibn Hisham al-Sibti, by 'Abd
al-Kadir B. 'Umar al-Baghdadi, supplement-
ing the defect of the MS.

Beg.

*JJ

The abbreviator, who was born in Baghdad
but lived in Cairo, died A.H. 1093. See
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 451.

1037.

Or. 3768.— Foil. 40; 8 in. by 5| ; written in
neat Neskhi, with red-ruled margins, ap-
parently in the 18th century.

[GLASEE, no. 52.]

I. Foil. 2—32. The Maksurah of Ibn
Duraid, with a Takhmis.

The first verse of the Maksurah is, ^jj> \*\
ajj) tfW ^a\j. There are on every page
four Baits of the poem written in a large
character, each preceded by three hemistichs
of the Takhmis in a smaller character. The
first line of the Takhmis is unpointed and
of doubtful reading :

.> S? pJ\ LJ

II. Foil. 33—40. The Kasidah of Ka'b
B. Zuhair, known as Banat Su'ad, with a
Takhmis written as the preceding, and
beginning :

\\

1038.

Or. 3163.— Foil. 170; 11 Jin. by 6| ; 17 lines
about 4 in. long ; written in large and bold
Neskhi ; dated 1 Eabi' I., A.H. 1108 (A.D.
1696). [KBEMER, no. 169.]

The Diwan of al-Mutanabbi, in alpha-
betical order. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2786.

POETRY.

655

A few leaves are wanting at the beginning.
The first line is :

\_4 i*°V>u-A_*

This is the 15th Bait of the poem beginning
H**,; (mf»-^\ j tdJ,U.ij\ jy*1; see p. 191 of
Dieterici's edition. There is apparently a
leaf lost after fol. 1. There are only three
more Kasidahs rhyming in Hamzah, namely,
those which begin respectively at pp. 631,
486, and 127 of the same edition.

The last poem of the volume, beginning
(Jj**- *i-SA* J^ ^» is found there at p. 699.

There are headings in red ink indicating
the subject of each poem.

The scribe,
,_^^Afl5), claims for himself the credit of the
alphabetical arrangement. The order of the
poems is different from that which obtains
in the alphabetically arranged Diwan noticed
in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 6496. That early
alphabetical arrangement, which was carried
out shortly after the poet's death, is followed
by his contemporary and first commentator,
Ibn Jinni.

1039.

Or. 3895.— Foil. 236; 11| in. by 8^;
13 lines, about 5 in. long ; written in fair
large Neskhi, with all the vowels ; dated
Dulhijjah, A.H. 1072 (A.D. 1662).

[GLASER, no. 181.]

The Diwan of al-Mutanabbi alphabetically
arranged, with short headings indicating the
subjects of the poems.

Beg.

There are eight pieces under letter Alif,
namely, those which in Dieterici's edition
are numbered 67, 208, 209, 52, 243, 267,
195, and 115. The last poem of the Diwan,
Dieterici's no. 246, is followed by three
verses addressed to Saif al-Daulah, begin-

nng

The following pieces are appended to the
Diwan: 1. A notice of al-Mutanabbi, with
extracts from al-'Umdah of Ibn Rashik
(Arabic Catalogue, p. 283a), and from Ibn
Khallikan, fol. 224a. 2. Amatory poems by
Ibn Matruh (d. A.H. 649), by Sulaiman al-
Tilimsani (d. A.H. 690), and by al-Fakih
Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. Muh. al-Mujani (?),
foil. 227—230.

Foil. 1—7 and 231—236 contain miscel-
laneous notes and extracts.

1040.

Or. 2958.— Foil. 148 ; 11 £ in. by 7 ; 25 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins, but very incorrect ; dated
27 Ramadan, A.H. 1045 (A.D. 1636).

A commentary upon the Diwan of al-
Mutanabbi.

Beg.

4)1

4)\ C

JJU

Although the name of the commentator

does not appear, there is internal evidence

to show that it is Ibn Jinni. Abu'1-Fath

Uthman B. Jinni, who was born at Baghdad

656

POETRY.

before A.H. 330, and died A.H. 392, read
the Diwan of al-Mutanabbi with the poet,
and wrote upon it a commentary entitled

o ^

j~J&\ (thus written in Ibn Khallikan's auto-
graph MS., Add. 25,735, fol. 2136). See
De Slane's version, vol. ii., p. 192; Fihrist,
p. 87; Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48, fol. 230;
Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 164; and Fliigel,
Grammatische Schulen, p. 248.

The above preamble, however incorrectly
written, shows that the commentator was a
friend of the poet. A little lower down there
occurs the following passage, stating how he
had questioned al-Mutanabbi about the proper
pronunciation of U-y in one of the poet's
verses : &! l»

JlHi

JU«

The same explanation is quoted in a con-
densed form, on the authority of Ibn Jinni,
by al-Wahidi, Dieterici's edition, p. 123,
line 11. Another gloss of Abu '1-Fath (Ibn
Jinni) quoted by the same author, ib., p. 53,
line 6, is also found in our MS., fol. 121&, as

follows :

,

*? J j*

u*

It may be added that, on grammatical
points, the commentator frequently quotes
his master Abu 'Ali, meaning, no doubt,
the famous grammarian Abu 'Ali al-Farisi,
who is known to have been the master of
Ibn Jinni.

On the other hand, several glosses of Ibn

Jinni quoted by al-"Wahidi, and the anecdote
extracted from his commentary by Ibn Khal-
likan, are not to be found in the present
copy, which, from its size, is likely to con-
tain only an abridgment of the extensive
commentary entitled al-Fasr, portions of
which are preserved in the Escurial and in
the Asiatic Museum of St. Petersburg. See
Derenbourg, no. 209, and Rosen, Notices
Sommaires, no. 275.

The first of the passages quoted by Rosen
is found abridged in our MS., fol. 42&, as

follows : t

The anonymous commentary described by
Derenbourg, Escurial, no. 306, is also by
Ibn Jinni.

The commentary extends to the whole of
the Diwan alphabetically arranged ; but it
gives only those verses, or single words,
which call for explanation. The verses
commented upon are written in red ink.

The first verse commented upon under
letter Alif is :

J

The commentary begins :

l*.=- jjki\ \3\ O^)J^M *

Copyist :

,»jJL«»

1041.

Or. 4356.— Foil. 104 ; 10 in. by 6J ; 21 h'nes,
5 in. long ; written in fine bold Neskhi,
with the vowels ; dated Friday, 29 Safar,
A.H. 674 (A.D. 1275). [BUDGE.]

POETRY.

657

A commentary upon the Diwan of al-
Mutanabbi, by Ibn al-Ifllli.

The author's name appears in the colophon:

His full name is, according to Suyiiti
(Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 98), Abu'l-Kasim
Ibrahim B. Muh. B. Zakariyya al-Zuhri,
called Ibn al-Iflili. He was a native of
Cordova, deeply versed in the language of
the poets, and prided himself on his critical
acumen, but was ignorant of prosody. Having
been accused of infidelity, he was incarcerated
with some physicians in the time of Hisharn
al-Marwani, but was subsequently released.
He died A.H. 441. See also Ibn Bashkuwal,
Biblioth. Arabico-Hisp., vol. i., p. 93, and
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 311.

The poems are taken in the same order
as in the commentary of al-Wahidi, edited
by Dieterici, 1861. The verses are taken
mostly two by two, and distinguished from
the comments by a larger character.

The MS. is imperfect at the beginning.
Its contents correspond with pp. 379 — 537
of Dieterici's edition. But there are two
lacunae, one after fol. 4, corresponding with
pp. 386—392, and another after fol. 37,
corresponding with pp. 445 — 9.

The first complete poem begins, fol. 3b,
with this line (Dieterici, p. 383) :

The comments upon it begin :

The commentary on the last two lines
(Dieterici, p. 537, verses 8 and 9) begins:

Jia\\

Copyist

1042.

Or. 4357.— Foil. 346 ; 7f in. by 5f ; 15 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
vowels,.apparently in the 16th century.

[BODGE.]

The commentary of Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B.
Ahmad al-Wahidi (d. A.H. 468) upon the
Diwan of al-Mutanabbi.

The MS. contains the first half of the
work. It wants the first page of the preface
(the first twelve lines of Dieterici's edition),
and it breaks off in the course of the
explanation of the line beginning :

&5 J sU^-H J.a> i-r^^

See p. 371, verse 6, of the same edition.
The verses are written in a large character
and fully vocalized.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 280&, 649& ; Pertsch, no. 2231 ; Leyden,
2nd ed., no. 629 ; Escurial, no. 308 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 271, &c.

1043.

Or. 4358.— Foil. 307 ; 11J in. by 7| ; 27 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in plain Neskhi ; dated
Monday, 3 Kamadan, A.H. 1072 (A.D. 1662).

[BUDGE.]

The same commentary complete.

The verses are written in red ink, mostly
without vowels.

At the end is an epilogue in which the
commentator states that he finished the
4 P

658

POETKY.

work A.H. 462. It contains also some
remarks on the exclusive taste of the time
for the poetry of Mutanabbi and the neglect
of the ancient poets, as well as a criticism
of the commentary of Ibn al-Jinni.

That epilogue is found also at the end of the
edition lithographed in Bombay, A.H. 1271.

1044.

Or. 2910.— Foil. 115 ; 9£ in. by 5f ; from
16 to 20 lines, about 3^ in. long; written
in fair, partly vocalized, Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins, probably in the 17th century.
[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The Diwan of Abu Firas, with the follow-
ing inscription : j>\ ^ d

Beg.

JB

Abu Firas al-Harith B. Sa'Id B. Hamdan,
the cousin and favourite poet of Saif al-
Daulah, died A.H. 857. His adventurous
life is recorded by Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
version, vol. i., p. 366, See also Hammer,
vol. v., pp. 49 and 734, and Ta'rikh al-Islam,
Or. 48, fol. 54. His Diwan was collected
by his contemporary, the famous grammarian
Abu 'Abdallah al-Husain B. Ahmad B. Kha-
lawaih, who spent most of his life at the
Court of Saif al-Daulah, and died in Halab,
A.H. 370 or 371. See Ibn Khallikan, t6.,
p. 456; Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48, fol. 115 ;
and Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 120. To Ibn
Khalawaih is due the preamble, the begin-

ning of which is given above. It agrees sub-
stantially with that which Dr. Rosen quotes
in extenso, Notices Sommaires, no. 272.

The poems are arranged in alphabetical
order. Nearly the same contents are found,
but without alphabetical arrangement, in an
edition printed in Beirut, 1873. Their order
does not quite agree with that of the MS.
described by Rosen, no. 270.

"^

The initial lines under each of the letters
of the alphabet are as follows :

Fol. Ib.

Fol.

Fol. 16a.

Fol. 166.

-c.

AA

Fol. 17&.

Fol. 20a.

Fol. 29a.

Fol. 596.

Fol. 60a.

->-l

POETRY.

659

jo J

~-\

b

UJ

b\

Fol. 616.

Fol. 62a.

Fol. 65a.

Fol. 666.

Fol. 686.

Fol. 696.

Fol. 86«.

Fol. 1036.

Fol. 1116.

Fol. 114a.

Many of the poems have headings indi-
cating the subjects. The long Kasidah in
praise of the Bani Hamdan, foil. 286 — 456,
Beirut edition, pp. 3 — 15, beginning JU- J*J
J^j L> j»W\, is accompanied by a copious
historical commentary by Ibn Khalawaih.

The alphabetical series ends on the last
page of the MS. It is followed by the first
lines of an Urjuzah descriptive of the chase
(Beirut ed., pp. 113 — 119), partly translated
by Hammer, vol. v., p. 738 ; but the copy
breaks off after the ninth Bait.

jL«;

On the fly-leaf is written by S. B. Miles :
" The Diwan of Abu Faris purchased at
Zanzibar."

For other copies see Uri, no. 1298, s ;
Houtsma, Brill's Catalogue, no. 18 ; Biblioth.
Burckhardt., p. 26, no. 9, p. 30, no. 26 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 238 ; Notices
Sommaires, nos. 270 — 72 ; and Zeitschr. der
D. Morg. Ges., Band xl, p. 314. Some
Kasidahs of Abu Firas are mentioned by
Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, nos. 207 — 210. See
also the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 631.

1045.

Or. 3162.— Foil. 67 ; 8£ in. by 5£ ; about
25 lines, 3J in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi; dated end of Rabi' I., A.H. 1032
(A.D. 1623). [KEEMER, no. 168.]

The Diwan of Abu Firas, with the same
preamble, by Ibn Khalawaih.

Beg.

J\S

The Diwan is in alphabetical order ; but it
begins with a quatrain, the first hemistich of
which is c-^«N J\j)^ j*£l\. The initial lines
under each letter are the same as those given
by Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 270, with
only two exceptions, namely, under i_J and
(_^>, where the first lines are respectively as
follows :

The hunting poem in Rajaz is placed at
the end of letter Jt foil. 336—366. At the
end of the alphabetical series, fol. 63a, is an

660

POETRY.

extract from the notice of Abu Eiras in the
Yatlmat al-Dahr of al-Tha'alibi. A few
additional pieces in modern handwriting
occupy foil. 64 — 67. By the same hand are
foil. 3 — 6, which supply a lacuna of the
original MS.

A notice of Abu Firas, abridged from Ibn
Khallikan, by Muh. Kamal al-Dln al-Siddiki
al-Khalwati, dated A.H. 1177, occupies one
page at the beginning. The first three
pages of the Diwan are also written by him.

1046.

Or. 3161.— Foil. 89; 8£ in. by 6; 19 lines,
3f in. long; written in small and rather
cursive Neskhi, with occasional vowels, with
red-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th
century. [KEEMBE, no. 367.J

The Diwan of Ibn Hani, with the title :

4lJ\ s.sf\j*>

Beg.

Abu'l-Kasim Muhammad B. Hani al-Azdi
al-Andalusi, surnamed the Mutanabbi of the
"West, was the panegyrist of the Fatimite
Khalif al-Mu'izz. He died at Barkah, A.H.
362. See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version,
vol. iii., p. 123 ; Bughyat al-Multamis,
Biblioth. Arab.-Hisp., vol. iii., p. 130;
Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48, fol. 81; Ibn
Shadkam, Add. 7349, foil. 227—9; Ham-
mer, vol. v., p. 793 ; and Kremer, Zeitschr.
der D. Morg. Ges., Band 24, pp. 481—94.
His Diwan, arranged in alphabetical order,
has been printed in Cairo, A.H. 1274. See
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 237.

In the present MS. the • poems are ar-
ranged according to the persons in whose
praise they were composed, and have brief

headings stating the names of those persons.
The first fourteen Kasidahs are addressed to
al-Mu'izz. They are followed by poems in
praise of two Amirs, Tahir and Abu 'Abd-
allah al-Husain, sons of al-Mansur (Cairo
edition, p. 39), of the general Jauhar, of
Ja'far B. 'Ali, prince of Masilah (v. Ibn
Khallikan, vol. i., p. 326), with elegies on
the death of some of his relatives, on al-
Mu'izz again, on Ja'far B. Ghalbun, and on
some other persons, also occasional poems.

The following are the initial lines of the
first fourteen Kasidahs, with references to
the pages of the Cairo edition.

Fol. 2& (p. 31).

Fol. 5a (p. 28). ^

Fol. 7a (p. 150).

Fol. 9a (p. 3).

Fol. 12a (p. 7), wanting the first 35 Baits.

I.e.,

Fol. 13a (p. 121).
. > t ^ (partly translated by Kremer,
p. 483).

Fol. 18a (p. 100).

Fol. 21ft (p. 90). tiXj
Fol. 236 (p. 26).
Fol. 25a (p. 137).
Fol. 276 (p. 96).
Fol. 306 (p. 21).
Fol. 32a (p. 119).
Fol. 336 (p. 55).

The MS. is imperfect at the end.
breaks off in the piece which begins ^
Ua-jVs yUjN 1JJ» (p. 76), wanting the

J*

<>

It
* £
last

fifteen Baits.

POETRY.

661

For other MSS. see Uri, no. 1291 ; Ahl-
wardt, nos. 211-12; Rosen, Notices Som-
roaires, nos. 280-1 ; the Paris Catalogue,
no. 3108 ; Escurial, no. 443 ; and Nobles,
Madrid Catalogue, no. 210.

1047.

Or. 3767.— Foil. 109 ; 9£ in. by 6± ; 14 lines,
4| in. long ; written in a large and bold
Neskhi, with a fair sprinkling of vowels,
apparently in the 13th century.

[G-LASEB, no. 51.]

The Diwan of Ibn Hani.

Although imperfect at beginning and end,
the collection is richer than the , preceding.
The arrangement is apparently chronological.

It begins abruptly with this line :

the 32nd Bait of a Kasidah in praise of
Ibrahim B. Ja'far B. 'AH, which begins
p. 81 of the Cairo edition.

Omitting short pieces of three or four
lines, the contents may be stated, with the
names of the person addressed, as found in
the headings of the MS., and with references
to the pages of the Cairo edition, as follows :

Fol. 2a ; in praise of Ja'far B. 'All (p. 18).
Fol. 3a ; in praise of the same (p. 131).
Fol. 6a ; in praise of al-Mu'izz (p. 90).
Fol. 8b ; an elegy on the death of the mother
of Ja'far and Yahya, sons of 'Ali (p. 153).
Fol. 106 ; in praise of Ja'far B. Falah
(p. 15). Fol. I3a; verses addressed to Ja'far
B. 'Ali, excusing himself from attendance
(p. 7). Fol. 136 ; in praise of the same, a
Kasidah not included in the Cairo edition,
beginning :

jLi-9- Li

Fol. 15& ; in praise of the same (p. 93).
Fol. 17a ; ten Kasidahs in praise of al-
Mu'izz (pp. 3, 26, 119, 137, 28, 150, 31, 121,
110, 96). Fol. 496; three poems in praise
of Yahya B. 'Ali B. al-Andalusiyyah (pp.
73, 114, 87). Fol. 576 ; on the death of the
mother of Ja'far B. 'Ali B. al-Andalusiyyah
(p. 50). Fol. 60a ; in praise of Ibrahim B.
'Ali B. al-Andalusiyyah (p. 146). Fol. 636 ;
in praise of Abu '1-Faraj al-Shaibani (p. 10).
Fol. 666 ; to the same (p. 52). Fol. 68a ;
to a -man who had read al-Mutanabbi's
Diwan with the poet, and from whom Ibn
Hani had borrowed the volume (p. 54).
Fol. 686 ; two pieces without heading (pp.
23, 42). Fol. 726; in praise of the two
Amirs lahir and Abu 'Ubaid-allah (p. 39).
Fol. 75a ; a Kasidah in praise of Ja'far B.
'Ali, not found in the Cairo edition, beginning:

\jf- l_JS\ j

Fol. 78(1 ; an elegy (p. 35). Fol. 816; in
praise of. Yahya B. 'Ali (p. 19). Fol. 83a ;
in praise of al-Mu'izz (p. 55). Fol. 866 ;
two pieces in praise of Yahya B. 'Ali (pp.
134,44). Fol. 906; to Ibrahim B. Ja'far
(p. 140). Fol. 92a ; two pieces in praise of
al-Mu'izz (pp. 85, 96). Fol. 976 ; in praise
of Jauhar al-Mu'izzi (p. 69). Fol. 1016 ; in
praise of Aflah al-Nashib, in Barkah (p. 142).
Fol. 105a ; two poems in praise of al-Mu'izz
(pp. 106, 76). The MS. breaks off in the
middle of the second poem, which wants the
last nineteen Baits.

1048.

Or. 4591.— Foil. 247 ; 10 in. by 6| ; 17 lines,
about 4 in. long ; written in fine large vo-
calized Neskhi, apparently in the 12th
century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

662

POBTEY.

A volume of the Diwan of Ibn al-Hajjaj.

The poet, whose full name is Abu 'Abd-
allah al-Husain B. Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ja'far
Ibn al-Hajjaj al-Baghdadi, is noted for the
elegance and easy flow of his verse, and also
for the coarseness and licentiousness of his
comical and satirical poems. He died A.H.
391. See Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's edition,
p. 228, translation, vol. i., p. 448. (Ibn
Khallikan is not responsible for the glaring
anachronism of De Slane's text which de-
scribes Ibn al-Hajjaj as a panegyrist of the
Khalif al-Ma'mun. Instead of yy*^ •£**}>
the autograph MS. has <^j\\ r^>j.) The
Diwan is alphabetically arranged, and it is
said to have consisted of ten volumes.

The present volume wants twenty-three
leaves at the beginning, and is slightly im-
perfect at the end. Its contents partly
coincide with those of Add. 7588, described
in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 278a. It con-
tains the latter part of letter &, the letter i,
which has only three short pieces (fol. 576),
and nearly the whole of letter j (foil. 58 — 247).

The first piece is a satire of extreme
coarseness against a poet called Abu Kalb,
with the heading : wo^J t^ ^ J»j ,j J\5

The same piece occurs at fol. 35a of Add.
7588, while the last poem of the same volume
is found at fol. 1286 of the present MS.

The last piece in the MS. has the following
heading and beginning: dj^\ \# diii\ Jj Jls,

"j J

The poems have headings indicating the
occasions on which they were composed.
These headings contain many references to
incidents of the poet's life and to contempo-
rary events, but without any date. The
most notable of the historical persons to
whom the laudatory pieces are addressed are
the following Buwaihide sovereigns, 'Izz al-
Daulah Bakhtiyar, Sharaf al-Daulah, Sam-
sam al-Daulah, and Baha al-Daulah, and the
following Wazirs, al-Muhallabi (d. A.H. 352),
Abu '1-Fadl al-'Abbas B. al-Husain (d. A.H.
362), Abu Tahir Muh. Ibn'Bakiyyah (de-
posed A.H. 367), Abu '1-Faraj Muh. B. al-
'Abbas (d. A.H. 370), and Abu Mansur Muh.
B. al-Hasan (appointed A.H. 374, died
A.H. 416).

Selections from the Diwan of Ibn al-
Hajjaj are noticed by Mehren, Copenhagen
Catalogue, no. 260, and by Pertsch, no. 2235.
Copious extracts are also found in Yafrimat
al-Dahr, Add. 9578, foil. 221—243.

1049.

Or. 3789.— Foil. 159; 8£ in. by 6}; about
20 lines in a page, written by several hands,
for the most part in a cursive character, in
the years A.H. 1172-3 (A.D. 1759-60).

[GLASEE, no. 74.]

I. Foil. 1—25. Diwan of «Ali B. Muham-
mad al-Tihami.

Beg.

jJ5\ JU.

0\ J Ji*?

Abu'l-Hasan (or, according to al-Dahabi,
Abu'l-Husain) 'Ali B. Muh. B. Fahd al-
Tihami, a Meccan Sharif, took up his abode
in Ramlah, where he discharged the office of
KhatTb, and lost his son Abu '1-Fadl. Having

POETRY.

GG3

gone to Cairo on a secret mission, he was
arrested and put to death in the Dar al-
Bunud, A.H. 416. See Yakut, vol. ii., p. 518,
819; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's translation,
vol. ii., p. 316 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 49,
fol. 98; and Hammer, Literaturgesch., vol. v.,
pp. 688, 778.

The Diwan is not alphabetically arranged.
It begins with three elegies on the death of
the poet's son. Some verses of the first of
these are quoted by Yakut, I.e., some of the
second by Ibn Khallikan and al-Dahabi, I.e.
Then come laudatory Kasidahs, two of
which are in praise of the Wazir Abu '1-
Kasim al-Maghribi (d. A.H. 418, v. no. 594),
and one is addressed to al-Mufarrij B. Dagh-
fal B. Jarrah, an Arab chief, who took
Ramlah A.H. 386, and was poisoned by al-
Hakim (Kamil, vol. ix., pp. 84, 87).

On the first page is recorded a saying
ascribed to Nashwan B. Sa'Id al-Himyari,
to the effect that he hoped to collect the
compositions of Arab poets, and would give
the first place to the Diwan of al-Tihami.

A copy of the Diwan is mentioned by
Casiri, no. 381, Derenbourg, no. 383.

II. Poll. 33 — 49. Poems of the three sons
of Ishak, son of Imam al-Mahdi Ahmad
(d. A.H. 1092), collected by his grandson
Isma'il B. Muh. B. Ishiik, who added some
pieces of his own composition.

js? u

The poems are arranged under the authors'
names as follows : 'Izz al-Islam Muh. B.
Ishak, fol. 336; Sharaf al-Islam al-Hasan
B. Ishak, fol. 386 ; Fakhr al-Dln 'Abdallah
B. Ishak, fol. 42a; Isma'il B. Muh. B.
Ishak (the compiler), fol. 45a.

The author of Tib al-Samar has devoted
notices to the above poets, who lived in
Kaukaban in the first half of the twelfth
century of the Hijrah. See Or. 2428, foil.
6 — 20. The first two are designated in the
MS. as still living, the third as dead at the
time of writing, probably about A.H. 1150.

III. Foil. 51—115. A collection of short
poems, mostly of the kind called £~»y,
without author's name, imperfect at begin-
ning and end.

The first complete piece begins :

Ua gj

The collection includes two poems in
praise of Sayyid Abu Bakr B. 'Abdallah al-
'Idarus, who died A.H. 914 (v. Arabic Cata-
logue, pp. 4296, 742«).

IV. Foil. 122—129. An Ijazah, or licence,
given to Kadi Fakhr al-Islam al-Mahdi B.
'Abd al-Hadi, by his son,

The author, whose name does not appear,
had read the Salilh of al-Bukhari and of
Muslim with Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. 'Ali
B. Muh. B. Ibrahim Mutair and Taisir al-
Wusul with 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Ali al-Daiba'
(d. A.H. 944). The Ijazah concludes with
two short pieces, one in praise of 'Ali and
his descendants, the other on the importance
of Hadith.

V. Foil. 132—138. A Kasidah in praise
of Sayyid Safi al-Islam Ahmad B. Muh. B.
al-Husain B. 'Abd al-Kadir, described as
ruler of Kaukaban, with a prose preface,

664

The Kasidah begins :

POETRY.

It was composed, as stated at the end, in
Muharram, A.H. 1172, by Kadi 'Akil B. 'Izz
al-Dln al-Khalidi.

VI. Foil. 154—157. Another Kasidah
with a prose preface, in praise of the same
Safi al-Islam, by Ahmad B. al-Hasan al-
Zuhairi.

Beg.

The remaining portions of the volume
contain mostly miscellaneous poetical extracts
fragmentary for detailed description.

1050.

Or. 3160.— Foil. 312; 8J in. by 51; 21 lines,
about 3| in. long ; written in neat Nesklii
with all the vowels ; dated Rajab, A.H. 1293
(A.D. 1876). [KREMER,, no. 166.]

v u

A collection of poems, mostly of philo-
sophical import, arranged in alphabetical
order, by Abu 'l-'Ala Ahmad B. 'Abdallah
B. Sulaiman al-Tanukhi al-Ma'arri, who
died A.H. 449.

>\ J\S

A long introduction in prose, foil. 1 — 13,
contains a full exposition of the rules re-

lating to rhyme. The alphabetical series of
poems begins, fol. 13?), with the heading:

The first verse is

For notices of the author see Ibn Khallikan,
Slane's version, vol. i., p. 96, and Ta'rikh al-
Tslam, Or. 49, foil. 223—7. The latter work
gives a full list of his works, stating that
the Luzum, extracts from which are given,
consisted of about a hundred quires. Several
pieces from the same work have been trans-
lated by Hammer, Literaturgesch., vol. vi.,
pp. 918 — 972. Others have been published
in text and translation by Kremer, Zeit-
schrift der D. Morg. Ges., Band xxix., pp.
304 — 1.2 ; Band xxx., pp. 40 — 52 ; and Band
xxxi., pp. 471 — 83. See also Goldziher, -ib.,
Band xxix., p. 637.

The present copy was transcribed for
Kremer by al-Haj Isma'Il al-Nabulusi, from
a MS. dated Safar, A.H. 639 (A.D. 1241),
and made for the Hafsite prince, Abu Zaka-
riyya B. Abi Hafs.

For other copies see Uri, no. 1293 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 642-3 ;
Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 286 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 298. An
incomplete edition of the work was litho-
graphed in Bombay, A.H. 1303.

1051.

Or. 3844.— Foil. 177; 12 in. by 8^; 28 lines,
6 in. long ; written in close and crabbed,
but distinct, vocalized Neskhi, with ruled
margins ; dated Kaukaban, Sunday, 8 Ju-
mada II., A.H. 1154 (A.D. 1741).

[GLASER, no. 132.]

POETRY.

665

A full commentary upon the Diwan of
Abu 'l-'Ala al-Ma'arri, entitled Sikt al-Zand.

Beg. o*lS

Jty^ j*2.}\ ^{3 jjo U

The commentator, whose name does not
appear in the text, is stated, in the following
title prefixed by the transcriber, to have
been Fakhr al-Dln al-Razi : La-»

This attribution is false ; for the present
work was completed, as stated by the
author at the end, fol. 176<7, in Muharram,
A.H. 541, while Fakhr al-Dln al-Riizi was
born, according to Ibn Khallikan, vol. ii.,
p. 652, and to al-Dahabi, Ta'rlkh al-Islam,
Or. 52, fol. 229, in A.H. 544.

Al-Razi's commentary upon the Sikt al-
Zand, mentioned among his works by Ibn
Khallikan and by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah, is
stated by the latter to have been left un-
finished. "Who was the real author appears
from a passage pointed out by Rosen,
Notices Sommaires, no. 283, and which
occurs in the present copy, fol. 137&, and in
the edition printed at Bulak, A.H. 1286,
vol. ii., p. 127. There the commentator
refers to a previous work of his own, entitled
^\J^ jjy, which the context shows to have
been a collection of proverbs alphabetically
arranged. This work was written A.H. 532
by Abu Ya'kub Yusuf B. lahir al-Khuwayyi,
disciple of al-Maidani (v. Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 390, vol. v., p. 393), to whom, therefore,

the present commentary must also be as-
cribed. A copy of the same commentary in
the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 222,
iWjM laS~>, gives also A.H. 541 as the date of
composition.

In the preface, the author remarks that in
his country, Khorasan, the Diwan of Abu '1-
'Ala was neglected, because not understood.
After complaining of the insufficiency of the
commentary of al-Tibrlzi, he states that he
had applied himself in succession to literary,
legal, and philosophical studies, and had
composed on most branches of science works
of acknowledged merit. He was, therefore,
well prepared to penetrate the abstruse
meaning of the poet. The commentary
includes the entire text written in a large
character, with all the vowels added in red
ink. The work is mentioned, without author's
name, by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 601, and by
Uri, no. 1211.

A short notice of Abu 'l-'Ala is appended
at the end, fol. 176a-6. On the opposite
page, fol. 177a, is a note on some portions
of Kasidahs omitted by the commentator.
On the fly-leaf at the beginning is an anec-
dote of Abu 'l-'Ala, extracted from the work
of Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah.

1052.

Or. 2186.— Foil. 207 ; 12 in. by 8£ ; 29 lines,
5^ in. long; written in a fair Maghribi
character, dated A.H. 1193 (A.D. 1779).

A commentary by Muhammad B. 'Ali B.
Muh. B. 'Ali al-Misri al-Tauzari, called Ibn
Shabbat.upon his own Takhmlsof the Kasldat
al-Shakratisiyyah.

Beg. <J$y<>jA\ [corrected iJj] ^ ^

JIS

Ji yi.iJ

The original text, iu-l»^£l!\ sjju»£J', is a
poem on the life of Muhammad, and on the

4Q

666

POETRY.

early conquests of the Muslims (see the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 1406 and 4056). The author
is called in the MS., fol. 2006, Abu Muh.
'Abdallah B. Abi Zakariyya Yahya B. Zaka-
riyya al-Shakratisi al-Tauzari, jo

k/j v> ^£ \L/j ^ r
(jrjjj&\ ^^>\Ji^\, and it is added that his
Nisbah is derived from Shakratis ((jJa^ai
£**?»' (j>J\ £^)> °ne of the forts of Kafsah,
and that he was Kadi of Tauzar. He died,
according to Haj. Khal., iv., p. 540, A.H. 466.

The commentator had written what he calls
a Tasmit, or as more generally called a
Takhmis, of the Kasidah. He then wrote
upon that Tasmit the present extensive com-
mentary, the title of which, as given in the

conclusion, fol. 207, is [*

J *

The author gives his genealogy, fol. 201«,
and states, fol. 2026, that he was born in Con-
stantine, and was taken by his father at the
age of four years to Tauzar, where he grew
up and spent his life. No date is given ;
but he appears to have lived in the latter
half of the seventh century of the Hijrah.
Referring, fol. 136a, to al-Fakih Abu 'Amr
'UthmanB. Abi'l-Kasim 'Abd al-Rahman B.
Hajjaj, a contemporary of Abu'l-Tahir al-
Silafi (who died A.H. 576), he says that his
own Shaikh, Abu 'Abdallah, was a pupil of
that scholar. In another passage, f. 366, he
says that he had seen a copy of the Raud al-
TJnuf, in the handwriting of al-Ustad Abu
'Ali al-Shalaubin, who died A.H. 645.

The present volume, the last of the work
(it is marked on the lower edge as the third),
includes the last nineteen Baits of the Shak-
ratisiyyah. The short references which they
contain to the early conquests of the Muslims
have been expanded by the commentator
into a vast historical compilation, giving a

full and circumstantial account of the con-
quests of the following countries : Syria,
fol. 26; Irak, fol. 236; the land of the
Turks, fol. 316 ; Ears, fol. 43a ; Abyssinia,
fol. 72a; Sin, fol. 766; Nubia, fol. 816;
Misr and Alexandria, fol. 836 ; Maghrib,
fol. 91a ; and Andalus, fol. 150a.

The principal authorities are al-Tabari,
from whom extensive extracts are given,
al-Wakidi, Ibn Kutaibah, al-Mas'iidi, and al-
Bakri. There are also frequent quotations
from the following works of Maghribi writers:
1. An abridgment of j^\ u-^> a work
alphabetically arranged, written about A.H.
500 (foil. 1006, 1036), the author of which is
not named.* 2. (jwyDli&ji, also geographical,
without author's name (foil. 23«, 150a).
3. *<«^\5 ^*afl5) and other works of Abu 'Umar
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, who died A.H. 463 (foil.
43a, 76a). 4. LE^il *U& cjl£ji> by Abu '1-
'Arab Muh. B. Ahmad B. Tamim (fol. 91a).
5. \ss&\, by Abu Marwan 'Abd al-Malik B.
al-Kardabus al-Tauzari (fol. 776).

The strophes of the Tasmit are written in
red ink with all the vowels. The first extant,
fol. 216, includes this verse, the 115th of the
original poem :

See Harl. 5480, fol. 2386. The last verse
of other copies, beginning J-«^j J*>j <-^" j

&^° J, fol. 198a, is followed in this MS. by
two additional strophes due to the commen-
tator.

A copy of the poem with an anonymous
commentary is noticed by Casiri, no. 359,
and by De"renbourg, no. 361. A commentary
by Muh. B. 'Abd al-Rahman B. al-Tufaili
(d. A.H. 536) is mentioned by al-Makkari,
vol. i., p. 563.

• By 'Abdallah B. 'Ali al-Bushati, who died in Almeria,
A.H. 542 ; Biblioth. Arabico-Hisp., vol. iv., p. 218, and
Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 375.

POETRY.

667

1053.

Or. 4004.— Foil. 21 ; 9£ in. by 7.

[GLASER, nos. 299, 305.]

I. Foil. 1—14 ; 13 lines, 4£ in. long ;
written in large Neskhi with all the vowels,
apparently in the 14th century.

Fragment of a Diwan, without author's
name. The author is Abu 'Abdallah al-
ii usain B. 'Ali B. Muh.. Alkam, who lived in
Yemen in the latter half of the fifth century
of the Hijrah. He was born and brought
up in Zabid. His father, also a poet, was,
under the Amir 'Ali B. Muh. al-Sulaihi, at
the head of the revenue department in
Tihamah, and acted for fifteen years as
Wazir to As'ad B. Shihab, governor of Zabid.
His son was, after him, the first of Yemen
poets, and was regarded in that country as
equal to al-Mutanabbi. He wrote letters for
al-Sayyidat al-Hurrah, wife of al-Mukarram,
son and successor of al-Sulaihi, to the
Egyptian and other foreign courts, and lived
in great and luxurious style. His Diwan is
extremely rare. See Tiraz A'yan al-Zaman,
Or. 2425, fol. 2346. He and his father
plotted with Jayash B. Najah the overthrow
of As'ad B. Shihab, A.H. 482. See Johannsen,
Hist. Jemanae, pp. 134 — 6, 'Umarah, Or.
3265, fol. 138—140, Kay's edition, pp. r., 28,
10, 89, and Tiraz A'yan al-Zaman, fol. 220.

Fol. 1, marked as the first of the ninth
quire, contains the latter part of a Kasidah
rhyming in U 4, a short piece with the head-
ing pjb }) U (yjj ^ J\5j, and the beginning
of a long Kasidah in praise of al-Sayyidah
Bint Ahmad al-Sulaihi, with the heading:

-*+>.

Beg.

That princess, the wife of al-Mukarram,
son and successor of the Amir 'Ali al-Sulaihi,
carried on the government during the illness
of her husband, who died A.H. 484, and
after his death. Sayyidah died A.H. 532. See
'Umarah, fol. 110 ; Kay's edition, pp. of, 73,
Tiraz, fol. 176. To her is also addressed
the next following Kasidah, fol. 4.

Further on, fol. 8, is a Kasidah in which
the poet rebukes Jayash and regrets his own
desertion from al-Mukarram, JJL>J Jj J\»j
fj£\\ tiMU iSj\a* Je- ^i>j U,U». jjji. This is
followed by a long poem in praise of the last-
named king, fol. 9.

In the heading of the last piece, which was
an answer to verses addressed to himself, the

poet's name is written al-Kumi, uj—U e^\^^

>
l_s&\ J* lsjj. This has been taken to stand

for a Nisbah derived from the Persian city,
Kumm, al-Kummi ; but in the works above
referred to, and especially in the excellent
copy of the Tiraz, the poet's patronymic is

always written J&\ ^.

The Diwan is alphabetically arranged.
The present fragment contains the latter
part of letter o and the beginning of j.

II. Foil. 15—21 ; 13 lines, 4J in. long ;
written in Neskhi, probably in the 17th
century.

Fragment of a book of divination (Fal),
paginated with Arabic figures from 27 to 40.

Each page contains twelve answers, num-
bered from 1 to 12, and at the top of each
page is the name of a holy personage
connected with some place in Yemen, as

and

s J>^, or simply a local name as

4Q2

668

POETRY.

1054-55.

Or. 2189-90. — Two uniform volumes, con-
sisting respectively of foil. 163 and 167 ;
9| in. by 6f ; 21 lines, 4f in. long ; written
by the same hand in elegant Neskhi,
with all the vowels ; dated Wednesday,
2 Sha'ban, A.H. 849 (A.D. 1445).

The exhaustive and discursive commentary
of Salah al-Dln Khalil B. Aibak al-Safadi
upon the Lamiyyat al-'Ajam of al-Tughra'i
(died A.H. 515), with the following title
written in gold and in the Kufi character,

within a richly illuminated border:

Beg.

The work has been printed in two volumes,
Cairo, A.H. 1290, and re-printed A.H. 1305.

The text of the poem is written in elegant
Thulth and in red ink, with all the vowels.
The last verse explained in the first volume
is the following :

(j

See the Cairo edition of A.H. 1305, vol. i.,
p. 250.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 286a ; Pertsch, no. 2248 ; Escurial, no.
322-23 ; Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 289 ;
Institut, nos. 88 — 90 ; Paris Catalogue, nos.
3119 — 21 ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
vol. i., p. 407, note ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 288.

1056.

Or. 3165.— Foil. 33; 8J in. by 6; 25 lines
3y in. long ; written in small and distinct
Neskhi ; dated 17 Juinada II., A.H. 109
A.D. 1681. [KEEMEE, no. 171/

A commentary by Muhammad B. 'Umar
Bahrak al-Hadrami upon the Lamiyyat al-
Ajam.

,,\j j»o U\

The title and the author's name are found
in the following inscription, prefixed by the

hand of the copyist :

The author, an eminent scholar, poet, and
prolific writer, was born in Hadramaut,
A.H. 869, and studied law in Aden and
Zabld. He visited India, and was held in
honour by Sultan Muzaffar of Gujrat. He
died in Ahmadabad, on the 20th of Sha'ban,
A.H. 939. His abridgment of the commen-
tary of al-Safadi is mentioned among his
numerous works. See al-Nur al-Safir, Add.
16,648, fol. 536. His surname Bahrak is
apparently contracted from Ba Ahrak. Ba,
for Band, is frequently used for family names
in Hadramaut, as Ba 'Alawi, Ba Fakih, Ba
'Antar, &c.

The author says in the preface that his
commentary is chiefly extracted from that
of Khalil B. Aibak al-Safadi, of which he
took the essential part, leaving out the

irrelevant digressions : \,$>^i» ^ tJ.-£\ 0

Copyist

POETRY.

609

For other copies see the Leyden Cata-
logue, 2nd ed., no. 656 ; Ahlwardt, no. 283 ;
Aumer, no. 567 ; Pertsch, no. 2250 ; Rosen,
Notices Sommaires, no. 292, 2 ; Preston,
Biblioth.Burckhardt.,p. 28, no. 16; Houtsma,
no. 21 ; Landberg, no. 399 ; and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. iv., pp. 313, 338.

1057.

Or. 3164.— Foil. 98 ; 9 in. by 6| ; 21 lines,
3} in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi, but incorrectly ; apparently in the
18th century. [KREMER, no. 170.]

A diffuse commentary upon the Lamiyyat
al-'Ajam, without author's name.

Beg.

In a very prolix preface, after a long
eulogy upon the poem and its author, the
writer says that he had been requested to
write a commentary upon it by a person
only designated as belonging to an illustrious
and erudite family, and that, after long delays,
caused by private troubles, he had complied
with that desire. He adds that, in spite of a
long search, he had not succeeded in finding
any previous commentary on the poem.
A commentary with the same beginning is
ascribed by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 295, to
Jalal B. Khidr al-Hanafi, who wrote it in
Constantinople, A.H. 962.

The present copy breaks off at the fifth
line of the comments upon the 39th verse of
the poem.

1058.

Or. 1532.— Foil. 86 ; 10 in. by 6|; 27 lines,
4J in. long ; written in small and very neat

Neskhi, with frequent addition of the vowels ;
dated 1 Sha'ban, A.H. 899 (A.D. 1494).

[SiR HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The well-known historical Kasidah of Ibn
'Abdun (d. A.H. 529), with the commentary
of Ibn Badrun.

Beg. jjifr ^jj* j\ (_>>.^1 t-«3K!\ *JiflJ\ J15

See Dozy's edition, Commentaire historique
sur le poeme d'Ibn Abdoun, Leyde, 1848,
and, for other MSS., the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 650a; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 3127—33 ;
Ahlwardt, no. 302 ; Pertsch, no. 2252 ; Loth,
no. 813 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 303, &c.

1059.

Or. 1531.— Foil. 97 ; 8 in. by 5* ; 17 lines,
2| in. long ; written in small and close
Neskhi; dated 28 Shawwal, A.H. 1026
(A.D. 1617).

[Sin HENRY C. RAWLINSON.]

The same poem and commentary.

Beg. J^ y^ c-*>^ »_*>KM »^ iS\ J\5

[sic]

Copyist : ^j

1060.

Or. 3702.— Foil. 178 ; 8* in. by 6; 15 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated Ra jab.
A.H. 1125 (A.D. 1713). [BUDGE.]

Another copy of Ibn Badrun's commentary.
Beg. ^yj* j\ «_*o3n L-3K)^ «i5i)\ 2\ J\5

670

POETRY.

1061.

Or. 2911.— Foil. 271 ; 8£in.by5f; 16 lines,
4 in. long ; written in thick and coarse, but
distinct, Neskhi ; dated 8 Jumada II., A.H.
1222 (A.D. 1807).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

I. Foil. 1 — 174a. Another copy of Ibn
Badrun's commentary. The commentary
is slightly imperfect at the beginning.

The first line is :

[sic] J^s-j u-jj

belongs to the preface of the commentator,

and corresponds with the 12th and 13th lines

of the first page of the Leyden edition.

II. Foil. 174a—2716. «*^ii »juuiS5
The Kasidat al-Himyariyyah of Nashwan B.
Sa'id and its commentary (see no. 584), with

the heading ; "n^j^- (j^ (J$\

i [JW\ jjuJI Jy ^ ciJjiy J\

a>a>

The commentary begins, after the first
eleven Baits of the Kasidah, as follows:

**>

The copyist,

tf^C.^ ^fjj\ l_r^ail, says in the colophon
that, at the time of writing, he was spending
the summer in the town of Sama'il, Jo*y. ybj
jA»-> ,ib jj 'Ja.jL. jjlj jj, and that he made

this copy for Shaikh Sa'id B. Majid B. Sa'id
al-Harithi.

On the fly-leaf Col. Miles has written:
"Nishwan's Kasidah is well known to the
Yemen tribes of Oman ; but this is the only
copy I have been able to procure in this
country. Muscat. S. B. M."

1062.

Or. 3167.— Foil. 130 ; 8J in. by 5 ; 17 lines,
about 3£ in. long; written in fair Neskhi
with occasional vowels, apparently in the
13th century. [KREMEB, no. 173.]

The Diwan of Nasih al-Dln Ahmad B.
Muh. B. al-Husain al-Arrajani, arranged in
alphabetical order.

Beg. ^\ ^ ^\ & J-i\iN J-to) J\S

The author, who was Kadi of Tustar and
of 'Askar Mukram, was born A.H. 460, and
died A.H. 544. See Ibn Khallikan, De
Slane's version, vol. i., p. 134 ; Ibn al-Athir,
Kamil, vol. xi., p. 96 ; and Hammer, vol. vii.,
p. 988.

The MS. contains only the first portion of
the alphabetical series. It breaks off before
the end of letter ^ , after the first two lines
of a Kasidah in praise of Sadid al-Daulah
Ibn al-Anbari (v. Or. 2430, fol. 1586),
beginning :

Ua- j

There is a lacuna of one fol. or more
after fol. 14.

The poems have headings showing to
whom they were addressed, or on what
occasion they were composed. But in many
instances the original writing has been
erased, and such unmeaning headings as
JLsuaU j,, j»-j5\ j, ,_j^5\ ,j, have been
substituted.

There are fifteen pieces under letter \

POETRY.

671

The other letters begin respectively as
follows: ._;, fol. 346; O, fol. 476; tl>, fol.
50o ; -., fol. 51a ; -, fol. 54o. ; >, fol. 61a ;
andJ5 fol. 876.

The following are the principal persons
named in the original headings : Two con-
temporary Khalifs, al-Mustazhir (fol. 126)
and al-Mustarshid (fol. 896). Four sons of
Nizam al-Mulk, viz., Shams al-Mulk 'Uthman
(fol. 54a) ; Kiwam al-Dln Ahmad (fol. 1056) ;
Mu'ayyid al-Mulk (fol. 1176); and Fakhr
al-Mulk (fol. 1206). The Mustaufi «Azlz al-
Din Abu Nasr Ahmad B. Hamid (foil. 12a,
436, 66a, 81a, 916, 1296), who was put to
death A.H. 526 (v. Kamil, vol. x., p. 480).
The Munshi of the Diwan, Sadid al-Daulah
Muh. B. <Abd al-Karim (foil. 29a, 77a,
HOa, 1306), who died A.H. 558 (Kamil,
vol. xi., p. 558). Two members of the
family of Abu Bakr Muh. B. Thabit al-
Khujandi, who had been brought by Nizam
al-Mulk from Merv to Isfahan (Kamil, vol. x.,
p. 251), viz., his son Mas'ud (foil. 96, 666),
and his grandson Sadr al-Dm Muh. B. 'Abd
al-Latif (fol. 586), who was the head of the
Shafi'is in Isfahan, and died A.H. 552
(Kamil, vol. xi., p. 150). The Wazir Sharaf
al-Dln 'Ali B. Tirad al-Zaini (foil. 70a, 108a),
who died A.H. 538 (Kamil, vol. xi., p. 64);
and Nasir al-Dln 'Abd al-Kahir B. Muh.,
Kadi of Khuzistan, to whom the author
acted as deputy (foil. 45 a, 1126).

For other copies see the Bodleian Cata-
logue, vol. ii., p. 6166, ad no. 1259 ;
Ahlwardt, nos. 320-1 ; the Leyden Cata-
logue, 2nd ed., nos. 668-9 ; Houtsma, no. 23 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 240.

1063.

Or. 2430.— Foil. 169 ; 8$ in. by 6 ; 29 lines,
3^ in. long; written in Neskhi; dated

Thursday, 17 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1146 (A.D.
1734). [Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The Diwan of the same poet.
Beg. j\ ^ U U b ^

The arrangement is also alphabetical ; but
the order of the poems under each letter is
not the same as in the preceding MS., and
each MS. contains some pieces which are not
found in the other. The first poem of this
copy, the initial seven Baits of which have
been supplied by a later hand, is a Kasidah
in praise of al-Mustazhir-billah. It is the
tenth of the preceding MS., fol. 126, where
the first hemistich reads :

J\ * ^ ^Lo b wb_ ^\

The first piece of the preceding copy is
found here as third, fol. 36, with the heading :

> Jb"

There are twelve pieces under letter \.

The poems have short headings in red, in
which, besides the names already mentioned,
that of the Wazir Anushirwan B. Khalid
(deposed A.H. 530, Kamil, vol. xi., p. 29) is
of frequent occurrence.

At the end of the Diwan, fol. 145«, are
found a versified colophon dated A.H. 1032,
transcribed from an earlier copy, and Ibn
Khallikan's notice of the poet.

Then comes a supplement to the Diwan,
containing additional pieces in alphabetical
order, foil. 1466 — 162a, and the latter part
of Ibn Khallikan's notice.

Foil. 1626 — 164a contain an Urjuzah by
'Abd al-Rahman, called al-Bahlul, »^q.>^
Jjl^jJb ji^lM (.r*>^\ >>>*£> on the exactions
of a tyrannical governor of Damascus,
A.H. 1151.

672

POETRY.

Lastly there are, foil. 1656 — 169a, three
additional poems by al-Arrajani, the first of
which occurs also in Or. 3167, fol. 586. It
begins :

1064.

Or. 3749.— Foil. 137 ; 8f in. by 6 ; from 13
to 20 lines, about 4 in. long ; written in
Neskhi, with red-ruled margins, apparently
in the 18th century. [GLASEB, no. 33.]

The Diwan of Abu '1-Ghana'im Muhammad
B. 'AH B. Faris al-Hudali, called Ibn al-

Mu'allim,

Ibn al-Mu'allim al-Wasiti is highly praised
by Ibn Khallikan (De Slane, vol. iii., p. 168),
who describes him as the most popular poet
of his time. He was born at al-Hurth, a
village near Wasit, A.H. 501, and died there
A.H. 592. See Yakut, vol. iv., p. 960, and
Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 52, fol. 80.

The Diwan is chiefly composed of Kasidahs,
or laudatory poems, arranged without regard
to rhyme or chronology, with headings
indicating persons to whom they were ad-
dressed, mostly Amirs and Wazirs of Wasit,
Basrah, Baghdad and Mosul. A few amatory
poems Jj«N ^J are interspersed, and at the end
are some elegies djy>)> the first of which is on
the death of the poet's son Abu '1-Mansur.
The last is imperfect at the end.

The first page is occupied by a notice of
the author, abridged from Ibn Khallikan.
The first Kasidah wants the initial lines, the
MS. having been transcribed from a copy
which had lost a leaf or more at the beginning.
The second Kasidah has this heading: JlSj

The first line is :

There is only one date given, namely,
A.H. 521 ; it relates to a Kasidah in praise
of Rustam Ibn al-Marzuban, which is stated
to have been the author's first essay in poetry.

For another copy see Uri,no. 1220, Nicoll,
p. 612.

1065.

Or. 3815.— Foil. 225 ; 8fin.by6£; 21 lines,
4£ in. long ; written in fair bold Neskhi with
occasional vowels, apparently in the 13th
century, except foil. 1 — 5 and 212 — 225,
which have been supplied by a later hand,
A.H. 907 (A.D. 1501).

[GLASEE, no. 103.]

Diwan of Imam al-Mansur billah 'Abdallah
B. Hamzah, who died A.H. 614 (see no.

210), with this title :

The contents are more copious than those
of another MS. described in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 749a, and the order of the
eight classes, in which the poems are dis-
tributed, differs from that copy with regard
to the last two. The headings of the classes
are as follows :

Fol. 2.
Fol. 54.
Fol. 122.

Fol. 146.
Fol. 166.
Fol. 171.

U*J II.
III.

J\ w ^ U. IV.
^\ j V.
jA oVax. j VI.

POETRY.

673

Fol. 199. J^l J VII.

Fol. 216. <_A>^j k*W J VIII.

Headings prefixed to the poems frequently
contain dates ; these range from A.H. 583
(fol. 54) to A.H. 612 (fol. 68). For other
copies see Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung,
no. 34, Landberg, no. 227, and the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 675, where a notice
of the author will be found, as well as a full
statement of the contents of the Diwan.

1066.

Or. 2431.— Foil. 126 ; 8f in. by 5 ; 17 lines,
3J in. long; written in neat, sparingly
vocalized, Neskhi, with 'Unwan and gold-
ruled lines; dated Sunday, 17 Dulhijjah,
A.H. 1185 (A.D. 1772).

[Presented by Cot. S. B. MILES.]

The Diwan of al-Amir Jamal al-Dm Abu
Mansur 'Ali B. 'Abdallah B. al-Mukarrab.

Beg. y

U . . .

Jjll y> rflU ,XP y? ,>

The poet, who is also designated by the
Nisbahs al-Ibrahlmi and al-'Uyuni, lived in
al-Ahsa in the first half of the seventh
century of the Hijrah. Some account of him,
drawn from another copy of the Diwan,
Add. 7598, has been given in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 288«.

The contents of this copy are mostly the
same as those of the MS. just mentioned, but
the arrangement is quite different. It does
not follow any obvious system, except so
far that poems addressed to the same person
are mostly grouped together. Most pieces
have headings, in some instances very ex-
tensive ones, showing in whose praise, or on
what occasion, they were composed.

The first piece is a Kasidah in praise of the
Khalif al-Nasir-lidin-allah, beginning :

£b JuU*)b JWU > ^tt ^6 U JW \$j\
It is found in Add. 7598, fol. 132.

The second, which has no heading, and is
not found in the other MS., begins, fol. 5a.

U U, JUH ^W5) U * \iJU3 1\ fi$\ ^y OJl

The third is in praise of the Amir Muh.
B. Majid, and begins, fol. 66 :

U Jl CJtt
It occurs in Add. 7598, fol. 67J.

At the end of the Diwan there are three
poems, in which the author boasts of his
descent and of the past glories of his fore-
fathers. The last and longest, beginning,
fol. 123a, Vy*« Jl>^ (j«J*N aj^li Jf, occurs
near the beginning of the other copy, fol. 13a.

A poem in praise of Amir Muh. B. Ahmad
B. al-Fadl al-'Uyuni, fol. 47fr, is stated in the
heading to date from A.H. 559, and to be the
earliest composition of the poet that had been
preserved. But the corresponding heading
in the other copy has the date A.H. 599,
which is more probable. Yakut, who met
the poet in Mosul, A.H. 617, calls him 'All
B. al-Mukrab B. al-Hasan . . . Ibn Ibrahim
al-'Uyuni al-Bahrani. See vol. iii., p. 766.
For other copies see Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss,
no. 459 ; Nobles, Madrid Catalogue, no. 215;
Houtsma, nos. 28, 29; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 235, where the author's
name is written Jamal al-Din Abu 'Abdallah
Muh. B. 'Ali B. al-Mukarrab.

1067.

Or. 2432.— Foil. 100; 7|in.by6; consisting
of two parts, written by different hands.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

4 E "

674

POETRY.

I. Foil. 1—32; 20 'lines, about 2f in.,
written in fair Neskhi, apparently in the 17th
century.

The Diwan of Husam al-Dm 'Isa B. Sinjar
B. Bahrain al-Irbili al-Hajiri, who was
slain by an assassin A.H. 632 (see Ibn
Khallikiin, De Slane's version, vol. ii.,
p. 434) ; with a short preface by the editor,
'Umar B. Muh. B. 'Umar B. al-Husain al-
Dimashki.

Beg. \ ^j U> . ,

The editor says that the Diwan consists of
seven sections, containing as many kinds of
poetical compositions ; but that division is
not observed in the present copy.

The first line is :

The Diwan, which ends fol. 28a, is followed
by a few pieces of other poets. The first is
a Sufi poem, in the form of a Kasidah, by
Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. al-Kasim B. al-
Muzaffar al-Shahruzuri, called al-Murtada,
Kadi of al-Mausil (who died A.H. 511 ; see
Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. ii.,
p. 29). It begins : JjJJl ^-JU-P jjj j^U tl*«i
The others are by an unknown poet, 'Ali B.
al-Jahar, and by al-Majnun.

The Diwan of al-Hajiri is twice mentioned
by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., pp. 271 and 298. It
has been lithographed in Cairo, A.H. 1280,
and printed there A.H. 1305.

For other copies, see Ahlwardt, nos.

456-8 ; Loth, no. 829, III. ; and the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., nos. 676-7.

The next three leaves, foil. 33 — 35, con-

tain a Kasidah entitled al-Yatlmah, by Abu '1-

Hasan B. Wahb al-Manbiji, sU~V is^J-ocM

^s&^ c_~fcj y* y-Al ^ i^y'j, beginning :

^ JJU JjiUU JA

II. Foil. 36—100 ; 12 lines, 3£ in. long ;
written in fair Neskhi, with a few vowels ;
dated Monday, 17 Muharram, A.H. 1024
(A.D. 1615). '

The Diwan of Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali Ibn al-
Nabih, with this title :

Beg.

s- J

The author's full name is Kamal al-Dm
Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B. Muh. B. al-Hasan al-
Misri. He died in Nisibm, A.H. 619,
according to Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's ver-
sion, vol. iii., p. 492, or A.H. 621 as stated
in Husn al-Muhadarah, vol. i., p. 326, and
in al-'Ibar. His Diwan has been printed in
Beirut, A.H. 1299.

The present copy begins, like a previously
described MS., Arabic Catalogue, p. 2886,
with a prose preface by the author, who
dedicates the work to al-Malik al-Ashraf
Musa, son of al-Malik al-'Adil. The contents
of both copies are the same, and arranged in
precisely the same order except towards the
end, where there are some discrepancies.
Ewald has given some extracts from the
Diwan, in the Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des
Morg., vol. ii., p. 201.

For other copies see Uri, no. 1297 ;
Ahlwardt, no. 409 ; Derenbourg, Escurial,
nos. 344-5 ; Pertsch, no. 2261 ; Nobles,

POETRY.

675

Madrid Catalogue, no. 229 ; Houtsma, no.
31 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 236.

The present copy was written for Maulana
'Uthman Efendi by Muhammad B. 'AH
'Ufair.

1068.

Or. 1205.— Foil. 57 ; 8± in. by 6; 21 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi with a
few vowels ; dated Sunday, 6 Dulhijjah,
A.H. 1085 (A.D. 1675). [ALEX. JABA.]

The Diwan of 'Umar Ibn al-Farid (who
died A.H. 632), with a preface by the editor,
'Ali, the son of the poet's daughter. See
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 289a.

413

Beg.

The Diwan begins, fol. 17«, with the
poem the first line of which is

The same preface is found in the edition
of the Diwan with the commentaries of al-
Burlni and al-Nabulusi, published by Eushaid
al-Dahdali, Marseilles, 1853, and re-printed,
Cairo, A.H. 1279, and Bulak, A.H. 1289.
The Diwan has also been lithographed, with-
out preface, in Beirut, A.H. 1267 and A.D.
1882, also in Cairo, A.H. 1280 and 1297.
It has been printed, with a commentary by
Am in al-Khuri, in Beirut, 1888, and an
Italian translation by P. Valerga was pub-
lished at Florence, 1874.

The contents of the present copy are, at
the beginning, the same as in the Marseilles
edition ; but further on there is considerable
difference in matter and arrangement.

For other copies see Pertsch, no. 2262;
the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., nos. 678 — 84;
Ahlwardt, no. 417, &c. ; the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 3143—70 ; Houtsma, no. 83 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., pp. 313, 234.

1069.

Or. 3842.— Foil. 92 ; 13 in. by 8$; 21 lines,
5J in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins ; dated 1 Rabi' II.,
A.H. 1219 (A.D. 1804).

[GLASER, no. 130.]

The Diwan of the same poet, with the
preface and epilogue of 'Ali, the author's
grandson.

Beg. of Pref.

The preface occupies foil. 2 — 15, corre-
sponding with pp. 3 — 24 of the Marseilles
edition. The contents of the Diwan agree
substantially with those of that edition.

1070.

Or. 4359.— Foil. 60 ; 8 in. by 51 ; 15 or 16
lines, 3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ;
dated Saturday, 27 Ramadan, A.H. 956
(A.D. 1549). [BDDGE.]

The same Diwan, commencing with the
preface and the same four pieces as the
Marseilles edition. Further on the arrange-
ment is different, and the number of pieces

less.

The last piece begins :

Foil. 58 — 60 contain some Dubaits and a

676

POETRY.

Kasidah, by Shaikh 'Abd al-Rahim al-Bur'i
(c. A.H. 450), beginning :

1071.

Or. 3166.— Foil. 75; 10 in. by 7i ; 16 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; written
for Kremer in Alexandria about A.D. 1860.

[KEEMEE, no. 172.]

The same Diwan, with the preface of 'Ali.

The contents agree generally with those of
the Marseilles edition, and conclude with
the same poem.

1072.

Or. 3700.— Foil. 266 ; 7f in. by 5| ; 27 lines,
2f in. long; written in neat and minute
Neskhi ; dated on the last day of Rabi' II.,
A.H. 1061 (A.D. 1651). [BUDGE.]

A commentary upon the Diwan of Ibn al-
Farid, by Hasan B. Muh. B. Muh. al-Burini,
who died A.H. 1024 (Khulasat al-Athar,
vol. ii., p. 51, and Haj. Khal., vol. iii.,
p. 248).

Beg.

J\

The commentary has been printed in the
Marseilles edition of the Diwan. See also
Ahlwardt, no. 439 ; the Leyden Catalogue,
2nd ed., no. 686 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
3157-58 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 268.

1073.

Or. 3853.— Foil. 155; 8£ in. by 5|; from
21 to 23 lines, 3f in. long ; written in plain
Neskhi, with red - ruled margins ; dated
Rada' al-'Arsh, Thursday, 28 Shawwal,
A.H. 1088 (A.D. 1677). [GLASEE, no. 141.]

I. Foil. 2—16. The Diwan of Yahya B.
'Isa Matruh,

Beg.

Jamal al-Dln Abu '1-Husain Yahya B. 'Isa
B. Ibrahim, called Ibn Matruh, was born in
Syut, A.H. 592, rose to a high rank in the
service of al-Malik al-Salih Ayyub, and died
in Cairo, A.H. 649. See Ibn Khallikan's
translation, vol. iv., p. 144, and Quatremere,
Histoire des Sultans Mamlouks, torn, i.,
p. 36.

The Diwan consists of 39 pieces in alpha-
betical order, with a Kit'ah and a Dubait at
the end. It has been printed in Constanti-
nople, A.H. 1298. A fragment of the same,
and some detached pieces (included in the
present copy), are noticed by Ahlwardt,
Verzeichniss, nos. 481 — 8.

II. Foil. 22—112. The Diwan of Diya al-
Dm Musa B. Yahya Bahran in praise of
Imam al-Mutawakkil 'ala 'llah Sharaf al-Dln
Yahya B. Shams al-DIu (who was proclaimed
A.H. 912, and died A.H. 965) :

Beg.

The contents are mostly Kasidahs ad-
dressed to the Imam, congratulating him on
his victories, or written in his name to
various persons. They form a chronological
series, and the dates mentioned in the head-
ings range from A.H. 924 to 931. There
are also some Kasidahs addressed to the

POETRY.

677

Imam's sons, 'Abdallah and al-Mutahhar,
and several short poems of the kind called
Taushlh. The author has been mentioned
above, no. 540, as Musa B. Yahya B.
Haran.

III. Foil. 115—155. The Diwan of Ibn
al-Nabih al-Misri, (jj^ *?.*A\ ^\ wV-^ with
a prose preface by the author, beginning:

See above, no. 1067, II. The first Kasi-
dah is a eulogy upon the Khalif al-Nasir,
beginning :

J\

Although beginning and ending like the
printed edition, and substantially following
the same arrangement, our MS. contains
several pieces not found in the latter.

The copyist has written on spare leaves,
foil. 17 — 21, a Kasidah by his father, Shams
al-Islam Ahmad B. al-Husain B. Hamld al-
Dln, with a Takhmis by Kadi Badr al-Dln
Muh. B. Ibrahim al-Suhuli, and other pieces
by contemporary poets, viz., Salah B. 'Abd
al-Khalik al-Jahhaf (Simt al-La'al, fol. 217),
Sharaf al-Dln al-Hasan B. Ahmad al-Jalal
(Tib al-Samar, L, fol. 161), and a few others.

1074.

Or. 3168.— Foil. 24 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
about 4 in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated
Rosetta, Thursday, 22 Muharram, A.H. 1269
(A.D. 1852). [KEEMER, no. 174.]

An extract from the Diwan of Ibrahim B.
Sahl al-Ishbili, by Hasan B. Muh. al-'Attar,
Shaikh of al-Azhar, with this title : U> \JJM

J1

U

Ibrahim B. Sahl, the poet of Seville, was
a Jew who had embraced Islam ism, although
the sincerity of his conversion was doubted.
He perished at sea on his way to Ifrikiyyah,
A.H. 649, being then about forty years of
age. See al-Makkari, vol. ii., pp. 351 — 4,
and Haj. KhaL, vol. iii., p. 241. On the title-
page is a short notice extracted from the j£"
(j^*M, . stating that the author was born
A.H. 609.

The abbreviator says in a short preamble,
that he made the present extract from a
Maghribi copy, which he had succeeded,
after a long search, in obtaining from the
province of Ifrikiyyah, and that he omitted
the life of the author and what related to his
personal circumstances.

The first line is :

JU^)\

The MS. contains seventy-three pieces,
some of them very short, arranged in alpha-
betical order.

The abbreviator, Hasan B. Muh. al-'Attar,
states at the end that he completed his task
A.H. 1229. He adds that he had left out
the second part of the Diwan, consisting of
laudatory poems, because he found it inferior
to the first, and had a dislike for that kind
of poetry.

There is a copy of the Diwan in the
Escurial. See DeVenbourg, no. 379. The
same abridgment was printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1279, 1292, 1302. See the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 233, where the abbreviator
is stated to have died, A.H. 1250. Another
edition was printed in Beirut, A.D. 1885.

Copyist ; ^laM J-iflN y\

678

POETKY.

1075.

STOWE, Or. 12.— Foil. 130 ; 8 in. by 5J ;
17 lines, 3|- in. long; written in Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins ; dated Jumada II.,
A.H. 1000 (A.D. 1592).

The Diwan of Baha al-Dm Abu'1-Fadl
Zuhair B. Muh. B. 'Ali al-Muhallabi al-
Salihi al-Misri al-Azdi, arranged alphabeti-
cally, with a short preamble, by the author.

Beg.

The poet was born in Mecca, A.H. 581,
spent most of his life in the service of al-
Malik al-Salih, to whom he acted as secre-
tary, and died in Cairo, A.H. 656. See Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. i., p. 542,
and Husn al-Mahadarah, vol. i., p. 327. His
Diwan has been published, with an English
translation, by E. Palmer, Cambridge, 1876-7.
It has been lithographed in Cairo, A.H. 1278,
1297, &c. See also Guyard, Le Divan de
Zohair, variantes, 1883.

The present copy begins and ends like
Palmer's edition ; but it contains a less
number of poems. There are, for instance,
under Alif but three pieces, against six in
the printed text.

Copyist : ^^laii ^ eJ-**?. ^ ^sf

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 7496; Ahlwardt, no. 490—2; Deren-
bourg, Escurial, no. 471 ; Pertsch, no. 2271 ;
the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 1204;
the Paris Catalogue, no. 3173 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 242.

1076.

Or. 3170.— Foil. 113 ; 8£ in. by 6; 17 lines,
4 in. long; written in fair large Neskhi, with
occasional vowels ; dated 10 Sha'ban, A.H.
988 (A.D. 1580). [KREMEE, no. 176.]

The Diwan of the same poet, collected
and arranged in chronological order, by an
anonymous editor.

The first two folios, which have been
supplied by a later hand, contain the editor's
preface, beginning, like one of the Berlin
MSS. (Ahlwardt, no. 491), as follows : J-U

After some remarks on the excellence
of Arabic poetry in general, and of that of
Zuhair in particular, the editor, whose name
does not appear, says that he had collected
all he could find of that poet's compositions,

sx>^/ y* &&rj l« £*>•} ^ <-^=^- This is
followed by a piece of fifteen Baits, which is
not found in the editions of the Diwan, and
which begins :

At the bottom of the next page, fol. 26,
is found the first Bait of the short poem
beginning : ^ cJ^ U i_JJ' b i^Jbgj (Palmer,
p. 181). The sequel is found at fol. 4a, where
the original writing of the MS. begins.

The Diwan commences with the youthful
compositions of the poet, as shown by the
headings sU*> j Jl». The first dated head-
ing, fol. 15«, is that of a congratulary piece
addressed to Amir Majd al-Dm Isina'il al-
Lamti, A.H. 607 (Palmer, p. 122). The last
dated piece, fol. 1076, is said to have been

POETRY.

679

addressed to Shaikh Najm al-Dln al-Badi-
rani, A.H. 653 (Palmer, p. 242).

The Diwan concludes with a piece begin-
ning : ^ \j.jj\ A\ (Palmer, p. 70).

A similarly arranged MS. is described in
the Paris Catalogue, no. 3173.

On the last page of the MS., and in the
same hand, there is a versified exhortation
to prayer for deliverance. It is ascribed to
the holy Shaikh, Muhammad (B. 'Ali) al-
Bakri, ^^\ ±*s? *i)b ,_j,l«M 0^, who died
A.H. 994 ; see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 7776,
ad p. 307a).

1077.

Or. 3169.— Poll. 21 ; 8f in. by 7J ; 21 lines,
about 3f in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi
in the 19th century. [KBEMEE, no. 175.]

The Diwan of Saif al-Dln 'Ali Ibn Kizil,
alphabetically arranged.

Beg. jjiij «.&J1 JUl . . . j&&\ ±fl\ J\S

The first piece has the heading -^ J\S
&! ^»-^«j and begins as follows :

U5 £

The poet, whose full name is Saif al-Dln
Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali B. 'Umar B. Kizil al-
Turkamani al-Baruki, was born in Cairo,
A.H. 602, and became known asal-Mushidd,
on account of the office he held as Mushidd
al-Dawawm, or controller of the financial
boards, in Damascus (v. Dozy, Supplement
aux Dictionnaires, p. 736). He died in that
city, A.H. 656. See Fawat al-Wafayat,

vol. ii., p. 79, and IJusn al-Muhadarah,
vol. i., p. 327.

The Diwan includes three poems addressed
to al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Dln Yusuf, who
reigned A.H. 634— 658 (v. Ibn Khallikan,
De Slane's version, vol. ii., p. 445). One of
them, dated A.H. 652, is said to relate to a
peace concluded with the Franks. Another
piece is addressed to a contemporary poet,
Ibn Matriih (no. 1073).

Copyist : J-aiM y \ {J^a* J^1

Another copy is mentioned by Derenbourg,
Escurial, no. 342, s.

1078.

Or. 4363.— Foil. 91 ; 8J in. by 6; 11 lines,
3| in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 17th century. [BuDGE.J

A collection of religious poems by several
authors.

The most important are :

I. Foil. 4 — 36. Poems in praise of Mu-
hammad, called wyj)l jjLoSN, al-Kasa'id al-
Witriyyah, by Majd al-Dln Abu 'Abdallah
Muh. B. Abi Bakr B. Kashid al-Wa'iz al-
Baghdadi (who died A.H. 662), with a
prose preface by the author.

Beg. jin jot j\ J^laN SiftA5\ (.W\ gX\ J\5

[sic]

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 3116; Loth, no. 816; Ahlwardt, no. 500;
Pertsch, no. 2273 ; the Leyden Catalogue,
2nd ed., no. 706 ; and Houtsma, no. 38.

II. Foil. 44—56. The Diwan of Ibrahim
al-Ja'bari,

680

POETRY.

All the poems included are found with
others in a larger Diwan, also ascribed to
Shaikh Ibrahim al-Ja'bari, Arabic Catalogue,
p. 3476.

That celebrated saint, whose full name
was Taki al-Dm, or Burhan al-Dln, Abu
Ishak Ibrahim B. Mi'dad al-Ja'bari, was
born in Ja'bar, A.H. 599, and died in Cairo,
A.H. 687. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 7786, and al-Munawi, fol. 225. It is
stated by the last writer, and by the editor
of the Diwan of Ibn Farid, Marseilles edition,
pp. 19, 576, that al-Ja'bari was present at
the death of the latter poet, and handed
down some of his verses. No Diwan of his
composition, however, is mentioned in the
notices of his life.

In other MSS. the same Diwan is ascribed,
with greater probability, to a later Ja'bari,
viz., Muhammad B. Abi Bakr, a Sufi of the
Salihiyyah convent, Cairo, who died, accord-
ing to Ahlwardt, no. 669, about A.H. 820.
See also the Vienna Catalogue, no. 489, and
Pertsch, no. 2311.

III. Foil. 71—91. The Hamziyyah of al-
Buslri, called Umm al-Kura (v. Or. 4362).

There are, besides, some detached pieces,
most of which are anonymous. Others are
ascribed to Ibn al-Mukri, fol. 36 ; to 'Abd
al-Hadi al-Sudi, fol. 38 ; and to Ahmad Ibn
al-Jauzi, foil. 56 and 68.

1079.

Or. 3159.— Foil. 19 ; 9J in. by 5£ ; 9 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in elegant, fully vocal-
ized, Neskhi, with 'Unwan and gold-ruled
margins, apparently in the 16th century.

[KREMEE, no. 3159.]

The well-known poem of al-Busiri (died

A.H. 696), called al-Burdah. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 766; Pertsch, no. 2275; the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 296, &c.

1080.

Or. 4360.— Foil. 31; ll^in. bySJ; 12 lines,
written in fine large Neskhi with the vowels,
dated Eabi' I., A.H. 1091 (A.D. 1680).

[BUDGE.]

Takhmis of the Burdah, without author's
name, beginning :

J1 li tilfti* "$ dUS Jb U

The author is Nasir al-Dln Muh. B. 'Abd
al-Samad al-Fayyumi, and the date of com-
position is A.H. 873. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, pp. 3106, 650a, and Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 529. For other copies see
Pertsch, nos. 2282-3 ; Rosen, Institut,
no. 96 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 215, vol. vii., pp. 30, 196.

The same Takhmis is ascribed in Ahl-
wardt's Verzeichniss, no. 580, d, to Muh. B.
Mansur B. 'Ubadah.

Foil. 29 — 31 contain a collection of short
moral sentences in alphabetical order, begin-
ning : ti)U\, ^ \£>f-\ &i-»jo (_J/o.

liflU 5)

1081.

Or. 4361.— Foil. 66; 8J in. by 5|.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—38; 15 lines, 2f in. long;
written in neat Neskhi with the vowels;
dated 7 Sha'ban, A.H. 1009 (A.D. 1601).

Commentary of Khalid B. 'Abdallah al-
Azhari upon the Burdah, l^

POETRY.

CHI

Beg.

J\ ji

The author, who died A.H. 905, com-
pleted this commentary A.H. 903. See the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 876, 765a, 2936, and,
for other copies, i6., p. 651a ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 266 ; Loth, no. 822 ; and
Ahlwardt, no. 565. The work has been
printed in the margins of Ibrahim al-Bajuri's
commentary, Cairo, A.H. 1302.

II. Foil. 39—52 ; 24 lines, 3f in. long ;
written in fair Neskhi, apparently in the
17th century.

A mystic poem in the form of a Kasidah,
by 'Abd al-Karim al-Jlli, *-iU s,jjua5M

Js? j juuJ

Beg.

See above, no. 245, XIV.

In a Berlin MS. (Ahlwardt, no. 3411), the
title is s-x.*3\ j^^ (J **J^ ,o^l Uri,
no. 45, has a similar title in inverted order :

Foil. 53 — 58 contain a fragment of a
history of the prophets, the Muthallath of
Kutrub (v. Pertsch, no. 408, Ahlwardt,
no. 150), and the Lamiyyat al-'Arab of
Shanfara (Arabic Catalogue, p. 1766, and
Pertsch, no. 2224).

1082.

Or. 4362.— Foil. 63 ; 8£ in. by 4f ; written
by several hands in fair Neskhi ; dated
A.H. 1162 and 1154 (A.D. 1749 and 1741).

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—27. The Hamziyyah of al-
Busiri, also called Umm al-Kura, a Kasidah
in praise of Muhammad.

Beg.

See for other copies, Loth, no. 823 ; Ahl-
wardt, no. 538 ; Pertsch, no. 2295 ; Escurial,
nos. 315, 317 ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd
ed., no. 723 ; Houtsma, no. 49 ; the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. vii., pp. 41,334, 337, &c.

II. Foil. 38—59. The Badl'iyyah of Ibn
Hijjah, with an explanation of the poetical
figures written obliquely between the verses
(see no. 985, I.).

It is slightly imperfect at the beginning.
The first line is in illustration of the figure
called jflkU u»liU

1083.

Or. 3888.— Foil. 33 ; 6£ in. by 8£ ; 20 lines,
written in large Neskhi with the vowels ;
dated Sunday, 7 Rajab, A.H. 1139 (A.D.
1727). [GLASEE, no. 174.]

I. Foil. 1—32. The same Hamziyyah of
al-BusIri, with a Takhmis, imperfect at the
beginning.

It wants the first 130 Baits of the original
poem. The Takhmis on the last Bait begins :

II. Foil. 33 — 38. An invocation to Mu-
hammad in the form of a Kasidah, with
Takhmis, by Jamal al-Dm Muh. B. Hamzah,

Beg.

4 s

682

POETRY.

1084.

Or. 2192.— Foil. 70 ; 7f in. by 5^ ; 21 lines,
3 1 in long; written in a fair Maghribi
character, apparently in the 17th century.

A commentary by 'Abd al-Wahhab al-
Ghamri al-Khatib upon the Kasidah entitled

**?*** an<* known as
by Zain al-Dln Abu Hafs
'Umar B. Muzaffar B. 'Umar al-Ma'arri al-
Halabi al-Shafi'i al-Bakri al-Siddlki, called
Ibn al-Wardi, who died A.H. 749.

Beg.

The author says in the preface that he had
been told of a previous commentary on that
Kasidah, but had failed to discover it. He
concludes with a notice of the poet, Ibn
al-Wardi. The commentary includes the
whole text, written in red ink. At the end
the commentator states that he finished the
work on Friday, the fifth of Rabl' II.,
A.H. 1030.

The commentator's name is not found in
the text, but in the following contemporary
title:

For other copies of the same commentary
see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 295a (where
the author is not named) ; Ahlwardt, Ver-
zeichniss, no. 601; Berlin Catalogue, no.
4000; Dr. Lee's Catalogue, no. 114; the
Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 164; and
the Paris Catalogue, no. 3202. In this last
MS. the commentator is called 'Abd al-
Wahhab B. Muh. al-Khatib Ibn al-Ghamri.

1085.

Or. 1352.— Foil. 307 ; 8 in. by 5| ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Tuesday, 12 Safar, A.H. 1086 (A.D. 1675).
[SiE CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

The Diwan of Safi al-Din 'Abd al-'AzIz B.
Saraya al-Hilli, who died A.H. 750 or 752
(v. Orientalia, vol. ii., p. 393, and al-Durar
al-Kaminah, fol. 170), with the author's
preface. The following title is prefixed :

Jii b

w

$\ A

The preface and the headings of the
twelve Babs, into which the Diwan is divided,
have been given by Nicoll, Bodleian Cata-
logue, pp. 302 — 4. The Diwan has been
printed in Damascus, A.H. 1297, and in
Beirut, A.H. 1300. The contents of the
MS. agree generally with those of the Beirut
edition; but the Badi'iyyah (no. 985, II.),
which is wanting in most copies of the Diwan,
and is given as an appendix to it in the Beirut
edition, pp. 296 — 511, is here inserted among
the laudatory poems in the first section of
Bab II., foil. 34—43.

The twelve Babs begin respectively as
follows : I. fol. 4a ; II. fol. 28a ; III. fol.
1106 ; IV. fol. 1246 ; V. fol. 146a ; VI. fol.
1736; VII. fol. 215a; VIII. fol. 241a ;
IX. fol. 253a ; X. fol. 2616 ; XI. fol. 274a ;
XII. fol. 294a. The dates of composition
mentioned in some of the headings range
from A.H. 702 to 743.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 2956, 4906, and 750a ; Pertsch, no. 2300 ;
Derenbourg, Escurial, no. 498 ; the Paris
Catalogue, no. 3205 ; Houtsma, no. 54 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 248, &c.

POETRY.

688

1086.

Or. 2912.— Foil. 267 ; 9f in. by 5f ; 29 lines,

3f in. long ; written in an indifferent cursive

Neskhi, apparently early in the 18th century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The Diwan of Jamal al-Dm Abu Bakr
Muhammad B. Muh. B. Muh. B. al-Hasan
al-Fariki al-Judiimi al-Misri, called Ibn
Nubatah (who died A.H. 768), with the

editor's preface, beginning : d\

jua

In that preface, the substance of which
has been given by Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue,
vol. i., p. 473, the editor, Muhammad B.
Ibrahim al-Bashtaki, says that he had col-
lected, A.H. 773, all the poems of his Shaikh,
Ibn Nubatah, from various works published
by the poet himself, and from his inedited
papers, and had arranged them in alpha-
betical order.

The title prefixed by the copyist, w^?

\

is misleading, inasmuch as al-Katr al-Nabati
is not the name of the present Diwan, but
of one of its sources. It is mentioned in the
above preface as having been edited by Ibn
Nubatah himself. See also Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 562.

The Diwan begins with a Kasidah in
praise of Muhammad, the first line of which
is :

The contents agree with those of the MS.

described by Fliigel. At the end of the
alphabetical series, fol. 257a, there is a
Takhmis followed by several pieces in the
Rajaz metre.

The editor of the Diwan, Badr al-Din
Muh. B. Ibrahim al-Bashtaki, so called from
the Khankah of Bashtak al-Nasiri, in which
he was born, was himself a poet of note.
He died in Cairo, A.H. 830; v. Inba al-
Ghumr, fol. 2836, and Husn al-Muhadarah,
vol. i., p. 330.

*

The Diwan of Ibn Nubatah has been
printed in Alexandria, without date. For
other MSS. see the Upsala Catalogue, no.
144; Ahlwardt, nos. 632-3; the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 734; Pertsch, no.
2304 ; Dcrenbourg, Escurial, no. 449 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., pp. 236, 306.
For notices of the author see al-Durar al-
Kaminah, fol. 123, and Husn al-Muhadarah,
vol. i., p. 329.

1087.

Or. 2913.— Foil. 235 ; 10 in. by 6£ ; 21 lines,
4J in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi
with all the vowels ; dated 15 Rajab, A.H.
823 (A.D. 1420).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

The Diwan of al-KIrati, including some
compositions in prose.

On the first page is written the following
title within an illuminated, but much ob-

literated, border :

At the back of the same leaf is the first
page of a prose preface, the remainder of
which is found further on, foil. 13 — 18. It
4s2

684

POETRY.

begins as follows : ^Uy . . .

. . . *

JU'

In the colophon the work is described as
the text received from the author himself,
by Abu Sa'id Sha'ban B. Muh. al-Kurashi

al-'Uthmani : . . . \\

Burhan al-Dm Ibrahim B. 'Abdallah B.
Muh. B. 'Askar B. Mii/affar al-Ta'i al-
Kirati, an eminent jurist and poet, born in
Egypt, A.H. 726, was a disciple of Ibn
Nubatah, and an intimate friend of Taki al-
Din al-Subki and of his sons. He spent his
last years in Mecca, where he died A.H. 781.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 7766, ad p. 298a;
Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 336 ; and al-Durar al-
Kaminah, fol. 56.

In a rather diffuse preface, written in
rhymed prose, the author, after discoursing
at length on the value of poetry, says that
he had been urged by some literary friends
to collect his compositions into a Diwan, and
had, after some demur, complied with their
wish. As a crown to that collection, he
prefixed to it some Kasidahs in praise of the
Prophet. He also inserted in it some of his
compositions in prose. After inveighing
against some vile plagiarist, who had stolen
his verses, he adds that he called the Diwan

Matla' al-Nayyirain, " Rise of the two
Luminaries," on account of the two kinds
of composition that it combined.

The Diwan begins with four long Kasidahs
in praise of Muhammad, foil. 18& — 31a, the
first of which begins :

The second is that which occupies the first
place in an abridgment of the Diwan de-
scribed by Ahlwardt, no. 641.

There is no apparent system in the
arrangement of the remainder of the Diwan,
which contains Kasidahs, elegies, letters in
prose and verse, and occasional poems. From
the headings occasionally prefixed, it may be
seen that the principal correspondents of the
author were Jamal al-Dln Ibn Nubatah,
Shihab ad-Din Ibn Abi Hajalah, various
members of the Subki family (viz., Taki
al-Dln, Taj al-DIn, Baha al-Dln, &c.), 'Abd
al-Rahlm al-Isna'i, the Amir al-Muhibbi
Nazir al-Juyush, Kamal al-Din al-Damiri,
and Burhan al-Dln Ibn Jama'ah.

The dates found in the headings range
from A.H. 764 to 778, the latter being ap-
parently the year in which the Diwan was
compiled.

Copyist:

For other copies see the Paris Catalogue,
no. 3209 ; Houtsma, Brill's Catalogue, no.
56; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 325.

1088.

Or. 2914.— Foil. 201 ; 7| in. by 4J; 17 lines,
2J in. long ; written in small and neat
Nestalik, with 'Unwan and blue-ruled mar-
gins ; dated A.H. 1042 (A.D. 1632-3).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

I. Foil. 2—150. The Diwan of Ibn
Makanis, collected by his son, with the

POETRY.

685

latter's preface beginning : ^

all

4-— i>

The full name of the author, which does
not appear in the text, is Fakhr al-Dln
Abu'l-Faraj 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abd al-
Razzak B. Ibrahim Ibn Makanis. Born in
Cairo, A.H. 745, he rose, although a Copt
by race, to the Wazirate, and died A.H. 794.
See Orientalia, vol. ii., p. 479, and al-Durar
al-Kaminah, fol. 163. His son, Majd al-Din
Fadl-allah, also a distinguished poet, born
A.H. 767, died in Cairo, A.H. 822. See
Inba al-Ghumr, fol. 248, and Husn al-Muha-
darah, vol. i., p. 330.

The Diwan begins as follows :

Contents: Kasidahs and short pieces in
alphabetical order, fol. 4&. A Takhmis,
fol. 42fe. Several Urjuzahs, beginning (tr« J*
t_bjli> jj, fol. 466. Songs, JW-j^, fol. 67a.
Letters and other compositions in prose and
verse, fol. 70a. Most of the letters are ad-
dressed to Badr al-Din al-Bashtaki (no. 1086).

For other copies, see Ahlwardt, no. 643 ;
Aumer, no. 534 ; Derenbourg, Bscurial, nos.
342-3; Paris Catalogue, no. 3210; Pertsch,
no. 2309 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 313.

The date of transcription is given in the
following enigmatical form : . .

l, which means Wednes-
day, the first of Rajab, A.H. 1042.

II. Foil. 151—201.

An allegory relating to the medical art,
and full of the technical terms of medicine ;
without author's name.

Beg.

Io3

£»~» U l.r-9.1

Ten physicians (Hakims), sent by the king
of the " City of Existence " (^jrjN **?>•) to
explore his dominions, report to him in
succession the result of their observations
and experiences.

In the preface the author refers to a pre-
vious work written on a similar subject by
a person not named, who was, he says,
unfair to the physicians. He adds that the
verses, which are freely inserted, are, with a
few exceptions, his own composition.

Haj. KhaL, who gives, vol. vi., p. 431,
the same title and beginning, does not name
the author.

The last leaf of the MS., which is missing,
has been replaced, A.H. 1284, by Ibrahim
B. Husain al-Shi'i, who says that the original
MS. had been written by Ahmad B. 'Ali al-
Salihi, and was dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1042.

1089.

Or. 4364.— Foil. 250.— 7 in. by 5 ; 15 lines,
3J in. long; written in minute Neskhi ;
dated Thursday, 26 Muharram, A.H. 941
(A.D. 1534.) [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 24—224.

A Sufi poem rhyming in CJ (Ta'iyyah),
with a full commentary; imperfect at the
beginning.

686

POETRY.

The following is the first extant line of
the poem :

*> ,.<• ^-

The work is designated on the outer edge

as i

The author, whose full name is 'Abd al-
Kadir B. Muh. B. 'Umar B. Habib al-Safadi
al-Shafi'i, began life as schoolmaster and
Mueddin in his native town of Safad, and
devoted himself to mysticism at the instiga-
tion of the great Sufi, Sayyid 'AH B. Maimun
al-Ghumari (d. A.H. 917). He died in Safad,
A.H. 915. See his life in al-Kawakib al-
Sa'irah, fol. 73. The commentator is 'Ali
B. 'Atiyyah al-Hamawi, called 'Alawan, who
died A.H. 922. See Haj. Khal., vol, ii.,
p. 90, and vol. iii., p. 609.

The preface, the beginning of which is
lost, commences fol. 24, in the midst of a
narrative relating to a vision of the author,
in which the Prophet spoke to him on the
subject of his poem, and gave to it the
above title. The latter part of the preface
deals with the supernatural gifts of saints.

The commentary proper begins, fol. 29, as
follows :

For other copies, see Uri, nos. 331, 1242
(Nicoll, pp. 578a, 6156); Ahlwardt, Ver-
zeichniss, no. 728 ; Berlin Catalogue, no.
3416 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. vii.,
p. 330.

Foil. 2 — 23 contain an historical com-
pendium by another hand, imperfect at be-
ginning and end. It treats of the ancient
kings of Persia, beginning with Feridun ;
of the prophets from Adam to Muhammad ;
and of the Khalifs down to al-Muti'. The
chapter on the prophets begins : +"$-J\ s^f- .»jl

II. Foil. 227—250. JjVi-

A Sufi work by Abu Hamid Muhammad
B. Muh. al-Ghazzali.

Beg.

"u?

J\*

After referring to a previous work entitled
c_>^\ ^> tijl2\\ J^s-^\ j <-r>^, the
author describes the present one as follows :

,> L-,:* Uj

J\

The present copy is imperfect ; it contains
only the preface, a Mukaddimah treating of
the intuition of things divine granted to
saints and Abdals (fol. 230), the third Bab
(fol. 236), ^ A]jl\ ^U ubo j, euJUll L^Ul^
and the fourth Bab (fol. 239), ^U\
J t^JJU\ u.*^ L^j ^y1. This last
is imperfect at the end.

The work belongs evidently to the mys-
tical period of al-Ghazzali's life. The bare
title is mentioned by Haj. Kbal., vol. v.,
p. 474. Copies are noticed by Casiri, nos.
728, 759. Compare Gosche, Ghazzali's
Leben, p. 264, no. 21.

1090.

Or. 4365.— Foil. 84; 8$ in. by 5£ ; 21 lines,
3 1 in. long; written in fair Neskhi ; dated

POETRY.

687

Thursday, 15 Jumada I, A.H. 1104 (A.D.
1693). [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—67. A Ta'iyyah, or Kasidah
rhyming in O, relating to religious life, by
Muhammad B. 'Umar al-'Alami al-Makdisi,
with a commentary by the author.

The following title is prefixed : c

. . . aJJb

Beg. of the preface: J\

all

S.sLJI

The author, who died in Jerusalem A.H.
1038 (Arabic Catalogue, p. 776a, ad p. 290a,
and Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iv., p. 78), says

that he wrote this poem, entitled s±*>^ &^~'
<o.j^*?' H>^la51 ^J\, for a wealthy friend, who
in consequence of a reverse of fortune,
wished to embrace a religious life and to
enter the Rifa'i order.

The poem, written throughout in red ink,
begins :

The work is mentioned by Ahlwardt,
Verzeichniss, no. 775 ; Berlin Catalogue,
no. 3443, 7.

II. Foil. 73—84.

A collection of moral precepts and maxims,
in eleven Babs, without author's name.

Beg.

The first three Babs treat respectively of
the excellence of understanding, of science,
and of good-breeding (i—^j^ J-ai (j). The
last Bab, which is imperfect, is in con-
demnation of carnal lust (JjfrlN *i ^y).

See Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 283, where no
author is given.

1091.

Or. 3173.— Foil. 49 ; 7J in. by 5| ; 15 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 19th century. Bound up
with Or. 3169. [KEEMEE, no. 179.]

The Diwan of Fath-Allah al-Halabi al-
Madani, known as Ibn al-Nahhas, with the
title :

Fath-Allah Ibn al-Nahhas, a native of
Halab and an eminent poet, was placed by
most critics above his contemporary and
rival poet, Manjak Pasha. After a wander-
ing life he settled in Medina, where he died
A.H. 1052 (Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii., pp.
257—266, 'Ikd al-Jawahir, fol. 3176). His
Diwan was collected, after his death, by
Ibrahim B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Khiyari al-
Madani, also a poet, who was born A.H. 1037,
and died A.H. 1083 (Khulasat al-Athar,
vol. i., p. 25).

The beginning of the preface is wanting.
In the extant portion, the editor, whose
name does not appear, states that the poet
died in Medina on Thursday, the 12th of
Safar, A.H. 1052, that his poems remained
scattered and subject to alteration by

688

POETRY.

copyists, until he, the editor, compiled, at
the request of literary friends, a Diwan con-
taining all those he had been able to collect.

The Diwan is not alphabetically arranged.
It begins with two Kasidahs in praise of
Muhammad, the first of which opens as
follows :

They are followed by poems in praise of
the following three holy personages : Sayyid
Ahmad al-Bakri, Abu '1-As'ad Ibn Wafa,
and Ahmad al-Badawi, of the poet Amir
Manjak, and others. Further on are several
poems without any headings, and, towards
the close, a number of short pieces. But
the MS. breaks off before the end.

For other copies see Ahlwardt, Verzeich-
niss, nos. 787-8 ; Pertsch, no. 2325 ; the
Paris Catalogue, nos. 3246-7 ; and Houtsma,
no. 76.

1092.

Or. 4592.— Foil. 45 ; 7J in. by 5 ; 19 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated San 'a, 7 Jumada L,
A.H. 1154 (A.D. 1741).

Another copy, with the same preface,
which begins as follows: J\

Copyist :

1093.

Or. 3172.— Foil. 99 ; 5f in. by 3£; 15 lines,
2| in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Sunday, 17 Muharram, A.H. 1266 (A.D.
1849). [KEEMEE, no. 178.]

The Diwan of Manjak Pasha,

JUo «U

aJUafr *\j

The author, Manjak B. Muh. B. Manjak
al-Yusufi al-Dimashki, died in Damascus,
A.H. 1080. See a full notice of his life,
with copious poetical extracts, in Khulasat
al-Athar, vol. iv., pp. 409 — 423, and the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 782a, ad p. 4946.

The Diwan was compiled in the author's
lifetime by Fadl-allah B. Muhibb-Allah al-
Muhibbi (d. A.H. 1082), at the request of
Husam zadah 'Abd al-Rahman, after the
latter had been deposed from the office of
Mufti, i.e., A.H. 1066 (Takwim al-Tawarlkh,
p. 184). There exists an earlier edition, not
alphabetically arranged, described in the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 4946, and in Ahlwardt's
Verzeichniss, nos. 820 — 23.

The present Diwan is in strict alphabetical
order, and contains pieces of a later date
than the above-mentioned edition. The
latest of all is a distich on the death of
Mustafa B. Suwar, who died A.H. 1071
(v. Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iv., p. 372).

The first poem of the
Add. 19,449, beginning

earlier Diwan,
Jj^b ^J^ d*i^,
is found at fol. 726 of the present MS., while
the first poem of the latter occurs at fol. 8£
of the older copy.

1094.

Or. 3153.— Foil. 146; 9 in. by 6£; 23 lines,
4J in. long ; written in Egypt, in coarse and
cursive INeskhi, in the latter half of the 19th
century. [KEEMER, no. 157.]

A satirical description of the manners and
language of the Egyptian Fellahin, by Yusuf

POETRY.

B. Muhammad [B. 'Abd al-Jawad] B. Khidr
al-Sharbmi, with the title : jjLLM
U» \y*\ t-_AS> y* [wrongly altered to

Beg.

L.JJ

J^ w,
This is the second part of the work en-

titled (_jj4>li»

Jfc,

which has been printed in Bulak, A.H. 1274,
and lithographed in Cairo, A.H. 1289 (Khe-
dive's Library, vol. vi., p. 213). The contents
correspond with pp. 123 — 304 of the latter
edition. They consist of the author's dis-
cursive commentary upon the Kasid, or
poem in the vulgar dialect, which he ascribes
to a mythical Abu Shaduf, a type of the
Egyptian Fellah. The poem begins, fol. lOb,
with this verse :

The author lived in the latter half of the
llth century of the Hijrah. He was still
alive A.H. 1098. See Vollers, Zeitschrift
der D. Morg. Ges., Band xli., p. 370. A
special glossary published by Mehren, Copen-
hagen, 1872, has been incorporated by Dozy
in his Supplement.

For other copies see Biblioth. Burckhardt.,
p. 31, no. 30 ; Ahlwardt, no. 785 ; and the
Paris Catalogue, nos. 3267 — 70.

1095.

Or. 3805.— Foil. 100; 9 in. by 6J; 22 or
23 lines, 4J in. long ; written in cursive and
ill-shaped Neskhi ; dated A.H. 1215 and
1221 (A.D. 1801—6). [GLASEE, no. 91.]

I. Foil. 1—60; dated Sunday, 2
mada II., A.H. 1221.

689
Ju-

A commentary by Jamal al-Din 'AH B.
Salah al-Dm upon a Kasidah of al-Husain
B. 'Abd al-Kadir, with this title : }b\A\

U . . .

The author having learnt that the " late"
Kadi Shihab al-Din Ahmad B. Muh. al-
Haimi (the author of Tib al-Samar, no. 675)
had written a commentary upon a Kasiduh
of the author's father (or grandfather, UJlj),
beginning .^--^ L_^\ Jjj, ^....;J\ ^^
(no. 1099), while the admirable and popular
Kasidah in Mlm, composed by the same
poet in praise of the Prophet, had not yet
been elucidated, he was induced to write
upon it the present commentary, of which,
however, he did not make a fair copy until
long afterwards. He says at the end that
the work was completed on Sunday, the 14th
of Sha'ban, A.H. 1158. In a marginal note
of Or. 3851, fol. 120, it is stated that Sayyid
Jamal al-Din 'Ali B. Salah died in Mu-
harram, A.H. 1193.

The author of the Kasidah, al-Amir al-
Husain B. 'Abd al-Kadir B. al-Nasir B. 'Abd
al-Eabb, a descendant of Imam Yahya Sharaf
al-Din, succeeded his father, who died A.H.
1097 (v. Khulasat al-Athar, ii., p. 469), as
governor of Kaukaban, but he fell into
disgrace, and ended his life in prison. The
author of Tib al-Samar, Or. 2427, fol. 22,
praises him as an eminent poet and author
of a Diwan.

4 T

690

POETRY.

The Kasidah begins :

To the commentary is prefixed a notice
of the poet, extracted from the LiW^M '&£*
by Muh. Amm (al-Muhibbi ; v. Ahlwardt,
Verzeichniss, no. 1212).

II. Foil. 61—97 ; dated Thursday, 9 Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 1215.

A treatise on the errors of Muslim sects,
by Sayyid Shams al-Dm 'Abd al-Samad B.
'Abdallah al-'Alawi al-Damaghani, with this

title : l.&

Beg. ^\ . .

JU

auft &i)\ ^ JIS

«15

The work was written in answer to in-
quiries made by the author's friend, Shaikh
'Abd al-Hakk B. 'Abd al-Majid al-Dahabi.
It is divided into a Mukaddimah, treating of
sects in general, and two Fasls. In the first
Fasl, fol. 64a, the author sets forth the
errors and perverse practices of Muslim
sects, namely, first those of the Sunnis, and
then those of the Shl'ah in their three
branches, the Zaidis, the Imamis, and the
Isma'ilis, the last of whom he reproves as
rank infidels. In the second Fasl, fol. 96a,
he advises his friend to apply for spiritual
guidance to such Zaidis as. he would find
free from the errors above pointed out, and
leading a holy life.

III. Foil. 976 — 100. Answer of Imam al-
Mansiir-billah ('Abdallah B. Hamzah) to
questions relating to the predecessors of 'Ali

in the Khilafat:

1096.

Or. 3859.— Foil. 72 ; 12^ in. by 8|; 16 lines,
about 4f in. long ; written in cursive and
ill-shaped Neskhi, apparently in the 18th
century. [GLASEE, no. 147.]

Diwan of Sayyid Ahmad B. Ahmad B.
Muh. al-Hadawi al-Anisi, with a preface by
the author, beginning : yj*

Beg. of the Diwan

The author of Tib al-Samar, Or. 2428,
fol. 103, says that the above poet, who was
a disciple of his father, Muhammad al-Haimi,
and a friend of his own, gave him his Diwan
with the request to correct grammatical
errors. He adds that the poet subsequently
got into trouble on account of his scathing
satires, and had come to a sad end, having
died in a prison on the island of Zaila'. His
death must be anterior to the date of Tib
al-Samar, which was written A.H. 1144.

The preface begins with sharp strictures
upon al-Mutanabbi. Further on, the author
says that he had collected his own poems
at the request of a friend and benefactor,
and had arranged them in a number of
Babs. Bab I. contains Kasidahs in praise
of God and the Prophet ; Bab II., fol. 156,
poems in praise of two contemporary Imams,
viz., al-Mahdi Ahmad B. al-Hasan (A.H.

POETRY.

691

1087—92), and al-Muayyad Muh. B. al-
Mutawakkil (A.H. 1092—97) ; of Sayyid
al-Husain B. al-Mutawakkil, of the Sherif of
Mecca, Ahmad B. Ghalib (A.H. 1099—
1101), &c. Bab III., fol. 326, contains the
author's poetical correspondence, and the
rest of the volume comprises Marathi, Mu-
shajjars, Makati', &c., without distinction
of chapters.

The colophon mentions another work
which was to follow, namely,

t/J^M f\*"$\

Another poem, by the same author, but
not included in the Diwan, is mentioned in
the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 758,
where the surname al-Kahdah is added to
the author's name.

1097

Or. 3174.— Foil. 275 ; 6f in. by 4| ; 13 lines,
3 in. long ; written in rather cursive Neskhi,
probably in the nineteenth century.

[KEEMEB, no. 180.]

The collected religious poems of 'Abd
al-Ghani B. Isma'il al-Nabulusi, with the
author's preface.

Beg.

The author gives his genealogy in the
preface, fol. 6a, as follows : J,Acl»-»l

In another place, fol. 19a, he describes
himself as belonging to the Hanafi school
and to the Kadiri and Nakshabandi orders.

He was born in Damascus A.H. 1050, and
died there on the 24th of Sha'ban,
A.H. 1143. See his life and the list of
his numerous works in Silk al-Durar, vol. iii.,
pp. 30—38.

The full title of the Diwan, fol. 17o, is

The work consists of a long preface, foil.
1 — 18, and of four Babs, each of which has
a separate preamble. Of these Babs the
first alone is contained in the present volume.
The MS. appears to have been left unfinished,
for there is no colophon, and there are several
blank leaves at the end.

The poems are not in alphabetical order.
The first, fol. 196, begins :

The same beginning is found in a copy
described by Ahlwardt, no. 856. In two
MSS., noticed in the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 3006, 6516, the arrangement is alpha-
betical. See also the Paris Catalogue,
no. 3256.

Dates found in a few headings range from
A.H. 1104 to 1112.

1098.

Or. 4366.— Foil. 330 ; 8£ in. by 6; 23 lines,
3^ in. long; written in fair cursive Neskhi,
apparently in the 18th century. [BUDGE.]

The Diwan al-Dawawin, with the same
preface as in the preceding MS.

The poems are alphabetically arranged,
and begin, fol. 106, as follows :

j J

4x2

692

POETRY.

At the end, fol. 317, is a separate alpha-
betical series of Mu'ashsharat (c^^L>\\), or
short pieces of ten Baits, one for each letter
of the alphabet.

It is stated, in conclusion, that the con-
tents of the original four Diwans had been
arranged in one alphabetical series by the
author himself : <t

This is followed by three pieces, the author
of which is not named, &Js- ji)\

1099.

Or. 3841.— Foil. 151 ; 12 in. by 8; 19 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair, partly vocalized
Neskhi, with red-ruled margins ; dated
Thursday, 9 Sha'ban, A.H. 1146 (A.D. 1734).

[GLASEK, no. 129.]

A diffuse commentary, by Shihab al-Dm
(or San al-Din) Ahmad B. Muh. B. al-Hasan
B. Ahmad al-Haimi al-Kaukabani, upon a
Kasidah in praise of the Prophet fejjjiN L*\$Jty
by al-Maula al-Husain B. 'Abd al-Kadir B.
al-Nasir.

j\ »

The Kasidah begins :

The poet was the son of the prince of
Kaukaban, Sayyid 'Abd al-Kadir B. al-Nasir
B. 'Abd al-Rabb, who was a descendant of

Imam Yahya Sharaf al-Din, and died A.H.
1097 (Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 469).
He was born A.H. 1061, and succeeded his
father in Kaukaban ; but he subsequently
met with a reverse of fortune, and was cast
into prison. He was still alive A.H. 1143,
when the author of the commentary devoted
to him a long notice in his Tib al-Samar,
Or. 2427, fol. 22. The present commentary
was written earlier, probably shortly after
A.H. 1106, the latest date mentioned in it.

The introduction contains a notice of the
poet and of his poetical correspondence with
the commentator, fol. 6, and an account of
some earlier Kasidahs, which served as
models to the present one, especially that of
Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Mun'im
al-Haimi, foil. 28—37.

A Khatimah, foil. 143 — 151, contains
poems in praise of the Prophet, by the
author of the commentary.

The following detached pieces are prefixed
to the MS. : 1. Verses inscribed by the
author of the Kasidah upon a copy of the
commentary. 2. A eulogy upon the latter
by 'Imad al-Dm Yahya B. Ibrahim al- Jahhafi,
dated A.H. 1109. 3. A letter written by
the author of the commentary to 'Izz al-Islam
Muhammad, son of the poet, sending him
a copy of the work.

1100.

Or. 3936.— Foil. 47 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
about 4 in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins, apparently in the
18th century. [GLASEK, no. 230.]

The Diwan of Amir al-Husain B. 'Abd
al-Kadir (see no. 1099), edited by his
brother, with a preface beginning : <»JJ

POETRY.

G93

W

The Diwan begins with the Kasidah men-
tioned in the preceding MS. It consists
chiefly of pieces addressed by the poet to
his brother Muhammad ; to his master, Kadi
Muh. B. al-Hasan al-Haimi; to the latter's
son Ahmad, with eulogies on his numerous
works ; and to other contemporaries.

A copy of the Diwan is noticed by
Houtsma, Brill's Catalogue, no. 84.

1101.

Or. 1204.— Foil. 44; 8J in. by 6; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in vocalized Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated A.H. 1242 (A.D.
1826). [ALEX. JABA.]

The Diwan of Abu '1-Fauz Muhammad
al-Sha'rawi, with a short preface by the
editor.

Beg. w sU

The editor, who was a friend of the
author, and who, in some verses addressed
to himself, fol. 2 la, is called 'Abdallah, says
that the poems had been recited to him by
the author, and that he had collected the
same from the latter's original drafts after
his death.

The poet appears to have lived in Cairo in
the first half of the 12th century of the
Hijrah, and to have been attached to Sayyid
Ahmad (B. 'Abd al-Mun'im) al-Bakri, a

holy personage, who died A.H. 1153 (see
Jabarti, vol. i., p. 157). Several poems are
addressed to that holy man, and some
poetical letters are stated to have been
written in his name by the author. There
are also several laudatory poems addressed
to another religious character, Sayyid 'Abd
al-Khalik B. Wafa, who died A.H. 1161 (v.
Jabarti, vol. i., p. 165).

The Diwan, which is not alphabetically
arranged, includes, besides, verses relating
to various occurrences in Cairo, and a large
number of versified chronograms, with dates
ranging from A.H. 1098 to 1150.

The first piece, written in mixed prose and
verse in praise of 'Abd al-Khalik B. Wafa,
is entitled ^^ t\Sj}, and begins as follows :

1102.

Or. 3175.— Poll. 190 ; 8 in. by 5$; 29 lines,
about 3^ in. long ; written in small and
cursive Neskhi ; dated Monday, 18 Mu-
harram, A.H. 1229 (A.D. 1814).

[KEEMEB, no. 131.]

The Diwan of Husain B. Tu'mah al-
Baitimani, a collection of religious poems,
with a preface by the author.

Beg. J\ <jt\4\ U^ fy

The author was a disciple of Shaikh
Ilyas B. Ibrahim al-Kurdi and of 'Abd al-
Ghani B. Isma'il al-Nabulusi, many of
whose verses are included in his Diwan,
and belonged to the Kadiri and Rifa'i orders.
He was born in Baitima, a village near
Damascus, from which his Nisbah is derived,
and died in the latter city on the 7th of
Jumada L, A.H. 1175. See Silk al-Durar,

694

POETRY.

vol. ii., p. 52, and Matmah al-Wajid, Or.
4050, fol. 116, where the Diwan is mentioned
under its proper title (see fol. la of the
MS.), viz., j

In the preface the author gives his full
name and genealogy as follows :

The preface, beginning with a discourse
on mystic love, includes the praises of the
author's masters, especially of Ibn al-
Nabulusi, and several pieces of verse.

The Diwan proper begins, fol. 7&, with
poems in praise of Muhammad. The first
line is :

The poems are arranged according to
subjects. Most of them have prose pre-
ambles, often of considerable extent, stating
on what occasion they were composed. A
few dates are given ; the latest appears to
be A.H. 1160 (foil. 54a, 165o).

Copyist : U.KJ

Sufi works of the same author are noticed
in the Berlin Catalogue, nos. 3312-3, 3728-9.

1103.

Or. 1207.— Poll. 249 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 21 lines,
3y in. long ; written in Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins ; dated Thursday, 28 Sha'ban,
A.H. 1180 (A.D. 1767). [ALEX. JABA.]

The Diwan of 'Abdallah al-Idkawi, com
piled by the author, and entitled :

Beg. U*v- ,3

UHli.

5J>

'Abdallah B. 'Abdallah B. Salamah al-
Idkawi al-Misri al-Shafi'i, called al-Mu'addin,
was bora in Idku, near Rashid (Rosetta),
A.H. 1104. He attached himself to Sayyid
'Abdallah Efendi Burhan Zadah (who died
A.H. 1153), and acquired a great reputation
as poet. He died in Cairo, on the 5th of
Jumada I., A.H. 1184. See Jabarti, vol. i.,
p. 352, where the present Diwan and several
other works of the author are mentioned.

The poet describes the contents of the
Diwan as follows :

---+

y* J

Ji

j

^oj |»jlai* ^ J

The first piece, a Takhmls on Banat Su'ad,
begins :

^..,... U

Other poems in praise of the Prophet, of
members of his family, and of saints,
especially Ahmad al-Badawi, are followed by
pieces addressed to contemporary religious
characters, as Sayyid Ahmad al-Bakri (d.
A.H. 1153), 'Abd al-KhVilik B. Wafa (d.
A.H. 1161), and Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman B.
Mustafa al-'Idarus (d. A.H. 1192, v. Silk
al-Durar, ii., p. 328) ; also to Turkish

POETRY.

690

Pashas and other officials. There are also
poetical epistles written to literary friends,
or by them to the author, and a large
number of versified chronograms, the dates
of which come down to A.H. 1180.

Most pieces have preambles, stating on
what occasions they were written.

Poems of the same author, in praise of
Muhammad, are mentioned by Houtsma,
Brill's Catalogue, no. 89.

1104.

Or. 3829.— Foil. 83 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 15 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in imperfectly pointed
Neskhi, with red-ruled margins, in the 18th
century. [GrLASER, no. 117.]

The Diwan of al-Fakih Ahmad B. al-Hasan
B. 'Abd al-Kahman al-Zuhairi, arranged in
alphabetical order by an anonymous editor,

with a short preface beginning: b

U

The poet lived in Yemen under the Zaidi
Imam al-Mahdi (al-'Abbas) B. al-Mansur
(A.H. 1161—1189), to whom some of his
poems are addressed. Most of his pieces
are in praise of contemporary Amirs, chiefly
of Amir Ibrahim B. Muhammad. They
have headings showing to whom they were
addressed. The dates occurring in the
headings range from A.H. 1179 to 1188.

The first Kasidah begins :

1105.

Or. 4367.— Foil. 119; 8^in. by 5| ; 17 lines,

3| in. long; written in fair Neskhi, about
the beginning of the 19th century. [BODGE.]

A Diwan or collection of Sufi poems, not
alphabetically arranged.

Beg. Ij^j* £« L^u4 «« bu^ ,Jj

J"uj jj^ J* j W r»\

The poet designates himself in several
pieces by his Nisbah, al-'Umari, o>rA but
there is some uncertainty as to his proper
name.

At the head of the Diwan is written :

But there is a marginal note
stating that the above title was wrong, and
that the correct description is that which is
written at the back of the leaf. There we
read the following title, ascribing the work
to Muh. al-'Umari B. Ahmad al-'Umari al-

Mausili : J

The same title is written on the outer
edge, where the author is called al-'Umari
Muhammad.

Muh. B. Ahmad B. 'Ali al-'Umari al-
Mausili, wrote, A.H. 1206, a collection of
religious poems, Lu-jJ^HjV*;^, mentioned by
Ahlwardt (no. 1016), who states that he
died A.H. 1215.

1106.

Or. 2093.— Foil. 42 ; 9f in. by 6£ ; 35 or 27
lines, 4J in. long ; written in rather rude
Neskhi, in the 19th century.

[Presented by SIB JOHN KIRK.]

A Sufi
God, ^a-

poem on the true knowledge of
)1, by Muhammad B. 'Ali B. al-

696

POETRY.

'Arab al-Maghribi (fol. 5a), with a full com-
mentary by the author, entitled (fol. 42a)

Beg. of the poem :

The preface of the commentary is imper-
fect at the beginning. The extant portion
occupies six pages, and contains extensive
quotations from the poems of 'Abd al-Kadir
al-Jili and Ibn al-Farid. The author quotes
also late writers as al-Sha'rani (d. A.H. 973)
and Mustafa al-Bakri (d. A.H. 1162 ; v. Silk
al-Durar, vol. iv., p. 190). The date of
composition, A.H. 1241, and the title are
stated at the end in the following verses :

*

The commentary includes the text of the
poems, which is also written with red ink in
the margins.

Anthologies.

1107.

Or. 3158.— Foil. 114 ; 12| in. by 8f ; 27 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
1 Ramadan, A.H. 1293 (A.D. 1876).

[KEEMEE, no. 164.]

A collection of early poems, compiled by
Abu Zaid Muhammad B. [AbiJ al-Khattab
al-Kurashi, with a preface and glosses by
the author.

Beg.

The author lived in the latter half of the
second century, for he received traditions
from al-Mufaddal B. Muh. al-Dabbi, who
died A.H. 168. See De Slane, Ibn Khallikan,
vol. iii., p. 26. The contents of the MS.
agree with those of Add. 19,403, described in
the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 480 — 3. They are
as follows : The author's introduction, fol. 16;
the poems called Sumut, viz., those of Imru '1-
Kais, fol. 25a ; Zuhair, fol. 30a ; Nabighah,
fol. 33a; A'sha, fol. 356; Labid, fol. 40a ;
'Amr B. Kulthum, fol. 46a ; Tarafah, fol. 506;
the poems called al-Mujamharat, fol. 56a;
the Muntakayat, fol. 66ra ; the Mudahhabat,
fol. 71 a ; the Marathi, fol. 756 ; the Mashu-
bat, fol. 856 ; the Mulhamat, fol. 956.

It is stated at the end that the MS. was
transcribed for Mustafa Muhammad al-Shal-
shalmuni from a copy in the Khedivial
Library, and was collated by 'Abd al-'AzIz
Isma'Il al-Ansari.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 747a ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 224, where the author is said to have
died A.H. 170 ; Uri, no. 1298, s ; Houtsma,
Brill's Catalogue, no. 8; and Ahlwardt,
no. 1000. Prof. Hommel has given an
account of the work in the transactions of
the Sixth Oriental Congress, Part 2, p. 387.

ANTHOLOGIES.

G97

1108.

Or. 3741.— Foil. 260 ; 10 in. by 6f ; about
23 lines, 5^ in. long ; written, apparently by
a scholar, in small, close, and fairly vocalized,
Neskhi ; dated A.H. 647 (A.D. 1249).

[GLASEE, no. 25.]

The Hamasah (v. Arabic Catalogue, p.
263a) with a commentary by Yusuf B. al-
Fadl B. Nazr al-Jazari.

The MS. is the autograph draft of the
author, and was finished A.H. 647, as shown

by the following colophon : &->\Ji t-jluJ' J

(?) jUU Jb.A*j] <jrjU jki ^ J-iftM ^

bl^«>j uv^jls g-*> *•*-» Cjj^-* i^ • • • • (the
words in brackets have been partly ob-
literated and tampered with by a later
hand).

The commentary is in places very full, and
contains not only grammatical and lexico-
graphical comments, but also copious his-
torical notices. Ibn Jinni is the only one of
the known early commentators who is fre-
quently quoted (see foil. 5a, 66, 13a, 29a, &c).
But the author gives also in several instances
explanations which he had orally received
from two contemporary grammarians. The
first, whom he calls his master, is Rashid al-
Dln 'Umar B. Muh. B. 'Umar al-Farghani
(foil. 40a, 536, 556/1246, &c.), who lived in
Baghdad, and died A.H. 632. The second,
with whom the authorread the Hamasah in the
Jami' al-'Atik, Cairo, A.H. 621—3 (v. foil.
1226, 212a), is Abu '1-Hu sain Yahya B.
'Abdallah al-Ansari al-Misri, who died in
Cairo, A.H. 624 (see Bughyat al-Wu'at,
foil. 186 and 21 2). From a passing reference
to the sainted Husain, ,.!iLJ\ idf, and to the

accursed Yazid, fol. 40a, it may be inferred
that the author belonged to the Shl'ah
persuasion.

The MS. is imperfect at the beginning.
The first verse of the text is

This is the third Bait of the first piece.
The commentary upon it begins :

tJij J\S

J l.r*»-9- jT

There are in the body of the volume two
other lacunas, which have been filled up by
later hands, viz., foil. 9 — 11, corresponding
with pp. 21 — 32 of Freytag's edition, and
foil. 15, 16 = pp. 38, 39. The text is
written throughout in a large character
with all the vowels. Fol. 3, which supplies
the missing initial verses, and foil. 9 — 11,
were written A.H. 1183. Two leaves pre-
fixed, foil. 1, 2, contain the Riwayat of al-
Jawaliki and of Ibn Abi '1-Sakr for the text
of the Hamasah.

For other MSS. of the Hamasah and its
commentaries see Pertsch, no. 2193 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 606 ; the
Paris Catalogue, nos. 3281 — 5; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 269.

1109.

Or. 3628.— Foil. 247 ; 10^ in. by 7± ; 17 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi with
all the vowels; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 798
(A.D. 1395). [R. C. RENOUAED.]

A collection of verses and anecdotes re-
lating to wine-drinking, compiled by Abu
Ishak Ibrahim, called al-Rakik al-Nadim.
4u

698

POETRY.

The following title is prefixed by the same
hand as the text :

JUt

I

The MS. contains only the second and
last volume of the work, as appears from
the colophon : ^.^ j*\ _j*>j Jj^ J>~^ J*^-
The word Jj^l in the above has evidently
been written by a late hand over the partly
erased original writing, ,JUN.

J\S

A

Jlftj a/

U d

The only passage in which the author
refers to himself, as far as has been ascer-
tained, occurs in a notice relating to a
wealthy Amir, 'Abd al-Wahhab B. Husain
B. Ja'far al-Hajib, who lived near al-Mah-
diyyah, and with whom the anthor daily
associated (see foil. 16—20). Al-Makkari,
who quotes that notice in extenso, vol. i.,
p. 119, calls the work Kutb al-Surur, and
the author Ibn al-Rakik al-Maghribi. The
same historian mentions the Kutb al-Surur
in two other places, vol. ii., pp. 91 and 102,
and, in a third passage, vol. ii., p. 93, he
gives the full name of the author as follows :

Ibn al-Eakik appears to have lived in al-
Kairawan about the close of the fourth
century of the Hijrah. He is mentioned by
al-'Adari in the Bayan under A.H. 379,
vol. i., p. 254, as a follower of Amir Yusuf,

governor of al-Kairawan. His record of the
deposition of al-Mu'ayyad (Hisham II.) and
of the accession of al-Mahdi in Cordova, in
the month of Jumada II. (A.H. 399), is
quoted by al-Makkari, vol. i., p. 379 (Gayan-
gos, Mohammedan Dynasties, vol. ii., p. 228).
Haj. Khal. mentions him in two places, but

in both, by wrong names. UnderJ.,rJ\ u-~la>',
vol. iv., p. 561, he calls him Ahmad B. al-
Kasim, known as al-Eakik al-Nadim, and
under ^jS £j>, vol. ii., p. 143, Ibrahim al-
Raftk. In the first of these passages, Haj.
Khal. adds that al-Kakik was still alive
A.H. 340, a too early date, which has been,
however, adopted by De Slane, Journal
Asiatique, 1844, ii., p. 347, and by Hammer,
Literaturgeschichte, vol. v., p. 508, but not
by Amari in his Storia dei Musulmani di
Sicilia, vol. i., p. xxxvii. This Ibn al-Rakik
is not to be confounded with a writer of the
same name, but of much later date, quoted
by al-Makkari, vol. i., pp. 717, 793, as author
of a life of Ibn Jubair, who died A.H. 614.

The anecdotes contained in this volume
relate, for the most part, to the early Abba-
sides down to al-Wathik, and to poets who
lived in their time. Many of them are
ascribed to Ishak al-Mausili, and to his father
Ibrahim. Others are borrowed from Abu '1-
Faraj al-Isfahani, who died A.H. 356. The
poets most frequently quoted are Abu
Nuwas, Ibn ,al-Mu'tazz, al-Buhturi, Ibn al-
Rumi, and al-Sanaubari. The latest appear
to be Kushajim, who died A.H. 350, and Ibn
Waki', who died A.H, 393.

The following headings will best show the
nature of the work :

Fol. 31*.

Fol.

Fol. 996.

A>.

ANTHOLOGIES.

690

Jj
»ILJ\

Fol. 1025.
Fol.
Fol.
Fol. 115a.
Fol. 1176.
Fol. 1206.
Fol. 125a.
Fol. 127a.
Fol. 129a.
Fol. 131a.
Fol. 134c.
Fol. 1426.
Fol. 145a.
Fol. 147a.
Fol. 1506.
Fol. 173a.

In this last chapter, which extends to the
end of the volume, the poems are arranged
in alphabetical order according to the rhymes.

This fine copy was written for Amir
Shihab al-Dm Ahmad B. Katlnah, whose
name and titles appear in the title-page :

The foUos
are numbered with Coptic figures.

The MS. is noticed in Dr. J. Lee's Cata-
logue, no. 143. A copy of the first volume
of the same work is mentioned in the Paris
Catalogue, no. 3302.

1110.

Or. 3177.— Foil. 127 ; 8 in. by 5f ; from 19
to 27 lines a page; written in fair Neskhi;
dated (fol. 69) Saturday, 7 Jumada I.,
A.H. 1026 (A.D. 1617).

[KEEMEE, no. 187.]

I. Fol. 2 — 22. A treatise on metonymies
or euphemistic phrases, by Abu Mansur 'Abd
al-Malik al-Tha'alibi (d. A.H. 429 or 430),
with the following title : ^3 J

Jofr

Beg.

The scope
follows : ^y

l^o _/i> i>

of the work is described as

• I
\ J^Q^S . ^^^ ^— iP i^ d ^ ^^^ vjk_^ '^iifc »l

i Obli£il j

J\

The work is dedicated to Abu 'l-'Abbas
Ma'mun B. Ma'mun Khuwarazmshah. The
author states that he had written in
Naishapur, A.H. 400, a work on the above
subject. Having been desired by the king
to send a copy of it to the royal library,
he wrote the present re-cast and enlarged
recension, to which he gave the title of

Ma'mun B. Ma'mun Khuwarazmshah was
put to death by his Amirs A.H. 407. See
Kamil Ibn al-Athlr, vol. ix., p. 184.

The work is divided into seven Babs, a
table of which is given in the preface. The
headings are as follows :

Fol. 3a. \«

4u2

700

POETRY.

UiJ\ j J II

f&^oj\ ^ feu

0 yP W.U£)\ j III

j r
IV.

&.UCM J V.

Fol. 8a.

FOI. 116.

Pol. 13a.
Pol. 176.

Fol. 18ft.

U

Pol. 196.

Poll. 12 — 22 have been supplied by a
modern hand.

i VI.

*

> VII.

The work is known as *i <j
See Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 404 ; D^renbourg,
Escurial, no. 281 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 309. Selections from it and from
three other works of al-Tha'iilibi have been
printed in Constantinople, A.H. 1301.

II. Poll. 23—69. s^U) *ifr L-Ai y* ^li/

An anthology of elegant pieces in prose
and verse, by the same author.

Beg. »5>* »Mj »\5> aJl

The initial lines of the preface are lost.
The extant portion begins with a eulogy
upon a noble personage to whom the work is
dedicated, viz., al-Shaikh al-'Amid al-Sayyid,
who is said to have overwhelmed the author
with favours, and to have written to him a
gracious letter of unsurpassed elegance. The
contents of the work are described as follows:

The author's patron is designated in some
verses in his praise, fol. 24a, as Ibn Mush-
kan (&&*• ^J, which identifies him with
the well-known secretary of Sultan Mahmud
Ghaznawi, Abu Nasr Ibn Mushkan, who
died A.H. 431. See the Persian Catalogue,
p. 1596.

The following are the headings of the
seven Babs into which the work is divided :

Fol. 256. W^
Fol. 28a.

Fol. 39«.

Fol. 48a.
Fol. 56a.
Fol. 64a.

Pol. 666.

U, S

Jl, Jail J I.

II.

JUJJ\

III.

JjiM J IV.

j V-
? VI.

VII.

The work is mentioned by Ibn Khallikan,
De Slane's translation, vol. ii., p. 130. It
has been printed, but without the dedication,
at the end of a miscellaneous volume entitled
L^\ x&£\ Constantinople, A.H. 1302. For
MSS., see the Paris Catalogue, no. 3305,
3401, 4 ; Derenbourg, Escurial, no. 340, 4 ;
Houtsma, no. 127 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 309.

III. Foil. 73—127. A portion of the well-
known anthology of the same author entitled
jfeijM L»xo . See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 265a,
and the Bodleian Catalogue, pp. 314 — 320.
It is the latter part of Kisrn II., namely,
Bab 7, beginning with the notice of Abu
'Abdallah al-Husain B. Ahmad Ibn al-Hajjaj;
Bab 8, fol. 107a; Bab 9, fol. 114a; and Bab 10,

ANTHOLOGIES.

701

fol. 1196. The contents correspond with
pp. 211 — 415 of the second volume of the
edition printed at Damascus, A.H. 1302.

1111.

Or. 2092.— Poll. 174 ; Hi in. by 7f ; 21 lines,
5 in. long ; written in Neskhi, with frequent
omission of diacritical points, apparently in
Yemen; dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1086 (A.D. 1675).

I. Foil. 3—167. v <£j> S-
A commentary upon the anthology entitled
Kitab al-Adab.

The author of Kitab al-Adab is not Sana al-
Mulk B. Ja'far Shams al-Khilafah, as stated
in the above passage, but Majd al-Mulk
Abu '1-Fadl Ja'far B. Shams al-Khilafah Mu-
hammad, an eminent poet, who died in Cairo
A.H. 622 (see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 782a
ad p. 499a ; Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's
version, vol. L, p. 328 ; Husn al-Muhadarah,
vol. i., p. 326 ; and Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 307). The headings of the
chapters, five in number, are given in the
Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.3 no. 478 ; see also
Landberg, no. 381, and Houtsma, Brill's
Catalogue, no. 141, art. 4. For another
anthology by the same author, see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 499a.

The commentator, who does not give his
name, is twice referred to (foil. 486, 84a) by
the writer of the MS. as ^J^ i_B*«a«N. He
was evidently a Zaidi, and lived in Yemen
in the first half of the ninth century of the
Hijrah. He mentions incidentally his being
in Ta'izz, and, on another occasion, in Damar
(foil. 21«, 25a). In another passage, fol.

486, he speaks of his master, the late Sayyid
Abu 'Abdallah al-Hadi B. Ibrahim (Ibn al-
Wazir, who lived about A.H. 800, v. supra,
no. 539), as author of a Kasidah called
al-Nakidah (a-aSliJl) and beginning : J^> \i,^
UAO& stt\ . He refers also to two other works
of his own, namely, a commentary entitled
^l^SM on the Kasidah of Ibn al-Wazir
(fol. 129), and a commentary upon XJu-
^l**51 (Haj. Khal. iii., p. 112), foil. 35a,
1296.

*

In the preface the commentator says that,
while reading the Kitab al-Adab, that rich
collection of pithy sayings, of rare proverbs
and of maxims in prose and verse, one often
regretted to be left in ignorance as to the
authors of the verses quoted or as to the
occasions on which they were composed. He
wrote the present work in order to supply
the desired information.

The commentary deals only with the verses.
It names their authors, quoting often at
length the poems to which the detached
verses belong, and illustrating them by other
poetical extracts and historical notices. It
is divided into two parts. The second

begins, fol. 1316, as follows : ^ j,*&\ jJU )j»

The MS. is stated, fol. 486, to have been
transcribed from the autograph draft of the
author.

II. Foil. 1676 — 171a. A commentary upon
the poem of Ka'b B. Zuhair known as
Banat Su'ad, without title, preface, or
author's name.

Beg.

III. Foil. 1716-1726. A Kasidah, entitled

702

POETKY.

al-Damighah, in praise of the race of Kahtan,
by Jamal al-Dm 'All B. Muh. B. Sulaiman
al-Fadli al-Kahtani, SJU>\M

tt

Beg.

This Kasidah was inserted in extenso in the
'Ubab (art. I.), but it has been purposely
omitted, as stated fol. 486, by the copyist
of the above transcript of that work.

IV. Foil. 1736-1746. A poem by Muhaddib
al-Dm Ahmad B. Munir al-Tarabulusi (died
A.H. 547), and another by al-Sharif al-Eadi
al-Musawi (Muh. B. al-Husain, d. A.H. 406).
The first is said to be taken from the Badi-
'iyyah of Ibn Hajar.

1112.

Or. 3776.— Foil. 39 ; 6f in. by 4£.

[GLASEB, nos. 60, 61.]

I. Foil. 1—24; 13 lines, 2f in. long;
written in fair Neskhi, with ruled margins ;
dated Safar, A.H. 1079 (A.D. 1668).

Select verses on handsome youths, col-
lected by Salah al-Din Abu '1-Safa Khalil B.
Aibak al-Safadi (d. A.H. 764).'

Beg. \

clLoj

«JJ\

The author made this selection from
modern poets, whom he enumerates as fol-
lows :

In order to bring up the number of pieces
to a hundred, the compiler added some of
his own composition.

The pieces consist mostly of two Baits,
and are without authors' names. Haj. Khal.
mentions the work under the title
i vol. iii., p. 68.

II. Foil. 26—39 ; about 30 lines, 2£ in.
long ; written in a minute and cursive cha-
racter, probably in the 18th century.

A tract on simple medicaments, tran-
scribed, as stated at the beginning, from a
work entitled J.^^J\, written by a skilled
physician of the town of Ta'izz.

Beg.

The main authorities quoted are <

and ,.L^\ ILS.. The most recent is
the Tadkirah of Shaikh Da'ud (no. 809).

1113.

Or. 3171.— Foil. 105 ; 8J in. by 5; 21 lines,
3 in. long ; written in small and neat Neskhi,
partly on tinted paper, apparently in the
16th century. [KEEMEE, no. 177.]

A collection of erotic verses and anecdotes
of lovers, by Ibn Abi Hajalah.

The author's full name is Shihab al-Dm
Ahmad B. Yahya B. 'Abd al- Wahid Ibn Abi
Hajalah al-Tilimsani. He died A.H. 776.
See above, no. 558.

The work consists of a Mukaddimah,

ANTHOLOGIES.

703

thirty Babs, and a Khatimah, the headings
of which are given by Hammer, Hand-
schriften, no. 885. It has been lithographed
in Cairo, A.H. 1279, printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1291, and re-printed in Cairo, A.H.
1302, on the margins of Tazyln al-Aswak.

The MS. is imperfect at the beginning,
wanting about two pages. It begins with
this line :

which is the 21st Bait of the long poem
included in the preface. The MS. is also
slightly imperfect at the end, wanting the
last two lines. There are, moreover, some
Iacun33 in the body of the volume. Babs
2—4, 14—17, 20, 21, are either wholly or
partly lost.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 348a ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
nos. 496-7 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
3348—3359; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 248.

1114-15.

Or. 1355 and 1356. — Two uniform volumes,
consisting respectively of 350 and 327 foil. ;
8f in. by 6J ; 21 lines, 3f in. long ; written
by the same hand in rude Neskhi; dated
21 Dulhijjah, A.H. 1262 (A.D. 1846).

[SiR CHARLES A. MUEBAY.]

The well-known anthology in prose and
verse of Shihab al-Dln Muhammad B.
Ahmad al-Khatib al-Abshihi, who lived
about A.H. 800.

The contents have been described by Nicoll,
Bodleian Catalogue, p. 97, by Hammer, Hand-
schriften, no. 76, and by Ahlwardt, no. 1143.
For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,

pp. 335a, 654a, 7545 ; Pertsch, no. 2142 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., nos. 500 — 2 ; the
Paris Catalogue, nos. 3369 — 84; the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 323, &c. The work has
been printed in Cairo, A.H. 1272, 1292,
and 1300.

Copyist :

1116.

Or. 370-1.— Foil. 299 ; 10£ in. by 6£ ; 25 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 15th century, completed by a later
hand, dating Friday, 3 Muharram, A.H. 1047
(A.D. 1637). [BUDGE.]

The same work, complete in one volume.

The original writing extends from fol. 2 to
fol. 179. Fol. 1 and the latter part of the
volume, foil. 180 — 299, as well as a few
leaves in the first part, have been supplied

by a later scribe :

1117.

STOWE, Or. 13.— Foil. 142 ; lOf in. by 7 ;
33 lines, 4J in. long ; written in small and
neat Neskhi with vowels; dated Tuesday,
26 Safar, A.H. 970 (A.D. 1562).

Q..t << \\ *jA>-

The well-known anthology of Shams al-
Dln Muhammad B. al-Hasan al-Nawaji,
who died A.H. 859.

The headings of chapters are given in full
in the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 504.
For other copies see ife., no. 507 ; Pertsch,
no, 2157; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 3393 —
3400 ; Ahlwardt, no. 1151 ; the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 346*, 505a, 6546, 750a ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 227; the

704

POETRY.

Biblioth. Burckhardt., p. 56, no. 18, &c.
The work has been published in Cairo,
A.H. 1276 and 1299.

Copyist :

1118.

Or. 1354.— Fol. 390 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
8£ in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated
Tuesday, 26 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1202 (A.D.
1788). [SiE CHARLES A. MUBEAY.]

The same work.
Copyist :

1119.

Or. 3843.— Foil. 206 ; 10 in. by 6£ ; 25 lines,
about 4^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi,
apparently in the 15th century.

[GLASEE, no. 131.]

>J&\ Jfy

An anthology of select pieces in verse and
in prose, by Shihab al-Dln Ahmad B. Muh.
al-Hrjazi al-Khazraji, who completed the
work A.H. 826, and died A.H. 875. See
Husn al-Muhadarah, vol. i., p. 330, and the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 505.

This copy wants the preface, and begins
with the latter part of the table of contents.
It contains the following sections :

Fol. 16.

Fol. 68a.

Fol. 866.

Fol. 104b.

j\fl\

J L^5\!tt J-aiJ\
J

Fol. 1096.

Ib.

Fol. 1106.
Fol. 1286.
Fol. 1346.

Fol. 1426.

The last section breaks off, fol. 147. The
remaining five Fasls of Bab III. are wanting,
as well as the beginning of Bab IV., which
contains the prose pieces objiiM. The
remaining portion of the MS. is defective,
and has some leaves transposed. It begins
abruptly with the latter part of the iiAx>&«
(the beginning of which is found fol. 175),
and contains the following headings :

Fol.

16. fV'kj >\*£&j*i»\ ,J

Fol. 1676. y*.

Fol. 1696.
Fol. 173a.

Fol. 1756.
Fol. 185a.

£3^ LJU

Fol. 190a. JW\

Fol. 198o.

ANTHOLOGIES.

705

The last section is imperfect at the end.

For other copies see the Vienna Cata-
logue, no. 400; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd
ed., no. 510 ; and Houtsma, Brill's Catalogue,
no. 81.

1120.

Or. 3187— Foil. 244; 12£ in. by 8£;
20 lines, 5 in. long ; written in a fine
Maghribi character, with red-ruled margins ;
dated (fol. 237a) Safar, A.H. 1247 (A.D.
1831). [KEEMEB, no. 196.]

A collection of erotic poems and stories of
lovers, by Abu 'Abdallah Da'ud al-Antaki,
who died A.H. 1008. See above, no. 809.

Beg.

J\5

The title, which in the preface of the
present copy is written as above, reads in
most copies, as well as in the Cairo edition,

jlt»n jy,\ JjuaiJo jtj-dl i^s-ijJ. The work
was completed, as stated at the end, A.H. 972.

The contents are fully stated in the Vienna
Catalogue, no. 410. For other copies see
Pertsch, no. 2700, and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 217. The work has been printed
in Cairo, A.H. 1279, and in Bulak, A.H. 1291.

The latter part of the volume contains the
following additional articles :

1. Definition of the word Imam, from the
commentary of al-Fanari (Hasan B. Mu-
hammad Shah, d. A.H. 886) upon the pre-
face of al-Mutawwal of Taftazani, fol. 238o.

2. An Urjuzah, by Abu '1-Faid Du'l-Nun

al-Misri (d. A.H. 245 ; Ibn Khallikan, vol. i.,
p. 384), beginning, fol. 239a :

The same poem is noticed in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 285a, art. 2.

3. A Kasidah, by Muhammad Hijazi al-
Zarkashi al-Shafi'i al-Ahmadi, fol. 242a,
beginning :

The. MS. was transcribed, from a copy
dated A.H. 1077, for 'Uthman Bay B. Yusuf
Basha Karamanli, by ^

1121.

Or. 3186.— Foil. 367; 8$ in. by 6; 17 lines,
3^- in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, in the
19th century. [KREMEB, no. 195.]

The same work, with the same additional
matter, evidently transcribed from the pre-
ceding MS.

1122.

Or. 3188.— Foil. 67 ; 9| in. by 6| ; 27 lines,
4 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 17th century.

[KEEMER, no. 197.]

A fragment of the same work, correspond-
ing with pp. 4 — 89 of the first volume of the
Cairo edition of 1291. There are some
lacunae and transposed leaves in the body of
the volume.

1123.

Or. 3191.— Foil. 50; 8£ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 19th century.

[KKEMEE, no. 200.]
4 x

706

POETRY.

The anthology of Shihab al-Dm Ahmad
B. Muh. B. 'Umar al-Khafaji, who died in
Cairo, A.H. 1069.

Beg. p*i)\ u&j (j, j>\*A\ &)& £/•» tA ^'i*5-

The work has been printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1273, 1294, and 1306.

The MS. contains only the preface and
the first of the four Kisms into which the
work is divided. It breaks off in the middle
of the notice of Badr al-Dln B. Radi al-Dm
al-Ghazzi. Its contents correspond with
pp. 2 — 75 of the Cairo edition of 1273.

For the author's life, see Khulasat al-
Athar, vol. i., pp. 331 — 343 ; 'Ikd al-Jawahir,
Add. 16,647, fol. 333 ; and his autobiography
at the end of the Raihanah, pp. 361 — 438.
The contents have been described by
Hammer, Jahrbiicher, Band Ixxxvi., Anz.
Bl., p. 51. For copies, see the Vienna
Catalogue, nos. 407-8 ; the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 2134— 36; Ahlwardt, no. 1203; Rosen,
Notices Sommaires, nos. 249-50 ; the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 524; Houtsma, no.
150 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 259.

1124.

Or. 3730.— Foil. 159 ; 12£ in. by 5| ; from
25 to 30 lines ; written in rather cursive,
but distinct, Neskhi, A.H. 1170—1199 (A.D.
1757—1785). [GLASEE, no. 14.]

A poetical miscellany by Safi al-Dm
Ahmad B. Muhammad B. 'Abd al-Hadi al-
Katiu, written by himself at various times
from A.H. 1170 to 1196.

The author appears to have lived in San'a
and Kaukaban under the Zaidi Imams al-
Mahdi al-< Abbas (A.H. 1161—89) and his
son al-Mansur (A.H. 1189—1224), to both

of whom, but chiefly to the first, several of
ais pieces are addressed. The volume is
mainly taken up with his own verses and
with those of several literati of Yemen ?
with whom he entertained a poetical corre-
spondence. Several of his poems were
composed in prison during two terms of
captivity, viz., A.H. 1171-2 and 1188—96.
He died shortly after his release on the
7th of Jumada I., A.H. 1199. There are
at the end several elegies on his death.

The MS. contains also select verses of
early poets, and miscellaneous extracts, the
most extensive of which are as follows :

I. Foil. 1—3. Kasidah of al-'Ankawi in
imitation of Banat Su'ad, beginning:

II. Foil. 9—16. Poems of Kadi Abu Bakr
al-Arrajani (see no. 1062), beginning:

III. Foil. 30—44. Commentary of Zain
al-Dm Zakariyya B. Muh. B. Ahmad al-
Ansari al-Shafi'i (d. A.H. 926) upon the
Munfarijah of Abu'1-Fadl Yusuf B. Muh. B.
Yusuf al-Ansari al-Tauzari (c. A.H. 590).

Beg.

Jli

The commentary is entitled <j **4
e.»Jtj],\ ji^SiS j\j>\ , and was completed, as
stated at the end, on the llth of Dulhijjah,
A.H. 881. See Haj. Khal., iv., p. 552;
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 398a, V. ; Ahlwardt,
Verzeichniss, no. 389 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. ii., p. 184, vol. vii., pp. 155,
520, &c.

ANTHOLOGIES.

707

IV. Foil. 45 — 47. Precepts on the edu-
cation of children, in Eajaz verse, eJ\)>-'^ &**>
jjjUj-oM Lo\±j ^, by Ahmad B. Abi Bakr al-
Ramli.

Beg. t% JO

jji

<JJ

V. Foil. 72 — 76. A short treatise on
dialectics, ascribed to Shams al-Dln al-

Samarkandi, with this title: Jid\

The author meant is probably Muh. B.
Ashraf al-Samarkandi, who died circa A.H.
600 (see no. 737).

Beg.

VI. Foil. 117—120. A Kasidah on the
sciences necessary to a Mujtahid, by Diya
al-Dln Salah B. al-Husain al-Akhfash, with
a prose preface beginning : ju\ Jyus

.

The compiler calls the author of the
Kasidah his master, li-^, and speaks of him,
as dead.

1125.

Or. 3869.— Foil. 69; 12$ in. by 7|; from
20 to 35 lines, written in cursive, but dis-
tinct, Neskhi, about A.H. 1200 (A.D. 1786).

[GLASEE, no. 157.]

A Saflnah, or poetical miscellany.
Beg.

* X«, U

The compiler, who does not give his name,
appears to have lived in San'a and in al-
Raudah during the Imamate of al-Mahdi
al-{ Abbas (A.H. 1161—89) and of the latter's
son al-Mansur (A.H. 1189—1224), and to
have been a relative and friend of the
descendants of Sayyid Ishak, the seventh
son of al-Mahdi Ahmad. He frequently
quotes,, among other contemporary poets,
'Abdallah B. Ahmad B. Ishak, Isma'U B.
Muh. B. Ishak, 'Ali B. Ahmad B. Muh. B.
Ishak, and other members of the same noble
and literary family, who are also mentioned
in Tib al-Samar, Or. 2428, foil. 4—25.

The dates incidentally given range from
A.H. 1161 to 1228 ; and, in some of the
later additions towards the end, reference is
made to Imam al-Mutawakkil Ahmad (A.H.
1224—31).

The following more extensive pieces
deserve a special mention :

I. Lamiyyat al-'Ajam, by al-Tughra'i,
fol. 46.

II. The Muthallath of Kutrub, with the
versified commentary of 'Ali Ibn Zuraik
(d. about A.H. 420), fol. 40.

III. The Takhmis of Mamaih (Muh. B.
Ahmad, d. A.H. 987 ; Arabic Catalogue,
p. 7765) upon the Khamriyyah of Ibn Farid
(see Ahlwardt, no. 429), with other poems
by Mamaih, fol. 34.

IV. A treatise on the pre-eminence of
'Ali over Abu Bakr, by Sayyid Ishak B.
Yusuf B. al-Mutawakkil, fol. 29.

Among the compiler's own compositions
is a riddle, fol. 34, with which he tested the
wit of Sayyid Isma'il B. Ali B. Ahmad B.
Muh. B. Ishak, whom he calls one of his
brothers, <j,\j>-\ u**l-

4x2

708

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

1126.

Or. 4219.— Foil. 100; 8£ in. by 6J- ; 11 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in large and straggling,
partly vocalized, Neskhi, apparently in the
18th century. [LANE.]

A collection of mystic and erotic poems,
as sung by Dervishes.

Beg. ^,i» *JJ jji .
^jjiMI Jjfy

It begins with a Kasidah by Abu 'Abd-
allah Muhammad al-Ibzari,

the opening line of which is :

*J> J

Most of the poems are very short, and
have such headings as^jj, s»y»> J*5»« The
few authors named are the famous Shaikhs
of the Bakri order, viz., Zain al-'Abidin B.
Huh., who died A.H. 1013, and his three
sons and successors, Ahmad (d. A.H. 1048),
Muhammad (d. A.H. 1087), and 'Abd al-
Kahman (d. A.H. 1063). See Khulasat al-
Athar, vol. ii., p. 196, i., p. 201, iii., p. 465,
and ii., p. 357.

The MS. is imperfect at the end.

1127.

Or. 1208.— Foil. 117 ; 6^ in. by 4J; 11 lines,
85 in. long ; written in Neskhi, probably in
the 18th century.

[ALEX. JABA.]

A collection of mystic and religious songs,
similar to the preceding, without title or
compiler's name ; imperfect at the beginning.

Beg.

Ji* A\S

The songs are called in the headings

3i), and, in some cases, the names of
the authors are added. The poets most
frequently quoted are 'Umar Ibn al-Farid,
'Umar al-Yafi, Muhammad Abu '1-Su'ud,
'Umar Abu '1-Su'ud, Eashld Abu '1-Su'ud,
Ahmad al-Baghdadi, Ibrahim al-Hindiyyah,
and 'Abd al-Grhani al-Nabulusi, who died
A.H. 1143. Towards the end is a longer
piece, by Ahmad al-Dardir, beginning :

The same poem is noticed by Ahlwardt,
no. 901, and ascribed to c?^,^ . The author,
Ahmad B. Muh. B. Ahmad al-'Adawi al-
Maliki, called al-Dardir, born A.H. 1127,
was Shaikh of the Malikis in Egypt. He
died in Cairo, A.H. 1201. See Jabarti,
vol. ii., p. 147, where a full list of his works
is given.

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, &c.

1128.

Or. 3089.— Foil. 171 ; 8| in. by 6 ; 11 lines,
4 in. long; written in Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins ; dated Monday, 12 Safar,
A.H. 1108 (A.D. 1696).

[KEEMEE, no. 98.]

A collection of pithy sayings in prose and
verse, and of anecdotes illustrating chiefly
various moral or intellectual qualities and
the opposite vices; by 'Amr B. Bahr al-
Jahiz (see above, no. 684).

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

709

**?"

The present MS. contains only the first
volume (Juz) of the work. Its contents are
the same as those of Add. 7300, described
in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 332a. The last
chapter treats of witty women (oU»-\i\ >LJJ\).
For the headings of chapters, see Fliigel,
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i., p. 323, where the
contents of the whole work are stated.

Copyist :

For other copies, see the Leyden Catalogue,
2nd ed., no. 443, and Asiatisches Museum,
p. 291.

1129.

Or. 3138.— Foil. 299 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 17 lines,
85 in. long; written in Neskhi, dated Cairo,
Friday, 18 Safar, A.H. 1294 (A.D. 1877).

[KEEMEB, no. 148.]

Extracts from miscellaneous writings of
the same author, with the following title :

Beg.

The extracts are taken from twenty-seven
works of al-Jahiz, two of which only were
known to Haji Khalfa. Most of them relate
to ethics, theology, and religious controversy.
Among the last is a refutation of the Christian
doctrines. There is also a curious treatise on
the Turks and the militia of the Khalifs, and
a geographical work (art. XV.) which may be
identical with the Kitab al-Amsar noticed by
Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 52. The text is un-
fortunately very incorrect.

The titles are as follows :

I. The envier and the envied, ^J

^ j.-.\ii (Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 391),
fol. Ib.

II. On teachers, <j\}*\\ ^j *j US' fol. 86.

III. On squareness and roundness, L_>'O^
j>j<&\j £Jo/N fol. 19a.

IV. Letter of al-Jahiz to al-Hasan B.
Wahb (Katib under Wathik ; see Kamil,
vol. vii., p. 6, Fihrist, p. 122) in praise of
wine (Nabid) ^&*

^\ fol. 415.

V. On the classes of singers, ^ &>\
fol. 49 a.

VI. On women, Lifl J ^ fol. 52a.

VII. Letter of al-Jahiz to Fath B. Khakan
(Wazir of al-Mutawakkil, d. A.H. 247), on
the good qualities of the Turks and on the
militia of the Khalifate in general, Jl *I!L*,

*»&£' .iia- £*\frj UiJjSN t-^U* ^J (^j>- y) AflJ\

fol. 62a.

VIII. On the proofs of the prophetical
mission of Muhammad, ?^fi)\ ^£~ ^j wUi"

fol. 88, beginning : &~Jii \jjjz ^ jj\ «J

IX. Refutation of the Christians, ^J AJ\I^
cFjUiH & *}\ fol. 1296 (Haj. Kh., iii., p. 353),
beginning: t<^-^ ^f- ^ <j$\ *U J-»*:'

X. On the tenets of the 'Uthmaniyyah
(who maintain the superior claims of Abu
Bakr to the Khilafat), LJUi*H 2Uu J wUi'
fol. 161 a.

XI. Questions and answers relating to
knowledge, «3^ ^J oWj^ JjL-i^ i— »lis
fol. 175a.

XII. On future and present life, ^J wlSi'

fol. 1856.

XIII. Letter to Muhammad B. 'Abd al-

710

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

Malik (al-Zayyat, d. A.H.233; Kamil, vol. vii.,
p. 24, Fihrist, p. 122) on seriousness and
pleasantry, oil Jj <JJAi\ ±+s- ^ j-*^" ^\ wiLw,
Jjatt, fol. 191a.

XIV. On trustees, *$Sj\ J wU^fol. 1946.

XV. His book on countries and cities,
yULM, wU»dl J «Vj/ fol. 199a. The ex-
tracts deal chiefly with Mecca a,nd the
nobility of the Kuraishites, with Medina,
Egypt, Kufah, and Basrah, and the cha-
racter of their inhabitants.

XVI. On eloquence and conciseness, *ISL»,
j^l, &^U\ J fol. 2196.

XVII. On the superiority of the stomach
over the back,^>)l ^ Jt*A\ Ji-^u .J w\Jo
fol. 2206.

XVIII. On true and assumed nobility, and
in condemnation of pride, JjjJ) ^J wlSi
j*O\ rij JjJJttj fol. 2276.

XIX. Letter to Abu'l-Faraj al-Katib on
affection a nd friendly intercourse, ^ &J3U-,
iUilj SajU J c_,;K)\ ^aM ^\ fol. 2386.

XX. On the legitimacy of the Imamate
(of «Ali), i.ldt jlS*'*1 J wtf fol. 2456.

XXI. On the prompt fulfilment of pro-
mises, j,pjM j\^ J wlL,, fol. 2506.

XXII. On the superiority of speech over
silence, ci^-aM (J^ ,jlajM Jjk^cJ ^j sjJLwj
fol. 254a.

XXIII. On the excellence of scholastic
theology, ^J\ *s.\i* IL«ii J «j\j^ fol. 2606.

XXIV. In praise of traders and in dis-
paragement of State employment, ^

^ fol. 265a.

XXV. On drinkers and drinks,
fol. 268a.

XXVI. Answers relating to the Imamate,

Midi J '-'V1^ J w1-^ fol. 27S6 (refuting
those who admit more than one Imam at
a time).

XXVII. On the doctrines of the Zaidis
and of the Rafidis, ~i&as\}\j h^.^ <&\&* ^J *^^
fol. 291a (partly identical with no. XX).

Copyist :

&U1

The MS. was transcribed, as stated by
Kremer, from a unique copy which belonged
to Shaikh 'Ali al-Laithi, and had been tran-
scribed from an old MS. On the first page
are two verses of Shaikh 'Ali presenting the
book to Kremer.

1130.

Or. 4370.— Foil. 168 ; 17 lines, 3| in. long ;
written by several hands in cursive Neskhi,
apparently in the 18th century.

[BUDGE.]

Stories of deliverance, abridged from the
work of the same name by Kadi Abu 'Ali al-
Muhassin B. Abi'l-Kasim 'Ali al-Tanukhi,
who died A.H. 384.

Beg.

The author, having found much solace in
the work of Abu 'Ali al-Hasan (sic) B. 'Ali
B. Abi '1-Fahm al-Tanukhi, was induced to
make the present abridgment of it, in which
he left out the Isnads and some repetitions.
The abridgment reproduces textually the
greater part of al-Tanukhi's preface, and the
headings of the 14 Babs of which the work
consists (see the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 449).

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

711

The text is generally given in the very
words of the original author. The first
seven Babs begin respectively at foil. 46,
18a, 27a, 48a, 63a, 916, and 109<z. Further
on the Babs are no longer distinguished.
The last section, consisting of poetical quo-
tations, foil. 138 — 166, includes additional
matter of later date, such as the Munfarijah,
and verses of such recent poets as Muhammad
al-Bakri (d. A.H. 1087) and al-Shihab al-
Khafaji (d. A.H. 1069).

The abbreviator appears to have written
in Halab, before A.H. 1096. He concludes
the last section with verses of the Mufti of
that city, Muhammad B. Hasan al-Kaukabi,
who died in that year, and to whom he
devotes a long panegyric.

For the original work of al-Tanukhi see
the Persian Catalogue, p. 752 ; the Leyden
Catalogue, I.e. ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
3483—86 ; Pertsch, no. 2687 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 161.

1131.

Or. 3866.— Foil. 175; 8 in. by 6; 14 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair, but imperfectly
pointed, Neskhi ; dated Safar, A.H. 1170,
and Safar, A.H. 1171 (A.D. 1756-7).

[GLASEE, no. 154.]

I. Foil. 1—110. i\fr$\ OiLJ y.
A collection of anecdotes relating to noble
and generous men, by Abu '1-Mansur 'Abd
al-Malik [B. Muh.] B. Isma'il al-Tha'alibi
al-Naisaburi, who died A.H. 429 or 430.

Beg.

The author's name does not occur in the
text, but in this title prefixed by the copyist:

A book of the same name is ascribed by
Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. ii.,
p. 565, and by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 519, to
an earlier writer, Kadi Abu 'Ali al-Muhassin
B. 'Ali al-Tanukhi, who died A.H. 384.

•

The present collection appears to be partly
taken from that early work ; but it includes
also matters of later date.

The anecdotes relate mostly to the time
of the Umayyades and the early Abbasides.
Of the authorities adduced, the most fre-
quently quoted is Abu '1-Faraj al-Isfahani,
who died A.H. 356. One anecdote, fol. 16a,
is said to have been orally received from the
latter by the author of the earlier work
above mentioned, who is there somewhat

incorrectly called

In other passages later authorities are
quoted, such as the son of the last-named
writer, al-Kadi Abu'l-Kasim 'AH B. 'Abd
al-Muhsin [read B. al-Muhassin] B. 'Ali,
who was born A.H. 365, and died A.H. 447
(see Ibn Khallikan, vol. ii., p. 567, and
Ta'rikh, al-Islam, Or. 49, fol. 216), fol. 63,
and Abu Sa'Id al-Khargushi al-Naisaburi,
who died A.H. 407 (see no. 509), fol. 826.

There is a lacuna after the first page.
The first narrative, beginning as follows,
"It is related that 'Ali B. Abi Talib once
slept on the couch of the Prophet," breaks
off at the second line. The next page begins
abruptly in the middle of a story relating to
al-Khaizuran, wife of al-Mahdi, and an
Umayyade princess called Marnah Bint
Marwan.

712

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

II.' Foil. 111—175. fpUHj
A collection of fables in verse, written in
imitation of Kalila and Dimna, by Abu
Ya'la Muhammad B. Muh. B. Salih Ibn al-
Habbariyyah al-'Abbasi, who died A.H. 504
(Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. iii.,

p. 152), with the following title: <iLaM L-;

Beg. U

The following Riwayat is prefixed to the
poem ; j\ ^\ ^ JU3\

The author, whose full name is al-Sharlf
Nizam al-Dm Abu Ya'la Muhammad B.
Muh. B. Salih B. Hamzah, &c., al-Hashimi,
died, according to Ibn Khallikan, vol. iii.,
p. 153, A.H. 504, or, as stated by al-Dahabi,
'Ibar, 3006, fol. 256, and by Haj.~Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 87, A.H. 509. Al-Sam'ani, who
calls him, fol. 5876, Abu Ja'far Muh. B.
Muh. B. Salih al-Hashimi al-Habbari, vulgo
Ibn al-Habbariyyah, says that he died in
Kirman after A.H. 490.

The work is dedicated to the Mazyadi
prince of Hillah, Saif al-Daulah Sadakah,
who reigned A.H. 479—501 (Ibn Khallikan,
vol. i., p. 634). It has been printed in
Cairo, A.H. 1292, and in Beirut, A.D. 1886.
Translated extracts have been given by

Hammer, Jahrbucher, Band xc., pp. 67 — 123,
and Literaturgeschichte, Band vi., pp. 832 —
845. The contents have been stated by
Nicoll, Bodleian Catalogue, p. 325, and by
Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 465. For
other copies see Pertsch, no. 2244 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 647; the
Paris Catalogue, nos. 3495—8; Derenbourg,
Escurial, no. 474; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 278.

1132.

Or. 3139.— Foil. 58; 6f in. by 5; 21 lines,
3 1 in. long; written in small and neat
Neskhi, with occasional vowels, apparently
in the 13th century. [KBEMEU, no. 149.]

Anecdotes of misers, compiled by al-Hafiz
Abu Bakr Ahmad B. 'Ali B. Thabit al-

Khatib al-Baghdadi.

Beg. wls- 411

4)N

The author, the celebrated traditionist
and historian of Baghdad, died A.H. 463.
The present work is mentioned among his
numerous writings in Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or.
50, foil. 85 — 90 ; but it is there stated to
consist of four Juz. The present copy is
divided into six, at the beginning of each of
which is found the following Eiwayah :

^;

ejf-

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

713

From this it appears that 'Izz al-Din 'Abd
al-'AzIz B. <Abd al-Mun'im Ibn al-Saikal al-
Harrani received the present text from the
well-known traditionist, Abu Hafs 'Urnar B.
Muh. Ibn Tabarzad al-Darakazzi, who was
born A.H. 516, and died A.H. 607 (Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. ii.,
p. 387, and Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 52, fol. 239).
The latter had received it, A.H. 538, through
one intermediate link, Abu Mansur Muh. B.
'Abd al-Malik Ibn Khairiin, from the author.
Abu Mansur Ibn Khairun, author of the
Miftah fil-Kira'at, died A.H. 539. See
Muntaka 'l-'Ibar, fol. 279, and Haj. Khal.,
vol. vi., p. 29.

The following Isnad at the beginning of
the text shows that Ibn al-Saikal had been
present at the reading of the work before
Ibn Tabarzad in Baghdad, A.H. 600 :

J\5 *j±\ &

l-l, JjJlP M J-O

x,i\*Juu!s)\_j

At the end of the first Juz is found a
Sama', stating that 'Abd al-Mun'im Ibn al-
Saikal and his son Abu 'l-'Izz 'Abd al-'Aziz
had heard the above-mentioned reading.
That Sama' was transcribed from the original
MS. by Khalil B. Bakran al-Halabi.

The first Juz is taken up with the sayings
of the Prophet respecting avarice and misers.
Each Hadith, as well as each of the subse-
quent narratives, is preceded by its Isnad.

The present copy was collated with the
original MS., and contains several marginal
emendations.

1133.

Or. 3185.— Foil. 252; 10 in. by 6|; 19 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi,
with occasional vowels ; dated Rabi' II.,
A.H. 619 (A.D. 1222). Bound in stamped
leather covers. [KBEMER, no. 194.]

The well-known collection of stories of
lovers, by Abu Muhammad Ja'far B. Ahmad
B. al-Husain al-Sarraj al-Kari, who died
A.H. 500 (v. Ibn Khallik§n, De Slane's
version, vol. i., p. 323).

This fine copy was written by Rukn al-
Din Abu Ishak Ibrahim B. Mahmud B. Salim
B. Mahdi, called Ibn al-Khayyir al-Mukri.
He had read the work, A.H. 573, before a
lady celebrated for learning, Fakhr al-Nisil
Shuhdah, who died in Baghdad, A.H. 574,
upwards of ninety years of age (v. Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. i., p. 625).

The above copyist, who was also the
owner of the MS., had before him the
original draft of the author, and transcribed

Tom it, at the end of several sections, a
Sama' stating that Abu Nasr Ahmad B. al-

Faraj B. 'Umar al-Dinawari al-Ibari (who
died A.H. 506 ; Sam'ani, fol. 17a, Kamil,
vol. x., p. 346) and his daughter, the above-
mentioned Fakhr al-Nisa Shuhdah, had

leard the Masari' al-'Ushshak read by the
author, A.H. 493.

4 T

714

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The work is divided into twenty-two parts,
»y>t the first of which is wanting in the
present copy. The second has the following
inscription : jll

-IN

fcr"

Similar inscriptions are found at the
beginning of each of the following parts.
Three lines of poetry descriptive of the
subject of each, and composed by the author,
are written under the title. These verses
are quoted by Da'ud al-Antaki in the last
section of the Tazyln al-Aswak, Cairo edition
of A.H. 1291, vol. ii., p. 129.

At the beginning of the text is found the
following Isnad :

i\Ji

Several Sama's are found at the beginning
and end of each Juz. Some are transcribed
from the original MS., and relate to readings
which had taken place at various times before
the Lady Shuhdah. Others testify to similar
readings before the writer of the present
copy, and bear dates ranging from A.H. 619
to 640. The several Juz begin respectively
as follows: II. fol. 16; III. fol. 12;
IV. fol. 28; V. fol. 40; VI. fol. 56;
VII. fol. 70 ; VIII. fol. 85 ; IX. fol. 97 ;
X. fol. 109; XL fol. 123; XII. fol. 131;

XIII. fol. 139 ; XIV. fol. 147 ; XV. fol. 155 ;
XVI. fol. 163; XVII. fol. 169; XVIII. fol.
179; XIX. fol. 193; XX. fol. 209; XXI. fol.
226 ; XXII. fol. 240.

The text agrees with the MS. described
in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 653a, and with
the edition printed in Constantinople, A.H.
1301-2.

1134.

Or. 1186.— Foil. 234; 12iin.by8; 23 lines,
5|- in. long ; written in fine bold Neskhi,
with occasional vowels ; dated the eve of
Sunday, 9 Shawwal, A.H. 604 (A.D. 1208).

[ALEX. JABA.J

A vast collection of sayings and anecdotes,
by Abu'l-Kasim Mahmud B. 'Umar al-
Zamakhshari, who died A.H. 538.

Beg. Ui

Jli

This is only the first half (J^IjtfJl) of the
work, containing the first forty-three out of
the ninety-eight chapters of which it consists.

The 43rd chapter has this heading, fol.

It bears the same
number in the list of chapters given from
an abridgment of the work by Hammer,
Handschriften, p. 50.

The copyist, Abu Hamid Nu'man B.
Ibrahim al-Zarnukhi, who is known as the
author of a commentary upon Hariri's

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

715

Makamat, died A.H. 645 (Haj. Khal.,
vol. vi., p. 60). On the first page is a note,
stating that this copy was made from a MS.
revised, A.H. 582, by the learned Imam, Taj
al-Millat wa '1-Dm . . . Abu 'Abdallah 'Umar
B. Mas'ud B. Ahmad B. 'Abd al-'Aziz,
whose colophon is transcribed in extenso.
That Imam, who is there called the pride of
the house of B urban, was a nephew of the
great legist of Bukhara, Burhan al-Dm
Mahmud B. Ahmad B. 'Abd al-'Aziz (see
Fliigel, Kutlubuga, p. 144, and Haj. Khal.,
vol. v., p. 431).

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 334cr, 513a ; Pertsch, no. 2133 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 470 ; Ahl-
wardt, Verzeichniss, nos. 1119 — 24; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 255.

1135.

Or. 3183.— Foil. 221; 11$ in. by 7£; 25 lines,
5£ in. long ; written in Neskhi ; dated
Saturday, 5 Ramadan, A.H. 1240 (A.D.
1825). ' [KEEMEE, no. 192.]

The same work, complete, in 98 Babs.

Compared with the preceding MS., and
with Add. 16,669, the present text appears
to be more or less curtailed.

1136.

Or. 1191.— Foil. 255 ; 7f in. by 4f ; 17 lines,
2^- in. long; written in small and close
Neskhi, with red-ruled margins ; dated end
of BabI' II., A.H. 999 (A.D. 1591).

[ALEX. JABA.]

An abridgment of the preceding work, by
Muhammad B. Kasim B. Ya'kub.

The author, whose full name is Muhyi al-
Dln Muhammad B. al-Khatib Kasim, dedi-
cated his work to Sultan Sulaiman B. Salim.
It was completed, as stated at the end,
A.H. 926. The author died A.H. 940. See
Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 344, and Aumer,
no. 600.

The work is divided into fifty sections
called Lojj. It has been printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1279, and in Bulak, A.H. 1280. For
other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 513a ; Pertsch, no. 2134 ; and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. iv., p. 208.

There are many marginal notes in a
minute Nestalik character, consisting mostly
of biographical notices of the men mentioned
in the text.

1137.

Or. 3179.— Foil. 452 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 33 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in small cursive, but
distinct, Neskhi, with red-ruled margins,
A.H. 1004 (A.D. 1595-6).

[KEEMEB, no. 189.]

A voluminous compilation of historical
notices, moral maxims, and elegant compo-
sitions in prose and verse, arranged accord-
ing to subjects under fifty heads ; by Ibn
Hamdun.

Beg.

The full name of the author is Kafi '1-Kufat

Abu '1-Ma'ali Muhammad B. Abi Sa'd al-

Hasan B. Muh. B. 'Ali B. Hamdun al-Katib.

He was born in Baghdad, A.H. 495, and

4 Y 2

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filled high offices under the Khalifs al-
Muktafi and al-Mustanjid ; but he was im-
prisoned by the latter, and died in confine-
ment, A.H. 562. See Ibn Khallikan, De
Slane's version, vol. iii., p. 90 ; Kamil,
vol. xi., p. 217 ; Hammer, Literaturgesch.,
vol. vii., p. 643; Wiistenfeld, Geschicht-
schreiber, no. 255 ; and Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 253.

The last writer must have been misled by
a clerical error, when he says that al-Dahabi
gives A.H. 608 as the date of the author's
death. What al-Dahabi says is that al-
Hasan B. Mull. Ibn Hamdun, son of the
author of the Tadkirah, died A.H. 608. See
Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 52, fol. 248.

The contents of the work are described in
the preface as follows :

The preface concludes with a full table of
the fifty Babs with their subdivisions.

The present volume contains the first
thirty-one Babs, the headings of which are
as follows :

Fol. 26. 5-» Jui>>N L-jb^ IbdU 1

Fol. B8b.
Fol. 716.

Fol. 99a.
Fol. 1146.
Fol. 140o.

j£$ J 3

J 5
6

Fol. 1596.

Fol. 1676.
Fol. 175o.

Fol. 178o.
Fol. 183a.

Fol. 1856.
Fol. 197o.

Fol. 2096.
Fol. 2136.
Fol. 2263.
Fol. 239a. ^

Fol. 262a,

Fol. 273a.
Fol. 299a.
Fol. 301a.
Fol. 307a.
Fol. 3106.
Fol. 332o.
Fol. 336a.
Fol. 338 J.
Fol. 3406.

7

8
U 9

10

J 12
J 13

J 14

J 15

J 16

17

18

19

V. 20
21
22
«-»b 23
W 24
^ 25
u 26
27

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Fol. 372a. L_>U^j t_^D\ J 28

Fol. 3786. Jjiil, c.~-jfl 29

Fol. 409a. y.V.^1 J 30

Fol. 424a. JJU/, OU3KU J 31

The MS. belonged to the Turkish historian
Veisi (Uwais B. Muhammad), who states in
an Arabic note on the first page that it was
transcribed for him in Cairo, A.H. 1004.

Only detached fragments of that volu-
minous work are to be found in European
libraries. Two MSS. in the Bodleian contain
Babs 2-3, and 30—32. See Uri, nos. 379,
389, and Nicoll, p. 5796. Four Berlin MSS.
contain respectively Babs 15 — 29, 15 — 18,
25—29 and 43. See Ahlwardt, nos. 1127—
1130. Babs 42 — 45 are found in Paris,
no. 3324. A Vienna MS., no. 383, contains
only the table of chapters.

The headings and some extracts have been
given in German by Hammer, Literaturgesch.,
Band vii., pp. 1205 — 34. Abridgments are
mentioned by Pertsch, no. 2137 ; in the Paris
Catalogue, no. 3325 ; and in the Biblioth.
Burckhardt., p. 56, no. 20.

1138.

Or. 3180.— Foil. 271 ; 12 in. by 7f ; 33 lines,
5f in. long ; written in Neskhi, with red-
ruled margins, apparently in the 16th century.

[KREMER, no. 189.]

The second volume of the same work,
containing Babs 32 — 49.

Beg.

JUl),

41

The headings are as follows :
Fol. 2a.

Fol. 216. iuUI uf

<j 32
J 33

Fol. 41a.

Fol. 51ft.

Fol. 756.
Fol. 880.

Fol. 916.
Fol. 99a.

Fol. 1056.

Fol. 115a.
Fol. 118a. J\

Fol. 1326.
Fol. 145a. &i

Fol. 161a. (

Fol. 1786.
Fol. 1906.

Fol. 245*.
Fol. 265a.

717
34

y» j\*-\ j 35

i-* u*

SJ^ 5il\ j 36

ijAdj jia^j

j-J\ j *U U 37

U«J1 J >U U 38
>V ^- 39

^ J 40

w^< J 41
42

43

U 44

U 45

U 46
^ J 47

J 48
»- j 4,9

718

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The MS. appears to have been transcribed
from a defective copy. Four blank pages
have been left after fol. 123, and three after
fol. 161. Bab 49 is unfinished, breaking off
in the middle of the account of the successors
of Alexander, i_ifylaM uU^L. ; Bab 50, which,
according to the table of contents, contained
prayers, i*)^ Lf^\ (J, is wanting.

This volume was apparently written about
the same time as the first, but by another
hand and in a larger character. Both
volumes were purchased by Kremer in 1849
at Aleppo.

1139.

Or. 3880.— Foil. 66 ; 8 in. by 5| ; 14 lines,
3f- in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 17th century. [GLASER, no. 168A.]

A collection of anecdotes relating to noble
and worthy sons ; ascribed to Hujjat al-Din
Abu Hashim Muhammad B. Muhammad B.
Muhammad B. al-Muzaffar al-Makki.

Beg.

J\5

After showing, by verses of the Coran and
sayings of the Prophet, that a worthy son is
the greatest of blessings, the author proceeds
to say that he had divided his work into five
Babs, and had given it the above title: jJj

U cl

But another title is written, by the same
hand as the text, on the first page, namely,
*U:^)\ *Lsi AJ\ (-jlJi^, and a similar designation
is applied to the work in the following
passage, fol. 15 : *\i>^ AJ\ ^ ..HaSM ^A*. \j*j
A^. From this it appears that the real
author is Hujjat al-Din Muh. B. Abi Muh.
B. Muh. Ibn Zafar al-Sikilli (died A.H. 565),
who is stated to have written, besides his
better known work, Sulwan al-Muta', another
entitled Anba Nujaba al-Abna. Haj. Khal.,
who notices the latter, vol. i., p. 443, quotes
the initial words, which are all but identical
with the beginning of the present copy. It
is the eighth of Ibn Zafar's works in the list
drawn up by the author. Amari states that
the Paris Library possesses two copies of it,
and that al-Ghurar is the title of an abridg-
ment due to the author. See Solwan el-
Mota, p. xxxv. A similar title, ^J jj&\} jj^>\
*U_>^\ *lxji ^f-M, is given by Ahlwardt,
Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 32, 5, with the
following author's name : ^ j-»s?

The present copy is defective in various
places and at the end. There are lacunae
after foil. 6, 16, 20, 40, 42, and 44, and
some of the extant fragments have been
transposed, so that the order of the Babs is
interverted. They begin respectively as
follows :

Fol. 2b.
Fol. 16a.
, Fol. 246.
Fol. 346.
Fol. 666.

II.

IV.

V.

III.

The first story relates to 'Abd al-Muttalib
and to the boyhood of Muhammad; the
others belong mostly to the early times of

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719

Islamism. The several narratives have the
heading (j-f- ij& ^j l^, and some are fol-
lowed by an explanatory section entitled

For other copies, see Pertsch, no. 1780 ;
Houtsma, Brill's Catalogue, no. 191 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 308.

1140.

Or. 3181.— Foil. 125 ; 9£ in. by 7 ; 19 lines,
about 4| in. long ; written in fair, large, and
bold Neskhi, with occasional vowels ; dated
in the last decade of Safar, A.H. 586
(A.D. 1190). [KBEMER, no. 190.]

A collection of select verses, anecdotes,
and elegant pieces in prose, imperfect at the
beginning, and without author's name.

The first verses the author of which is
named are found, fol. 26, with the heading :
jj>>J\ J\ i«UJ ^ ^. They begin :

J

The author appears to have lived in Egypt
about the close of the Fatimide Dynasty,
and to have belonged to the Shi'ah sect.
He uses the Shi'ah formulas *&J\ n^s- and
*uJ* &\ o\jL« after the names of 'Ali and of
al-Hasan (foil. 296, 39*), and speaks of the
disappearance of " al-Imara " al-Hakim.

The latest poets quoted are such as lived
in Egypt about the middle of the sixth
century of the Hijrah, as Mahmud B. al-
Kadi al-Muwamk (Isma'il) Ibn Kadus, who

died A.H. 551 (Husn al-Muhadarah, vol. i.,
p. 324), and al-Kadi al-Mu'addib (Hasan B.
•Ali), who died A.H. 561 (ib.). As the latter
is spoken of as dead, the work must have
been compiled between A.H. 561 and A.H.
586, the date of the MS.

Some leaves are evidently lost, others
apparently transposed. There is no sign of
a general systematic arrangement, although
a few rubrics are found here and there, such

as i^^ [sic] ^ jUi^ L_i-«, J J^i,
fol. 30a; LJM J^-\ ^, fol. 376; J »U U
«* jj ^J^ &**-t fol. 50a ; and
Z>\t fol. 906. The poets most fre-
quently quoted are Ibn al-Rumi, Ibn al-
Mu'tazz, Abu Nuwas, and al-Mutanabbi.

Most of the anecdotes relate to the Abba-
side Khalifs. The longest piece in prose is
Abu '!-' Ala's introduction to his Luzum ma
la yalzam, foil. 94a — 1036. A document of
some historical interest is found at fol. 676.
It is a bulletin recording the death of the
Egyptian Wazlr 'Abbas (B. Abi'l-Futuh)
and the surrender by the Franks of his son
Nasr to al-Malik al-Salih B. Ruzzik in Cairo :

It is dated two nights before the end of
RabI' I., A.H. 505, an obvious clerical error
for A.H. 550. See Taghribirdi, Add. 23,882,
fol. 134 ; Abulfeda) Annales, vol. iii., p. 538 ;
and Kamil, vol. xi., p. 128.

The latter part of the MS., foil. 106—125,
contains a fragment of a history of the
prophets, beginning and ending abruptly.
It relates to Lokman, Isaiah, and Daniel.
The first paragraph begins: ,^ib ^^JA J\S

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The next following chapters are :
Fol. 107«.
J\ Jjb

Fol. 112a.

In this last chapter there occurs a curious
story about an alleged father of Bukht-nassar,
a learned man called Badisah, who lived in
Upper Egypt, and to whom it was foretold
that his son would once conquer Egypt and
lay it waste.

The fragment does not belong to the
known works of al-Kisa'i or al-Tha'labi on
the same subject.

1141.

Or. 3630.— Foil. 120 ; 6f in. by 5 ; 17 lines,
3f in. long; written in neat Neskhi, with
all the vowels ; dated al-Karak, Friday,
25 Dulhijjah, A.H. 867 (A.D. 1463).

[G. C. RENOUAED.]

I. Foil. 2 — 24. Edifying anecdotes relating
mostly to holy men, extracted, according to
the following title prefixed by the transcriber,
from the work entitled ^x>\jJ\ «_jp\ by Abu '1-
Faraj 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Ali Ibn al-Jauzi,
who died A.H. 597 : U r\J\

On the same page, and by the same hand,
there is a short biographical notice of Ibn
al-Jauzi. No work of the above title is to
be found in the lists of Ibn al-Jauzi's writings
included in the Mir'at al-Zaman, Add. 23,279,
fol. 103, and in Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 52,
fol. 119 ; but neither of those lists, long as
they are, professes to be exhaustive.

The present selection, which in the colo-
phon is called eubKil LHlL, begins :

a-.^ *__jU>. It consists of a number of de-
tached and unnumbered narratives, each of
which has the rubric

II. Foil. 25—118. An abridgment of the
work entitled ^^^.ISjJl ^^ *^?\$\ (^^.LosJ' jf>
&*t°\s&\ by Muhammad B. Ibrahim B. Yahya
al-Kutubi (see above, no. 747).

Beg. JSfr ^^f- ^LJJ^ J*>- ^JJl <ill

The abbreviator, whose name does not
appear, follows the division of the original
work. Another epitome is noticed in the
Vienna Catalogue, no. 388.

Copyist :

The MS. is mentioned in Dr. John Lee's
Catalogue, no. 37.

1142.

Or. 3184.— Foil. 114 ; 8f in. by 6i ; about
30 lines, 5^ in. long ; written in coarse and
cursive Neskhi, apparently in the 18th
century. [KREMEK, no. 193.]

The latter half of a vast compilation of
traditions relating to the prophets, Muham-
mad, the first Khalifs and saints, with
religious exhortations, select verses, and
anecdotes ; without author's name.

It is designated in the colophon as

* ,j\£\. The real title is : ljo(s?
*\ _ ^> an(^ ^e auth°r is the

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

721

famous Sufi, Muhyi al-Din Muhammad B.
'AH Ibn al-'Arabi, who died A.H. 638.

The work has been lithographed in two
volumes, Cairo, A.H. 1282, and reprinted in
the same place, A.H. 1305. The sources of
the author, as enumerated in the preface,
have been given by Hammer, Handschriften,
no. 72, and the contents are briefly stated by
Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 385. For
other copies, see Urij no. 318 ; the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., nos. 482 — 4 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 319.

The present MS. begins with a rubric so
faded as to be illegible. It probably read :

j j<

\£\

The text begins :

The contents correspond with the second
volume of the Cairo edition of A.H. 1305,
from page 9 to the end.

1143.

Or. 3194.— Foil. 264 ; 8 in. by 6 ; 21 lines,
3^- in. long; written in fair Neskhi, probably
in the 19th century. [KEEMEB, no. 203.]

A compilation of traditions and anecdotes
relating to the speech, articulate or mute,
of animals, plants, and inanimate things.

Beg.

J\
The author's name, Shihab al-Din Ahmad

B. Tughar, does not appear in the text, but
in the following title, written on the first

page :

In a MS. noticed in the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., p. 207, and in an edition printed in
Cairo, A.H. 1281, the same name with the
addition of Beg is found on the title-page,
viz. :

No notice of this Ibn Tughar Beg has
been found ; but it appears from the work
itself that he lived in Egypt about the close
of the seventh century of the Hijrah. He
has occasional references to places in or near
Cairo, as the Khankah al-Mu'izziyyah, the
Mount Mukattam, and to other Egyptian
localities, such as Akhsas in the Fayyum.
In one passage, fol. 188a, he mentions the
death of the Kadi Taj al-Din 'Abd al-
Wahhab B. Khalaf, who died A.H. 665
(v. Orientalia, vol. ii., p. 253), as an event
of his time.

In a MS. described by Pertsch, no. 626,
the author is called Nasir al-Din Abu'l-
'Abbas Muh. B. Tughrll, and is stated to
have died in Hamah, A.H. 737. This
appears to be due to a confusion between
two similar names. There was a traditionist
called Nasir al-Din Muh. B. Tughril, who
was born in Damascus, A.H. 693, and died
in Hamah, A.H. 737 ; but there is no
mention of his having lived in Egypt, or of
his having written any such work. See
al-Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 77 ;
Orientalia, vol. ii., p. 366 ; and Tadkirat al-
Hablb, Add. 7335, fol. 109, margin.

Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 354, ascribes a

work similarly entitled, ^^\\ jiaiil, which,

however, he does not appear to have seen,

to Abu'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jauzi. The same

4 z

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author's name is mentioned, perhaps on the
authority of Haj. Khal., in connection with
several MSS., which undoubtedly contain
the same work. See Hammer, Biblioteca
Italiana, vol. xlix., p. 21, no. 239, where the
contents are stated ; Pertsch, nos. 624-5 ;
Rosen, Institut, no. 26 ; Preston, Biblioth.
Burckhardt., p. 52, no. 84; the Rifa'iyyah,
no. 219, and Houtsma, no. 192. It must be
observed, however, that the work is evidently
later than Ibn al-Jauzi's time, and that no
such title is to be found in the very full list
of that author's writings, which his grandson
gives in the Mir'at al-Zaman, Add. 23,279,
foil. 103—5.

There is yet another author's name in
a MS. described as autograph in the Paris
Catalogue, no. 3557, and dated A.H. 1001,
namely, 'Ali al-Maraghi al-Kabbani.

There are apparently two editions of the
work, one of which has a beginning different
from the above, namely : ^' J^"** <^ *-^
c^lsi' «£v=- j. See Pertsch, no. 624, and
Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung, no. 39.

The work is divided into six parts (Kism),
subdivided into Babs, as follows : I. Speech
of living things, in nine Babs, fol. 26.
II. Speech of rational beings after death,
in three Babs, fol. 105a. III. Speech of
inanimate objects, in seven Babs, fol. 149a.

IV. Collective voices issuing from deserts,
(jUflM ^ AS-Ua- jki, in two Babs, fol. 164<z.

V. The meanings of various things, in three
Babs, fol. 1866. VI. Hints and signs which
supply the place of speech, in four Babs, foil.
19 la— 2646.

1144.

Or. 3609.— Foil. 95 ; 8| in. by 5 ; 19 lines,
2^- in. long ; written in small Neskhi ; dated
Algiers, Sha'ban, A.H. 1093 (A.D. 1682).

A collection of anecdotes and select verses,
by 'Ali B. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Hudail B. Muh.
B. Hudail al-Fazari, with the following title :

.

Beg. Ju

The preface includes a dedication to the
above-named prince, there called ^j^-^^c)

j^aj ^ k-ft-»y. ^ <***? &\ <**& j}\, and the
following description of the work :

lc &

The work consists of a hundred chapters
(Makalah), each of which is divided into

five parts, viz., a narrative *>$*-, a curious
anecdote XjiiU, a proverb Jl«, a precept &~oj,
and verses j«^». The anecdotes relate, for
the most part, to the Umayyades and the
early Abbasides, and many are ascribed to
al-Asma'i. The latest author quoted is the
Maghribi writer, Ibn Sa'id ('Ali B. Musa),
who died A.H. 685. See above, no. 696.

The prince to whom the work is dedicated
was the sovereign of Lisan al-Dln Ibn al-
Khatib, viz., al-Ghani-billah Muhammad B.
Yusuf B. Isma'il B. Faraj B. Nasr, who
succeeded to the throne of Granada, A.H.
755, and whose chequered reign extended to
A.H. 793. See Casiri, vol. ii., p. 306, and
Gayangos, Mohammedan Dynasties, vol. ii.,
pp. 357—368.

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

723

A distich addressed to that prince by the
author, Ibn Hudail al-Fazari, is quoted by
al-Makkari, vol. ii., p. 428. The author is
mentioned by Casiri, vol. ii., p. 326, as the
historian of Granada.

Copyist :

1145.

Or. 3178— Foil. 236; 8£ in. by 5f ; from
21 to 25 lines, 4 in. long ; written probably
in Spain, in a fair and distinct, partly
vocalized, Maghribi character ; dated Dul-
ka'dah, A.H. 897 (A.D. 1492).

[KEEMEE, no. 188.]

I. Foil. 1 — 138. A copious collection of
rare anecdotes, witty answers, select verses,
maxims, proverbs, and historical notices, by
Abu Bakr B. 'Asim, who gave it the follow-
ing title:

Beg. £

The preface is taken up with the praises
of the king, to whom the work is dedicated,

namely,

This prince, Nasir al-Din Abu'l-Hajjaj
Yusuf, succeeded his father, al-Ghani-billah
Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad, on the throne of
Granada, A.H. 793, and died A.H. 798. See
Gayangos, Mohammedan Dynasties, vol. ii.,
p. 368, and Appendix A, p. xlii. His short
reign gives an approximate date to the
work.

The author's name is written, not by the
copyist, but by a contemporary hand, at the
top of the first page: JUJt ^\ £iM J\5

Casiri notices, under no. 1088, another
work of the same writer, entitled (.\^ iaas,
and says that Abu Bakr B. al-'Asim al-
Kaisi, Kadi al-Jama'ah in Granada, was
born A.H. 760, and died A.H. 829. Haj.
Khal., however, vol. ii., p. 226, gives to the
same work a later date, A.H. 835, and calls
the author Abu Bakr Muh. B. Muh. B. 'Asim
al-Kaisi.

In the Paris copy of the Hada'ik al-Azhar,
no. 3528, the author is called Abu Bakr B.
Abi Yahya B. 'Asim, Wazlr of Abu '1-Hajjaj
Yusuf II.

The work is divided into six parts, called
2b.A»-, which are enumerated, with their
subdivision into Babs, at the end of the
preface. The following are the headings of
the six Hadlkahs :

Fol. 36.

Fol. 336. JJJrJ\

II.

Fol. 64a.

III-

IV.

VI.

Fol. 93a.
Fol. 976.
Fol. 103a.

The fifth of the above sections contains
common proverbs in alphabetical order.

II. Foil. 139—156. The eighth book of a
collection of anecdotes, entitled Salwat al-
4z2

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MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

Ahzan, or "Comfort in Sorrow," by Abu '1-
Faraj 'Abd al- Rahman B. 'All al-Jauzi
(d. A.H. 597).

Beg. u> ^}\ ±* j& j>\ wSaH iM JS

This work is not noticed by Haj. Khal. ;
but it is included in the list of Ibn al-Jauzi's
works in Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 52, fol. 120,
and also, under a somewhat different form
of title, UJ5jJ' *ji-», in a similar list, Mir' at
al-Zaman, Add. 23,279, fol. 104.

This eighth book contains narratives,
Ob\£», bearing consecutive numbers from
1 to 71 ; but there is after fol. 154 a con-
siderable lacuna, extending from the 21st to
the 69th story.

III. Foil. 156 — 164. Miscellaneous ex-
tracts, including : 1. Chapters from medical
works, ^LM A^c- ^ ' ^ l&* J_^3, fol. 1566.

2. A short piece on the disadvantages and
the attractions of the town of Safad, fol. 1596.

3. A letter written by Sultan Bayazld II. to
Abu'l-Hasan <Ali, king of Granada (A.H.
882 — 7 ; see Gayangos, Mohammedan Dynas-
ties, vol. ii., p. 369, Appendix, p. xcii.) re-
ferring to the death of his father and
announcing his own accession ; dated Ju-
mada L, A.H. 887, fol. 162a.

IV. Fol. 165—236. The last two chapters
of a collection of sayings and anecdotes by
an unknown author, containing stories of
clever men and of foolish or absent persons.

The first chapter, with the heading
* uJ^, begins :

The stories begin mostly with the words
^j, and the authorities quoted are
generally early writers or traditionists. No
reference to later works has been noticed.

The second chapter begins, fol. 1826, as
follows :

From this it is evident that the first part
of the work dealt in pious exhortations and
edifying stories.

The second chapter ends, fol. 1966, with
the words a^j & J-^ij. The remaining
portion of the MS., although written, with-
out any break, in continuation of the above,
consists of extraneous matter on various
subjects. It begins with a passage quoted
from the jjd\ j^, probably the work so
called of al-Ghazzali (Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 119), and includes sayings of sages,
anecdotes of holy men, some short cosmo-
graphical chapters treating of the creation
of the world, of mountains and deserts, of
fortified towns, of the wonders of the world,
of remarkable buildings, of seas, rivers, and
of the first inhabitants of the earth. This
is followed by legendary narratives relating
to the prophets, to events mentioned in the
Goran, to the state of souls after death, and
to the apparition of holy men in dreams.

1146.

Or. 4369.— Foil. 214 ; 8| in. by 5 ; 21 lines,
3 in. long ; written in fair small Neskhi ;
dated 5 Jumada I., A.H. 1216 (A.D. 1801).

[BUDGE.]

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

725

A copious compilation of religious and
moral precepts, traditions, and edifying
anecdotes, by Abu Muhammad 'Isa B.
Ahmad al-Andalusi, with this title : t

Beg. Wj

UJ*

• • • -** *

U iJUJl

J

The work is divided into a number of
Babs, a table of which is found on the
fly-leaf. They deal for the most part with
religious or moral subjects. The headings
of the first three are : 1. iu\A»-^J\

c^USlj ; 2. (j-jJj^ tj\^e- £&
fol. 76 ; 3.
fol.

Beyond some early traditionists and Sufis,
the author quotes no authority whatever.
Most paragraphs begin with the vague head-

Haj. Khal. adds to the author's name the
Nisbahs al-Lakhmi al-Ishblli, but gives no
date. See vol. iv., p. 287. A copy is noticed
in the Paris Catalogue, no. 3546.

1147.

Or. 2797.— Foil. 296 ; 8 in. by 6 ; 16 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated

Thursday, 13 Rabi' L, A.H. 1052 (A.D.
1642). [GHANDOCE BEV.]

A miscellany containing notices of poets
and historical extracts ; compiled by al-

Salihi, with this title:

5,»>

Beg.

The author is not named in the text, and
is only designated on the title-page by his
Nisbah. The writer most generally known
as al-Salihi is Shams al-Din Muhammad B.
Najm al-DIn B. Muh. al-Salihi al-Hilali, an
eminent poet, who was born in Damascus
A.H. 956, but was brought up in Mecca, and
died A.H. 1012. No such work, however,
is mentioned in the notice of his life in
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iv., p. 239, and, from
internal evidence, it would appear that the
work was written at an earlier date, possibly
in the 8th century.

It begins with a classification of poets
according to epochs, and with a dissertation
on the comparative merits of some trios of
contemporary poets, especially that of Jarlr,
al-Farazdak, and al-Akhtal, and that of Abu
Tammam, al-Buhturi, and al-Mutanabbi.
This is followed by notices on Labid, Abu
Duaib Khuwailid, Hassan B. Thabit, al-
Khansa, 'Abdallah B. al-Hajjaj, &c. In the
rest of the volume there is no systematic ar-
rangement. The following are the principal
subjects : Proverbs, with statements as to
their origin, foil. 55 — 73. Extract from al-
'Utbi's history of Sultan Mahmud, with notices
of that Sultan's panegyrists and their poems,

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foil. 86 — 115. Notices relating to Alexander,
foil. 115 — 121. On the races of mankind
and the influence of climate, fol. 121. On
the pyramids, foil. 126—134. The Wazir
al-Sahib B. 'Abbad and his panegyrists,
foil. 136 — 155. Al-Bakharzi and contempo-
rary poets, foil. 155 — 177. Badi' al-Zaman
al-Hamadani, with copious prose extracts,
foil. 188—202. Ruba'iyyat of Nizam al-Dln
al-Isfahani, fol. 204. Notice of Burhan al-
Dm <Ali B. Musa B. Arfa' Kas, fol. 310.
Historical extracts relating chiefly to the
early Khalifs and to 'Ali's contest with
Mu'awiyah, foil. 240—285.

The biographical notices relate mostly to
poets and elegant writers of the first five
centuries of the Hijrah. The latest poets
mentioned are three who lived in Egypt
under Baibars and Kala'un,viz., al-Mufawwih
al-Shihabi Mahmud, Badr al-Dln Yusuf B.
al-Mihmandar, and Muhyi al-Dln 'Abdallah
B. 'Abd al-Zahir, who died A.H. 692 (v.
foil. 84, 85). The latest work quoted is
Masalik al-Absar, by Ibn Fadl-allah, who
died A.H. 749 (fol. 486).

The copyist, Muh. B. Muh. KhalTl, states
at the end that the MS. had been transcribed
from the original draft of the author.

A copy of the same work is described
under the title MiLN *x.a~>, but without
author's name, in the Vienna Catalogue,
no. 420. In another copy, entitled £-sLJ\
(jj£h, in the Paris Library, the author is
also called al-Salihi, without proper name.
See Ahlwardt, Divans of the Six Poets,
p. xxiv. A Majmu'ah by Muh. al-Salihi,
Houtsma, no. 162, is probably the same
work.

Appended to the Safinah, foil. 2886—2926,
is a commentary on the Risalat al-Sakifah,

1148.

Or. 3704.— Foil. 161 ; 8 in. by 5| ; 25 lines,
3f in. long ; written in small and rather
cursive Neskhi, apparently in the 17th
century. [BUDGE.]

A collection of anecdotes, tales, and mis-
cellaneous notices and extracts, imperfect
at beginning and end.

The author's name does not appear, but
his time and country may be inferred from
the following passage, fol. 626 :

Shams al-Dln Muh. B. Abi Bakr B. Ibrahim,
called Ibn al-Nakib, before whom the author
heard the story thus introduced, in Halab, was
born A.H. 662, was appointed Kadi of Halab
A.H. 730, and died A.H. 745. See al-Durar
al-Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 66a, and Orien-
talia, vol. ii., pp. 349, 382. But the author
lived on to a much later period ; for he quotes
some writers who reached the ninth century
of the Hijrah, such as Kamal al-Dln al-
Damiri, fol. 1456, who died A.H. 808, and
the author of Jj^j^ O^S, fol. 166, i.e., Ibn
Hijjah, who died A.H, 837. An incidental
mention of «juiilll\ Uols^\ fol. 316, shows that
he belonged to the Shafi'i school.

There is no systematic arrangement in the
work. The author appears to have written
down his extracts from any book he was
reading at the time. There are, for instance,
consecutive extracts from the Mu'jam al-
Buldan of Yakut, foil. 63 seqq., with chapters
on seas (fol. 726), mountains (fol. 766), rivers
(fol. 80a), and springs (fol. 816), all alpha-
betically arranged. In another part, foil.

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

727

84 seqq., there occurs a series of stories taken
from the al-Faraj ba'd al-Shiddah of Abu '1-
Kasim 'Ali al-Tanukhi. Further extracts
relating to the Court and State of the
Fatimide Khalifs, fol. 286, are borrowed
from the work of Muhyi al-Dm Ibn 'Abd
al-Zahir, who died A.H. 692 (v. Arabic
Catalogue, p. 557). Other writers fre-
quently quoted are Ibn al-Jauzi, Sibt Ibn
al-Jauzi, Ibn Khallikan, the author of
Tuhfat al-Ghara'ib (v. Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 6126, 772a), al-Dahabi, and the author
of Masalik al-Absar.

The text begins abruptly in the middle
of an anecdote relating to al-Farazdak and
'Ali B. al-Husain, as follows :

«J\

It breaks off in the middle of an anecdote
borrowed from al-'Ikd, and relating to Kadi
Shank.

A spurious beginning and a similar end
have been added by a later hand.

1149.

Or. 4640.— Foil. 151 ; 8| in. by 6.

[LANE.]

I. Foil. 1—118 ; 19 lines, 3f in. long;
written in neat, partly vocalized Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins ; dated Tuesday,
16 Jumada I., A.H. 1118 (A.D. 1706).

A collection of stories illustrating the
baneful influence of women; by 'Ali B.
'Umar [in the MS. lAmr\ Ibn al-Batanuni
al-Abusiri al-Shadili al-Hanafi.

<Jy^ ^•*-> "*^ • • • ij^V *-^ *- ~-j di)

J

LJJU

In the early part of the work the author
adduces instances of the mischief wrought
by wom§n from the history of the prophets,
whom he takes in chronological order,
dwelling chiefly on Adam, Abel, Noah,
Joseph, David, Solomon, &c. He then
passes on to Muhammadan saints and other
personages of Muslim history, concluding
with some anecdotes the scene of which is
laid in Cairo. His favourite authorities are
Ibn al-Jauzi, al-Nasafi, the commentator of
the Goran ('Umar B. Muh.), the anonymous
author of the work entitled ^jlflii Jp^, and
Shams al-DIn Ibn Kayyim al-Jauziyyah, who
died A.H. 751.

The author lived about A.H. 900. He
completed in that year a work entitled j~3\
^.iiU .x*** t/ Jou« c-»i'lx« ,j jJL»M, treating of
the merits of a holy personage belonging to
the Shadili order, Muh. al-Taimi al-Bakri,
who died A.H. 847. See the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 67, and Pertsch, no. 1853.

The above title is that which is given
in the preface. A somewhat different one
is found on the title-page. It reads : t_Aii

,> . . . J'JI (.U^ L_W!£ ylj-JI OA- j

f^-

juii JJU\

Copyist :

For another copy, see Pertsch, no. 1233,
where the author is called 'Ali B. 'Amr Ibn
al-Matbuli aUAbu§Iri al-Shadili.

II. Foil. 119—187; 23 lines, 4 in. long;

728

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

written in cursive Neskhi, with red-ruled
margins ; dated Thursday, 27 Jumada I.,
A.H. 1106 (A.D. 1694).

A treatise on matrimony and its advan-
tages, on the mutual duties of man and
wife, and on the rules and observances pre-
scribed by the Sunnah in connection with
marriage ; ascribed to Jalal al-Dln al-Suyuti.

Beg.

LJ

JjOj

The author's name is not found in the
text, but it appears on the title-page ;

J^U. The same name is found
in a copy mentioned in the Khedive's Library,
vol. ii., p. 179 ; but Haj. Khal. is quite right
in doubting that attribution, vol. vi., p. 332,
for the work is full of obviously apocryphal
Hadiths, and no such title is to be found in
the genuine list of al-Suyuti' s works.

The treatise is divided into nine Fusul,
with the following headings : 1. _&M J-ai ^
2. »^ ; 3. e3t>\j\ ; 4.

> (*£> ^.^ > 6-

xj ; 7.

8.

; 9.

Copyist:

1150.

Or. 3703.— Foil. 235 ; 9fin.by5i; 21 lines,
3| in. long; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 17th century. [BUDGE.]

A vast collection of sayings, anecdotes,
historical extracts, and miscellaneous notices,
without author's name.

Beg.

III.

V.

It is divided into five Kisms as follows :
Fol. 2a. ^J>5.w U u-»^ I.

Fol. 486. «

Fol. 65a.

Fol. 96a. j^j

Fol. 194a.

The authors most frequently quoted are
Ibn Khallikan, al-Dahabi, Ibn al-Jauzi, and
al-Khazraji. The compiler appears to have
lived in Yemen ; many of his historical ex-
tracts relate to that country, and he gives,
fol. 217, notices of scholars who visited it.
The latest event mentioned is a flood, which
occurred in Mecca, A.H. 887, fol. 194.

In a Berlin MS. described by Ahlwardt,
no. 1157, the work is attributed to Shams
al-Dln Muh. al-Yamani al-Sharji, who died
about A.H. 999. The same name is found
in the Paris copy, no. 3556, while in another

MISCELLANIES, ANECDOTES, ETC.

729

MS., Landberg, no. 288, the -work is ascribed
to Kutb al-Din Muh. B. Ahmad al-Nahrawali
al-Makki (d. A.H. 990).

There is a lacuna after fail. 1, the end of
the table of chapters and the beginning of
the first chapter being lost. There are also
some gaps in the body of the volume.

1151.

Or. 1357.— Foil. 120 ; 8f in. by 6J ; 21 lines,
3f in. long ; written in coarse Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 19th century.

[SiR CHARLES A. MURRAY.]

A collection of humorous anecdotes, with-
out author's name.

Beg.

JJj J\ &^VJ jo

Jl

The work is divided into twenty-eight
Babs, a list of which is given in the preface.
The stories are in part obscene, and the
language leans strongly to the vulgar speech.
From incidental references to Egyptian
localities, such as Bulak and Kus, it appears
probable that the work was written in
Egypt.

The contents have been fully described,
from this very MS., by Flugel, Zeitschrift
der D. Morg. Ges., Band xiv., pp. 534 — 8.

Another copy is mentioned by Pertsch,
no. 2706, with a reference to a MS., Frank,
no. 531, in which the author is called 'Umar
al-Halabi.

Copyist : ^

1152.

Or. 1184.— Foil. 210 ; 10J in. by 5£ ; 21 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in flowing Nestalik, in
the 17th century. [ALEX. JAI-.A. |

A copious compilation of poetical and
historical extracts, and biographical notices
of poets and other writers of all periods of
Muslim history, down to the llth century of
the Hijrah ; compiled by Sulaiman al-Hafiz,
who prefixed to it the following title :

Beg.

Ul

JLJ1

The work begins with a tract of Muhyi al-
Din Ibn al-'Arabi, whom the author calls his
preceptor, ^bA It is entitled *&•'$ ^U^
*^W Jj^ L^jlib, and contains upwards of
260 "hints," or short and profound utter-
ances of inspired men. The other extracts
are entered hap-hazard, as the compiler met
with them in the course of his reading.

The author appears to have lived in
Damascus, in the first half of the eleventh
century of the Hijrah. His latest extracts
are of writers who lived in that city about
A.H. 1000, as Darwlsh Efendi (Muh. B.
Ahmad) al-Talu'i, who died A.H. 1014
(Arabic Catalogue, p. 777a) ; Faid-allah
Efendi (B. Ahmad Kafzadah), who was
appointed Kadi of Damascus, A.H. 999, and
died A.H. 1020 (Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii.,
p. 288) ; and al-Hasan al-Burini, who died
A.H. 1024. The latest is 'Abd al-Rahman
B. Muh. al-'Imadi, Mufti of Damascus, who
died A.H. 1051 (ib., vol. ii., p. 380), and
who was still living when the work was
compiled (see fol. 142a).

5A

730

FABLES AND TALES.

The author concludes the work with some
religious poems and a piece in prose, of his
own composition, foil. 204 — 210.

1153.

Or. 3145.— Foil. 60 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 19 lines,
3 J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, in the
19th century. [KBEMEE, no. 155.]

+

A collection of tales and historical anec-
dotes, mostly relating to the early Abbasides
and to the Barmakides, by Muhammad
Diyab al-Itlidi, who lived about A.H. 1100.

The work was printed in Cairo, A.H. 1279,
and has often been re-printed since. See the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 11. An English
translation by Mrs. G. Clerk was published
in London, 1873.

For other copies, see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 6836 ; Rosen, Notices Sommaires, no. 184 ;
and Pertsch, no. 2708. Wiistenfeld states,
Geschichtschreiber, no. 588, that the work
was completed A.H. 1100.

The present copy contains only the first
portion, amounting to about a third, of the
work, and corresponding with pp. 2 — 82 of
the Cairo edition of A.H. 1279.

1154.

Or. 1187.— Foil. 411 ; llf in. by 6£ ; 31 lines,
3^ in. long; written in -small and neat
Turkish Neskhi, with 'Unwan and gold-
ruled margins ; dated Monday, end of

Jumada I., A.H. 1175 (A.D. 1761). Bound
in stamped and gilt leather covers.

[ALEX. JABA.]

A vast compilation of extracts relating to
various branches of Muslim science, princi-
pally to theology, metaphysics, Sufism, law,
Arabic grammar, and chronology ; by Mu-
hammad al-Raghib.

Beg.

3 U

The author is the celebrated Wazir, better
known as Raghib Pasha, who died A.H. 1176.
See Hammer, Gesch. des Osm. Reiches, vol.
viii., p. 256, and Osm. Dichtkunst, vol. iv.,
p. 185. The same year is given as the date
of composition in Athar i Nau, Haj. Khal.,
vol. vi., p. 586. The contents, which are
not systematically arranged, are fully stated
in the Vienna Catalogue, no. 411.

At the end of each extract its source is
indicated, and original observations added
by the compiler are distinguished by the
words \j>^\ ^-^j &+£ j&& <ui^. A tabulated
index of contents occupies six pages at the
beginning. .

The work has been printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1255 and 1282. See the Khedive's
Library, vol. vi., p. 149.

FABLES AND TALES.

1155.

Or. 2715.— Foil. 107 ; 9| in. by 6$; 23 lines,
4 in. long; written in a fair Maghribi

FABLES AND TALES.

731

character, with red-ruled margins ; dated be-
ginning of Shawwal, A.H. 1143 (A.D. 1731).

[A. C. BUENELL.]

Kalilah and Dimnah, in the version of 'Abd-
allah Ibn al-Mukaffa'.

Beg.

Compared with the edition of S. De Sacy,
the text presents considerable verbal or
material variations, a different arrangement
of the chapters, and an additional story,
that of the king of the rats. The order of
the fourteen chapters agrees with that of
the index of the Florentine MS. as given by
Guidi, Studii sul Testo Arabo, p. 7, with the
exception that the fable of the king of the
rats is inserted between the fifth and the
sixth chapters.

Contents : Preface of Ibn Sanjawan (^
al-Farisi (De Sacy's Bihnud B. Sahwan),
including the story of the king Daishalam
and the sage Baidana, and an account of the
origin of the book, fol. 26 (towards the end,
fol. 10a, there is a table of the fourteen
chapters in the same order as they are
found in the body of the MS., but omitting
the story of the king of the rats). Mission
of Barzuyah to India, fol. 12a. A chapter
on the scope of the book (1_>\^J\ (Jof- ^_>b),
by Abu'l-Ma'ali 'Abdallah B. al-Mukaffa',
fol. 156. Life of Barzuyah, fol. 186. The
lion and the ox, fol. 25a. Trial of Dimnah,
fol. 45a. The ring-dove, fol. 536. The owls
and the crows, fol. 62a. The story of Iblad
and Bilad (JiL>j i!jo\ t_>b), fol. 716 (the name
of the queen is written throughout Abrakht,

Story of Mihran (&]&•), king of
the rats, and how he took counsel with his
three Wazirs, namely, Du-damah, Shira', and
Baghdad, about the best means of getting
rid of the cats, fol. 82a (in substantial agree-
ment with the text published, with a German
translation, by Noldeke, Abhandlungen der
K. Ges. der Wissenschaften zu Gottingon,
Band xxv., pp. 53 — 68. See also the abstract
of S. de Sacy, Kalila and Dimna, pp. 61 — 63 ;
Bichell's German translation, from the early
Syriac "version, Kalilag und Damnag, pp.
114—123, and Guidi, p. 99). The rat and
the cat, fol. 87o. The king and the bird
Firah (s^i), fol. 90a. The lion and the fast-
ing jackal (.JyoN^wiN), fol. 92a. The ape
and the tortoise, fol. 96«. The hermit and
the weasel, fol. 996. The lioness and the
horseman, fol. lOla. The hermit and his
guest, fol. 102a. The wayfarer and the
goldsmith, fol. 103o. The king's son and
his companions, fol. 1046.

The work was printed in Cairo, A.H. 1249,
and has been often re-printed since there,
as well as in Beirut. See the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., p. 295, and, for MSS., the
Arabic Catalogue, pp. 317, 662; Aumer,
no. 615 ; Pertsch, no. 2691 ; the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 535; the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 3465 — 80 ; &c.

1156.

Or. 4044.— Foil. 207 ; 11 in. by 7f ; 15 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
frequent omission of the diacritical points,
apparently in the 15th century.

[GLASEE, no. 345.]

I. Foil. 1—135. Kalilah and Dimnah.
Beg.

5 A2

732

FABLES AND TALES.

The first page, which has been supplied
by a later hand, contains the beginning of
the second chapter, Barzuyah's mission to
India (De Sacy's edition, p. 31). The
original writing, which begins fol. 2 a, carries
that chapter on to the end ; but there is,
after fol. 3, a lacuna of three or four leaves,
corresponding to De Sacy's text from p. 35,
line 5, to p. 42, line 12.

The text presents considerable variations
from the printed edition, and differs from it
in the order of the final chapters. The
contents are as follows : Mission of Bar-
zuyah, fol. 16. The scope of the book (the
preface of'Ibn al-Mukaffa'), with the heading
si*.}, «L& tyUs, fol. 5a. Life of Barzuyah,
fol. 10a. The lion and the ox, fol. 19a.
Trial of Dimnah, fol. 506. The ring-dove,
fol. 636. The crows and the owls, fol. 746.
The tortoise and the ape, fol. 90<z. The
hermit and the weasel, fol. 96a. The cat
and the rat, fol. 976. The king and the
bird, fol. 1016. The lion and the jackal,
fol. 1046. Hailar and his "Wazir Bailar,

<**• o ^

j$^> s^yj^Jufe (Bilar in Kalilag und Damnag,
p. 93), fol. Ilia. (The text of this last story
is much fuller than in De Sacy's edition.)
The traveller and the goldsmith, fol. 1276.
The king's son and his companions, fol.
1296. The horseman, the lioness, and the
jackal, fol. 133a. The hermit and his guest,
fol. 1346.

j

The concluding speech of the philosopher
to the king, fol. 1356, is longer than in the
printed text, although the MS. breaks off
before its termination.

There are in the margins sixty-six spirited
coloured drawings, representing the various
incidents described in the text, besides two
whole-page drawings on foil. 866 and 87a.

II. Foil. 136—207. Sulwan al-Muta', a
well-known collection of historical anecdotes

and tales, by Muhammad B. Abi Muh. Ibn
Zafar al-Sikilli, with this title in the same
hand as the text : dj^s- <j s

Beg.

For the life of the author, who died A.H.
565, see Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version,
vol. iii., p. 104, and Amari's introduction to
his Italian translation, " Solwan el Mota',
ossiano conforti politici," pp. 17 — 32. The
work has been lithographed in Cairo, A.H.
1278, and printed in Tunis, A.H. 1279. The
above-mentioned Italian version has been
translated into English and printed in two
volumes, London, 1852.

The present copy omits the preface and
begins at once with the first of the five
Sulwanahs into which the work is divided.
The text is that of the second, and more
common, of the two editions distinguished
by Amari, Introduction, pp. 68 — 71. It
leaves out the fable of the two peacocks,
which, according to Amari, p. 237, is peculiar
to the earlier edition.

The five Sulwanahs begin respectively at
foil. 1366, 1516, 1676, 181a, and 196a. The
last is imperfect. The MS. breaks off, in the
course of the story of the cowherd and the
hermit, with these words : luM J^ ^M J&>
J>^ j&\ »J#. See Amari, p. 206, line 23,
and the Tunis edition, p. 99, line 25. There
is a large coloured drawing on the title-page
and six smaller ones on the margins.

For other MSS., see Amari, introduction,
p. 65 ; the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 663a, 695a,
5026 ; Pertsch, no. 2688 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, nos. 3503—3513 ; the Leyden Cata-
logue, 2nd ed., nos. 537 — 540 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. iv., pp. 263, 303 ; &o.

FABLES AND TALES.

7o:i

1157.

Or. 3900.— Foil. 139 ; 8* in. by 6; 15 lines,
3f in. long ; written in rather coarse Neskhi ;
dated Monday, 1st of Sha'ban, A.H. 1166
(A.D. 1753). [GLASBE, no. 186.]

Another copy of Kalilah and Dimnah, with
the heading: iicjj

Beg. J1

The above beginning, in which the anony-
mous writer claims for himself the authorship
of the book, was probably prefixed to some
earlier MS., from which the present is
derived, in order to disguise its deficiency.

The genuine text begins, fol. 2a, line 3,
with the following passage of the preface of
Ibn Mukaffa'

jL-o->- t±>iLj, corresponding with p. 45,
line 11, of De Sacy's edition.

The text differs in many particulars from
the latter edition, and presents, towards the
end, a different arrangement and an additional
chapter.

Contents : Preface of Ibn al-Mukaffa',
wanting the first lines, fol. 2.a. Mission of
Barzuyah, fol. 7a. Life of Barzuyah, fol. 86.
The lion and the ox, fol. 176. Trial of
Dimnah, fol. 476. The dove, the crow, the
rat, the tortoise, and the gazelle, fol. 61a.
The crows and the owls, fol. 73«. The
tortoise and the ape, fol. 88a. The hermit
and the weasel, fol. 926. The rat and the
cat, fol. 936. The bird Finzah and the
king's son, fol. 96a. The king of India and
his Wazlr Bilad, fol. 996. The lion and the

fasting jackal, fol. Ilia. The goldsmith,
the leopard, and the ape, fol. 117A. The
king's son and his three companions, fol. 121a.

The additional tale, foil. 127o — 135J, is
the story of the two halcyons and the
Mirzam," ^j ^j*^^. It is intended to
show the danger of confiding in an untrust-
worthy friend.

J\S

Ji. J

*»

The male halcyon, having discovered a
secluded pond full of fish, persuades his
mate to transfer to it their nest. The
Mirzam is secretly told of that plan by the
female halcyon, who had an intimacy with
him, and contrives to follow the pair to
their new abode. In the end he induces the
female halcyon to compass the death of her
mate, after which he causes her to be de-
voured by a weasel.

The tale includes the three following sub-
ordinate stories: 1. The sick ape, who was
told that the brain of a black dragon would
heal him. 2. The king of the cats, who
with his three Wazirs plotted the destruction
of the wolf (on nearly the same lines as the
story of the king of the rats). 3. The rats,
which infested the cell of a hermit, and made
terms with the hermit's weasel.

Owing probably to the transposition of a
leaf in an earlier MS., there is at the end
of this tale (fol. 1356, line 15, to fol. 137a,

* The Mirzam, or Hnrzim, is a water-fowl with long
legs and neck, a hooked beak, and black-tipped wings,
feeding principally on fish (Damiri, vol. ii., p. 380).
The word is wanting in Arabic dictionaries. The 'Uljiim,
vaguely described in the Kamus as a white bird, appears
to be the halcyon (Dozy, Supplement, ii., p. 160).

734

FABLES AND TALES.

line 9) a misplaced fragment of the life of
Barzuyah (filling up a lacuna at fol. 16J of
the MS., and corresponding with p. 73,
line 7, to p. 75, line 9, of De Sacy's edition).
This is followed by the final address of the
sage to the king.

Another peculiar feature of this MS. is
found at the beginning of the chapter on
Barzuyah's mission. Barzuyah says to
Anushirwan that he had read in the books
of physicians of some herbs, growing on the
mountains of India, from which a remedy
was extracted which brought the dead to
life. That passage, which occurs in the
early Hebrew and Latin versions, was found
by De Sacy in only one Arabic MS. See
his preface, p. 23 ; also Benfey, Pantscha-
tantra, vol. i., p. 60 ; Keith-Falconer, Kalilah
and Dimnah, p. xxiii. ; and Guidi, Studii sul
Testo Arabo, p. 10.

Copyist : lj\

1158.

Or. 4593.— Foil. 168 ; 9£ in. by 6$ ; 11 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Hadramaut, Thursday, 26 Dulhijjah, A.H.
1235 (A.D.' 1818).

A metrical version of Kalilah and Dimnah,
by Ibn al-Habbariyyah.

Beg.

The author, whose full name is Nizam
al-Din Abu Ya'la Muhammad B. Salih al-
Hashimi al-'Abbasi, was born in Baghdad,
and died in Kirman, A.H. 504. Ibn Khal-
likan, De Slane's translation, vol. iii., p. 150,
mentions the present version under the title
Nata'ij al-Fitnah fi Nazm Kalilah wa Dimnah,
which is not found in our MS., but is given
on the title-page of the edition lithographed
in Bombay, A.H. 1394.

In the prologue, the author, after praising
the book of Kalilah as being by itself suf-
ficient for the glory of India, says that in
turning it into verse he followed the example
of Aban al-Lahiki, who, although before him
in point of time, did not come up to him in
poetical merit :

J jl ^Jt

.. ft j. Lg-

bU

He says, further on, that, not having found
any liberal and accomplished patron with
whose name he might adorn his book, he
composed it for his own sake and for other
men of taste and talent :

(j 4?-^ Jj

There is, however, in the lithographed
edition, a prologue of some extent, from
which it appears that the author originally
dedicated the work to his former patron in
Isfahan, the Wazir Majd al-Mulk Abu '1-Fadl
As'ad B. Musa (d. A.H. 492), and sent it from
Kirman to the physician Abu '1-Faraj (Yahya
B. Sa'Id Ibn al-Talmid, c. A.H. 500), request-
ing him to present it in his name to the Wazir
on the festival of Nairuz. The same fact is
recorded, at the end of our MS., in the

FABLES AND TALES.

735

following lines : all\ &+>-j

J\

A similar statement is found at the be-
ginning of the Bombay edition, where the
author's patron is called (j\^j>^\ J^l j\
JjyL^. Although in the present text that
dedication is suppressed, the name of Majd
al-Mulk remains in the epilogue, where the
author says that, thanks to the Wazir's
auspices, he had completed the poem in ten
nights :

..

The earlier version, to which the poet
refers, is mentioned in the Fihrist, pp. 119,
163, and 305, where the author is called
Aban B. 'Abd al-Hamid B. Lahik B. 'Ufair
al-Rakkashi al-Lahiki. It was written for
the celebrated Wazir Yahya B. Ja'far [read
Khalid] al-Barmaki. See De Sacy, Kalilah
and Dimnah, p. 30.

The contents of the present version will
be seen from the following headings :

fol. 45.

fol. 15a.

fol. 60a.

J\

fol. 75ft.

J^

fol. 885.

JJU
* i.\Jl

fol. 1076.

fol. 1136.

J\ ^^Jbj ij>j33 fol. 1156. J\ ijilj jj

fol. 133a. J\ CJdi^ »^f jWaJ\ ujb fol. 1386.

^ ^ u>^ *~^ MV fol. I486.

J\ ^LJI, fol. 1546. J\ <ol*^\j usi

fol. 158a. SJJI^ u-ib fol. 163a.

fol. 165a.

The MS. was written for Capt. (now Col.)
S. B. Miles.

Copyist :

1159.

Or. 3626.— Poll. Ill ; 9| in. by 5£; 27 lines,
3 in. long ; written in small and neat Neskhi,
with 'Unwan and gold-ruled columns ; dated
end of Jumada I., A.H. 1069 (A.D. 1659).

[G. C. EENOUAED.]

A metrical version of Kalilah and Dimnah,
by Jalal al-Dln al-Hasan B. Ahmad, called
al-Nakkash.

The author's name occurs in the following
lines of the prologue, fol. 56 :

•UN

It is found again in the epilogue, fol. Ill :

In the latter place the author says that
he composed the present Urjuzah in the

736

FABLES AND TALES.

space of a hundred nights, from the 20th of
Dulka'dah, A.H. 828, to the 20th of the
month of Safar of the following year :

JU!\ ^ LA« J

*_*

(.

«/o

In the prologue, after discoursing on
philosophy and on the utility of apologues,
and giving various precepts of morals and
practical wisdom, the author says that the
book of Kulailah (sic) and Dimnah, which
Kisra had obtained from India, had been
translated by that king's order into Pehlevi.
After the Arab conquest, and in the time
of Ma'mun, that Khalif's Wazir, Ibn Barmak,
having expressed a desire to learn the book
by heart, Aban al-Lahiki volunteered to turn
it into verse for the Wazir's convenience, and
submitted of his free will to a period of
solitary confinement in order to carry out
that task, which he performed in the space
of three months. His version amounted to
fourteen thousand verses. Five chapters,
lost at the time of the invasion, SjUS\ ^^ (j,
were subsequently restored by Sadakah B.
Sind.

It is curious to notice that the author
makes no mention of the original translation
of 'Abdallah B. al-Mukaffa', although it
appears, from the above-quoted passage of
the epilogue, that his versification was
based upon a prose text, which could be no
other than that standard version.

Four earlier metrical versions are on

record, namely, those of Sahl B. Nubakht
for Yahya al-Barmaki (Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 238), of Ibn al-Habbariyyah (no. 1158),
of As'ad B. Muhaddab Ibn Mammati, who
died A.H. 606 (Ibn Khallikan,vol. i.,p. 192),
and of 'Abd al-Mu'min B. al- Hasan, who
wrote AH. 640—667 (Vienna Catalogue,
vol. i., p. 469). For others see Fihrist, p. 305.

In the present copy the text runs on
without any division or heading from fol. 21
to the end ; but the titles of some sections
have been added in the margins. The
contents are as follows :

Prologue of al-Nakkash, fol. 46. Preface
of 'All B. Shahjawan, ^j**"1 ^ & (Do Sacy's
^j^* ^ 3ji# ; Guidi's Jahudha b. Sag' van ;
v. Studii sul Testo arabo, p. 7), containing
the story of King Daishalam ({£•>.*) with the
sage Baidaba, and of the origin of the book,
concluding with an enumeration of its four-
teen chapters, fol. 106. (There is a slight
lacuna at fol. 116, owing to which the be-
ginning of the fable of the lark and the
elephant is lost.) Mission of Barzuyah to
India (De Sacy's second chapter), fol. 166.
Preface, ascribed to Buzurjmihr, explaining
the nature and scope of the book, fol. 21a.
(It is, in reality, the preface of Ibn al-
Mukaffa', De Sacy's third chapter.) Life of
Barzuyah, related by himself, fol. 266. The
lion and the ox, fol. 306. Trial of Dimnah,
fol. 54. The ring-dove, fol. 65a. The owls
and the crows, fol. 72fc. The tortoise and
the ape, fol. 826. The hermit and the
weasel, fol. 856. The rat and the cat,
fol. 87a. The king of Kashmir and the bird
Finzah, fol. 886. The lion and the jackal,
fol. 91a. The story of liar (^\) and
Abrakht (o^l) (De Sacy's C-^3j bkj),
fol. 966. The lioness and the horseman,
fol. 1046. The hermit and his guest, fol.
1056. The traveller and the goldsmith,

FABLES AND TALES.

737

fol. 1066. The king's son and his com-
panions, fol. 1086. Epilogue of al-Nakkash,
fol. Ilia.

Copyist : ^liJl £ y>\

On the fly-leaf is a note stating that the
MS. was purchased by Salih B. Jirjis al-
Dlwani in Cairo, A.H. 1073. The MS. is
noticed in Dr. John Lee's Catalogue, no. 117.

1160.

Or. 3924.— Foil. 80; 8 in. by 5£ ; 19 lines,
3 \ in. long ; written in Neskhi, with very
few diacritical points ; dated Jumada I.,
A.H. 1065 (A.D. 1655).

[GLASER, no. 218.]

clkjl i

Sulwan al-Muta', by Ibn Zafar (see
no. 1156, II.).

Beg. ^ ±^° *> J^V, JM A\ J\ j*M)l J\»

The text is that of the later recension,
and it agrees with the Tunis edition. The
five Sulwanahs begin respectively at foil. 3a,
176, 326, 476, and 61i.

Foil. 74 — 80 contain miscellaneous extracts,
viz., a fragment of a treatise on prosody,
some poetical pieces, and a letter of the
Zaidi Imam al-Mahdi Ahmad B. Yahya
(d. A.H. 840) to al-Kasim B. Amir al-
Muminln al-Mu'ayyad.

1161-4.

Or. 1595 — 1598. — Four uniform volumes,
consisting respectively of foil. 440, 371, 333
and 369 ; 9f in. by 7 ; 25 lines, 3J in. long;
written, apparently in Egypt, in plain Neskhi;
dated Wednesday, 12 Safar, A.H. 1245
(A.D. 1829).

The Arabian Nights, complete.

This copy was once in the possession of
Wm. Thacker and Co., the publishers of the
Calcutt'a edition of 1839, and it may have
been .used for that edition. But there are
often considerable variations between the
MS. and the printed text, and the language
of the former is more vulgar and ungram-
matical.

Or. 1595 ends with the first nine lines of
the 218th night (numbered in the MS. 217),
corresponding with p. 904, line 2, of the
first volume of the Calcutta edition.

Or. 1596 begins, after a short preface,
with the 218th night (Calcutta ed., vol. i.,
p. 903), and ends with the 536th night, viz.,
the conclusion of the story of Jasib i_^*«»V
Karlm al-Dln, son of Daniel (Calcutta ed.,
vol. ii., p. 699).

Or. 1597, which has also a preamble of
its own, contains nights 537 — 771, corre-
sponding with vol. iii. of the same edition,
pp. 4—638.

Or. 1598 begins, after a short prologue,
with the latter part of night 771 (vol. iii.,
pp. 638—42), and ends with the 1001st
night.

Copyists (Or. 1597): J* ^
(Or. 1598) >.

,>

For editions and MSS. see Pertsch, no.
2632 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 3595, &c. ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 114.
SB

738

FABLES AND TALES.

1165-8.

Or. 2916— 2919. — Four uniform volumes,
consisting respectively of foil. 534, 399, 414
and 428 ; 9 in. by 6£ ; 21 lines, 4 in. long ;
written in cursive Neskhi, apparently in the
19th century.

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

Another copy of Alf Lailah wa Lailah,
evidently derived from the same source as
the preceding, with which it is in close
verbal agreement, although in some places a
little shorter.

The contents of each of the four volumes
are the same as in the preceding set, and
each volume has the same preamble.

1169.

Or. 4699.— Foil. 40; 8} in. by 6J; about
25 lines, 5 in. long ; written in rude Neskhi,
apparently early in the 19th century.

A fragment containing stories relating to
Sulaiman and Balkis and to Iskandar Du '1-
Karnain, written on the plan of the Arabian

Nights.

It is divided into nights, those included
in the fragment being numbered 204 — 215.
At the beginning of each night Shahrazad
is requested by her sister Dunyazad to
resume, with the king's permission, the
story of the preceding night.

The 204th night begins, fol. 3a, as follows :

b iJ>.\ b

Jib C

b

JISi liilV J

The conclusion of the story of Sulaiman,

fol. 30a, is as follows :

Amir Musa and Shaikh 'Abd al-Samad
reach in their wanderings the wall of
Alexander. This leads by an easy transition
to the story of the latter, which fills the
remainder of the fragment.

A Danish note, on fol. 206, states that the
MS. was bought. A.D. 1846, of an old Nubian
who had attended Dr. Lepsius.

1170.

Or. 4639.— Foil. 689 ; 8* in. by 6± ; 27 lines,
3J in. long ; written in fair small Neskhi,
apparently in the 18th century. [LANE.]

A vast collection of fables, tales, and
anecdotes, with the following title written

by the same hand as the text ;

The author's name, which followed, has
been purposely obliterated, but is still partly

It appears to read

legible.

The text begins, without any preface, with
the fable of the lark which wreaked ven-
geance on the elephant for crushing its

young ones,

Most of the fables in the early part of the col-
lection are taken, like the first, from Kalilah
and Dimnah, each concluding with a moral
application introduced by the words jU*« \JJ>.
There is, for instance, the well-known

FABLES AND TALES.

739

allegory of the man who fell into a well, and
remained suspended between life and death,
fol. 96; the crow and the serpent, v'V^
j, fol. 15a; the bird Titui and the sea,
ijjajjafi, fol. 23a ; the crow, the ring-
dove, and the rat, Jj£j SL«Uiij ^^, fol. 34a ;
the king of India, his wife Abrakht and
Bilad, c-»»\-fl iJ^bj C^-^ «3^j ^\ tiil* b&r
j~$\, fol. 60a; the two halcyons and the
Mirzam, pjjJ\j (j£*& > fol. 96i, &c.

Further on are various tales of some
extent, and innumerable short stories. The
tales are mostly taken from the Arabian
Nights, for instance, that of the young slave
who used to tell a lie once a year, &+*l\ &>$»•
ytf, fol. 105 ; the bull and the ass^U^^,
fol. 1336, &c. The longest are the follow-
ing : The tailor, the humpback, the barber

and his brothers, ^^"3\&>^, foil. 141—162.
Death of Ja'far al-Barmaki, Juo? JoLi' Jb&>-
-&>\j& ^-±*j J*j&, foil. 189—193. The
porter and the three ladies, cuUJ\j JUii &£».
LS^5\, foil. 261—265. Adventures of the
sea-faring merchant, u* t$ ^j*- Uj j*-^ *i&"
L-*^, foil. 322—35. Dalllah, the crafty
woman, and 'AH al-Zlbak, ii':^.-*^ BJ.i *A».
>UM ^j^\ cUarj5\ >_,, foil. 381—405.
Abu Kir and Abu Sir, foil. 474 — 488;
Ibrahim and al-Sitt Jamllah, foil. 528—539.
The collection has been left unfinished.
It ends with the rubric

1171.

Or. 4100.— Foil. 123; 6£ in. by 4; 18 lines,
2f in. long; written in cursive and rude
Neskhi; dated (fol. 54) 1 Tishrm II.,
A.D. 1727. [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—54. The story of king Azad-
bakht, his son, and the ten Wazirs, imperfect
at the beginning.

The tale has been edited by Knb's, 1807.
It has been translated into Danish by Rask,
1829, and into French by Caussin de Perceval
in his edition of the Mille et une Nuits, 1806,
torn, viii., pp. 221 — 458. There is also an
edition printed in Beirut, 1882.

In the early part of the MS. there are
lacunae and transpositions. Foil. 2-3 contain
the end of the introductory story and the
beginning of the first tale, that of the ill-
starred merchant, corresponding with pp.
240—248 of Caussin's translation. Fol. 1
contains a further portion of the same story
(Caussin, pp. 251-2). The rest of the con-
tents is as follows :

Story of the rash merchant and his two
sons, wanting the beginning, fol. 4. Story
of Abu Sabir, fol. 9. Story of prince
Kahzad (alias Bahzad), fol. 12. Story of
king Dadbln, the Wazir's daughter, and
the treacherous Kardan, fol. 16. Story of
Bakht Zamani, fol. 21. Story of Bahkadar
(alias Bahkard) and the slave Yathra, fol. 27.
Story of Ilanshah and the envious Wazir,
fol. 29. Story of King Ibrahim and his
son, fol. 38. Story of Sulaiman Shah and
his two sons, fol. 44. Conclusion of the
main story, fol. 51.

The text of this and the two following
articles is extremely incorrect and full of
vulgarisms. For other MSS. see Nicoll,
p. 1526; the Leyden Catalogue, no. 463;
De Jong, no. 68 ; Aumer, nos. 630-31 ; the
Paris Catalogue, no. 3638 ; Pertsch, nos.
2652—4, 2764; and the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 516a, 327a.

II. Foil. 546—76. Story of the wise
Haikar, Wazir of Sennacherib, and of his
nephew Nadan.

Beg.

5u2

740

FABLES AND TALES.

See for a translation Caussin de Perceval,
ib., pp. 167 — 220, and for other copies the
Paris Catalogue, no. 3656, 4 ; the Copen-
hagen Catalogue, no. 236 ; Pertsch, no. 2652,
art. 5; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed.,
no. 545, &c.

III. Foil. 766—123. The apologues of
the sage Josephus as related by him to king
Nebuchadnezzar.

h_jJ^j JlJU^lb J&O J*a- jOJ d<

The fables, which are numbered from
1 to 62, are in part identical with those of
Lokman. The first is that of the ass who
tried to learn singing from the nightingale.
The second is that of the stag who fled from
the hunters and was devoured by the lion.
The last, which is imperfect at the end,
relates to the tortoise which tried to obtain
an ape's heart as a remedy for its sick
mate.

1172.

Or. 4643.— Foil. 271 ; 9J in. by 6£ ; 25 lines,
4 in. long ; written in cursive Ne'skhi, dated
Friday, 22 Rabi' II., A.H. 1149 (A.D. 1736).

[LANE.]

The romance of Saif Du '1- Yazan.
Beg. ,JP- i>,j *5

Ui

The Sirat Saif B. Di Yazan was printed
in seventeen parts, bound in four volumes,
Bulak, A.H. 1294, and has been re-printed
in Cairo, A.H. 1303 and 1305 (see the
Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 71). The
present text differs widely from that of the
Bulak edition, being considerably shorter,
and containing far less poetical passages.
It begins with an introduction dealing with
the legend of Salomon and Balkls and with
the story of Noah, his two sons Shem and
Ham, and their descendants. The story of
king Du '1 Yazan and his "Wazir Yathrib,
with which the printed text begins, is found
at fol. 6, and commences as follows : JV»

-j-

The detailed narrative ends, fol. 269,
with the capture of 'Affashah and Baniyas
by al-Malik al-Hadhad, king of the seven
climes, their rescue by al-Hamra, daughter
of al-Malik al-Ahmar, who is then given in
marriage to 'Affashah, and with the expedi-
tion of Saif against the town of Jabalka.
Further on it takes the shape of a prophecy,
in which the concluding events of the hero's
life are briefly foretold. The last is his
being poisoned by his queen, a daughter of
king Bahrain, and avenged by his son Misr,
who slays the murderess.

For MSS. of the same tale see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 608a ; Pertsch, no. 2401 ;
Leyden, no. 2563 ; Lund, no. 6 ; and the
Paris Catalogue, nos. 3810 — 20. Several
incidents of the tale are mentioned by Lane

FABLES AND TALES.

741

in his translation of the Arabian Nights,
chap, xx., notes 64, 63, chap, xxv., notes
11, 15, 16.

1173-79.

Or. 3146 — 3152. — • Seven uniform volumes,
consisting of 200 foil, each ; 9 in. by 6^ ;
25 lines, 4^ in. long ; written in Cairo for
Herr von Kremer, in a cursive Neskhi, about
A.D. 1880. [KEEMEE, no. 156.]

The popular romance of Delhemeh. The
following title is prefixed to the first volume :

Beg. yi

U

ca ^ ^j i^j fe

The subject of the work, and the name
of the alleged authorities are next given as
follows :

^ Jp

Each of the seven volumes contains two
parts, or Juz, of equal length, occupying a
hundred folios each. There are consequently
fourteen such parts, numbered consecutively
from 1 to 14. The entire work is stated to

consist of fifty-five volumes, but these were
probably of small extent, and it appears
that the present set, although incomplete,
contains the greater portion of the romance.

The first Juz, Or. 3146, foil. 1—100,
deals chiefly with the story of Jundubah,
chief of the Banu Kilab, and of his son al-
Sahsah, called Malik al-'Arab. The first
portion, a condensed translation of which
is given by Lane, Manners and Customs of
the Modern Egyptians, chapter xxiii. (5th
ed., vol. ii., pp. 133 — 144), occupies only
the first fourteen folios of the MS. At the
end of the first Juz it is related how al-
Sahsah takes leave of the Khalif 'Abd al-
Malik B. Marwau, who sends with him his
own son Maslamah to assist him in estab-
lishing his rule in the Hijaz.

The heroine Delhemeh, who gives her
name to the romance, does not appear
before the third Juz, Or. 3147, fol. 82. Her
real name was Fatimah. She was a daughter
of Amir Mazlum B. al-Sahsah, who, from
fear of his brother and successful rival,
Amir Zalim, had kept her birth secret.

She falls into captivity, and becomes the
slave of an Arab Shaikh called al-Harith.
From an early age she takes to arms, dons
male attire, and performs prodigies of
strength and daring. Struck with awe by
her exploits, the Arabs bestow upon her the
nick-name of &*$\ ji, Du '1-himmah, or
according to vulgar pronunciation, Delhe-
meh, " the spirited one." The origin of
the name is thus stated, Or. 3147, fol. 86 :

In the 14th and last Juz, Or. 3152, foil.
101 — 200, Delhemeh has reached an ad-
vanced age, and the principal actors are her
two sons, namely, Amir 'Abd al-Wahhab

742

FABLES AND TALES.

and Abu Muhammad al-Battal, and her
grandsons, Saif al-Hanafiyyah and Amir
Zalim, both sons of 'Abd al-Wahhab. The
action is placed in the time of the Khalif
Harun al-Rashld, who plays a prominent
part in that portion of the tale. The fol-
lowing are the principal events related. Saif
al-Hanafiyyah, riding in pursuit of the
Greek princess Malikah Nuri, falls into an
ambuscade and is made prisoner ; but he is
soon rescued by his father, 'Abd al-Wahhab,
who seizes also upon the Christian princess,
and gives her in marriage to his brother al-
Battal. Nuri, at the instigation of the
renegade Kadi 'Ukbah, "the accursed," tries
to poison her husband al-Battal, but fails in
the attempt. In the meanwhile, Khalif al-
Kashid is hard pressed by a rebel chief
called Zalim B. al-Gharib al-Khariji, who
takes Mecca and makes the Khalif prisoner.
'Abd al-Wahhab comes to the rescue and
engages in single combat with Zalim. The
latter, however, vanquishes him, carries him
wounded to his castle, and consigns him to
the keeping of his mother, al-Kannasah,
whereupon the latter declares 'Abd al-
Wahhab to be her husband and the father of
Zalim. Meanwhile the Khalif, rescued by
Delhemeh, returns to Baghdad. There the
arch-villain of the story, 'Ukbah the rene-
gade, who had abjured Islam in the land of
the infidels, contrives, thanks to the protec-
tion of the Lady Zubaidah, who looks upon
him as a pillar of the faith, to ingratiate
himself with the Khalif, and to become his
confidential adviser. By means of forged
letters he persuades the Khalif that Zalim
and his father, 'Abd al-Wahhab, are plotting
for his deposition. Both are thrown into a
dungeon. Al-Battal, who attempts to re-
lease them, is himself entrapped. The same
fate befalls al-Kannasah, who with a host of
Arabs had taken Basrah, and was besieging
Baghdad. In the end, however, 'Abd al-

Wahhab is released by his son, Saif al-
Hanafiyyah, and escapes from Baghdad
with Delhemeh and his brothers, routing on
his way a body of Turks sent in pursuit.

The first volume of the Sirat al-Mujahidm
has been lithographed in Cairo, A.H. 1298.
Its contents correspond with those of Or.
3146, foil. 1—97.

Detached portions of the same voluminous
romance are noticed by Fliigel, Vienna Cata-
logue, vol. ii., pp. 13 — 23 ; by Pertsch, no.
2497; in the Biblioth. Burckardt., p. 14,
nos. 246 — 274 ; and in the Paris Catalogue,
nos. 3840 — 92 ; but without any description
of their contents. An abstract of a detached
volume is given by Fleischer, Leipzig Cata-
logue, no. 285.

1180.

Or. 4655.— Foil. 155; 9| in. by 6$; from
20 to 30 lines, about 5^ in. long ; written by
several hands in cursive and indistinct
Neskhi, apparently in the 18th and 19th
centuries. [LANE.]

The first volume of the same romance,
endorsed

Beg.

It consists of three parts (Juz), beginning
respectively at foil. 1, 46, and 104. Their
contents correspond with those of Or. 3146,
foil. 1 — 1886. The last passage relates to
the burning of the Muslim ships by the fleet
of king Leon, and to the subsequent flight
of the Muslim army, which is stopped by al-
Sahsah.

1181.

Or. 4656.— Foil. 100; 8 in. by 6; from 20
to 30 lines, about 5 in. long ; written by

FABLES AND TALES.

74:5

several hands, apparently in the 17th and
18th centuries. [LANE.]

Another volume of the same romance,
designated on the title-page as the 46th :

* 03*1 j^

- (^ J' urf
j»\SJ ,JI <j»\

The incidents related in this volume are
placed in the time of Khalif al-Mu'tasim.
It is related in the beginning how King
Armanus, having proposed to set free his
captive Abu Muhammad al-Battiil, was re-
buked by the monk Shumdaras, and was
finally deposed and cast into prison, his son
Bimand being enthroned in his place. The
last event related is the disappearance of al-
Amirah Dulhimmah, who is carried off from
Malatia by 'Asif, when her son, Amir 'Abd
al-Wahhab, sends his own son Daigham in
pursuit of the ravisher.

1182.

Or. 4657.— Foil. 88 ; 8J in. by 6J; 23 lines,
3^ in. long ; written by several hands in
cursive Neskhi, apparently in the 18th
century. [LANE.]

Continuation of the preceding volume,
the last three pages of which are repeated
with some variation at the beginning. It
ends with the story of the onslaught of
Falughas, reputed son of Armanus, upon
the Arabs and their booty, and with an
account of the mystery of his birth.

1183.

Or. 4676.— Foil. 140 ; 8| in. by 6£ ; 23 lines,

4^ in. long ; written in very fair Neskhi ;

dated Thursday, 5 RabI' II., A.H. irr, pro-

bably for 1122 (A.D. 1710). [LANE.]

The romance of the Banu Hilal, also
called Sirat Abu Zaid.

This is the MS. from which Lane drew
the abstract he gave in his " Manners and
Customs of the Modern Egyptians," vol. ii.,
pp. 114 — 125. It contains the first portion
of that voluminous romance ; but it is im-
perfect at the beginning. After four lines
of poetry, the narrative commences as follows :

»ji*d\ ^s-ji U*

The story begins with the birth of three
sons of Sarhan, king of the Banu Hilal, and
with that of Diyab, son of Amir Ghanim,
Shaikh of the tribe of Zaghabah, and of his
wife, daughter of Kadi Fa'id. Further on
comes the account of the birth and early life
of Barakat, afterwards called Abu Zaid,
who, with his father Amir Rizk, and his
mother Amirah Khadrah, plays the most
prominent part in this portion of the tale.
The story told in verse by Khadrah, a
metrical version of which has been 'jiven by
Lane, p. 120, is found at fol. 446. The
last incidents recorded in this volume are
the marriage of Abu Zaid with Butainah,
daughter of Amir Ghanim, and the death of
his adoptive father, Amir Fadl al-Zahlani.
The title is found in the colophon : U \J*j

jaw,

Copyist: ^l^jfrUJI &?> jM\

Several episodes of that romance have
been printed in separate volumes in Cairo and
Beirut, 1870 — 1880. A very different version
of the story contained in the present MS. was
printed in Beirut, 1869. See the Catalogue
of Arabic Books in the British Museum,

744

FABLES AND TALES.

coll. 638 — 642. The episode of the stealing
of the mare has been translated by Lady
Anne Blunt and her husband, London, 1892.
For MSS. see Pertsch, nos. 2569—84, and
the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 105.

1184.

Or. 3368.— Foil. 70 ; 8f in. by 6£; 25 lines,
4J in. long ; written in small cursive Neskhi,
apparently in the 19th century.

[Presented by SIB CHAKLKS A. MURRAY.]

The story of 'Ali's expedition against Ras
al-Gbfil and of the conquest of Yemen, with

this title : yi^KM ij* d*-j <j, ?]f- *j*f» sJ-*

A Jlib

Beg.

\A\

^ ^ JWJ

J\5 *il

The story, which is pure fiction in glorifi-
cation of Imam 'Ali, is written in the style
of popular romances, with frequent admix-
ture of poetical passages. It begins as
follows : Muhammad was conversing with
the faithful in Medina after the evening
prayer, when ten horsemen from Yemen
appear, escorting an old woman, who throws
herself at the Prophet's feet. She tells him
that Hattal, her husband, having witnessed
his miracles, and being convinced of his
divine mission, had brought his tribe to the
true faith. On hearing this, a bloodthirsty
tyrant, Ras al-Ghul, whose proper name was
al-Mukharik B. Shihab al-Khash'ami, had
made a raid upon the tribe, slaying their men
and carrying off the women into bondage.
Muhammad promises that they shall be
avenged. On the next day he asks the

assembled faithful whether any of them
knows of Ras al-Ghul. Then 'Umar B.
Umayyah al-L)amri gives a full account of
that chief's career. From his earliest youth,
he says, he had taken to a course of violence
and bloodshed, had slain his own father and
his Wazirs, and had brought all Yemen
under his sway. Thereupon Zubair B. al-
'Awwam volunteers to inarch against the
miscreant, and Imam 'Ali, who was lying
prostrate with fever, is miraculously healed
by the Prophet, and sets out to join Zubair
in his expedition.

The same story is noticed in the Paris
Catalogue, no. 3823, and by Pertsch, no.
2594. It is ascribed in most copies to
Abu '1-Hasan al-Bakri. The work was
printed in Cairo, A.H. 1282, with the title

J^il\ o»>^ * hj*^ nH^ r£* t-r>^' and has

often been re-printed since. See the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. v., p. 99. It has also been
lithographed in Bombay, A.H. 1295.

1185.

Or. 4641.— Foil. 132 ; 8f in. by 6J ; 25 lines,
4 in. long; written in Neskhi ; dated
18 Rabi' II., A.H. 1248 (A.D. 1830).

[LANE.]

The expedition of 'Ali B. AbiTalib against
the seven castles, ^ ^ J,

Beg. *Jwj«^ jj>j *AJk j*> &j& (j&\ &
^ ^to'

J\S «J£

The work has been lithographed in Cairo,

TABLES AND TALES.

71.-,

A.H. 1280 (see the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 94). It is a popular tale in glori-
fication of 'Ali. Its fantastic character
betrays itself from the very outset. Muham-
mad was sitting with his Companions, when
there appears before him a Jinn called
Harfasah, who tells the Prophet that his
people, the faithful Jinns, are engaged in
war with a heathenish nation, who worship
an idol called al-Mani', and whose king,
Haddam B. al-Hajjaf al-Bahili, ^ *L&»

J^UJI Jlp ^ ^ ^ t_j\jsr, is a formidable

miscreant. None will be able to cope with
him but the invincible champion, Amir al-
Muminm 'Ali B. Abi Talib. In the sequel
one of the Companions, 'Abdallah B. Anis,
describes the wealth and power of the
idolatrous king, whose residence is situated
in the Wadi al-Kamar, Yemen, and 'Ali
volunteers to set out single-handed to attack
him.

Copyist : Jib

1186.

Or. 4644.— Foil. 210; 10 in. by 6| ; from
22 to 25 lines, 4£ in. long; written in coarse
Neskhi, apparently early in the 19th century.

[LANE.]

The romance of al-Malik al-Zahir Baibars.

Beg.

*"

The work has been described, and a portion
of the second volume translated, by Lane,
" Manners and Customs of the Modern
Egyptians," vol. ii., pp. 126—145. In the
present volume the narrative begins with al-
'Adid 'Abdallah, the last Fatimite Khalif,
and his Wazir Shawar, who betrays Alexan-
dria to the Franks. We are then told how
the Abbaside Khalif al-Muktadi-billah and
his Wazir, Ibrahim al-'Alkami, sent the
Kurds to the succour of the Syrians, hard
pressed by the Franks, and how the Kurds,
led by the three sons of Zingi, namely Nur
al-DIn, 'Ayyub, and al-Salih, possessed them-
selves of Syria and Egypt. The history
of Mahmud, afterwards Baibars, the hero of
the tale, begins on fol. 25, with the mention
of his birth.

The last incidents in the present volume
relate to Kainan, son of Yunan, who pre-
pares a talisman destined for Shihah, and kills
his own father, Yunan, on thelatter's refusal
to embrace Islamism, and also to Mansur
al-'A'ik, son of Asfut, who with seven
youths born on the same day with himself,
takes to highway robbery, and seizes upon
the treasure of the king of Antioch.

The romance of Baibars is remarkable,
among works of the same class, as contain-
ing, in the midst of a mass of fictitious
characters and imaginary incidents, a certain
proportion of historical elements and popular
legends, dating from the time of the Crusades.

The language is vulgar Arabic, and abounds
with such forms as ^ for U, \±>.\ for (^,
J\ for tfiM, V for J\, ^ for uSlfty, &c.

The MS. consists of eighteen quires,
hearing consecutive numbers from i to i*.

For other MSS. see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 698a ; Pertsch, no. 2600 ; and the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 3908—3920.
5 o

746

FABLES AND TALES.

1187.

Or. 4645.— Foil. 190 ; 9£ in. by 6£ ; 23 lines,
4j in. long ; written in rude Neskhi, about
the beginning of the 19th century. [LANE.]

Another volume of the same romance,
consisting of nineteen quires, bearing con-
secutive numbers from rv to P6.

It begins abruptly with the following
passage:

This is evidently a sequel of the conclud-
ing passage of the preceding MS. It relates
to Asfut and to his son Mansur. The former
proceeds to Rumat al-Mada'in, the residence
of Rum, who, on hearing that Asfut was father
of Mansur who had carried off his treasure,
orders him to be hanged. Further on,
foil. 17 — 22, is found the account of the
accession of al-Malik al-Mu'azzam 'Isa,
which has been translated by Lane, Modern
Egyptians, vol. ii., pp. 128 — 144 ; but the
present text differs widely from that which
Lane followed.

The last pages contain the story of the
two sons of the Sultan of Morocco, Faris
and Kara Asian. The latter is sent with
presents to Sultan Baibars, who treats him
with great regard, i

1188.

Or. 4646.— Foil. 208 ; uniform with the pre-
ceding and written by the same hand.

[LANE.]

Continuation 6f the preceding volume,
consisting of twenty-one quires, bearing
consecutive numbers from ft to n. It

begins with the expedition of Kara Asian
against two Fidawi robbers, who infested
'Akka. It ends with the adventures of
Ahmad Sikandarun, who enters the Takyah
of his father, Agha Shahin al-Afram, and
slays there twenty men.

1189.

Or. 4647 Foil. 210; uniform with the

preceding. [LANE.]

Continuation of the preceding volume,
consisting of twenty-one quires, numbered
from iv to A*. The last pages relate to al-
Raktah, daughter of al-Malik al-Sakkat,
and to the death of Ma'ruf in Halab.

1190.

Or. 4648.— Foil. 210 ; uniform with the
preceding. [LANE.]

Continuation of the preceding volume,
consisting of twenty-one quires, numbered
from A A to i 'A. The last section relates to
the dispute which arose between Baibars
and Agha Shahin, after the latter had inter-
ceded in favour of 'Ala al-Dln al-Baisari, to
save him from death. It comes to an abrupt
termination.

1191.

Or. 4649.— Foil. 130 ; 8f in. by 6J ; from
25 to 30 lines, 5£ in. long ; written in close
cursive Neskhi, about A.H. 1177 (A.D. 1764).
(See further on, no. 1195). [LANE.]

The first volume of the same romance.

The first part of the MS., foil. 1—34, has
been supplied by a later hand, with this
title:

FABLES AND TALES.

747

411

JlS

Al-Malik al-Salih, described here as the
Khalif of Baghdad, being told by an escaped
captive of a Muslim lady, Sharlfah, who had
been captured and ill-used by Malik Rum,
sets out for Rumat al-Mada'in, releases her
and makes Rum prisoner. The story of
Mahmud, afterwards Baibars, begins on fol.
306. The volume concludes with the death
of al-Malik al-Salih. The last passage corre-
sponds with Or. 4645, fol. 14a.

1192.

Or. 4650.— Foil. 219; 8£ in. by 6; about
15 lines, 4-| in. long ; written in a large,
straggling, and ill-shaped Neskhi, apparently
in the 18th century. [LANE.]

The second volume of the same romance,
with the following title :

J.J4*,

Beg.

The first portion of the MS., foil. 1— 19a,
has been literally translated by Lane in the
above-mentioned work, vol. ii.,pp. 128 — 144.
The remainder deals with the subsequent
adventures of Baibars, and concludes with
his proclamation as Sultan in Cairo.

This version is much shorter than the

corresponding portion of the preceding set,
namely, Or. 4645, foil. 14—128. The latter
teems with incidents and poetical passages
not found in the present text.

1193.

Or. 4651.— Foil. 174; 8| in. by 6£; 16 or

17 lines, 5 in. long; written in large and

cursive Neskhi, apparently in the 18th

century.' [LANE.]

The third volume of the same romance.

The first part, foil. 1 — 18, is by a later
hand, with this title : oJU5\ ^ (above the
line g}}\j) J\ (j&.j^\ (jy>J& (">\±-

Beg. 5UM feti liilU Jy.^ J\

This passage relates to the accession of
Baibars, and corresponds with Or. 4645,
fol. 128a. The volume concludes with the
rescue of Durr Malik, sister of Baibars, from
Safad, and with her marriage with the Hajib
Karkatin. The corresponding passage is
found in Or. 4646, fol. 22.

1194.

Or. 4652.— Foil. 240; 9± in. by 6|; 23 or
24 lines, 5J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ;
dated A.H. 1235 (A.D. 1820). [LANE.]

Another volume of the same romance,
designated on the first page as containing

Parts V.— VII.,

Beg.

It contains the continuation of the preceding
5o2

748

FABLES AND TALES.

MS., and begins with the visit paid by
Jawan to Karkatin al-Hajib. In the last
section it is related how Abu Bakr al-Batrani
went to Genoa, and there released his wife
and children from captivity. The corre-
sponding contents in the previously described
set extend from Or. 4646, fol. 23, to
Or. 4648, fol. 35.

1195.

Or. 4653.— Foil. 53 ; 9| in. by 6| ; from 25
to 32 lines, 5| in. long ; written in close
Neskhi by the same hand as Or. 4649 ;
dated 26 Ramadan, A.H. 1177 (A.D. 1764).
Foil. 1 to 16 are in a coarse character of
later date. [LANE.]

Another volume of the same romance,
designated on the title-page as the eighth,

Beg. Ua y

The Sultan receives a letter from Akash
al-Najibi, announcing the landing of Malik
Martun al-Abrash with several ships at
Tarabulus. The last chapter deals with the
adventures of Shihah, who, disguised as a
Christian priest, rescues Baibars and secures
Jawan and his ally Bartakash in the Golden
Church of Constantinople. The correspond-
ing contents are found in Or. 4648, foil.
36—1246.

Copyist : tiLo uJ-»ji

1196.

Or. 4654.— Foil. 306 ; 7fin.by5f; 17 lines,
4j- in. long ; written by two hands in fair
Neskhi, apparently in the 17th and in the
18th century. [LANE.]

Two volumes of the same romance bound
in one. The first is designated as the ninth
volume, «->\i)\, the second as the tenth and

last volume, j^-^

The ninth volume, foil. 1 — 188, is mainly
taken up with the wars of Baibars against
the Kan Hula'un on one side, and the
Dahiyat al-Rum on the other.

The first five folios have been supplied by
a later hand, and begin as follows : JV>

J\

Uy.

The narrative begins with the receipt by
Baibars of a letter brought from Tauriz, in
which al-Kan Hula'un, WJJ^» &W, warns
him against his own son Katbugha, who, at
the instigation of al-Kamil B. al-Mughlth
and of Ahmad B. Aibak, was preparing to
invade the Sultan's dominions.

The volume is imperfect at the end. The
last pages relate to an Amazon called Malikah
Nujutn, and to the ten warriors, 'Arnus
and others, whom she vanquishes in single
combat and makes prisoners.

The tenth volume, foil. 189—306, the first
page of which is by a later hand, begins as

follows: i>.jfi LU- J^
»*

It contains the remaining incidents of the
reign of Baibars and of his son and suc-
cessor, al-Malik al-Sa'Id. Baibars himself
confers the Sultanship upon the latter, fol.
2616, and dies some time after, on his return
from pilgrimage, at Damascus, as it was

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

749

suspected, by poison, fol. 285. The story
concludes with the recall of Muhammad B.
Kala'un from al-Karak, and with his instal-
lation as Sultan.

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED
CONTENTS.

1197.

Or. 1034.— Foil. 88 ; 7 in. by 5J ; about 20
lines in a page ; written by several hands,
with dates ranging from A.H. 833 to 935
(A.D. 1429—1528).

I. Foil. 2— 9a. -.S-

A treatise on complicated cases of in-
heritance, which arise when heirs die before
the division of the estate, leaving heirs of
their own.

The beginning, which is partly obliterated,
reads : ^ UjJyj ...... .^ ^ jj\ &

From this it appears that the object of
the author was to explain a table drawn up
by Ahmad B. Muhammad Ibn al-Ha'im, who
died A.H. 815 (see no. 752). A treatise of
Ibn al-Ha'im on the same subject, c^Ui"^',
is noticed by Loth, no. 770, iv., by Pertsch,
nos. 1107 — 8, and in the Paris Catalogue,
no. 2474, 4. The same work is noticed,
without author's name, in the Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., p. 309.

II. Foil. 96 — 246. A treatise on arith-
metic, abridged by the same Ibn al-Ha'im

from his own workjU*3\

Beg.

This is the work known as Nuzhat al-
Hussab (see no. 752). It is divided into a
Mukaddimah, two Babs, and a Khatimah.

The above two articles are dated Muharram,
A.H. 935 (A.D. 1528).

Copyist: laj~*

III. Foil. 25—396. A treatise on the rites
of the Meccan pilgrimage, by Muhammad
B. 'Abd al-Kadir al-Hanafi.

The scope of the work is described as
follows : £p. $\ c^> J\ Jl
- «y jy JJ ,>

LiL-U j J JUS

U

Ji

The present copy contains only the intro-
duction, consisting of a minute description
of stages and distances from Cairo to Mecca,
and thence to Medina and Yanbu'.

At the end is a note of a former owner,
dated A.H. 875.

IV. Foil. 40 — 88. A super-commentary
upon a treatise on the law of inheritance,
imperfect at the beginning.

750

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

Of the preface nothing remains but these
last words : U& Ooaas te\j })Ws^ i-s)jU y*j
J^HjJ. They are followed by comments re-
lating to the doxology of the treatise, which
proves to be the well-known al-Fara'id
al-Sirajiyyah (see no. 275, III.), and to a
commentary upon that treatise. They begin

as follows :

The copy is dated A.H. 833 (A.D. 1429-30).
Copyist : U5^

1198.

Or. 1535.— Foil. 76; 8£ in. by 5f; about
20 lines in a page ; written by various hands,
apparently in the 16th and 17th centuries.
[SiE HENRY C. EAWLTNSON.]

I. Foil. 2 — 15. Two chapters on the
sources and course of the Nile, one by Jalal
al-Dln (Muh. B. Ahmad) al-Mahalli (d.
A.H. 864), and the other by Jalal al-Dm al-
Suyuti (d. A.H. 911), to which this title is

prefixed: 11) >.^ i>

The first begins :

,!-»» . It is probably extracted
from the work entitled JxiM ,j jJuN J^HJ^

JJL««.)\ by the same author. See the Paris
Catalogue, no. 2259.

The second begins, fol. 66, with the
heading : DiiU] u^1^ c^ tf J**5^ ^

It agrees to a great extent verbatim with
the chapter on the Nile in Husnal-Muhadarah,
vol. ii., pp. 238 — 248 ; but the arrangement
is different. On fol. 12<z is a rude drawing,
representing the sources of the Nile in the
Mountains of the Moon, and the three lakes
through which it flows.

II. Foil. 16—24. o^yi ^ j ^U3I.
A treatise on the Era of the Hijrah and on
the lunar calendar, in three Babs, by Jalal
al-Din al-Suyuti. See Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 69, vol. vi., p. 678, no. 480, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 608.

Beg.

. . . *

[sic]

III. Foil. 25 — 31. Notices extracted from
a work entitled JyiiM ^fi** <j

Beg.

The author's object is to show the extreme
limit, or ne plus ultra, which has been
reached in any given line. Thus he states
that the most prolific of authors was Jbn
Shahin, who wrote no fewer than three
hundred and thirty books, that the most
disastrous of floods was one which happened
in Mecca, A.H. 771, &c.

The work is ascribed in the following
heading to Jalal al-Dm al-Suyuti :

* J

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

751

The same author is named in the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. vii., p. 524, and in an
edition lithographed in Cairo, A.H. 1276.
But no such work appears in the list of al-
Suyuti's writings.

Another copy described by Hammer,
Handschriften, no. 186, and by Fliigel,
Vienna Catalogue, no. 824, is anonymous.

IV. Foil. 32—52. A short history of the
Prophets, from Adam to Muhammad, in the
form of a Kasidah, by Muhammad B. 'Ali
al-Misri al-Khafaji, with the heading : tjj

Beg.

The author, who calls himself towards the
end, fol. 516, Ibn Zaid, mentions in the
same passage, fol. 51a, as his master, Imam
Fakhr al-Dln 'Uthman al-Mukri, of Jami' al-
Azhar. He adds that the Kasidah consists
of 516 Baits.

The copy was written by 'Abdallah al-
Misri, A.H. 1071 (A.D. 1660).

Another MS. is described, without author's
name, by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no.
1027&.

V. Foil. 53—56. Three obituary notices
of traditionists, extracted from the Muntazam
of Ibn al-Jauzi, under A.H. 320, 328,
and 356.

VI. Foil. 57—76. ^Ui f\&\ olj
(.UJ'}N J^o's). A treatise on music, without
author's name.

Beg. Z

It is divided into eight Babs and a
Khatimah, a table of which is given in the
preface. But the present copy ends with
the seventh Bab.

Copyist :

1199.

Or. 1762. — A volume of extracts fully de-
scribed, in the Persian Catalogue, pp.
1024—6. [SIR H. MIEBS ELLIOT.]

It contains only two Arabic extracts,
namely, from the following works :

Fol. 529. UJUjJ\ ~-\fr*- A work on medica-
ments, by Ibn Jazlah ; v. Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2226; the Leyden Catalogue, no. 1335;
Loth, no. 786; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., p. 44.

Fol. 530. wiU.jUUn orjlSAN. A work on
Elanafi jurisprudence, by 'Alim B. 'Ala ; v.
Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 90, and the Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., p. 87.

1200.

Or. 2599.— Foil. 32; 7| in. by 5±; written
apparently in the 13th century.

[SHAPIKA.]

I. Foil. 1—18; 12 lines, 3J in. long;
written in fair Neskhi, with occasional
vowels.

a metrical treatise of syntax,
by al-Hariri (no. 923).

II. Foil. 19—32 ; 13 lines, 3| in. long ;
written in imperfectly pointed Neskhi.

A fragment relating to the tricks of con-
jurors and quacks, without title or author's
name.

752

MANUSCKIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS,

It is a portion of the work called ^J
,W^ (_*£/, the author of which, *Abd al-
Rahim B. 'Umar B. Abi Bakr al-Dimashki
al-Jaubari, lived in the seventh century of
the Hi j rah.

The fragment contains Babs 9 — 13 (the
first imperfect at the beginning) of Fasl xiii.,
and the beginning of Fasl xiv., ending with
the tenth line of Bab 1 .

See a full analysis of the work by De
Goeje, Zeitschrift der Deutsch. Morg. Ges.,
Band xx., pp. 485 — 510, and compare Stein-
schneider, ib.} Band xix., pp. 562 — 577.

In Fliigel's edition of Haj. Khal., the
author is called 'Abd al-Rahman B. Abi
Bakr, but his name, as given above, is found
in the MSS. mentioned in the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 370 ; in the Leyden
Catalogue, no. 1222 ; and in Pertsch's
Catalogue, no. 1374. Our MS. of Kashf al-
Zunun has also 'Abd al-Rahim B. 'Umar,

both under _jl^' and under J]^^ <~&Z>.
In both places it is added that the author
died A.H. 665.

1201.

Or. 2602,— Foil. 82 ; 9 in. by 6f ; fragments
of various sizes and of different dates,
ranging from the tenth to the seventeenth
century. [SHAPIEA.]

The most important by their age or extent
are the following :

Foil. 1, 2. Fragment of a letter, probably
ascribed to 'Umar, threatening an invasion
of Irak, apparently from a Kitab al-Futuh ;
llth century. It contains these words :

Foil. 3, 4. Fragment of a collection of
moral maxims ; 14th century.

Foil. 5 — 7. The last portion of a Kasidah,
by 'Abd al-Wadud; 10th century. The
joet's name appears in these lines :

Foil. 8 — 10. A grammatical fragment on
:he use of direct speech, ifl»\*r*' ^j ; 13th
entury.

Foil. 11, 12. Fragments of an obscene
work on sexual intercourse ; 16th century.

Foil. 14, 15. Fragment of a philosophical
work, on the influence of the heavenly
spheres on living beings ; 13th century.

Fol. 16. Beginning of the treatise of Ibn
Sina on fever ; llth century.

Foil. 17 — 20. Philosophical disquisition
upon the credibility of past experience in
medicine ; 12th century.

Foil. 21 — 28. A fragment treating of
alchemical operations ; 13th century.

Foil. 29 — 32. Fragment of a treatise on
dialectics ; 12th century. It contains this

heading : . . . i~*g Uj jW-^'j ^^ ^J J-<"

Foil. 33, 34. Fragment of the tale of Anis
al- Jails and Nur al-Din, with an anecdote
relating to Harun al-Rashld and Ja'far; 15th
century.

Foil. 35 — 38. Fragments of letters, one of
which is dated A.H. 879.

Foil. 39—68. ^.\^\ _y. A grammatical
treatise (no. 968, I.).

Foil. 73 — 76. A portion of the Goran in
the Maghribi character ; 17th century.

1202.

Or. 2897.— Foil. 171; 12iin.by8i; 29 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

758

in Yemen ; dated Friday, 20 Sha'ban, A.H.
1190 (A.D. 1776).

[Presented by COL. S. B. MILES.]

I. Foil. 1—116. Kiyad al-Salihin, a col-
lection of Hadiths by Muhyi al-Dm Abu
Zakariyya Yahya B. Sharaf al-Nawawi, who
died A.H. 676. See Haj. Khal., vol. iii.,
p. 518.

Title:

«U\

Beg.

J\S

The object of the author was to collect all
the genuine Hadiths which are calculated to
lead to a moral and pious life. The work is
divided into short unnumbered Babs. The
contents have been fully stated by Ahlwardt,
Berlin Catalogue, no. 1334. For other
copies see the Munich Catalogue, no. 128,
and the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 230.

Js-

Copyist :

On the first page is an extract from one
of the writings of al-Sayyid 'Izz al-Islam
Muhammad B. Ibrahim al-Wazir, describing
the above work as the most useful collection
of Hadiths.

II. Foil. 117—171. A treatise on ethics,
by Imam al-Mu'ayyad-billah Amir al-Mu-
minim, to which this title is prefixed:

Beg.

The above title is taken from the following

short preamble, in which the scope of the
work is described : Ij^j

J\

J\

The work is divided into ten Makalahs,
the first two of which are alone extant, viz. :

Fol. 1176.

Fol. 127a.

The first Makalah consists of three Babs and
the second of ten, the last of which, -S.UJ1 i-^UJl
S^iJlj »^j pi, b^J) J UL;^! li/«, begins at
fol. 1666, and is left unfinished.

The author is only designated at the
beginning of Makalah I., and of some other

sections, by his title : j~,\ ,jJJU jjji\ ..U^N U^
j.^LJj *jLa5\ wdfr (jji*jl\. He was one of the
later Zaidi Imams, probably Muhammad B.
al-Kasim, who died A.H. 1054. See Khula-
sat al-Athar, vol. iv., p. 122.

1203.

Or. 3102.— Foil. 75 ; 10 in. by 6| ; about
29 lines, 4| in. long ; written in a rather
cursive and sparingly pointed character,
apparently by a scholar, in the latter half of
the 14th century.

[KEEMEE, nos. 38 and 112.]

I. Foil. 26— 4o. jjjJI So^ J j^M i>\* alxj-
A treatise on j^UJ^ J3<s, or the validity of a
declaration of divorce coupled with a con-
ditional clause, by Muhammad B. Muh. al-
Ghazzali (d. A.H. 505j!
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Beg.

J-iiM ^ 411

*) ,\

The author says that, on his arrival at
Baghdad, A.H. 484, he was assailed with
questions relating to the above legal point,
and had set forth his views in a tract entitled

jjd\ &>\j$ ,j jj$\ Llfr. Subsequently, how-
ever, he reconsidered the subject, and, having
changed his opinion, he expounded his
arguments and conclusions in the present
work, deeming it better to come round to
truth than to persist in error.

The above title and the author's name are
written, by the same hand as the text, on
the first page : i^d ^ j^\ Jqls- ^IxJ u.jUS'

in \as>

The present work is noticed by Haj.
Khal. under the title jj<^\ JJUx ^j ^\ tfc,
vol. iv., p. 301. See also Gosche, Abhand-
lungen der Berliner Akademie, 1858, pp.
267, 305.

II. Foil. 46 — lOo. A treatise in support of
the opinion of Ibn Suraij upon a question of
divorce, by AbuBakr Muhammad B.al-Husain

al-Shashi, with the heading :

Beg.

Al-Kadi Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. 'Umar
B. Suraij al-Baghdadi, the first Shafi'i doctor
of his day, died in Baghdad, A.H. 306, at
the age of fifty-seven. See Isnawi, fol. 82a ;
Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, fol. 23& ; and the Kamil,
vol. viii., p. 85. In the Fihrist, p. 213, he is
stated to have died A.H. 305. His patro-
nymic, which is often misread Ibn Shuraih,
is fixed by the Kamus, vol. i., p. 239.

The author of the present tract, whose
full name is Fakhr al- Islam Abu Bakr Mu-
hammad B. Ahmad B. al-Husain B. 'Umar
al-Shashi, was born in Mayyafarikln, A.H.
429, and died in Baghdad, A.H. 507. See
Isnawi, fol. 926 ; Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, fol.
526; and Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's transla-
tion, vol. ii., p. 625, where A.H. 427 is
given as the date of his birth.

III. Foil. 116—226. Curious legal ques-
tions extracted from the Kawa'id al-Kubra
of 'Izz al-Dln B. 'Abd al-Salam (d. A.H. 660;
see no. 234).

Beg.

The questions are numbered from 1 to 125.
The compiler finished his task on the 18th
of Sha'ban, A.H. 740.

IV. Fol. 236—386. Opinions of Taki al-
Din al-Subki on various grammatical and
legal questions, with the heading : «jj <_jlJo

Beg. j

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755

The second question is:

Taki al-Din 'AH B. 'Abd al-Kafi al-Subki
was born in Subk, province al-Sharkiyyah,
A.H. 683. He filled during sixteen years
the office of Kadi of Damascus, and died,
shortly after resigning that post, in Cairo,
A.H. 756. He left about 150 works on law,
Hadith and grammar. See Isnawi, fol. 90& ;
Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, fol. 1086; Orientalia,
vol. ii., p. 402, &c.

V. Foil. 396— 53a. \$$\ cylajt. Biogra-
phical notices of the doctors of the Shafi'i
sect, by Abu 'Asim Muhammad B. Ahmad
al-'Abbadi.

Beg.

JJo

*0

J\

«1)1

The author, who was born in Herat,
A.H. 375, wrote several esteemed works,
mostly on law, among which the Tabakat al-
Fukaha is especially mentioned. He died in
Merv, A.H. 458. See Sam'ani, fol. 379i ;
Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. ii.,
p. 619 ; Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 66 ;
al-Isnawi, fol. 1096 ; and Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 141.

The author enumerates in the preface the
immediate disciples of Abu Hanifah and
their successors, whose names and lives had
been recorded by Hanafi doctors. He wrote
the present work in order to offer a similar
record of the followers of al-Shafi'i. It
begins with the genealogy of the founder of
the school, and a short exposition of the
grounds of his superiority. Then follows the
first Tabakah, or generation, comprising the

disciples and contemporaries of al-Shafi'i,
after which come six more Tabakahs, num-
bered 2 — 6, in chronological order. The last
contains little more than a list of names, the
first of which is Abu Ma'mar Salim B. 'Abd-
allah al-Harawi (who died A.H. 433; see
Tabakat al-Subki, fol. 175).

The work was compiled, as stated by the
author at the end, in the month of Ramadan,
A.H. 435. It is the first of the Tabakat
quoted by al-Isnawi, Or. 3037, fol. 4, as his
authorities.

VI. Foil. 546 — 566. Some rules, or prin-
ciples, relating mostly to law, by al-Nawawi,
with the heading : ..U^JJ

Jj

This appears to be only an extract from a
larger work. It consists of short sections

\j>\ ill-

headed «Ll«. The first is : Ja\ (_*»j,«
£\J>\j jjJDb ul^ ^ jjl. The second
begins : -U-i'l ioj

The last begins :

They are apparently taken from the work
entitled Lj^a)^ ^y°^> mentioned by Haj.
Khal., vol. i., p. 341. The extract there
given agrees with the above beginning. See
also Wiistenfeld, Leben Nawawi's, p. 156,
no. 30.

VII. Foil. 57a— 58a. ui^Jl^l. A tract
relating to special cases of manumission, by
al-Sunbati.

5 D2

756

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Beg.

Kutb al-Dm Muh. B. 'Abd al-Samad B.
'Abd al-Kadir al-Sunbati, born in Sunbat, a
township of the district of al-Mahallah,
A.H. 653, was professor of law and assistant
judge (Na'ib al-Hukm) in Cairo, where he
died in Dulhijjah, A.H. 722. The Ahkam
al-Muba'ad is mentioned among his works.
See al-Isnawi, fol. 906, and al-Durar al-
Kaminah, Or. 3044, fol. 866.

VIII. Fol. 586. The first page of a com-
mentary, jjjU>, upon the Tanblh of Abu
Ishak Ibrahim (B. CAH) al-Shlrazi (who died
A.H. 476 ; see Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 430,
and the Arabic Catalogue, p. 1356).

Beg.

, w^

IX. Foil. 596—646.
The Arabic Syntax of Ibn Hisham. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 239a, and Pertsch,
no. 318.

Beg. !_£'•£> i

This copy is stated, at the end, to have
been collated with the autograph MS. of the
author.

X. Foil. 65a — 67a. Some remarks on
affirmative, negative, and interrogative sen-
tences, without author's name.

Beg. J6 <6U A«JJ ...

XI. Foil. 676— 70a. Answers of Muwaffik
al-Din Abu '1-Baka Ya'ish B. 'Ali B. Ya'ish
al-Halabi to some grammatical questions
brought from Damascus by Abu Nasr al-
Dimashki.

Beg.

Ibn Ya'ish, a celebrated grammarian,
known also as Ibn al-Sa'igh, author of com-
mentaries upon the Mufassal and upon
Tasrif Ibn Jinni, was born in Halab, A.H.
553, and died there, A.H. 643. See Ibn
Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. iv., p. 379,
and Bughyat al-Wueat, fol. 2156.

XII. Foil. 706— 71a. Comments of al-
Kisa'i («Ali B. Hamzah, d. A.H. 182), al-
Zajjaji ('Abd al-Rahman B. Ishak, d. A.H.
337 or 339), and Ibn Hisham, on the formula
of divorce contained in this verse :

XIII. Foil. 72a — 756. Answers of Jamal
al-Din Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad B. 'Abd-
allah B. Muh. B. 'Abdallah. B. Malik al-Ta'i
al-Jayyani (the celebrated grammarian, who
died A.H. 672) to some grammatical questions
put to him by Jamal al-Din al-Yamani.

Beg.

It is stated at the end that this copy was
taken from the autograph draft of the
author.

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Copyist (foil. 53a, 70a) : $\ ja

757

1204.

Or. 3107.— Foil. 154; 7£ in. by 5J; from
17 to 20 lines, 4| in. long, in a page ; written
in a cursive hand, apparently by a scholar ;
dated (fol. 536) Mizzah, near Damascus,
Muharram, A.H. 828 (A.D. 1425).

[KEEMEE, no. 117.]

I. Foil. 2 — 8. A treatise on Kalam, or
scholastic theology, by Abu Bakr Muham-
mad B. al-Hasan B. Furak al-Isbahani.

Bear. *jjbb

o •• *• •

The author was a native of Isfahan and a
noted theologian. Having been called as
a religious teacher to the Madrasah of
Naishapur, he spent the latter part of his
life in that city. He died of poison, A.H.
406, and his death was ascribed to Sultan
Mahmud, who had been instigated against
him by his religious adversaries. See Ta'rlkh
al-Islam, Or. 49, fol. 55b ; Ibn Khallikan,
De Slane's translation, vol. ii., p. 673 ; and
Wiistenfeld, Arabische Geschichtschreiber,
no. 170.

The object of the present tract is to refute
the attacks directed against the orthodox
school of traditionists by the Jahmiyyah,
Jismiyyah, and Mu'tazilah, and to show
that those Hadiths which seem to ascribe
to God bodily attributes are to be taken in
a spiritual sense.

The scope of the work is set forth in the
following title : 4^j

10

*Jj U—

This is probably the work mentioned by
Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 559, under the title

of fi$\ JS-1* . It is divided into short un-
numbered sections, only marked by the
heading JxJ. The last of these in the
present imperfect copy relates to the in-
divisibility of God, fol. 9a :

II. FoU. 10—53.

A controversial treatise on the spiritual
interpretation of the Hadiths, by Abu Muh.
'Abdallah B. Muslim Ibn Kutaibah, who died
A.H. 276.

The title and the author's name are found
in the subscription, fol. 53fi : Jjj^> s->£> -3

Ju-

<iJl\

This is only the concluding portion of the
work, other fragments of which are found
further on, artt. IV. and VI. The text com-

mences abruptly as follows :

This is probably the work mentioned in
the Fihrist, p. 78, among the writings of Ibn

758

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Kutaibah, under the title «^-j.^ ejlla8, and
by Haj. Khal. under two different names,
viz., Li^ijAi (_i^Ii-^ vol. i., p. 195, and
t—Oiiii t-jlaag0 Jjj\j, as in the present copy,
vol. ii., p. 174. A MS. entitled i^latf v^
i^o.jil is fully described in the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 54 ; but the extracts
there given are taken from the preface,
which is wanting in our MS.

The object of the author is to show by
numerous examples that a rational interpre-
tation of the Hadiths removes the objections
raised against them by the Eafidah and
other heretical sects. The present fragment
is chiefly taken up with the discussion of
those Hadiths which, taken in their literal
sense, would imply anthropomorphism, and
of others which at the first blush would
appear contradictory.

III. Poll. 536—586. An extract from the
'Ulum al-Hadith, i^ojil fje, of Ibn al-Salah
(Abu 'Amr 'Uthman B. 'Abd al-Rahman,
d. A.H. 643 ; see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 7676, and Wiistenfeld, Arabische Ge-
schichtschreiber, no. 325).

It relates to proper names and surnames
of traditionists which are liable to be con-

founded, A^\ ^ t-illsj t_il3ji\ i
t__jLJ5)\j, and is based upon the Ikmal,
c->U3j^ £>j jj of Abu Nasr Ibn Makula (see
no. 621).

IV. Foil. 59a— 1086. Another fragment
of the above-mentioned work of Ibn Kutaibah
(art. II.). Most paragraphs begin with these

words :

The first Hadith discussed is:
j. The last is; ai

V. Foil. 109a— 1206. Fragment of a com-
mentary upon the Sharh al-Sunnah, JLJ1 ^>,
by Muhyi al-Sunnah (al-Husain B. Mas'ud
al-Farra al-Baghawi, d. A.H. 516 ; see Haj.
Khal., vol. iv., p. 37).

It begins and ends abruptly. The first
section relates to the observation of Friday,
Lf»U L>°/ <-r>V • The last treats of the future
fate of the children of idolaters, j^ i_. >b

VI. Fol. 1206—1546. A third fragment
of the above-mentioned work of Ibn Kutaibah.

Beg. jc

Jl ^ j*\J

j&\ J\i.V

The last Hadith quoted is : ,j J

JJU> ^UJ

Copyist (fol. 536) :

1205.

Or. 3130.— Foil. 11 ; 7 in. by 5 ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi ; about

A.H. 799 (A.D. 1397).

[KREMEB, no. 140.]

I. Foil. 1 — 5a. Ten scientific riddles,
drawn up in verse by 'Abdallah B. As'ad
al-Yafi'i (v. no. 473), with their solution by
his disciple Burhan al-Din Ibrahim B. Musa
al-Abnasi. The following title is prefixed :

U3

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Beg. J

759

The verses begin :

This copy was written, A.H. 799 (A.D.
1396-7), by Ibrahim B. <Ali B. Muh.

II. Foil. 56 — 66. A metrical treatise on
algebra, known as al-Urjuzat al-Yasamm-
iyyah, *JUA*-»UM t^>^\ (v. no. 753, III.).

Beg. U$H U

This is followed by some detached observa-
tions on arithmetical questions, written, as
well as the Yasammiyyah, by the same hand
as art. I. They include a double table of
the numerical figures called Kalam al-Ghubar
and Kalam al-Hindi, the first of which are
very similar to our own.

III. Foil. 96—196. Legal questions re-
lating to the defiling of water by the lapping
of dogs, written by another hand, but about
the same date.

1206.

Or. 3485.— Foil. 279 ; 9 in. by 5$ ; 17 lines,
3f in. long; written in fair Neskhi; dated
Friday, 10 Kabl< I., A.H. 832 (A.D. 1428).

[SIDNEY CHUBOHILL.]

I. Foil. 13—232. jU
JJJl j **

Prayers for day and night, handed down
from the earliest period of Islamism, col-
lected and commented upon by Abu Zaka-
riyya Yahya B. Sharaf al-Nawawi.

.\}\ JJ
U ____

In the heading prefixed to the above be-
ginning the author's full name is given as
follows:

us—

«iJ\

Jll«jJ\ [altered to

In the introduction the author mentions
two earlier works of the same import, both
entitled SUM, ^\ J^, the first by Abu 'Abd
al-Rahman [Ahmad B. Shu'aib B. *Ali] al-
Nasa'I (who died A.H. 303 ; see Sam'anI,
fol. 559a; Ibn Nuktah, fol. 51; and Ibn
Khallikan, transl., vol. i., p. 58) ; the second,
far superior to the first, and the main source
of the present work, by Abu Bakr Ahmad
B. Muhammad Ibn al-Sunni (al-Dlnawari,
who was a disciple of the last, and died
A.H. 364 ; see Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48,
fol. 85, and the Berlin Catalogue, no. 3505).
Al-Nawawi gives there the catena of tra-
ditionists by whom the latter work had been
handed down to him.

The work of al-Nawawi consists in the
present copy of 361 Babs (not 365 as stated
by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 109), a full table
of which, filling seven folios of close writing,
foil. 5 — 12, has been prefixed by an anony-
mous writer.

The work was completed, as stated by the
author at the end, in the month of Muharram,
A.H. 667.

On the title-page is a short notice of the
author.

See Wustenfeld, Leben und Schriften des
Nawawi, p. 151, no. 14. For other copies,

760

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see the Berlin Catalogue, no. 3694, where
the contents are stated ; Pertsch, no. 806 ;
Loth, no. 340 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
592,5, 1177; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. i., p. 221.

»bT

Scribe : (

II. Foil. 2326—274.

A work by the same author, treating of
the merit attached to the recitation of the
Goran, of the regard due to the men who
hand it down, and of the rules to be observed
in reading, teaching, and transcribing the
sacred volume.

Beg.

It is divided into ten Babs, the headings
of which are given by Ahlwardt, Berlin
Catalogue, no. 614. See Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 183, and Wiistenfeld, Leben des Nawawi,
p. 150, no. 6, and, for other copies, Casiri,
no. 1420 ; the Brill Catalogue, 1886, no. 348 ;
and the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 6.

At the end is a note in which the tran-
scriber states that he had read the two
preceding works before Shaikh al-Islam
Amln al-Din 'Abd al-Salam, A.H. 855,

III. Foil. 275a — 2766. A short exposition
of the Sunni creed, ixJI Js>) d&&\ <j, by
'Adud al-Djn al-Iji, who died A.H. 756.

Beg. ±^ <uoi J* SjLaMj «5\y J* all jji

«5T

In the heading the author is called •**»

^ ^s a(lded that twelve

days elapsed between the writing of the
treatise and the death of the author. Al-
Iji states at the end that he wrote these
lines on the 13th of Kamadan, A.H. 756, as
a keepsake for his brother in God, Shams
al-Millah wal-Din Muhammad al-Damagham,
in the town of Nairiz.

The work is called by Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
p. 217, ib.j-<i»5\ jJ\JuM. It is generally found
accompanied by the commentary of Dawani.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 1905 ; the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 255 ; Loth,
no. 751 ; the Berlin Catalogue, no. 1998-9 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 408.

1207.

Or. 3569. — Seven fragments of papyrus,
written in very cursive and unpointed Neskhi,
in the ninth century; mounted in a glazed
frame. [GEEVILLE CHESTER.]

They consist of marriage contracts and
receipts, attested by witnesses, and are
written in an almost undecipherable hand,
very like the Fayyum papyri published by
Prof. Karabacek. The largest measures
10 in. by 5, and is dated A.H. 269. The
others, which are much smaller, belong to
the same period. The last one is dated
A.H. 271. Two of them are partly written
in Coptic.

1208.

Or. 3678.— Foil. 205 ; 7£ in. by 5 ; from 19
to 23 lines, about 3 in. long; written in a
small and cursive character, partly Nestalik,
partly Neskhi, very deficient in diacritical
points, about A.H. 1001 (A.D. 1593).

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—25, Gloss of Timur Muham-
mad B. Shaikh Muhammad al-Bukhari upon

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761

the commentary of al-Baidawi upon five
Surahs of the Goran ; imperfect.

Beg.

$ U^IS

4)

U

. . JyUM
Oblic-

The work is dedicated to Amir Kuli Baba
Kukaltash.

The gloss on Surat Yasln (xxxvi.), which
extends to fol. I7b, was finished A.H. 1001.
It is followed by a gloss on Surat al-Fath
(xlviii.), which is imperfect at the end.

Shaikh Shihab al-Din and Mirza Jan (d.
A.H. 994; Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 72) are
quoted.

II. Foil. 26—28. A Persian treatise on
the art of disputation.

Beg. 4*3 ,jjj j\ c-^s: si ...
«^*"^ u'V

III. Foil. 29-30. A short treatise on logic.

IV. Foil. 31—34.
logic.

Beg. J }

Another treatise on

V. Foil. 345—356. Another logical tract.
Beg.

VI. Foil. 356—39. A metaphysical tract,
beginning : U\

VII. Foil. 39-40. A similar tract, be-

ginning : \# L

It is ascribed, in the colophon, to 'AH
al-Kushji.

VIII. Foil. 406—58. A treatise on logical
subtleties, by Mahmud B. Ni'mat-allah al-
Bukhari (see no. 731).

Beg.

It is divided into a Mukaddimah and
two Maksads. For another copy see Loth,
no. 559.

IX. Foil. 586—67. The treatise of Sa'd
al-Din Mas'ud B. 'Umar al-Taftazani on
logic, known as ,»^j ^^ v?.-^ (no. 735),
imperfect at the end.

Beg. Juoj . .

X. Foil. 68—205. A gloss on the well-
known treatise of rhetoric entitled Talkhis
al-Miftah (see no. 933).

Beg. *> b

It appears, from a note on fol. 70, that
this copy was collated under the eyes of the
author, who gave directions as to some
alterations to be made in the text. There
are frequent references to both commentaries
of al-Taftazani, al-Mutawwal, and al-Mukh-
tasar, as well as to the gloss of al-Sayyid
al-Jurjani.

Copyist (fol. 58): e^V.^ ^ J*

5E

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1209.

Or. 3744— Foil. 140 ; 9f in. by 6f.

[GLASEE, no. 28.]

I. Foil. 1—117; 17 and 20 lines, about
5 in. long ; written in Neskhi by two hands,
apparently in the 14th century.

An exposition of the essential points of
creed and law, according to the Ibadi sect,
by Abu Ishak Ibrahim B. Kais.

Beg.

;:.j3\ 1L5J

Further on, the author describes his work
as follows : «duai \

The following title is written at the be-
ginning of the text, fol. 26 : -~> ^1 U

The work consists of a great number of
short Babs, dealing with the ordinances of
the law with regard to religious duties and
civil transactions, arranged in the usual order
of legal works. The author' s name is repeated
at the beginning of every Bab, jsf*'^ Jli>.
The work is imperfect at the end, but only
slightly. The concluding chapters deal with
the law of inheritance. The last is en-
titled

II. Foil. 118—139 ; 24 lines, 5 in. long ;
written in fair Neskhi, apparently in the
12th century.

A fragment of an early theological work,
by a Sunni author, whose name does not
appear. It begins abruptly in the course of
preliminary matter relating to the duties of
scholars, masters, and disciples, and treats
mainly of the obligatory knowledge of God
and of his attributes. It breaks off in the
course of a chapter relating to the names of
God.

The first heading is U*J\
chapter begins ; +$\j>
JJ jj 2VV WK. JJ j \yb

• Tne

The remaining chapters have the following

headings :

fol. 1196 ;
Jolai5\ J L_jb fol. 125« ;
fol. 1266 ; LJ*Ka^ Vy!-j J
fol. 131a ; U?.^ Jop.^Sl
t-»b fol. 137a.

b fol. 122a ;

»*• J

b fol. 1316 ;

None but early authors like al-Asma'i,
al-Shafi'i, 'All B. 'Abd al-'Aziz (d. A.H. 287),
and Abu 'l-'Aliyah are quoted.

1210.

Or. 3750.— Foil. 93; 8J in. by 6; 15 lines,
3 £ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
10 Sha'ban, A.H. 956 (A.D. 1549).

[GLASEE, no. 34.]

I. Foil. 3—13. Extracts from the Mu-
fradat of Ibn al-Baitar (no. 798), relating to
the medicinal properties of some mineral
substances.

Beg. ^'i^

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763

II. Foil. 14 — 35. A treatise on physio-
gnomy, Z^j^^J i—jljtf', without author's name.

Beg.

The work, which the author describes as
a compendium, is divided into a Mukaddimah,
two Babs, and a Khatimah. It was com-
pleted on Monday, the 23rd of Dulhijjah,
A.H. 950. Another copy, also anonymous,
is noticed in the Khedive's Library, vol. vi.,
p. 195.

III. Foil. 37—93. A treatise on the tricks
and appliances of jugglers, by Muhammad
B. Abi Bakr al-Zarkhuri al-Misri.

Title : ejolU\ ^ J uCoLJ\ ^j. (Mashatin

is the plural of yVii* " appareil des joueurs
de gobelet"; v. Dozy's Supplement, torn, ii.,
p. 594.)

Beg.

J\ juti

J\S . . .

The work, which is divided into ten Babs,
is dedicated to the author's master, al-Ustad
al-Kablr Sayyidi Shihab al-Din Ahmad B.
al-Fil (JjoJ) ^\. Haj. Khal. has Jjoi5\ ^).
The author refers incidentally, fol. 896, to
his being in Halab, A.H. 852.

See Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 545, where the
author's Nisbah is written

1211.

Or. 3752.— Foil. 180; 8 in. by 5|; 15 lines,
4 in. long ; written in large distinct Neskhi,

with occasional vowels, apparently in the
16th century, supplemented in parts by a
later hand. [GLASEB, no. 36.]

I. Eoll. 1—57; dated Wednesday, 10
Jumada I., A.H. 1020 (A.D. 1611).

A commentary upon the Lamiyyat al-
'Ajam of al-Tughra'i, abridged from the
commentary of Khalil B. Aibak al-Safadi.

The author, whose name does not appear,
is Muh. B. 'Umar Bahrak al-Hadrami. See
no. 105.6.

Appended to the above, foil. 58 — 60, and
written by the same hand, are two Kasidahs
in imitation of the Lamiyyat al-'Ajam. The
first, by Badr al-Din Muh. B. Yahya B.
Bahran al-Basri al-Tamini, begins as follows :

The second, by Sharaf al-Din Abu Muh.
Isma'il B. Abi Bakr al-Mukri, begins :

See for the last Ahlwardt's Verzeichniss,
nos. 695—8.

II. Foil. 61—73. d\*~ c-
A commentary upon the Kasidah of Ka'b
B. Zuhair, known as Banat Su'ad, without
author's name.

Beg. . . .

JL5

The commentary on the first line begins :

i.\a

III. Foil. 74 — 76. A Kasidah entitled
5 E 2

76-4

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, by 'Umar B. Abi Rabi'ah al-
Makhzumi (d. A.H. 93), beginning :

& JT ^

There are a few glosses between the lines.

IV. Foil. 77 — 82. Correspondence of the
Sharif of Mecca, al-Hasan B. 'Ajlan B.
Rumaithah (A.H. 798—829) with the Sultan
of Yemen, Ahmad B. Isma'Il al-Malik al-
Ashraf (A.H. 803—827) on the conflict of
Amir Musa B. Ahmad al-Harami with the tribe

of Kinanah :

The two letters are followed by a Kasidah
composed on the same occasion by Isma'Il al-
Mukri, and by another addressed to the above
Sultan al-Ashraf by al-Sharif al-Murtada
[Yahya B. Ahmad].

V. Foil. 85—95. A Kasidah by Abu Bakr
Muh. B. al-Hasan Ibn Duraid, recited in

Baghdad, A.H. 316 : ^fr ^ J^-. J..**? ^ JS

with interlinear glosses, the first of which
begins : J* ^ U r\aiJ\, i-Ai^ > ^ U rU3J),

For a copy of the same Kasidah with com-
mentary see Ahlwardt's Verzeichniss, no. 186.

VI. Foil. 96—122. The well-known Mak-
surah of the same Ibn Duraid, beginning :
b (see no. 1035), with an

anonymous gloss beginning, after the 2nd
Bait, as follows:

VII. Foil. 123—128. The Kasidah called
al-Durrat al-Yatimah, ascribed by some to
Abu'1-Shis, by others to al-'Akawwak al-
Yamani (see no. 1034, 2), with a gloss,

Beg. j^fr *KJo 1^5 Ja
The gloss begins :

JAJ

Ja

Copyist :

VIII. Foil. 132—142. A Kasidah con-
taining pious and moral precepts and rules
of conduct, by al-Rumaili.

Beg.

The poem is divided into short sections,
with the heading J-ai. The date of com-
position, apparently A.H. 890, is conveyed
in the following lines at the end :

IX. Foil. 143—151. A Kasidah by Kha-

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martash al-Himyari, usy^ii u^U^i- ^ i'jjuaS begins :

765

The poet dwells on the glories of the
ancient kings of Himyar, and boasts of his
descent from them.

X. Foil. 152—180. The Kasidat al-Faza-
riyyah, by Abu '1-Kasim al-Fazari,

ning :

ju^)^ with a commentary begin-

^\ J\s

i (Js-

M Jfc\ y

The poet's full name is Abu '1-Kasim Mu-
hammad B. 'Abdallah al-Kairawani al-Fazari.
The commentator, 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Utaki,
says that he was a panegyrist of the ruler of
Kairawan, Abu Yazid Makhlad B. Kandad.a
He was favourably received by the Fatimite
Khalif, al-Mansur billah, who had gained a
victory over the latter (A.H. 334, v. Kamil,
vol. viii., p. 327), and he composed the
above Kasidah in the Khalif's praise.

The Kasidah begins as follows :

? LT.')' jlj

It is accompanied by a full commentary,
probably by the above-named 'Abd al-Rah-
man al-'Utaki, which contains much historical
matter and many poetical quotations. It

• In Ibn Khallikan's autograph MS., Add. 25,735,
foL 49, the name is written jlxC but in the Kamil,
vol. viii., p. 315, it reads, as in our MS.,

The last thirty Baits, especially devoted
to the praise of al-Mansur, are left without
commentary.

For copies of the Kasidah and commentary
see Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, no. 913, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 304.

1212.

Or. 3766.— Foil. 157 ;
by several hands.

in. by 6 ; written
[GLASEE, no. 50.]

I. Poll. 1—38 ; 21 lines, 3£ in. long ;
written in small, sparingly pointed, Neskhi ;
dated Friday, 23 Sha'ban, A.H. 1063 (A.D.
1653).

A full commentary by Jamal al-Dm 'Ali
B. Muh. B. Ahmad al-Bakri upon the Mu-
kaddimah of al-Azhar (no. 365), including
the text.

The following title is prefixed in the same
hand as the text : &Ii,-a.> l

Beg.

The author lived apparently in the ninth
century. Ibn Humaid al-Mukrani, who
wrote a commentary upon the same work
about A.H. 950 (Or. 3802), acknowledges
borrowing freely from the earlier one of al-
Bakri.

766

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II. Foil. 39—81 ; 9 lines, 2f in. long ;
written in large Neskhi ; dated Thursday,
11 Dulka'dah, A.H. 1058 (A.D. 1648).

A treatise on the bases of jurisprudence,
by 'Izz al-Din Muhammad B. Yahya B.

Bahran (see no. 428), ^J\U\ JJo JiKN u_>W

t\J>

Beg.

The treatise consists of ten Babs, with the
following headings : 1. 'L*p-j^>\ +6*-^ ^j
fol. 396 ; 2. Lb^l J fol. 41a ; 3. J>^ J
(•^•41, fol. 636; 4.jl*^j LHjjU1 J fol. 65&;

5- ^J-r-^ J foL 67 J
fol. 68; 7.

fol. 706 ; 8. ,-JJ\ ^ fol. 72 ; 9.

fol. 736 ; 10. I!\ J fol. 77.

There are copious marginal notes in a
minute character.

The work is mentioned as

in the life of 'Abd al-Hafiz al-Muhalla,
Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 306. For other
copies see Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Sammlung,
no. 3, 4, and no. 235.

III. Foil. 86 — 95 ; written in two columns,
about 17 lines ; dated Shawwal, A.H. 1063
(A.D. 1653).

An Urjuzah in praise of Imam al-Hadi
Yahya B. al-Husain, and of the other Imams
and 'Ulama who after him handed down the
Zaidi doctrine, by Burhan al-Din Ibrahim

B. Yahya al-Suhuli (v. no. 385) :

Jl

JUS «JM *
Beg. *A$i ^\ ^ bp lj^»-

The poem was completed in Muharram,
A.H. 1058, as stated by the author in the
following lines of the epilogue :

For another copy see further on, Or.
3908, m.

IV. Fol. 96—99. An extract on multipli-
cation, by the same hand, beginning :

V. Foil. 100-101. Fragment of a commen-
tary by al-Kasim B. Muhammad al-Hijji
upon the Durar al-Fara'id of Jamal al-Din
'Ali B. al-Husain (see no. 423, vi.), by the

same hand, +~&\ . . . &**kMjjd\ —J*

VI. Foil. 104—157 ; about 35 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in small, close, and unpointed
Neskhi ; dated Wednesday, 11 Shawwal,
A.H. 1026 (A.D. 1617).

A commentary by Mufti Muhammad B.
'Izz al-Dm B. Muh. B. 'Izz al-Dm B. Salah
upon his own treatise on Kalam, entitled
Wasitat al-Darilri, iL-»^ -.^ (j^Ul JtijJ\ L-jUi"

The text, which is included in the com-

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mentary and written in red, begins : «1)

767

AJI-. J\ al

The original treatise is divided into a
Mukaddimah, a Maksud, and a Khatimah.

The author was appointed by Ja'far Pasha
to the office of Mufti in San'a, where he died
A.H. 1050. See Tabak al-Halwa, Or. 3919,
fol. 116, where the present commentary is
mentioned with two other works of the same
writer, viz., a commentary upon the Takmilat
al-Ahkam, and a tract entitled <

Copyist : J,Uii Jfr ^

1213.

Or. 3769.— Foil. 97 ; 7f in. by 5| ; 21 and
19 lines, 3f in. long; written in Neskhi,
apparently in the 16th century.

[GLASER, no. 53.]

I. Foil. 2 — 54. A commentary upon the
Ajarrumiyyah (no. 969), without author's

name.

Beg.

J\S

**=-,

The same commentary is found in two
Gotha MSS. (Pertsch, nos. 295-6), in one
of which, the author is called Shaikh Najm
al-Din. Another copy, also anonymous, is
noticed in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 4736.

II. Foil. 55—97. A short history of
Yemen, without title or author's name.

\\ "J\ U» \£ i*

5.JJ

The work is abridged from the histories
of 'AH B. al-Hasan al-Khazraji, who died
A.H. 812 (v. no. 671), of al-Husain B. 'Abd
al-Rahman al-Ahdal, who died c. A.H. 854
(v. no. 670), and of al-Ashraf al-Ghassani.

It begins with some traditions in praise
of Yemen, and treats of the following
periods : Beginning of Islamism and early
Khalifs, fol. 566 ; Ummayades, fol. 606 ;
'Abbasides, fol. 63a ; Ayyubides of Yemen,
fol. 846 ; Imam al-Mansur billah 'Abdallah
B. Hamzah, fol. 88a ; the Banu Rasul,
fol. 916.

The account of the Rasuli Dynasty is
brought down to the beginning of the reign
of al-Malik al-Mujahid. The last date men-
tioned is A.H. 722, after which the MS.
breaks off. A leaf added by a later hand
gives in a few lines the dates of subsequent
reigns down to the death of al-Nasir Ahmad,
A.H. 827.

1214.

Or. 3770.— Foil. 72 : 8 in. by 6|.

[GLASER, no. 54.]

I. Foil. 2 — 46 ; 27 lines, 5 in. long ; written
in small and fair Neskhi, with occasional
vowels ; dated Saturday, 10 RabI' I., A.H.
659 (A.D. 1261).

A glossary of rare words used by ancient
poets, arranged according to subjects, by
'Isa B. Ibrahim B. 'Abdallah al-Raba'i al-

Lughawi, ^^\ ^}\

768

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Beg.

J\

Udl

*1J

The first chapter has the heading : U
.«M y* WLJ5)1 j^>- ij *W . The last treats
of words usually used in the dual, fol. 46a,

The author was a native of Yemen and an
eminent grammarian, who died A.H. 480.
See Bughyat al-Wu'at, fol. 1886, and, for
other copies, no. 918, m., the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 468a ; the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd
ed., no. 68 ; and the Landberg Catalogue,
no. 347.

This copy was written by Shaikh 'Amr B.
Salman al-Khaulani, before whom it was read
in the same year, as attested by a Sanaa'
dated 8 Jumada II., A.H. 659. It was
again collated A.H. 853.

II. Foil. 47—49. The Lamiyyat al-'Arab of
al-Shanfara (v. Arabic Catalogue, p. 1766),
dated A.H. 666 (A.D. 1268).

III. Foil. 50—68 ; 24 lines, 5 in. long ;
written in fair Neskhi; dated 1 Rab? II.,
A.H. 688 (A.D. 1289). A treatise on prosody,
by Abu'l-Kasim 'AH B. Ja'far B. 'All al-
Sa'di al-Lughawi, known as Ibn al-Katta'

al-Ma'arri, with this title : ^j (j°jj*)\ <—*&

Ibn al-Kattac, a native of Sicily, and
author of a history of that country (Haj.

Khal., ii., p. 135), was born A.H. 433, and
died A.H. 514 or 515. See Bughyat al-
Wu'at, fol. 169a. Haj. Khal. mentions his
treatise on rhyme, ^jsft J* <j (J^> vol. iv.,
p. 17. See also Freytag, Darstellung der
Arabischen Verskunst, p. 234.

The work concludes with a chapter on
27 metres omitted by previous writers, tyb
Ol^V, followed by a commentary upon the
verses quoted as examples.

For copies entitled c,Uil u»jj*^ see Deren"
bourg, Escurial, nos. 328, z, 330, 3, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 194.

1215.

Or. 3779.— Foil. 133 ; 5f in. by 3| ; about
15 lines ; written in Neskhi; dated 6 Rama-
dan, A.H. 1075 (A.D. 1665).

[GrLASEE, HO. 64.]

A volume of miscellaneous and fragmentary
contents, the most important of which are :

I. Foil. 2—4. The Lamiyyat of Ibn al-
Wardi (no. 1084).

II. Foil. 5 — 13. Fragment of a commentary
upon the Fatihah.

III. Foil. 15—19. A Kasidah by Nash wan
al-Himyari, beginning :

It is preceded by the latter part of a
Kasidah with the same rhyme, in answer to
which it was written.

IV. Foil. 20—49. Fragment of a treatise
on alchemy, the author of which refers for
the explanation of occult phrases to Abu
Ishak Ibrahim B. Isma'il al-Ajdabi, an
author of the fifth century of the Hijrah.
See Yakut, vol. i., p. 132.

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769

V. Foil. 50—58.
secret alphabets.

Tables of strange and

VI. Foil. 61—64. Fragment of a Kasidah
in x with takhmis. The first line is :

«•*

JjJ J

VII. Foil. 66—69. A Kasidah by Shaikh
'Abd al-Rahlm B. Ahmad al-Bur'i, a poet of
Yemen, who died about A.H. 450 (v. Ahl-
wardt, Verzeichniss, no. 251, and Pertsch,
no. 2239).

Beg.

yy

His Diwan has been lithographed in
Bombay, A.H. 1291, 1301, and printed in
Cairo, A.H. 1297.

VIII. Foil. 70—75. A Kasidah by Sayyid
Muh. B. 'Abdallah B. al-Imam Sharaf al-Din
(no. 814), beginning :

IX. Foil. 756—82. A Kasidah by Imam
al-Kasim B. Muh., beginning :

b

X. Foil. 86—100. Two more Kasidahs by
'Abd al-Rahim al-Bur'i, the latter of which
has a takhmis.

XL Foil. 101—106. A Kasidah including
the names of God, beginning :

XII. Foil. 108—118. A Takhmis of
Banat Su'ad (no. 1037, n.), beginning:

XIII. Foil. 119—125. A Kasidah by

Fakih Jamal al-Din 'AH B. Yahya al-Damdi,
entitled

Beg.

1216.

Or. 3802.— Foil. 90 ;
to 18 lines, 4 in. long.

in. by 5J ; from 15

[GLASEE, no. 88.]

I. Foil. 3— 53 ; written apparently in the
15th century.

A commentary, by 'Imad al-Din Yahya B.
Muh. B. Hasan B. Humaid al-Mukrani, upon
the Mukaddimah of the Azhar (no. 365), with

this title : (_rws: ^^ Jl»c-

Beg. H

Jy
t «JJ

At the end the author refers the reader to
his previous work, j\\i\\ J>?\jN (completed
A.H. 941 ; no. 424), and acknowledges that
he borrowed much of the present commentary
from an earlier one by al-Bakri (see no.
1212, i.).

II. Foil. 57—90 ; 17 lines ; written in fair
Neskhi, with occasional vowels, probably in
the 13th century.

A commentary, without author's name,
upon a grammatical work ; imperfect at
beginning and end.

The work commented upon proves to be
the Mufassal of al-Zamakhshari (no. 925),
and the portion included in the present
fragment extends from page 119, line 14,
of Broch's second edition, to p. 133, line 17.

The commentator gives only the initial
words *5y of. the passages which require

770

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explanation. The first words are : u-
which are explained as follows : Olo^N « J*

J\

are thus com-

The last words, «jj
mented on : *^

J\ j*

1217.

Or. 3831.— Foil. 146 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; from
20 to 25 lines, about 4 in. long ; written by
several hands, in the 18th and 19th centuries.

[GLASEE, no. 119.]

I. Foil. 1—18. Fragment of Bughyat al-
Tullab, an abridgment by Muhammad B.
'Abdallah Nasls al-Zabidi al-Hanafi of the
first, or biographical part of the Tahdib al-
Asma of Muhyi al-Din al-Nawawi, tr'^.la5\

Beg.

J\

The fragment comprises, besides the pre-
face of the abbreviator, the Muhammads and
the beginning of the alphabetical series down
to Jtf\ & 5UU Thumamah B. Uthal (Wiis-
tenf eld's edition, p. 182).

II. Foil. 9—12. Fragment of a tract in
refutation of an anonymous writer, who
reproved the practice of raising the voice in
public prayer, jUi

The author quotes al-Suyuti.

III. Foil. 13 — 18. Controversial corre-
spondence on legal questions between Shams
al-Din Ahmad B. 'Ali B. Muhammad B.
Mutair (a Shafi'i doctor, who died A.H.
1075 ; see Khulasat al-Athar, vol. i., p. 252)
and Wahid al-Din 'Abd al-Rahmau B. Muh.
B. Sharaf al-Din (al- Jahhafi, a Zaidi Shaikh,
who died after A.H. 1050 ; ib., vol. ii.,
p. 380).

Imperfect at beginning and end.

IV. Foil. 21 — 34. A commentary upon
the Jazariyyah, a versified treatise upon the
pronunciation of the Goran (no. 93), im-
perfect at beginning and end.

The commentary on aJJ ^ (the 2nd
verse of the text) begins : <u» jti JyiM

The author is Zakariyya B. Muh. al-
Ansari, who died A.H. 926. See above,
no. 94, ii.

The leaves are transposed ; they must be
taken in this order : foil. 21, 31 — 34,
22—30.

V. Foil. 35—39. A collection of versified
eulogies and prose comments upon a verse
called JxjM d-oo, by Muhammad B. Ishak B.
al-Imam al-Mahdi, and upon its Takhmis, by
Isma'Il B. Muh. Fa'ic (see nos. 1049, ii.,
and 547).

The verse, which is the first of a couplet,
is as follows :

VI. Foil. 42— 57. Frament of

a commentary upon ^j>>U-!sJ\ or
a treatise on Kalam, by al-Mansur billah al-
Kasim B. Muh'. B. 'Ali, who died A.H. 1029
(see Khulasat al-Athar, vol. ii., p. 293), im-
perfect at beginning and end.

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771

The text, which is included in the com-
mentary, begins : _b

*y (

The work is divided into a Mukaddimah,
four Kisms, and a Khatimah. See no.
1220, ii. The present fragment does not
extend beyond the Mukaddimah.

VII. Foil. 58—65. A treatise on the
Imamat of 'AH, written by Ahmad B. Muh..
B. Ishak B. al-Mahdi (see art. v.) in answer
to a tract in prose and verse advocating the
superior claims of Abu Bakr.

Beg.

Appended is a versified answer to the
same tract, by Safi al-Din Ahmad B. al-
Hasan B. Ishak B. Amir al-Muminm (first
cousin to the author).

VIII. Foil. 104—119. A dissertation on
a legal question relating to the prayer of the
dawn, namely, whether its two Rak'ahs may
be lawfully postponed.

Beg.

The MS. has many passages expunged and
marginal corrections. It is probably the
author's rough draft. A clean copy of the
same text occupies foil. 120 — 127.

IX. Foil. 128—131. A fragment of the
Bulugh al-Maram, a collection of the Hadiths
on which the ordinances of the law are
based, by Abu '1-Fadl Shihab al-Din Ahmad
B. 'Ali B. Hajar al-Kinani al-'Askalani (d.
A.H. 852).

3 JtJJ

U!b

The work is arranged under the usual
legal headings, beginning with tj\£A\ «_Aitf'.
The present copy breaks off one page after
the headin

See flaj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 68, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 162.

X. Foil. 132—140. u}^\ jj>. A life of
Muhammad, abridged by the author from
his own work, entitled 'Uyun al-Athar.

-o U

Beg. Ui . . . UiN <~>\j>\ JV»

J\

The author, whose name does not appear,
is Abu '1-Fath Fath al-Din Muh. B. Muh. B.
Muh., called Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, who died in
Cairo, A.H. 734. See no. 512.

This copy breaks off in the section headed

The remaining contents of the MS. are
too fragmentary and unimportant to call for
a detailed description.

1218.

Or. 3833.— Foil. 101; 8f in. by 6£; about
23 lines, 4 in. long ; written in a cursive
and all but unpointed Neskhi, probably in
the 19th century. [GLASER, no. 121.]

I. Foil. 1—47. _

Glosses upon Mukhtasar al-
5r2

772

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Muntaha, an abridged treatise on Usul al-
Fikh, by Ibn al-Hajib (d. A.H. 646), upon
its commentary by 'Adud al-Din al-Iji, and
upon the notes of Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani,
without author's name.

Beg.

The same work is ascribed in Landberg's
Catalogue, no. 651, to Salih B. al-Mahdi al-
Mukbili, or rather al-Makyali, who lived
about A.H. 1100. See no. 409.

For the text see Haj. Khal., vi., p. 170;
Pertsch, no. 1048 ; and Loth, nos. 298—304.

II. Foil. 48 — 61. Two fragments of com-
mentaries upon theological treatises, the first
of which is endorsed J^ i—a^lN JLS»W ^ «LJ
J.AO*)!, "probably from the gloss of al-
Sayyid al-Sharif upon the 'Aka'id of 'Adud
al-Din " (see Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 218).

III. Foil. 62—101. Extract from a com-
mentary by al-Hasan B. Ishak (see no. 432,
i., 1049, u.) upon a metrical treatise en-
titled Manzumat al-Huda, (j&$\ 5*^u

irfWl

The commentary includes only three lines
of the text, which relate to the rules to be
observed in satisfying natural wants, dress-
ing, eating and drinking. The copy is im-
perfect at the end.

Beg. lsU>\ &_&> ^ j^lH5
The commentary begins :

1219.

Or. 3850.— Foil. 227 ; 8 in. by 5f ; written
in Neskhi by several hands, A.H. 1053
(A.D. 1643). ' [GLASEE, no. 138.]

I. Foil. 2 — 155. A commentary by Sayyid
Sarim al-Din Ibrahim B. Muhammad al-Wazir
upon Usul al-Ahkam, a collection of the
Hadiths upon which are based the ordinances
of the law, compiled by Imam al-Mutawakkil-
'ala'llah Ahmad B. Sulaiman.

The first leaf, supplied by a later hand,
contains this title :

ing beginning : ^j

fclr'^ an(l the follow

For an account of the author, who died
A.H. 914, see no. 540. The full title of the
original work is ..^Uj JV>U ^ pb-^ ^ya\.
It is mentioned in the Hada'ik, Or. 3786,
fol. 129, and in the Tarjuman, fol. 139, as one
of the numerous works of Imam al-Muta-
wakkil, who died A.H. 566. See also no. 412.

The Usul al-Ahkam is described in the
present commentary, fol. 21, as containing
3312 Hadiths. The object of the commen-
tator is to trace each of them to its source,
and to show in which of the authentic col-
lections it is recorded.

The introduction, which occupies foil.
6 — 89, contains a full history of Tradition,
and of the Sunni and Shi'ah works in which
it is collected, with arguments in support of
the genuineness of the latter, and a full
enumeration of the early vouchers of Shi'ah
traditions among the Sahabah and the Tabi'in.
It concludes with the Riwayah of the author,
and an explanation of the technical terms
used in the science of Hadith.

Of the original work, which begins, fol. 89fe,
with iijl^laM v^j there is only a small
portion extant. It breaks off in the course
of yf>j>\ u->b , and it is stated at the end that
no more had been found.

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773

II. Foil. 156—160. Two Kasidahs by
Sayyid Jamal al-Dln al-Hadi B. Ibrahim B.
'All B. al-Murtada (called Ibn al-Wazir, c.
A.H. 800; see no. 539).

The above was transcribed by Nasir B.
'Abd al-Hafiz B. ' Abdallah B. al-Muhalla
(who died A.H. 1081 ; see no. 429) in Sha-
harah, A.H. 1053.

III. Foil. 161—203. A defence of the
Zaidi doctrine with regard to the first three
Khalifs and to other disputed points, with
an enumeration of Zaidi 'Ulama and of their
works, by Yahya B. Muh. B. Hasan B.
Humaid (the author of al-Wabil al-Mighzar,

no. 424), with this title : jU»^ lap u^U/

jt

Beg.

all

The author wrote this tract in answer to
some questions put to him in Mecca, after
he had performed the Hajj. He refers
incidentally to Yahya Sharaf al-Din (A.H.
912 — 965) as the reigning Imam, and to
his own perusal of the Usul al-Ahkam in
A.H. 960.

This copy is dated Sunday, 5 Eabl( L,
A.H. 1053.

IV. Foil. 204—209. A Kasidah by Imam
al-Nasir (i.e., al-Nasir al-Utrush al-Hasan
B. 'Ali, who died A.H. 304), with a Takhmis
by Sayyid Salih B. 'Abdallah Jb/M

The first verse of the original poem is :

The Kasidah is found with the same
beginning in Simt al-La'iil, fol. 56a.

The author of the Takhmis, commonly
known as Ibn Mughal, was one of the
teachers of Imam al-Mansur al-Kasim. He
was born A.H. 960, and died in Shaharah,
A.H. 1048. See Sirat al-Kasim, Or. 3329,
fol. 266; Bughyat al-Murid, fol. 57; and
Simt al-La'al, Or. 3969, fol. 212.

V. Foil. 210—219. A Kasidah in defence
of the- Zaidi doctrine, by al-Hadi B. Ibrahim
B. al-Wazir (see art. n.), with a Takhmis
by Ahmad B. Sa'd al-Din B. al-Husain al-
Maswari.

The Kasidah begins :

J

The author of the Takhmis, Kadi Ahmad
al-Maswari, was Khatib of San'a, and lived
on to the time of al-Mutawakkil Isma'il (A.H.
1055—87). See Khulasat al-Athar, i., p. 204,
and Tib al-Samar, vol. ii., fol. 196.

He says in the preface that he found the
above Kasidah in Shaharah, A.H. 1040, and
that he sent it with his Takhmis to Imam
al-Mu'ayyad Muh. The original poem, he
says, was composed by al-Hadi B. Ibrahim
B. 'Ali B. al-Murtada Ibn al-Wazir, who
founded upon it a prose work entitled i>\$i
io.j*3\ J\AJ\ ,j &iyu^, and sent it to Imam al-
Nasir Muh. B. al-Mahdi (A.H. 773—793).
It is given in extenso in Simt al-La'al,
foL 143. This copy was made by Mahdi B.
Muh. al-Muhalla in Shaharah, A.H. 1053,
upon the original draft of the author of the
Takhmis, who was then alive.

VI. Foil. 220 — 227. A Kasidah in praise
of the shrub called Kat (Catha edulis), by
Sayyid 'Abdallah B. Yahya Sharaf al-Din
(Imam, A.H. 912—965), with a Takhmis by

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his brother, Sayyid Shams al-Din 'Ali, and
another by Sayyid Jamal al-Din Muh. al-
Khalis B. Rumaithah B. 'Anka al-Makki.

Beg. eulSM y

1220.

Or. 3851.— Foil. 263 ; 8J in. by 5f ; 22 lines,
4£ in. long; written in fair Neskhi; dated
A.H. 1044-5 (A.D. 1634-5).

[GLASEB, no. 139.]

I. Foil. 3—7. Khutbah, or address, of
<Ali B. Abi Talib, asserting his claims to the
Khilafat, as handed down by Yazld B. 'Abd
al-Malik al-Naufali, with this title :

Beg. y

II. Foil. 8 — 50. A treatise on the basis
of the creed, by Imam al-Mansur-billah al-
Kasim B. Muhammad (A.H. 1006—1029),

with this title :

~

Beg. L_-^U' J

It is divided into a Mukaddimah, fol. 9a ;
the following Kitabs : o>i=>-yM fol. 13a,

fol. 22a, t^\ fol. 30a, *.U^M fol. 36a,

^jpSjU^ fol. 416, JufrjJ^j ^frj)^ fol. 45a ; and a

Khatimah, fol. 486.

This copy is dated Monday, 9 Muharram,
A.H. 1045. The work is mentioned as
J^>^1\ (j-L-rt in Wiistenfeld's Jemea im
Xlten Jahrhundert, p. 59, and Khulasat al-
Athar, ii., p. 307. For another copy see
no. 215, and Ahlwardt, Glaser'sche Samm-
lung, no. 3.

III. Foil. 52 — 74. A warning against
sedition, by the same Imam, with this title :

See no. 214, vi.

IV. Foil. 75 — 94. Guidance unto the
right path, by the same Imam, aVi,^ <->Ui

_>U»)\

Beg. U

^yj^ rK*^)\ J Wrt, uJ!^1 ^ U *iU ^o

The author says at the beginning that he
withdraws whatever in his previous book,
»UJu3\ jb J a.-.A*^ (r->Vl^, was contrary to
the doctrine laid down in the present work.

V. Foil. 94—101. A collection of forty
Hadiths, extracted by the same Imam from
the Amali (^) of Abu Talib, iJo

\ JU

Beg.

«U\

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775

The compiler gives at the beginning his
Riwayah traced up to Imam Abu Talib
Yahya B. al-Husain B. Harun. This Imam,
who died A.H. 424, is the author of many
standard Zaidi works (enumerated in the
Hadaik, Or. 3786, fol. 97), including the
Amali.

The Hadiths are preceded by Isnads. The
first Hadith relates to the first apparition of
Gabriel to the Prophet. It is said at the
end that the work was compiled at the
request of a native of Damascus, A.H. 1025.

VI. Foil. 1016—105. A tract, in verse,
against the Sufis, by the same Imam,

J\

Beg.

The verses are accompanied by a short
commentary. The tract is mentioned in the
life of the Imam, Or. 3329, fol. 19. It is
said to have provoked an answer by Sayyid
Muh. B. 'Abdallah B. al-Imam Sharaf al-Din,
on whom the author retorted with a Kasidah
entitled tili^l\ i_ji>\ u_a-^>- . At the end is an
invocation to God in the form of a Kasidah,
composed by the same Imam before his
proclamation.

VII. Foil. 106-7. The same Imam's Wa-
siyyah, or last injunction, addressed to his
son al-Mu'ayyad-billah Muhammad, "i~ey>\ » J*

*LU

Beg.

u

VIII. Foil. 108—110. Forty Hadiths re-
lating to science, and to teachers and pupils,

The first Hadith begins : »j*-\j iL-. Jjo

IX. Foil. 1106—115. A religious tract on
the necessity and due performance of prayer,
by Imam al-Mahdi-lidin-allah Ahmad B.
Yahya (d. A.H. 840), j

*

Beg.

It is mentioned in al-Tarjuman, fol. 183ft,
and in Sirat al-Mutawakkil, Or. 3918, fol.
246, among the numerous works of the above
Imam under the title isiAxfr U»-\ Jj t_jjlaM ii^.
t_j5ji«3\ ..^fr. For other copies see further on,
Or. 3912, iv., Or. 4005, II., and Ahlwardt,
Glaser'sche Sammlung, nos. 235, s, 112, 2,
233, 4.

X. Foil. 116—118. Compendium of a
treatise on things forbidden by the Prophet,
compiled by Imam al-Murtada lidln-allah
Muhammad B. Yahya B. al-Husain (d. A.H.
310), according to the tradition transmitted
by his father, al-Hadi ila '1-hakk (who died

A.H. 298): «i)

J1

XI. Foil. 120—142. A treatise, by Sayyid
Nur al-Din Hamidan B. Yahya B. Hamldan
al-Kasimi, on the errors of theologians, ^J^

776

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tise in rhyme (Urjuzah) by the same,

J)>

See no. 212, in.

XII. Foil. 142—150. A treatise by the
same on the apparent disagreement of the
Imams, s

See no. 212, n.

XIII. Foil. 151 — 164. A treatise against
the Mu'tazilah, by the same,

See no. 212, vi.

XIV. Foil. 165—175. Teachings of the
Imams on the Imamat, compiled by the

same, *$ds- £J^

' ^

See no. 212, iv.

XV. Foil. 175—178. Theological questions
by the same, »3i>\J J^\ j,\** ^ «i»-UN JjL^)\

See no. 212, vi., fol. 157.

XVI. Fol. 1786—180. Four theological
questions, by the same, laJj<i~> U* JjL~c *>j\

See no. 212, TX.

XVII. Foil. 1806—186. A sequel to art.
XIV., J\ £*J^)\ J^ ^ ^Ul\ «j£*«N

See no. 212, v.

XVIII. Foil. 187— 192. A. treatise on the
traditions relating to the Mahdi, by the same,

See no. 212, vm.

XIX. Foil. 193—196. A theological trea-

See no. 212, x.

Jl

XX. Foil. 197—204. A controversial tract
upon the Imamat, written by the same
author in answer to a pamphlet by a Fakih
not named, i— >U-\

Beg.

XXI. Foil. 205—261. A treatise against
the Mu'tazilah, without title. It is the
£j>ei£\ <— • ^ by the same author.

See no. 212, i.

The MS. was written for Sayyid Badr
al-Din Muh. B. 'Abdallah B. Hashim, of ij£
(foil. 94, 119).

1221.

Or. 3854.— Foil. 131; 8J in. by 6; about
23 lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins ; dated A.H. 1115
(A.D. 1703). [GLASEE, no. 142.J

I. Foil. 2—21.

A treatise on the superiority of the Shafi'i
school of law, by Imam al-Haramain Abu '1-
Ma'ali 'Abd al-Malik B. 'Abdallah B. Yusuf
al-Juwaini, who died A.H. 478.

,.

Ti

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777

After a general introduction, the author,
following the usual order of legal books,
begins with ablution and prayer, and ends
with legal sentences, eA^kJ', pointing out
for each question the greater plausibility of
the opinions of al-Shafi'i.

The work is mentioned among the author's
writings under the title of j\~±-\ <j ,3)^ <-i--ii<>
j*-^ by Ibn Khallikan, autograph MS.,
fol. 193, and in Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 50,
fol. 163. See Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 660,
and the Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 265.

II. Foil. 22—30. A treatise on the dis-
agreement of the schools of law, by Jalal
al-Dm 'Abd al-Rahman B. Abi Bakr al-

Suyuti, with this title : ,J

Beg.

The author, after showing that the diver-
sity of opinion among the doctors is a
special blessing upon Islam, discusses the
question whether it is allowable to pass
from one school to another. See Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii., p. 601, and vol. vi., p. 673, no. 296.

III. Foil. 31—86. A treatise in proof of
the unlawfulness of music and games, by
Safi al-Dln Ahmad B. Muh. B. Hajar al-
Haithami (see no. 192), with this title :

Beg.

The author, who was Mufti of the Hijaz,
wrote it in refutation of a work written by
some Egyptian in defence of music, and
entitled eX»-Jl e***^ cl»-»^\ -j, which was
shown to him A.H. 958. He boasts of
having broken up with his own hands many
musical instruments, and of having brought
the players to condign punishment. The
work is divided into a Mukaddimah, two
Babs, and a Khatimah. It is mentioned,
with the above title, in the notice of the
author,.Nur al-Safir, Add. 16,648, fol. 1026,
and under the title of ^VjJ ^f> cVs-^ i_a5
cU-J\j j$\ in Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii.,
p. 305, and Wiistenfeld, Jemen im IX. Jahr-
hundert, p. 93.

IV. Foil. 87—126. A tract against the
practice of clapping hands while reciting the
Adkar, or litanies, by Mufti 'Afif al-Din
'Abd al-Salam B. Shaikh al-Islam Wajlh al-
Din 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abd al-Karim al-

Muksiri al-Shafi'i al-Zabidi,

Beg.

After a long introduction, showing that
the great Sufis conformed to the ordinances
of the law, the author sets forth the subject

of his tract, fol. 97a, as follows : j5j «M Js-\

At the end are eulogies on the work by

the father of the author, by Badi al-Din

Abu Bakr B. 'Abd al-MajId al-Kurbati, and

by others, dated A.H. 973, fol. 1186 j also

5 Q

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opinions delivered by Shuja' al-Dln (Umar
B. Muh. 'Ibadah and other 'Ulama, on the
question discussed by the author, fol. 123a.

V. Foil. 127—131. Legal opinion of Kadi
Ahmad B. 'Umar al-Muzajjad on usury, in
answer to a question sent by the Zaidi 'Ulama,

2JL*

Both the question and the answer are in
verse.

1222.

Or. 3872.— Foil. 99; 13 in. by 9; about
32 lines, 6 in. long ; written in large and
rather coarse Neskhi, about A.D. 1760.

[GLASEE, no. 160.]

I. Foil. 1 — 54. A collection of those texts
of the Goran upon which are founded the
ordinances of the law, arranged under the
usual legal headings, and accompanied by
comments extracted from the Ma'alim al-
Tanzil (see no. 101) ; by 'Abdallah B. 'Abd
al-Wali B. Muhammad al-Ward, with this

title : J^jxJM Jl*e

Beg. Iw

The author says in the preface that he had
added to the collection two chapters, namely
LJfi5\ tiAiLo t_j\j$', drawn from his own
abridgment of the Jami* of Imam Abu 'Isa
[Muh. B. 'Isa] B. Saurah al-Tirmidi, and
s, extracted from the work entitled
^AWl ^1, by Ibn Kayyim al-
Jauzi (i.e., Muh. B. Abi Bakr Ibn Jiayyim

al-Jauziyyah, who wrote f*-^)) Ji5l

and died A.H. 751 ; v. Haj. Khal., vol. v.,
p. 234).

Those two chapters, however, are not
found in the present copy, which contains
only the initial portion of the work. It
begins with &#>-j3\ £& ^^, which is fol-
lowed, fol. 7, by Sjl^k5\ _f's i—jltf, and it
breaks off in the course of */j^\ <*J$£

It is stated on the title-page that the
work was commenced in the middle of
Jumada II., A.H. 1173 (A.D. 1760).

II. Foil. 55 — 85. A treatise of grammar,
j£, without author's name. The following
title, in the same hand as the text, is pre-

fixed : i_J^9-^ J k»~Jb

Beg. JU J*>

This appears to be the autograph draft of
the author. Several passages are struck
out, and others substituted for them in the
margin. It begins with *J£M i*w u^b, and
breaks off in the course of the chapter entitled

III. Foil. 86 — 99. Fragment of a very
full commentary upon Miftah al-Fa'id (see
no. 439, in.).

The extant portion deals only with these
words of the text : ^ ^ fa <~>*b ^ ^ f
fa ^ fJ\ f Jji v\j ^ J.W (v. Or. 3877,
fol. 1766).

The first chapter begins : iM ^ &\ J-oi

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779

In this, as in the preceding article, there
are many erasures and corrections.

1223.

Or. 3898.— Foil. 225 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; written
by various hands, with dates ranging from
A.H. 1256 to 1280 (A.D. 1840—63).

[GLASEB, no. 184.]

I. Foil. 2 — 8. A disputation in prose and
verse on the pre-eminence of 'Ali, 'ijb&o
«— »]/JN j^ J-ii ,j >_>y>^, without author's
name, probably by Ibn Ja'man, the author
of the remaining contents of the volume.

Beg. . . .

The question is submitted, fol. 7 'a, to the
authority of the " scholar of the age," 'Abd-
allah B. 'AH B. 'Abdallah al-Jalal (a con-
temporary of Ibn Ja'man, v. infra, art. in.,
fol. 29).

II. Foil. 9 — 24. Notices of three eminent
contemporaries, by Isma'il B. Husain B.

Hasan Ja'man, with this title: ^

Beg.

£j |»>r

«Ju»Jk)\ JJ^

The notices relate to the following men :

1. Isma'il B. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah, who
assumed the Imamat with the title of al-
Mutawakkil 'ala 'llah, A.H. 1220, in al-
Zafir, and died in Damar, A.H. 1250.

2. Sayyid Safi al-Dln Ahmad B. 'AH al-

Siraji, who was murdered A.H. 1250. 3. The
latter's disciple, Sharaf al-Islam al-Husain
B. 'Ali al-Muayyadi, who died A.H. 1251.
The work includes verses by the author in
praise of those three personages. It was
composed in Dulhijjah, A.H. 1251, and the
present copy is dated Safar, A.H. 1256.

The author belonged to the tribe called
Banu Ja'man* (sometimes written Jaghman),
descended from S uraif B. Du'al. See Tabakat
al-Khawass, Or. 3036, fol. 306 ; Khulasat
al-Athaf, vol. i., p. 21 ; and Wiistenfeld,
Qufiten, p. 104. He is the author of all the
following articles, and his seal, dated A.H.
1238, is impressed upon the first page. He
died A.H. 1256 (v. infra, art. VIL).

III. Foil. 25—113. Diwan of the same
Isma'il B. al-Husain Ja'man, with a preface
by the author.

Beg.

The author says that the only merit of his
Diwan is that it contains the praises of the
holy descendants of the Prophet. It consists,
however, chiefly of Kasidahs addressed to
contemporary men of letters, with short
introductions, stating on what occasion they
were composed. The dates occasionally
given range from A.H. 1227 to 1250.

The Diwan includes also several poems
by the correspondents of the author. At
the end are some pieces in mixed prose and
verse, the first of which, foil. 86 — 91, is
entitled rAk^.K &*la»N, and was written
A.H. 1235.

• The reading Ja'man
'Arus, vol. viii., p. 230.

is fixed by the Taj al-

5G2

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A note to one of the Kasidahs, fol. 846,
states that it had been left unfinished, the
author having suffered martyrdom with al-
Nasir, and that it was subsequently com-
pleted by the Khatib 'Izz al-Islam Muh. B.
'Ali Wahlsh, u^j, author of a Diwan
entitled

** —

IV. Foil. 114—175. A collection of texts
and traditions relating to 'Ali, abridged by
Ibn Ja'man from the Shawahid al-Tanzil,

with this title :

The Shawahid al-Tanzil is, as stated in
the preface, a work of al-Hiifiz Abu '1-Kasim
'Ubaid Allah B. (Abdallah B. Ahmad Ibn
Haskan al-Kurashi al-'Amiri al-Naisaburi
al-Hanafi al- Hakim, known as Ibn al-
Haddad, who died shortly after A.H. 470.
See also Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 1736,
where the author is described as a Shi'ah
well versed in the science of Hadith. The
same names and genealogy are there given,
with the exception of the surname, which is
written Ibn al-Hadda, ^jAl ^, instead of
Ibn al-Haddad.

The author, having found an old and
correct copy of the above work, abridged it
to its present shape by omitting the Isnads.
The first chapter is headed :

The abridgment was completed on Satur-
day, 23 Ramadan, A.H. 1252.

V. Foil. 177—203.
tjjljlj <&*?. A short history of Muhammad,
and of the Imams acknowledged by the
Zaidis, by Isma'Il B. al-Husain Ja'man.

Beg. . .

The author was induced by the prevailing
ignorance on the subject of the lives of the
Imams to compile the present abridgment.
It begins with a life of the Prophet, entitled

^yj »V ^JJI tfj\JI k*J\, followed, fol.
1805, by a succint account of the Imams,
under the title of

The latter part begins with 'Ali, al-Hasan,
al-Husain, al-Hasan B. al-Hasan, &c., and
is brought down to 'Abdallah B. al-Muta-
wakkil Ahmad, who succeeded his father,
with the title of al-Mahdi, and died A.H.
1251, when his son 'Ali was proclaimed with
the title of al-Mansur.

VI. Foil. 205—207. A short account of
the adversaries of the holy Imams, namely,
the Umayyade's and the Abbasides, by the
same author. It is stated at the end to be
taken from Anwar al-Yakln (no. 538).

Appended are three short extracts written,
like the two preceding articles, by Muham-
mad B. 'Ali "Wahish (see art. in.), on the
13th of Rabi' I., A.H. 1253.

VII. Foil. 211—225. A treatise on the
teaching of the Imams on the subject of the
legitimacy of 'Ali's Khilafat, by the same

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author, with this title : jjlSfr ^i J})J\
J s" "

781

t; UJ\3

Beg.

,jjo U

JSJ

_,

<til

It was completed on the 29th of Rabl II.,
A.H. 1238. This copy is dated Jumada I.,
A.H. 1280.

A note written on the title-page states
that the author was born A.H. 1212, and

died a martyr in^k ^j , in the country of
the Batinis, on Monday, the ninth of Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1256, together with al-Nasir lidln-allah
'Abdallah B. al-Hasan B. Ahmad B. al-
Mahdi 'Abbas.

1224.

Or. 3902.— Foil. 57 ; 12£ in. by 7f ; from
31 to 38 lines ; written in imperfectly
pointed Neskhi; dated A.H. 1113 and 1115
(A.D. 1702-3), [GLASEB, no. 188.]

I. Foil. 1—8. Al-Nukayah, the short
encyclopedia of al-Suyuti, ^J

See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 21 3a ; the
Berlin Catalogue, no. 75 ; Pertsch, no. 167 ;
the Leyden Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 12, &c.

II. Foil. 9—53, The Diwan of 'All B.
Abi Talib alphabetically arranged, with this

title :

Beg.

The Diwan has been printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1251. For MSS. see the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 275ft ; Ahlwardt, no. 105 ; Pertsch,
no. 2227a ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 249 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 3082-3, &c.

Foil. -54 — 57 contain various poetical
extracts.

Copyist : ^)

1225.

Or. 3905.— Foil. 20; 11| in. by 8|; written
by several hands.

[GLASEB, nos. 191-2, 207.]

I. Foil. 1 — 3 ; written in a minute cursive
Neskhi, in slanting lines ; dated Muharram,
A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1752).

Copy of the letter of Sultan Sulaiman I.
to al-Mutahhar, son of Imam Sharaf al-Dln.
See no. 996, fol. 241.

II. Foil. 5—12; from 30 to 40 lines,
about 6 in. long; written in fair Neskhi,
probably in the 16th century; containing
the following three articles :

1. A tract on the religious obligations of
the adults, ^j&\ j5UN i—Atf, by Imam al-
Hadi ila '1-hakk Yahya B. al-Husain B. al-
Kasim (d. A.H. 298), See no, 206, i.

2. Religious poems, ascribed to Imam
Zain al-'Abidm 'Ali B. al-Husain, who died
A.H. 94 (see Kamil, iv., p. 460).

Beg.

782

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

They form a series of strophes of five
Baits each, rhyming in turn in all the letters
of the alphabet. They are not included
among the verses of the same Imam quoted
in Simt al-La'al.

3. The prayer of the coat of mail, ^^
with an introduction and a commentary.

Beg.

III. Foil. 13—20 ; 21 lines, 6J in. long ;
written in large, partly vocalized Neskhi,
apparently in the 19th century.

A Kasidah in praise of 'Ali, called 3.
, and beginning :

It is followed by a commentary in which
the author quotes numerous Hadiths in
support of the pre-eminence of 'AH.

Beg. lii y

1226.

Or. 3906.— Foil. 29 ; 10 in. by 7.

[GLASEE, nos. 194, 193.]

I. Foil. 1—14 ; about 23 lines, 6 in. long ;
written in a large and cursive Neskhi, in
Yemen, apparently in the 18th century;
dated Bait al-Kasr, 19 Ramadan (no year).

A collection of Coranic verses and Hadiths
relating to the heavens, the figure of the
earth, and other astronomical notions ; by
Jalal al-Dln al-Suyuti.

See Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 506, p. 669,
no. 79, and the Khedive's Library, vol. i., 337.

The first heading is
the second, &n>LJ\

Copyist : ,3*^ ^

II. Foil. 15 — 29. Detached fragments of
panegyrics in ornate prose and verse, without
author's name.

Beg.

j Ji

1227.

written

Or. 3908.— Foil. 51 ; 8f in. by

by several hands.

[GLASBE, nos. 196—199.]

I. Foil. 1—5; 19 lines, 3f in. long; dated
Wednesday, 27 Rabi' I., A.H.876 (A.D.1471).

A short tract on dialectics, by Shams al-
Dln al-Samarkandi,

Beg. J

The author is apparently Shams al-Dln
Muhammad B. Ashraf al-Husaini al-Samar-
kandi, who wrote the well-known Adab al-
Bahth (Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 207), and died
about A.H. 600. The tract consists of three
sections, termed Bahth, viz., ^^Jl ^J fol. 16,
J fol. 36, and ^jS\ j fol. 45.

II. Poll. 6—12; 20 lines, 4 in. long;

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

783

written by the same hand ; dated Jumada I.,
A.H. 876 (A.D. 1471).

An elementary treatise on logic, by 'Abd-
allah B. Muhammad B. Abi '1-Kasim at-Najri,
with this title : <^J^i\ ^.W <x~i,\ ty JJ» <

j/r

Beg. j*jj . . . wU

The author is designated in the above
title as still living. He completed this
work, as stated at the end, in the first
decade of Rabr I., A.H. 876.

The treatise is divided into two Babs,
thus described in the preface :

III. Foil. 13—18 ; from 27 to 30 lines,
written in three columns ; dated Sunday,
1 Jumada I., A.H. 1233 (A.D. 1818).

A versified treatise on the Isnad, or Catena,
by which the Zaidi tenets were handed down,
by Burhan al-Dm Ibrahim B. Yahya al-
Suhuli. See no. 1212, in.

On foil. 13& and 14a are written the first
two pages of an anonymous commentary
upon the Mulhat al-I'rab of al-Hariri, en-
titled L^y^ &£° O)jljjcr0 ^ (-.>\J&\ u.gn.<. See
no. 924, vii.

At the end, fol. 186 — 20, and by the same
hand, are two Kasidahs by 'Ali B. Ahmad
B. Muh. B. Ishak B. al-Imam, a cousin of
the copyist.

Copyist:

IV. Foil. 21—26. Dying exhortation of
al-IJarith B. Ka'b to his sons, ^ tl^J1 i*

Beg.

V. Foil. 27—43; 15th century. Frag-
ment of a popular Shi'ah romance, in prose
and verse, treating of the doughty deeds of
'Ali B. Abi Talib in his encounters with the
Jews of ^ Khaibar. At the beginning of the
fragment we are told how Muhammad sends
al-Mikdad B. al-Aswad al-Kindi with a letter
to the kings of Khaibar, who treat him with
contumely and drive him away. In want
of a bolder messenger, Muhammad calls for
'Ali with these words: ^ ja^j Jy ^

'Ali appears forthwith, is miraculously cured
of his ophthalmia by an application of the
Prophet's saliva, and at once starts on his
mission.

VI. Foil. 44—51 ; 18th century. A chapter
on prayer, extracted from a work entitled

{#* f*j>

»_>b

1228.

Or. 3910.— Foil. 76; 8| in. by 6|; from 14
to 21 lines ; written by several hands, about

A.H. 1106 (A.D. 1695).

, no, 201.]

I. Foil. 1—27. A tract showing that the

784

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

ancestors and relatives of the Prophet were
true believers, by Hashim B. Muhammad al-
Husaini, with this title : ^ <— 'j^N ^j\ Lr>Ui'

~S»l

Beg.

411

^ ^b JJ1 <drt J1 jjSi

The author quotes largely Hadiths from
the canonical collections and from later
Sunni writers, the latest being probably
Shams al-Din B. Nasir al-Dm al-Dimashki,
who died A.H. 842. A great portion of the
work is devoted to Abu Talib, the Prophet's
paternal uncle, and several poetical pieces
ascribed to him are quoted in extenso.

II. Foil. 30—50. Takmilat al-Ahkam,
J&»-^! *Ju*L5j a moral treatise, being an ap-
pendix to al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar (see no. 397,
fol. 2846), slightly imperfect at the end.

III. Foil. 51—62. Forty Hadiths collected
by Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad B. 'Ali al-Shirwari.

The first four Hadiths and part of the
fifth are lost. The sixth begins : Jls j*p- ^

JlS

J\

The 40th and last begins : t^JJU ^
U. . . . a)J

J\s

The compiler is called, towards the end,
U\ JJLJU His name is found in the
colophon ;

IV. Foil. 63—73. A treatise on Ikhtilaj,
or omens to be derived from involuntary
throbbings in various parts of the body,

Beg. J^»?- j^Jj «_3p» jo'wA5\ yjo- Jli'
^UaU y« SKJ, jjJ^>^)\ J\3^fl-» J jjj JUiji JlS

This copy was written on the 29th of
Sha'ban, A.H. 1106, for Sayyid 'Imad al-
Islam Yahya B. Ibrahim B. 'Ali B. Ibrahim
al-Mahdi al-Jahhafi (see Tib al-Samar, Or.
2428, fol. 170).

V. Foil. 74 — 75. Two elegies on the
death of ladies belonging to the Imam's
family, without author's name ; dated A.H.
1105 and 1106.

1229.

Or. 3912.— Foil. 77 ; 9J in. by 7 ; a volume
of mixed contents, written by various hands.

[GLASEE, nos. 203—6.]

I. Foil. 1—6; dated Rajab, A.H. 1188
(A.D. 1774).

A metrical treatise (Urjuzah) on the trial
of the dead in the tomb, by Jalal al-Dm
'Abd al-Rahman B. Abi Bakr al-Usyuti.

Beg.' ,.Ufl\ J« aJJ^Jlj r^U^ ,> JJ ^

See Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 190, and Ahl-
wardt, Verzeichniss, no. 724.

II. Foil. 7 — 11 ; written by the same hand.

A treatise in the form of a Kasidah on
great and venial sins, by Badr al-Din Mu-
hammad B. Radi al-Din [Muh.] al-Ghazzi

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

al-Sbafi'i (d. A.H. 984 ; see no. 680), with
this title : j\**A\j j>\*&\ Jj

y* *+*? ui.

JaM

A

Beg.

See Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 643, where it is
said that the poem was composed A.H. 940,
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 531.
It is followed by some remarks in prose.

III. Foil. 12—14. A satire in Rajaz
verse upon the ignorant Kadis of the
period, by Sayyid Abu Bakr B. al-Kasim al-
Ahdal (who died A.H. 1035. See Khulasat
al-Athar, vol. i., p. 64), with this title :

y* J*UJ t/J JSJ Js

Beg. l>

**

IV. Foil. 15—23 ; dated Muharram, A.H.
1198 (A.D. 1783).

A treatise upon the duty and proper per-
formance of prayer, entitled L-^jiSM »U», by
al-Mahdi lidin-allah Ahmad B. Yahya, See
no. 1220, ix.

V. Foil. 24 — 37. Extracts from the Azhar
and other Zaidi works, relating to legal
questions.

VI. Foil. 38—40; dated Ramadan, A.H.
1215 (A.D. 1801).

The last four pages of a collection of a
hundred traditions relating to 'Ali. It is

described at the end as

VII. Foil. 41—49 ; 27 lines, 5J in. long ;
written in neat Neskhi ; dated Sunday,
18 Shawwal, A.H. 658 (A.D. 1260).

A glossary to the Coran, in which words
used in various significations are explained
and illustrated by quotations ; by Abu '1-
'Abbas Ahmad B. 'Ali al-Mukri.

Beg.

The words are not alphabetically arranged.
The first is ^-$\ with six meanings, the
second ,ju~ii with four meanings, the third
with four meanings, &c.

Similar works, mostly based, like the
present, on the teaching of Ibn 'Abbas, are
mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 424.
See also Suyuti's Itkan, pp. 327 and 419.

VIII. Foil. 50 — 77 written in cursive
Neskhi in the 19th century. Two fragments
of a chronicle of Yemen, designated as the
second volume of Riyad al-Rayahm fi Akhbar
al-Awwalin wa '1-Akhirin, without author's
name.

Beg.

Js- <jJJl> lx*l

The first fragment begins with Rajab,
A.H. 1276, when Imam al-Hadi al-Husain
B. Muh. al-Hadi brought the rebel Bani
Ruwaishan to submission, and marching in
the month of Sha'ban to Damar, prepared
to spend there the month of Ramadan. It
breaks off in the year A.H. 1281. The
second fragment, foil. 72 — 77, deals with
the years 1287 and 1288.
5n

786

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

1230.

Or. 3916.— Foil. 185 ; 6| in. by 4| ; 18 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 13th century. [GLASER, no. 210.]

I. Foil. 1, 10—38. A collection of forty
Hadiths, transmitted by 'All B. Abi Talib,
compiled and elucidated by Kadi Shams al-
Dm Ja'far B. Ahmad.

Beg. j>*>

U

Kadi Shams al-Dm Ja'far B. Ahmad B.
'Abd al-Salam, one of the greatest authorities
of the Zaidis, lived under Imam Ahmad B.
Sulaiman in the early part of the 6th
century, and visited Irak in order to collect
traditions. He was the master of Sayyid
Hamzah B. Sulaiman, father of Imam al-
Mansur (who was born A.H. 561), of Shaikh
al-Hasan B. Muh. al-Rassas, and of many
other 'Ulama of note. See Tarjuman,
fol. 1406.

The Hadiths included have all one and
the same Isnad given at the beginning,
fol. 106. The first Hadith begins :

On the title-page the work is called

At the end, foil. 386 — 40, is appended a
religious exhortation by the same Kadi Ja'far,

with, the title

II. Foil. 41—44, 2—8. The theological
tract commonly called al-Thalathun al-
Mas'alah, by Ahmad B. al-Hasan al-Rassas

(see no. 207) , with the following title : L.,1

Ji

The beginning differs from that of no.
207. It is as follows: wLo, i^ ad)

III. Foil. 46 — 63. Answers of Imam al-
Mansur-billah 'Abdallah B. Hamzah (d.
A.H. 614) to Amir al-Hasan B. Yahya B.
'Abdallah B. Sulaiman on points of law and

policy, j#d\

*5 ^

«U\

Beg.

.»

*Jb

IV. Foil. 63— 121. Al-Durratal-Yatlmah,
a treatise by the same Imam on legal pre-
scriptions relating to captives and booty

(no. 210, m.): ^-fJl fV~\ J

Prefixed to the treatise, foil. 63 — 65, are
the questions in answer to which it was
written. They are stated in the margin to
have been sent from Damascus,

V. Foil. 122—133. Answers of the same
Imam to some theological questions, the
first of which relates to the Throne :

Beg. «->!»Us U*> ^

According to the titles found on foil. 1

MANUSCRIPTS OP MIXED CONTENTS.

and 63, the questions were put by Fakih
Yahya B. Husain.

VI. Foil. 1336—154. Letters and tracts
of the same Imam, written by another and
later hand, viz. : 1. Letter to Amir Safi al-Dln
Muh. B. Ibrahim B. Muh. 2. Letter to the
Imam's son Muhammad. 3. Letter entitled
(j^<> jb Jto\ J\ u^y HaJ. 4 A collection
of seventy forms of prayer for forgiveness of
sins,

VII. Foil. 157 — 182. Answers to ques-
tions relating chiefly to the treatment due
to unbelievers.

They are probably due to the same Imam.
The beginning of the preamble is wanting.
The first question relates to the Anfal men-
tioned in the Goran, Surah viii., v. 1, JU,

1231.

Or. 3929.— Foil. 188 ;
by several hands.

in. by 6£ ; written
[GiASEU, no. 223.]

I. Foil. 1—10. The first part of an
anonymous commentary upon the Minhaj al-
Tiilibin of al-Nawawi (no. 313), with this
title :

Beg. U$3

It breaks off a few lines after the heading

II. Foil. 13—17. The Burdah of al-
Busiri (no. 1079) ; dated San'a, Shawwal,
A.H. 1151 (A.D. 1738).

III. Foil. 21—35.
names of God,
Takhmis.

787

A Kasidah on the
Lc^L,, with

*U\

b,
dJJ J

The author of the Kasidah is called in the
colophon Sa'id B. 'Abdallah al-Tihami al-
'Atawi al-Harithi. The Takhmis is ascribed
in a marginal note to 'Ali B. al-Muayyad.

IV. Foil. 36—155 ; 19 lines, 8f in. long ;
written in neat Neskhi, apparently in the
15th century.

A gloss upon a text-book of Shafi'i law
(Furu'), imperfect at beginning and end.

It begins abruptly as follows : <j\

Foil. 36—47 belong to the Kitab al-Hajj.

The next book, yjoM t_jU^, begins, fol. 48a,
as follows: &*> (.^\ ^j CJJJ) Jai

The next following books are
fol. 60a; 3^ fol. 67a; SjU^ll fol. 72a ;
v_nSj51 fol. 816, &c. Towards the end the
leaves are out of order, and some are lost.

The commentary deals entirely in verbal
explanations, often illustrated by quotations
from the poets. An author occasionally
quoted is al-Azhari, one of the early com-
mentators of Mukhtasar al-Muzani (see
above, no. 304), and it is probable that
the present gloss relates to the same text-
book.

V. Foil. 156—176; dated 7 Shawwal,
A.H. 1076 (A.D. 1666).

A treatise on the interpretation of dreams,
5 H2

788

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

in 25 Babs, a table of which is given at the
beginning :

gj « x

Muhammad Ibn Sinn is quoted as an
authority in the following heading of Bab 25 :

VI. Foil. 1766—179. Exhortation of al-
Harith al-Ra'ish to his son Du '1-Manar, in

the form of a Kasidah,

Beg. »j

lU A

VII. Foil. 180—183. A Kasidah against

tobacco-smoking, with Takhmls.
dah begins :

The Kasi-

The author is called at the end al-Sayyid
'Imad al-DTn. The rest of the name has
been blotted out.

1232.

Or. 3930.— Foil. 207 ; 6£ in. by 5.

[GLASEE, no. 224.]

I. Foil. 7—97; 15 lines, 3| in. long;
written in neat Neskhi, apparently in the
16th century.

A full commentary upon the forty Hadiths,
compiled by Yahya B. Sharaf al-Nawawi
(d. A.H. 676).

The beginning of the preface is lost, and
the author's name 'does not appear. After a

remark on the lawfulness of an interpretation
of Goran and Hadith in any language, but
especially in Arabic, the noblest and most
elegant of tongues, he proceeds thus :

Further on there is a dedication to a
powerful Amir, Nasir al-Mulk Wafadar :

The entire text, written in red, is included.
The commentary on the first Hadith begins,

fol. 12a, as follows :

J\

From the above it may be seen that the
author was a Sunni. In this, as in some
other copies of the Arba'un, the text com-
prises, not forty, but forty-two Hadiths.
The commentary breaks off in the explana-
nation of the 42nd.

For other commentaries see Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 23.8, vol. iv., p. 33; the Paris
Catalogue, nos. 745 — 9 ; Pertsch, no. 614 ;
Loth, no. 169 ; the Berlin Catalogue, nos.
1476 — 1504 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. vii., p. 168.

II. Foil. 99—207 ; about 20 lines, 3J in.
long ; written in cursive and rude Neskhi ;
dated Muharram, A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1752).

A full and discursive commentary by

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

Hamid B. Hasan Shakir upon the Nasa'ih,
or precepts, of Sayyid 'Amir B. Muh. B.
'Abdallah (see no. 545).

Beg. . . .

The precepts, ten in number, are addressed
to the author's son Muhammad, and relate
principally to religious duties. They are
dated 29 Jumada II., A.H. 1127. The
commentary was written at the request of
Sayyid al-Mutahhar, another son of the
author, and was completed in Muharram,
A.H. 1166. The MS. is the autograph draft
of the commentator.

Foil. 2 — 6 contain miscellaneous extracts,
the first of which is a contention between
two towns of Yemen, Thula and Kaukaban,

^US^j il5 ^j.) j^i-U*, imperfect, and without
author's name.

1233.

Or. 3932.— Foil. 239 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; about
19 lines, 3f in. long; written by several
hands, A.H. 1055—1169 (A.D. 1645—1756).

[GLASEE, no. 226.]

I. Foil. 2— 138. A collection of Khutbahs,
&-y>^ v^i-, ascribed in the endorsement to
Jamal al-Dln 'Ali B. Ahmad al-Akhfash :

* t_>yJ- t-jUi )JA

Beg.

The Khutbahs have headings giving their
ordinal numbers, and, in some instances, an

indication of the subject. The copy breaks
off in the course of the 116th Khutbah.

II. Foil. 139—146. The forty Hadiths
called al-Sailakiyyah (see no. 156), with this

title: ^ bjj,\ iuaixJl e-ojii

Beg. iJola^ JS
J\5» IfrjAl *Xj\i Jft Ju-, «3^ Ju>

. J\ t-AJ^l^J* (J^ ^*» ti»ji^

Dated Jumada I., A.H. 1055.

The 40th and last Hadith begins :

U

The Hadiths have no Isnads, but state only
the name of the earliest authority, as Anas
B. Malik, Ibn 'Abbas, Abu Hurairah, &c.

They consist of pious exhortations, begin-
ning for the most part with t_>-UJ\ \y\, and
relating to the vanity of earthly goods, and
to the duty of preparing for death and for the
next life.

III. Foil. 147—154.
au^jil Jj».uAaJ\. A commentary upon the
metrical treatise of prosody known as al-
Kasidat al-Khazrajiyyah, or al-Ramizah, by
Diya al-Din Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B. Muh.
al-Khazraji, who died about A.H. 640.

Beg. w

The commentary is ascribed
vol. iv., p. 203, to Kadi Abu Yahya Zaka-
riyya B. Muh. al-Ansari, who died A.H. 926.
See also Pertsch, nos. 364 — 5, and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. iv., p. 195. The present
copy is imperfect at the end.

790

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

IV. Foil. 155—162. The first portion of
the abridgment of al-Anhar (see no. 388), by
'Abd al-Kahman B. 'Abd al-Salam, with this

title ; \>

r

Blank spaces left for the insertion of the
text have not been filled. The copy ends
abruptly.

V. Foil. 163—173. A tract showing that
the study of Hadith does not belong to any
sect in particular, but is common to all
Muslims ; by Sayyid Diya al-Islain Ishak B.
YQsuf B. al-Mutawakkil 'ala'llah Isma'il B.

al-Imam al-Kasim, with this title : o\^> \±&

The author's father, Yusuf, the eighth son
of al-Mutawakkil Isma'il, was born A.H.
1068. See Bughyat al-Murld, fol. 156.
The copy is dated 25 Sha'ban, A.H. 1169.

VI. Foil. 175 — 203. A commentary by
Shihab al-Dm Ahmad [B. Muh.] Ibn Hajar
al-Haithami al-Makki (d. A.H. 973) upon
the Hamziyyah, entitled Umm al-Kura (no.
1082, i.), by al-Busiri, with this title : u-Ali'

Beg.

See Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 557; Ahl-
wardt, Verzeichniss, no. 545 ; Pertsch, no.
2295 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 333 ;
and Bibliotheca Burckhardt., p. 27, no. 13.
This copy is imperfect at the end. The
commentary has been printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1292.

VII. Foil. 204—219. A polemical tract
by Sayyid Muhammad B. Isma'il al-Amir,

with this title: i_^0^\ Jyii5

Imam al-Mansiir billah (al-Husain B. al-
Kasim, A.H. 1139 — 61) having received
two hostile pamphlets, tore one of them to
pieces, and entrusted to the author the task
of replying to the other, although, the latter
adds, it quite deserved to share the fate of
the first. The answer was finished on the
14th of Sha'ban, A.H. 1153.

Beg.

The author is mentioned in Tib al-Samar,
Or. 2428, fol. 153, as a friend of the writer.
His full name is Sayyid Muh. B. Isma'il B.
Salah al-Amir al-Hamzi al-Kuhlani. See
no. 393.

VIII. Foil. 220-1. The last three pages
of a treatise on spells against sickness,
transcribed by al-Husain B. Nasir B. 'Abd
al-Hafiz al-Muhalla (see no. 429), 25 Eabi' I.,
A.H. 1083.

IX. Foil. 2216— 232. A Kasidah showing
the transitory nature of this life, as exhibited
by the fate of prophets and kings of old ;
by Shaikh Muhammad B. Zain:

w?

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

_ji*j* ,Jifr &oi)\ (j

791

Beg. J>£ jj/JI JiUJ)

\J

It consists, as stated in the concluding
lines, of 515 Baits. At the end the author
mentions his Shaikh, Uthman, Imam of the
Jiimi' al-Azhar. Transcribed by the same
copyist as art. vm.

Another copy is mentioned by Ahlwardt,
Verzeichniss, no. 916, where the author is
called al-Nihriri.

X. Foil. 2326—239. Al-Burdah, the well-
known poem of al-Busiri, enlarged by the
insertion of two additional hemistichs in
each Bait,

Beg.

In the colophon the enlarged poem is
called tyf^^ sJli-aU i_^j£M, Transcribed
by the same copyist.

1234.

Or. 3935.— Foil. 58; 8 in. by 5|; about
16 lines, 3| in. long ; written in cursive
Neskhi; dated 4 Jumada II., A.H. 1172
(A.D. 1759). [GLASEE, no. 229.]

I. Foil. 1 — 31. A compendium of Furu'
according to the Shafi'i school, by Shihab
al-Dm Abu Shuja' Ahmad B. al-Husain B.
Ahmad al-Isbahani (see no. 307), with this

title : i

Beg.

II. Foil. 32 — 36. A metrical treatise on
the correct pronunciation of the Goran,
ib^jii i*,^, by Muh. B. Muh. al-Jazari
(see no. 93).

III. Foil. 36—38. A metrical tract,
Urjuzah, on the obligatory pauses in the
Coran, without author's name, ,j

Beg. UjL._icJ\ LLiJ

Uj-.fr oi

IV. Foil. 386 — 42. A fragment consisting
of the Mukaddimah and Khatimah of the
Zubad, or more properly Safwat al-Zubad, a
versified manual of Shafi'i law. See no. 318.

V. Foil. 426 — 49. A versified treatise on
the law of inheritance, according to the
Shafi'i school, without author's name.

Beg.

Uo

J*i-3

The subject of the work is thus stated :
UJ iXH

^j *

This is the Ghunyat al-Bahith, or Bughyat
al-Bahith, more commonly called al-Rah-
biyyah, by Muwaffik al-Dm Abu 'Abdallah
Muh. B. 'Ali B. al-Husain al-Rahbi, called
Ibn al-Mutkinah, or Ibn al-Mutafannmah,
ascribed by others to Salah al-Dm Yusuf B.
'Abd al-Latif al-Hamawi. According to
Yakut, vol. ii., p. 766, the former writer, al-
Rahbi, so called from his native place, Rahbat
Malik B. Tauk, a town on the Euphrates,
died in that town, A.H. 577. See Haj.

792

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Khal., vol. iv., p. 336 ; Ahlwardt, Verzeich-
niss, no. 921 ; Pertsch, no. 1111 ; the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. iii., p. 302, vol. vii.,
pp. 67, 80 ; and Glaser'sche Sammlung,
no. 47. In the commentary of al-Salami,
the author is called Muwaffik al-Dln Abu
'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Abdallah B. Muh. al-
Rahbi. See below, Or. 4377, n.

VI. Foil. 496 — 51. Prayers extracted from
45-a-^.N <— ;bX by Shaikh Ahmad B. 'Alawan.
See no. 232.

VII. Foil. 51b — 58. A prayer in verse,

entitled ,.L,i^ jj>, by Shaikh Abu Madyan.

Beg.

The author is apparently the famous
Maghribi saint, Abu Madyan Shu'aib B.
al-Hasan, who died A.H. 589 or 590. See
Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 283 ; al-Munawi, fol.
2036, and Ahlwardt, no. 366.

The prayer is mentioned, without author's
name, by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 42, and by
Ahlwardt, no. 946. In the Khedive's Library,
vol. vii., p. 174, it is ascribed to al-Zahid
Muhriz B. Khalaf.

1235.

Or. 3941.— Foil. 89; 8£ in. by 6 ; 21 and
25 lines, 4 in. long; written in Neskhi, with
red -ruled margins ; dated (fol. 14) Rajab,
A.H. 1147 (A.D. 1734).

[GLASER, no. 235.]

I, FolL 1 — 4. A treatise on the abro-
gating and abrogated verses in the Goran,
by Imam al-Muzaffar B. al-Husain B. Zaid
B. *Ali B. Hadimah al-Farisi, U

JU

The author appears to have been a Sunni ;
he adduces the authority of Abu Hanlfah
and of al-Shafi'i. After discussing the
meaning of abrogation and the conditions
under which it takes place, he enumerates
the Surahs in which abrogating verses occur,
after which he proceeds to the exposition of
individual instances, in the order of the
Surahs.

He received a tradition orally, if this late
copy is to be trusted (fol. 2a), from Sa'Id B.
Ahmad B. Muh. al-Naisaburi, i.e., al-'Ayyar,
a traditionist who died A.H. 457. See
Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 50, fol. 63.

II. Foil. 15 — 89. A treatise on the Imalah
(pronouncing e or i for a) in the recitation
of the Goran, according to the seven Goran-
readers ; by Abu '1-Tayyib 'Abd al-Mun'im
B. 'Abdallah B. Ghalbun, with this title:

*1J1 t-jll^ b U

Beg.

>\ J\S

Ibn Ghalbun, a celebrated Goran-reader,

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793

was born in Halab, A.H. 309, took up his
abode in Egypt, and died there A.H. 389.
See al-Dahabi, who calls him 'Abd al-Mun'im
B. 'Ubaid-allah, Ta'rikh al-Islam, Or. 48,
fol. 213, and al-'Ibar, Add. 23,280, fol. 152.
Two of his works on the various readings
of the Goran, ^/j^ll ^\^J\ and o^S5l ,j Jj^i1,
are mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 252,
and vol. vi., p. 63. See also Husn al-Muha-
darah, vol. i., p. 280, and the Berlin Cata-
logue, no. 577, p. 220.

After an introduction on the general prac-
tice of the seven readers with regard to
Tafkhlm, Imalah, and the intermediate
utterance, the work falls into two distinct
parts. In the first, beginning fol. 20a, the
words liable to Imalah are taken in the order
of the grammatical forms to which they
belong. In the second, beginning fol. 54a,
they are enumerated in detail according to
the order of the Surahs.

1236.

Or. 3946.— Foil. 212; 7f in. by 5£; from
15 to 19 lines, 3£ in. long ; written in fair,
but imperfectly pointed Neskhi, about A.H.
1064 (A.D. 1654). [GLASEE, no. 240.]

I. Foil. 2—124. The Kasidah Himyar-
iyyah of Nashwan B. Sa'id, with its historical
commentary (see no. 584). The following
title, in the hand of the copyist, is prefixed :

The genealogy is traced up to

Beg.

The first eleven Baits of the Kasidah,
written consecutively in red ink, are followed

by the commentary, which begins:

y) JU,

These last words are the first in no.
585, i., with which the present copy closely
agrees. '

It is dated Ramadan, A.H. 1064 (A.D.
1654).

II. Foil. 125—165.

Commentary of Bahrak al-Hadrami upon
the Lamiyyat al-'Ajam of al-Tughra'i. See
no. 1056. '

The last two folios are by a modern hand.

III. Foil. 167—170. The text of the
Kasidah Himyariyyah (art. I.).

IV. Foil. 171—174. A Kasidah described
in the heading as the Wasiyyah of al-Hadi
ila '1-Hakk Yahya B. al-Husain (d. A.H. 298),

J\

Beg.

A marginal note, however, and the colo-
phon state that the real author is al-Hamdani,

3\j^J Osi* I^jN sit (see no. 580).

V. Foil. 174. A prayer in verse, ascribed
to al-Nawawi, with Tasdis, beginning :

5i

794

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VI. Foil. 175—179. A Kasidah in praise
of Abu Bakr, with Takhmis, beginning :

J *V tSj

VII. Foil. 1796—185. A Kasidah by Ibn
Himyar, with Takhmis, beginning :

VIII. Foil. 186—189. The Muthallath of
Kutrub, versified by Ibn Zuraik,

Beg.

This is the work published by E. Vilmar,
Marburg, 1857. Ibn Zuraik is mentioned
again as the versifier in the epilogue :

His full name is Muh. B. 'Ali B. Ibrahim
(see Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 76). He
is probably the author of the rhyming gloss
written in small oblique lines between the
verses. The same gloss is noticed also by
Ahlwardt, no. 151, who reads the author's
name jjj^ ^\. For other copies see Pertsch,
nos. 408 — 413, and the Khedive's Library,
vol. iv., p. 183.

IX. Foil. 189-190. A poem of Abu '1-
Wafa, with Takhmis, beginning :

X. Foil. 190—195. The well-known poem
called al-Munfarijah, U~J\ t
&»..Juy, with Takhmis, beginning :

See Ahlwardt, no. 385, and Pertsch,
no. 1539, i.

.

XI. Foil. 196-7. Story of the cat and the

mice,

Ibn Arhab.

Beg. *y.

j>-

i*a3, ascribed to

Followed by a fragment of a doxology in
rhyming prose and verse, foil. 198-9.

XII. Foil. 200—205. Story of the Kadi
and the thief,

\j>-

XIII. Foil. 2056—207. Kasidah of Shaikh
Shu'aib Abu Madyan (see no. 1234, vn.),
with a Takhmis by Shaikh Muhyi al-Dln
Muh. B. 'Ali al-'Arabi (d. A.H. 638) :

Beg. of the Kasidah :

The Kasidah is imperfect at the end.
Foil 208 — 210 contain miscellaneous verses.

1237.

Or. 3957.— Foil. 249 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 21 and
25 lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair but
imperfectly pointed Neskhi ; dated from
Thursday, 4 Eajab, A.H. 1061, to Sunday,
18 Eajab, A.H. 1071 (A.D. 1651—61).

[G LASER, no. 251.]

I. Foil. 2—131. c^>U fjlP

A treatise on the science of Hadith, by
'Uthman B. 'Abd al- Rahman al-Shahruzuri,
called Ibn al-Salah, who died A.H. 643.

It wants the first page. See the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 3966, 7216; Haj. Khal.,

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vol. iv., p. 249 ; and the Berlin Catalogue,
no. 1037.

II. Foil. 132—218. A refutation, by Fakih
Badr al-Din Muhammad B. Yusuf B. Hibat
al-Fadli al-Kadami, of a pamphlet against
the Zaidis ascribed to Fakih Ahmad B. Zaid,

Beg. 4JU*

The author speaks with great regard of
the learned Fakih, to whom he hopes the
pamphlet ^>11>J' was falsely ascribed, and
says that the latter was addressed to an
eminent Zaidi doctor, Fakih Jamal al-Din
Muhammad B. Hasan al-Sudi.

The work is divided into three Fasls. The
first, fol. 1375, is a close refutation of the
pamphlet, the main passages of which are
quoted in full. The second, fol. 210a, treats
of the disputed questions between the sects
called Ju)j*N and bj£. The third, fol. 215a,
is in proof of the pre-eminence of the de-
scendants of the Prophet.

It is stated at the end that the work was
completed on Saturday, 22 Kajab, A.H. 772.
The author of the impugned tract, Abu '1-
'Abbas Ahmad B. Zaid al-Shawari, was a
great Shafi'i legist and an opponent of the
Zaidis. He was put to death by Imam
Salah al-Din Muh. B. 'All on the llth of
Rajab, A.H. 793. See Tiraz A'yan al-Yaman,
fol. 1676.

III. Poll. 219—249. A commentary, by
Nur al-Islam Muh. B. 'Abdallah al-'Ashim
upon the theological text-book known as

or

795
(see no. 207), with

this title:

Beg. (a^J\ «15\ JlSj

The' precise date of the author is not
known. He quotes, fol. 235a, al-Mahdi
Ahmad B. Yahya, who died A.H. 840, and
it appears from the above title that he died
before the date of the present copy.

The commentary includes the whole text
written in red.

1238.

Or. 3991.— Foil. 322 ; 8J in. by 6; 19 lines,
3J in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
Rada', Ramadan, A.H. 1090 (A.D. 1679).

[GLASER, no. 285.]

I. Foil. 6—225. Nahj al-Balaghat, or
speeches, letters, and sentences of 'All, com-
piled by Sharif al-Radi Abu '1-Hasan Muh.
B. al-Husain B. Musa, who died A.H. 406 ;

with this title :

W

Beg.

See above, no. 527, the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 5116, and the Persian Catalogue, p. 18.
The text has been lithographed in Cairo,
without date.

5 i2

796

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fol. 86 ; ^
fol. 1926.

Contents :

fol. 146a ;

At the end, fol. 2236, is an appendix not
found in the Cairo edition, with the heading :

It concludes with the legends of 'Ali's
seal.

Appended is a Khutbah without Alif,
ascribed to 'Ali, extracted from JAai »_jlii
jb.1, foil. 226—8.

II. Foil. 230—298. A polemical treatise
by Imam Tarjuman al-Dm al-Kasitn B.
Ibrahim B. Isma'Il (al-Rassi, who died
A.H. 246), in refutation of the attacks of
the Khawarij upon 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, with
this title: U- jjiU J-KM U& ^ Jj$\

urf

Beg.

The work begins with a short letter, re-
questing the Imam to answer the enclosed
pamphlet of the Khawarij against the Shl'ah.
The pamphlet which follows begins :

Jiff. U

The Imam's answer begins after the
Basmalah, fol. 234, as follows: A\ iii-/\

&

The work is divided into four parts, >}»-,
the last three of which begin respectively
foil. 2526, 2756, and 2826.

III. Foil. 299—315. A dispute between
Abu '1-Hudail and Majnun al-Dair on the
claims of 'Ali to the 'Imamat :

Beg. (j

f J\ (

The dispute is said to have taken place in
al-Rakkah in the time of al-Ma'mun. The
disputants are evidently fictitious persons.
Majnun, the advocate of 'Ali's claims, who
of course ends by convincing his opponent,
is described as a man of superior intellect,
who, owing to the wiles of a treacherous
wife, had been confined in a madhouse.

Foil. 1—5 and 316—322 contain miscel-
laneous notes and extracts.

1239.

Or. 4018.— Foil. 22 ; 8 in. by 6£ ; consisting
of two fragments written by several hands,
apparently in the 12th century.

[GLASER, nos. 319, 320.]

I. Foil. 1 — 9 ; about 25 lines, 5 in. long ;
written in a small and stiff Neskhi.

Answers of Sharif Abu '1-Fath al-Nasir B.
al-Husain al-Nasir to various questions re-
lating to points of law and theology.

Jl-»

.j^\ JA—

&\ b\

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797

The author, one of the Zaidi Imams, is
generally called Abu '1-Fath al-Dailami. His
full name is al-Nasir-lidin-allah Abu '1-Fath
Nasir B. al-Husain B. Muhammad B. 'Isa, &c.
After rising in the Dailam country, he
proceeded, A.H. 430, to Yemen, and estab-
lished his rule in Sa'dah. After many years'
war with Amir al-Sulaihi, he was slain by
him shortly after A.H. 440. He left a
Tafsir in four volumes, and other works.
See Hada'ik, fol. 1096 ; Anwar al-Yakin,
fol. 1826 ; and Tarjuman, fol. 137a.

There are three series of questions, put to
the Imam respectively by the following men :
Sharif al-Kasim B. 'Abbas, fol. la; Sharif
Zaid B. 'Ali B. al-Husain, fol. 16; and
'Ubaid B. Yazid al-Hamdani, fol. 3a.

The fragment breaks off, fol. 86, in the
middle of a question relating to the fate of
the wives of the faithful, and of the wives of
unbelievers after death.

The next leaf, written by the same hand,
is a fragment of a letter discussing the sense
of .u^* !«', and exhorting to union and
concord between all the followers of the
Prophet.

H. Foil. 10—22; about 20 lines in a
page, written apparently in the llth century.

A fragment of the Diwan of Jarlr (see
no. 1032), with a commentary.

The verses are written in large vocalized
Neskhi. The commentary is written between
the lines in a smaller character. A great
part of the fragment is taken up by the
satirical poems exchanged between Jarir
and his contemporary Ghassan.

The first piece of the latter consists of
three Baits, and begins:

The answer of Jarir begins :

jL,\

J* U

The end of the second hemistich is lost,
the leaf being torn at the edge.

The next piece is also by Ghassan, and
begins :

A

The last complete piece in the fragment
begins :

U\i CJLi-

In the commentary, two early interpreters,
designated by the names of Ahmad and Abu
Ja'far, are frequently quoted. The latter
Kunyah is probably meant for Abu Ja'far
Muhammad B. Habib, who had read the
Diwan with Muh. B. Ziyad al-A'rabi and
with 'Umarah B. 'Akil. See Notices Som-
maires, p. 208.

1240.

Or. 4005.— Foil. 119; 8± in. by 6 ; a mis-
cellaneous volume.

[GLASEE, nos. 300—2.]

I. Foil. 1—36 ; 21 lines, 3J in. long ;
written in fair, almost unpointed, Neskhi ;
dated Monday, 25 Dulhijjah, A.H. 914
(A.D. 1509). '

A commentary upon Miftah al-Fa'id (no.
439, in.), imperfect at the beginning, and
without author's name.

It begins in the middle of comments upon
i-,f' <r-'^, the fifth Bab of the treatise. The
next section begins : (_->l*N U»

798

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'

^**

It is the commentary of Kasim B. Mull.
al-Hijji, and the contents correspond with
foil. 11 — 30 of the complete copy, no. 443, i.

II. Foil. 37—43; 20 lines, 3£ in. long;
written in fair Neskhi ; dated Monday,
24 RabI' I., A.H, 882 (A.D. 1477).

A tract on the proper performance of the
legal prayer, imperfect at the beginning.

It is divided into three Fasls, the second
of which begins : t— •*-» j, j& ij

A marginal note at the beginning states
that it is the work entitled <j <^>J£\\ »U>-
<~>yjt\ p&s- folic. '&J*A, by Imam al-Mahdi
Ahmad B. Yahya. The statement is correct.
See above, no. 1220, ix.

III. Foil. 44—100; 23 lines, 4 in. long;
apparently of the 16th century. A copious
collection of Hadiths (without Isnads), bear-
ing mostly upon religious and moral duties
and rules of life, imperfect at the beginning.

It is divided into short sections called
Babs. The first three have the following
headings :

All Babs have similar headings. To the
Hadiths are sometimes added sayings of
later date, among which there is one, fol.
65a, ascribed to Imam Yahya B. Hamzah,
who died A.H. 749.

IV. Foil. 102—116; 21 lines, 3| in. long;
written in Neskhi, with all the vowels, ap-
parently in the 16th century.

Fragment of a collection of prayers to be
recited on various occasions.

It is divided into Babs, the 5th, 6th, 7th,
8th and 9th of which are extant. The 5th

has this heading : J^b jJuO l»*i

V. Foil. 116—119; 17 lines, 4 in. long;
written in fair Neskhi, apparently in the
14th century.

Fragment of an alphabetically arranged
glossary of Sufi terms. The first article is :

*J>

1241.

a volume

Or. 4014.— Foil. 79 ; 8^ in. by
of miscellaneous fragments.

[GLASEE, nos. 312, 317, 318.]

I. Foil. 1—63; 25 lines, 3£ in. long;
written in small and close Neskhi; dated
A.H. 975 (A.D. 1567).

A commentary upon a treatise on the law
of inheritance, imperfect at the beginning.

The first words of the text, which is
written in red, belong to the latter part of
the doxology. It is followed by these words :

The commentary on the above begins

The text is divided into Fusul. Its title
is apparently wUilN, and the commentator
quotes, fol. lb, a commentary upon it, written

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799

by the author himself,

ip.lw . In several passages the commentator
refers to a more extensive commentary
previously composed by himself, which he

designates as

II. Foil. 64—70; about 27 lines, 4 in.
long; written in cursive Neskhi; dated
Dulhijjah, A.H. 895 (A.D. 1490).

A treatise on the manumission of slaves
as compensation for some bodily injury, by
Imam 'Izz al-Dm B. al-Hasan, who died
A.H. 900.

The author's name is more fully given at
the end : -ii

JIU

III. Foil. 71—79; 11 lines, 3^ in. long;
written in fine bold Neskhi, with all tbe
vowels, apparently in the 15th century.

Fragment of an Arabic vocabulary, ar-
ranged according to subjects.

The first paragraph begins :

a ,

The next chapter begins : O jtj>\ ^J
\*t*.\jj>}\

The last section is :

1242.

Or. 4026.— Foil. 190 ; 8 in. by 6 ; written
by various hands, with dates ranging from
A.H. 1001 to 1024 (A.D. 1593—1615).

[GLASEK, no. 328.]

I. Foil. 2 — 15. A commentary, by Sayyid
Salah B. Muhammad al-Midwahi, upon the
Mukaddimah of al-Azhar (see no. 365), with
this title: j

«

Sayyid Salah al-Midwahi is mentioned in
Bughyat al-Murid as one of the Shaikhs
under whom Kadi Ibrahim al-Suhuli, who
was born A.H. 987, studied law in San'a.
See Or. 3719, foil. 816.

II. Foil. 16 — 64. A commentary, by Salah
al-Din Salih B. Ibrahim al-Nujaim, upon
Miftah al-Fa'id, the well-known treatise on
the law of inheritance, with this title : i_rASi'

. . .

See, for another copy, no. 444.

III. Foil. 66—70. A guide to religious
life, by Shaikh Abu 'Abdallah al-Harith B.

Asad al-Muhasibi,

Beg.

iJ\ J\i

413

Pious life requires, according to the author,
a four-fold knowledge, namely, that of God,
of his enemy Iblis, of one's own soul, and of
godly works.

IV. Foil. 71—74. Forty Hadiths, which
Salman al-Farisi is stated to have received
from the Prophet's lips.

800

Beg. JU» J'J> &ifr

The first Hadith begins :

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^

V. Foil. 75—90. Al-Takmilah lil-Ahkam,
the moral appendix to al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar.
See no. 397, fol. 284.

VI. Foil. 91—105.
*j£L~Jl. A commentary upon the collection
of forty Hadiths known as al-Sailakiyyah
(nos. 156 and 1233, n.).

Beg.

*U

The author, whose name does not appear,
says that he based his work on the £«£U iiu.^
of al-Mansur-billah 'Abdallah B. Hamzah
(no. 156), to which he added about a hundred
Hadiths from other sources.

VII. Foil. 106—113. The theological
treatise known as al-Thalathun al-Mas'alah
(no. 207).

VIII. Foil. 114 — 121. Answers to various
questions relating mostly to law.

Beg. x&> ~u~£?~* &*r

The first question is : \*\

"&s> \±~>o *\jo\ ; and the answer is by
Najm al-Dm Yusuf B. Ahmad B. 'Uthman
(see no. 356).

The above six articles, in. to vnr., are
written by one hand, and dated A.H. 1001-2
(A.D. 1593-4).

IX. Foil. 126 — 136. A treatise on the

law of inheritance, by Jamfil al-Dm al-Fadl
B. Abi'1-Sa'd al-'Usaifiri (no. 439, in.),

•*J^\ i_JL)£ (j*i*yiM As- (j

This copy is dated Friday, 19 Jumada II.,
A.H. 1021 (A.D. 1612).

X. Foil. 137—186. A commentary, by
Kasim B. Mnh. B. Kasim B. Ibrahim B.
Muh. B. Ahmad B. Isma'il, upon the pre-
ceding treatise (no. 443): >_J&KM -.

,_

This copy is dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1024
(A.D. 1615).

XI. Foil. 189—190. Another copy of the
first five pages of art. i.

1243.

Or. 4043.— Foil. 86 ; 7 in. by 5J- ; fragments
by various hands. [GLASER, no. 344B.]

I. Poll. 1—26; 18 lines, 3J in. long;
written in fair Neskhi; dated Thursday,
8 Safar, A.H. 685 (A.D. 1286).

A treatise on the doctrine of the ancient
teachers with regard to the attributes of
God, by Hujjat al-Islam Zain al-Dln Mu-
hammad B. Muh. aJ-Ghazzali al-lusi (d.
A.H. 505).

Beg. y

Jjo U\ *)J1

jl,U5\

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801

Further on, the subjects of the two Babs
of which the work consists are stated as

follows : XHJL*. ^Uj ,J t_jb
^Vj

Bab I., beginning fol. 11, contains seven
sections called &A&>3 " observances." Hence
the title t_JbUs»^ (-_->^ , by which the work
is designated on the first page. Bab II.
begins fol. 156.

The work is not mentioned by Haj. Khal.,
or by Gosche, in Ghazzali's Leben und
Werke. A similar work of that author on
the same subject, i_JLJ\ Ja>\ ^feU* ,j 2L*,,
is described by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 2301.

Copyist : ^\ ^ «D\

The next pages, foil. 265 — 28, written by
the same hand, contain a fragment on the
same subject by Abu '1-Kasim Munkid B.
'Ali al-Zanjani, who sets forth the doctrine
of Ibn Suraij (Ahmad B. 'Umar, d. A.H.
306 ; see no. 1203, n.).

II. Foil. 29—59; from 23 to 25 lines,
4J in. long ; written in small, close, and
unpointed Neskhi, apparently in the 14th
century.

Fragment of a collection of Fatwas, or
legal opinions, on questions relating chiefly
to the laws of sale, marriage, and divorce.

The author quotes the standard works on
Shafi'i Furu', such as the Tanblh and the
Muhaddab of Abu Ishak Ibrahim B. 'Ali al-
Shlrazi (d. A.H. 476), the Eaudah of al-
Nawawi (d. A.H. 676), and the Mu'In of
Diya al-Din 'Ali B. Ahmad al-Yamani
(d. A.H. 700).

The compiler appears to have lived in
Yemen in the 8th century of the Hijrah.
He gives many Fatwahs of a Fakih of that
country, Sayyid Ahmad B. Musa B. 'Ajil,
and says of one of them (fol. 48a) that it
was written in answer to his (the author's)
father.

Ibn 'Ajil died, according to al-Isnawi,
fol. 116, A.H. 684. Another legist of Yemen
frequently quoted is Abu Bakr B. Ahmad
Ibn Da'sain,

III. Foil. 60—86 ; 18 lines, 31 in. long ;
written in fair Neskhi, apparently in the
15th century.

Fragment of a manual of arithmetic for
the use of Katibs or accountants, without
title or author's name.

The first chapter begins : »JJ»

J> til)

After a few chapters relating to the
multiplication of fractions, there occurs this

passage (fol. 69a) : (-j\I$lM ijL>W^) i

A«J

'

The concluding chapters treat of roots
and squares. The last extant is headed :

1244.

Or. 4218.— Foil. 270 ; 6 in. by 3f ; 17 lines,
2 in. long ; written in neat and minute
Nestalik, apparently in the 16th century.

[LANE.]

I. Foil. 4—113. The Book of Definitions,

5K

802

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

^lJk^, by Sayyid 'Ali B. Muh. al-
Jurjani (no. 870), with copious marginal
notes.

II. Foil. 117—120. A tract on the mean-
ing and use of the verb M, by Ibn Kamal
Pasha (Ahmad B. Sulaiman, d. A.H. 940) :

U,b

Beg.

See De Jong, Biblioth. Acad., no. 157, 9.

III. Foil. 1206—169. Extracts from the
miscellany of Muhammad Chelebi, j3y'

U\ . . .

Beg.

The extracts, which relate mostly to
grammatical questions, are taken from many
works, most of which are named at the end
of each extract. Some of these works are
those of Turkish 'Ulama of the tenth cen-
tury, such as Ya'kub B. Sayyid 'Ali (d.
A.H. 931), Ibn Kamal Pasha (d. A.H. 940),
and Muhammad al-Birgili (d. A.H. 981).
The compiler of the Majmu'ah is probably
Muhammad Chelebi, son of the Mufti Abu '1-
Su'ud, who was successively professor at
Constantinople, Kadi of Damascus and of
Halab, and who died in the latter city,
A.H. 971. See Dail al-Shaka'ik, Add. 18,519,
fol. 27.

Dissertations by Ibn Kamal Pasha, mostly
on questions of grammar and rhetoric, occupy
the rest of the volume, as follows :

IV. Fol. 170a. On the names of God,
showing that their legitimate use depends on

certain conditions,

Beg.

>\*»\ u\

UU.>

jjujjj \ji)

See De Jong, no. 157, 23, and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. vii., p. 438, no. 26.

V. Fol. 1746. On Nisbahs derived from
plural nouns.

Beg. £»U ^ J.c-\ ^»

VI. Fol. 1756. On the figure of speech
called al-Mushakalah,

Beg.

See Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 442, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 441.

VII. Fol. 1785. On the various kinds of
the secondary or figurative meanings of

words, j^' *x— £>
Beg. ^ li

See Haj. Khal., iii., p. 360, jl*

VIII. Fol. 184a. On changes in the
original meanings of words, HL

t-^Ol -^ Oi

Beg. ^ji oU«>y i_.y5\ ^UJ J

See De Jong, no. 157, 19, and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. vii., p. 441, no. 48.

IX. Fol. 1906. On various modes of
allocution,

Beg.

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

803

See De Jong, no. 157, so, and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. vii., p. 440, no. 44.

X. Fol. 2036. On the preposition ^ in
its partitive sense,

Beg. Lu:u«J.JkJl jj

See Haj. Khal., iii., p. 446 ; De Jong,
no. 157,24; the Vienna Catalogue, no. 1791, 7;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 442,
no. 57.

XI. Fol. 208es. On the use of personal
pronouns, yl^b £&•£* 2L*,

Beg. ,> <_QSjj J\jJ\ Jy ^JJl 41

See De Jong, no. 157, 22; the Leyden
Catalogue, 2nd ed., no. 241 ; and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. vii., p. 441, no. 51.

XII. Fol. 2176. On the common subject
of philologers and rhetoricians, Hl*Io

Beg.

See De Jong, ib., no. 157, 21, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 160, no. 10,
p. 441, no. 49.

XIII. Fol. 2225. On prophylactic means
against pestilence, oliT *jj ,j

Beg. **> U . . .

See Haj. Khal., iii., p. 339 ; the Leyden
Catalogue, no. 2036 ; and the Vienna Cata-
logue, no. 1919, 19.

XIV. Fol. 2276. On the pre-eminence of
the Persian language,

b

Beg. . . . i

XV. Fol. 232a. On the science of divine
truths.

UL) >.a

See the Vienna Catalogue, no. 1919, 2.

XVI. Fol. 235a. On the words and

jJ as

Beg.

as denoting existence and non-existence.

See Haj. Khal., iii., p. 372 ; the Vienna
Catalogue, nos. 1791, 11, and 1919, IT ; De
Jong, no. 157, 3 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. vii., p. 437, no. 14.

XVII. Fol. 239a. On the rational order
and disposition of discourse, oi»* ^S

Beg. Jai

Lrojj\

See De Jong, no. 157, n, and the Khe-
dive's Library, vol. vii., p. 441, no. 54.

XVIII. Fol. 2436. On the true sense of
the words Lusli- and ut in rhetoric.

Beg.

J-»*

5K2

804

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

iJ «Jli

See De Jong, no. 157, as, and the Khedive's
Library, ib., no. 53.

XIX. Pol. 2486. On the figure of speech
called Uslub al-Hakim.

Beg.

See Haj. Khal., iii., p. 366 ; Vienna, no.
1919, is; De Jong, no. 157, 10; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 152.

XX. Fol. 253a. On the form of loan words
in Arabic.

Beg.

See Haj. Khal., iii., p. 378; Vienna,
no. 1919, i ; Leyden, 2nd ed., no. 239 ; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. vii., p. 442,
no. 58.

1245.

Or. 4274.— Foil. 88; 8J in. by 6 ; 17 lines,
4 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 18th century. [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—22. A Sufi tract on the im-
portance of a frequent repetition of the
words *iM 5l\ A\ •$, and upon its influence on
spiritual life; without author's name.

The first page, supplied by a later hand,
begins : j£i ^> U\ . . . . ^U)\ (_-> *1)

b

J\

The first of the short sections J..o3 into
which the work is divided, begins : C

J1

II. Poll. 23—32. A Sufi treatise by Abu
Ishak al-Tunusi on the true essence of faith
and of Islam,

Beg. $

-!

jj»

III. Foil. 326—77.
An account of the sanctuary of Mecca, by
Mustafa B. Sinan al-Tusi.

Beg. . . . tt«1

JJ» . . .

The author lectured upon the above subject
in the Haram itself, after he had been deposed
from the Kadiship of Damascus and trans-
ferred to Mecca, as professor in the Medreseh
of Sultan Sulaiman.

Mustafa B. Sinan was subsequently ap-
pointed Kadi '1-Askar of Rumili, and died in
Constantinople, A.H. 1032. See Khulasat
al-Athar, vol. iv., p. 375.

IV. Foil. 79—88. Fragment of a treatise
on the secret virtue of some Coranic verses,
including cabalistic squares.

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

BOS

1246.

Or. 4280.— Foil. 117; 6J in. by 5; 11 lines,
2f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated
A.H. 1156—1158 (A.D. 1743—45).

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—55.

i— «*fii. A treatise on the peculiarities and
distinctive attributes of Muhammad, by al-
Suyuti (see no. 992, in.).

Beg.

-Jt JS

ftj^tf u

II. Foil. 556—71. A versified treatise
(Sj^s-j\) by the same author upon the trials
of the dead in the grave (no. 1229, i.),

Jofr

III. Foil. 72—79.

^UjJl ^i-T i/J^l A tract on the signs of the
Mahdi, who is to come at the end of time,
by the same author.

Beg.

IV. Foil. 80—84. Last precepts of Mu-
hammad to his daughter Fatimah,

Beg.

V. Foil. 85—94. An account of the birth
of Muhammad, ascribed in the heading to al-
Maridini: (J^.^l^ j>$£ jo. dj< J j^,5\ liil!\

sj£- rfJJ\ lap

Beg. £_^ J

It begins with a long panegyric on the
Prophet, in which are artificially introduced
the titles of the standard books of sacred
lore. A work of the same name is attributed
by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 327, to Shams al-
Din Muh. B. Nasir al-Dm al-Dimashki, who
died A.H. 842. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 771 ad p. 177.

VI. Fol. 946—98. A prayer which Mu-
hammad taught his disciples, and which is
said to ensure forgiveness of sins ; with an
introduction.

Beg.

The prayer itself begins :

All the above articles are written by one
scribe, Kasim, called Eami, B. Murad.

VII. Foil. 99— 117. Sl

A tract showing that Khidr is alive ;
by Muhammad B. 'Aun al-Din al-Mausili al-
Baghdadi.

Beg. Ul . . . ..^j >IL)U t^iS ,_yjJ\

This appears to be the author's original
draft. He completed it on the first of Safar,
A.H. 1163.

1247.

Or. 4308.— Foil. 52 ; 9£ in. by 6J ; 25 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 15th century. [BUDGE.]

806

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

I. Foil. 1—9. owM (.U^ l^-} J ^,)
A life of Muhyi al-Dln al-Nawawi, by Kamal
al-Din Abu '1-Thana Muh. Ibn al-Imam bil-
Kamiliyyah, who died A.H. 874 (see Haj.
Khal., vol. i., p. 481).

Beg. U

±H J\»

iijft S^lSJb *jJ

The principal authority is al-Nawawi's
disciple, 'Ala al-Dm Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B.
Ibrahim B. Da'ud al-'Attar, who died A.H.
724. See al-Durar al-Kaminah, Or. 3044,
fol. 1, and Wiistenfeld, Leben des el-Nawawi,
pp. 115 and 136.

Imperfect at the end.

II. Foil. 10—20. Extracts from the
Mudhish of Ibn al-Jauzi (see Haj. KhaL,
vol. v., p. 477; Nicoll, no. 48; Pertsch,
no. 842 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. ii.,
p. 176).

They consist chiefly of sayings of holy
men.

III. Foil. 206 and 22. Fragment of a
work on the excellence and virtues of the

Coran : SM JAii ^\ ^\ ^J^ JJ5

Beg.

JJUi J >U U iijj j

The author is Abu Muh. 'Abdallah B.
As'ad al-Yafi'i (d. A.H. 768). The work

has been lithographed in Cairo, A.H. 1272.
See the Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 193.
A work bearing a similar title (with (jo^
instead of JoUii) is ascribed by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii., p. 197, to Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B.
Ahmad B. 'Ubaid allah Suhail al-Jauzi,
called Ibn al-Khashshab al-Yamani.

IV. Foil. 23—51. Anecdotes of saints
and Sufis, extracted from a work designated
in the colophon as t_-Jl*^^ !_j^»\ t_>^ by
the same al-Yafi'i.

The first anecdote, numbered as the fourth,
begins : ^

jjjlft

A fuller title and the author's name were
written in the upper margin of the first
page ; but the writing has been mutilated by
trimming. It reads as follows : ^

The stories bear numbers ranging from
4 to 100 ; but the numbers are not con-
secutive.

1248.

Or. 4314.— Foil. 166 ; 8J in. by 6.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 3—90; 17 lines, 3f in. long;
written in fair Neskhi ; dated Hisnkaifa,
A.H. 927 (A.D. 1521).

Commentary upon the metaphysics and
physics of the Hidayah, iȣlii Jj ib.^1, by
Athir al-Din Mufaddal B. 'Umar al-Abhari
(d. A.H. 663).

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

807

Beg. sJaJ\ to b, liflj,

J*l b
jo U . . . b^i

The commentator, whose name does not
appear in the text, is designated in the
endorsement (fol. 1), jJ_j^J *^lil Jj i>\&$\ — £>
siV; 5L. J*iUN, as Mulla Zadah. His full name
is Ahmad B. Mahmud al-Harawi al-Khar/iyani,
called Maulaua-Zadah or Khwajah Zadah. He
lived in the 8th century of the Hijrah. A
copy of this commentary, dated A.H. 810, is
noticed by Uri, no. 516. For other copies,
seethe Arabic Catalogue, p. 628a; the Leyden
Catalogue, nos. 1517 — 19; Loth, no. 494;
Pertsch, no. 1217 ; Escurial, De>enbourg,
nos. 635, 704 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. vi., p. 99.

jj»j«

5\

Copyist:

II. Foil. 91—166; 13 lines, 3J in. long;
written in rather cursive Neskhi ; dated
Jumada I., A.H. 1040 (A.D. 1630).

A gloss on the Mukhtasar, or short com-
mentary, of Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani upon
the Talkhis al-Miftfth (see no. 983).

Beg.

Js-

The author is only designated in the en-
dorsement, ,jm ^A'^ Jp ^ILj' ^U, by
his Nisbah, al-Khita'i. Haj. Khal. calls him,
vol. ii., p. 408, Nizam al-Din 'Uthman al-
Khita'i, but gives a different beginning for
his gloss. Other MSS., however, have the
same beginning as the present copy. See
Loth, no. 886 ; Dorn, no. 210 ; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. iv., pp. 130, 147.

In the margin is written a gloss by 'Abd-
allah B. Shihab al-Din al-Yazdi upon the
above gloss of al-Khita'i.

Beg.

See Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 408, and the
Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 147. The
author states at the end that he completed
the gloss in Shlraz, 17 Dulhijjah, A.H. 962.
He wrote also a gloss on the text of the
Mukhtasar. See Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii.,
p. 40, where he is called 'Abdallah B. al-
Husain Yazdi, and is said to have died
A.H. 1015. For other glosses by the same
writer, see Loth, nos. 545 — 551.

III. Foil. 167—172; 15 lines, 3£ in. long;
written in neat Nestalik, in the 17th century.

A commentary upon a short treatise on
the rules of debate, designated in the en-
dorsement as i

Beg. JP V&uij UW*" JU5 4tt J«.

The text is the work of 'Adud al-Din 'Abd
al-Rahman B. Ahmad al-Iji (d. A.H. 756).
It begins: SjLaM ciljuo ^^ fj^\j j.^' *^D
See Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 210, under
J\ t-^toT ; the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 201fc, ix., and p. 773a ; Krafft, no. 150;
the Paris Catalogue, no. 1264; and the
Khedive's Library, vol. vi., p. 78.

The commentary is by Muh. al-Hanafi
al-Tibrizi, and it has the conclusion quoted
by Haj. Khal., ib., p. 211. For other copies,
see Pertsch, no. 2811, i.

The original work of al-Iji has been fre-
quently printed in India under the titles
and

808

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

1249.

Or. 4318.— Foil. 78 ; 7| in. by 4} ; written
in neat Persian Neskhi ; dated (fol. 24) 22
Dulka'dah, A.H. 1071 (A.D. 1661).

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 2—24; 16 lines, 2} in. long. A
Persian treatise on astronomical geography,
imperfect at the beginning.

The first rubric is : ±*

This section, which forms the greater part
of the present fragment, foil. 3 — 24, gives
under the names of some towns, beginning
with San'a and ending with Khanbaligh,
their distances from Mecca and from each
other.

II. Foil. 25—43; 8 lines, 2£ in. long.
d)5)j})\ £j23. An astronomical treatise by
Baha al-DIn Muh. al-'Arnili (see no. 763, i.),
with marginal notes.

III. Foil. 44—64; 15 lines, 2£ in. long.
An anonymous treatise on the law of in-
heritance, with marginal notes.

Beg.

Jff-

It is divided into two Kisms, viz., 1.
U and 2.

The author, as stated in the next-following
commentary, is Nasir al-Dm al-Tusi. The
same work is mentioned in the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 454a, as bj*

IV. Foil. 70—77 ; 19 lines, 3£ in. long.

A commentary, by Baha al-DIn Muh. al-
'Amili, upon the first part of the preceding

treatise.

J\

J\

The author says that he was the first to
comment on Nasir al-Dm's work. The
commentary is dated Tebriz, Dulka'dah,
A.H. 1013.

1250.

Or. 4371.— Foil. 120 ; 8J in. by 5£ ; from 19
to 21 lines, 3J in. long ; written by several
hands, with ruled margins, apparently in the
17th and 18th centuries. [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 2 — 28. A work on the sanctity
of the holy places in Jerusalem and Hebron,
in thirteen chapters, without author's name.

Beg.

U

p*&>\j>\ JjJ

It is chiefly based upon the work of Baha
al-DIn al-Kasim B. 'Ali B. al-Hasan Ibn
'Asakir (d. A.H. 600) entitled ^fc.-.U ^
(_S^J^\ <tef^ Jjl-iJ j, (Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 575, corrected by Wiistenfeld, Orientalia,
ii., p. 167), with additions from the work
entitled ^^ o-jSM JJUi by Abu'l-Ma'ali
al-Musharraf B. al-Murajja al-Makdisi (Haj.
Khal., vol. iv., p. 451). The first of the
above works is mentioned by al-Dahabi,
Ta'rlkh al-Islam, Or. 52, fol. 162, "among
the writings of al-Kasim B. 'AH, under the

title

II. Toll. 29— 60. Commentary of Ahmad

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

309

B. Ahmad B. Muh. al-Burnusi, called Zarriik,
al-Fasi (d. A.H. 899) upon the prayer called
Hizb al-Bahr by Abu '1-Hasan <Ali al-Shadili.

Beg. JU

See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 856 ; the
Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 202 ; and, for
other commentaries, Ahlwardt, Berlin Cata-
logue, nos. 3870 — 74.

III. Foil. 70—105. An abridgment, by
Ibrahim al-Karamani al-Amidi, of the Hi'ah,
a treatise of Jalal al-Dm al-Suyuti upon
traditions relating to astronomy. The full

•

title is Lj—M 'iL^\ ^j iuuuJ\ Hj^M. See Haj.
Khal., vol. vi., p. 506, and p. 669, no. 79.

Beg.

2>

The work is dedicated to Sultan Muham-
mad Khan B. Ibrahim Khan, who reigned
A.H. 1058—99. For MSS. of the Hi'ah,
see Pertsch, no. 52, 4, and the Khedive's
Library, vol. i., p. 337.

IV. Foil. 107—120. An abridged life of
Muhammad, by 'Izz al-Dm Abu Muh. 'Abd
al-'AzIz B. Badr al-Din Abi 'Abdallah Muh.
Ibn Jama'ah, who died A.H. 767 (see Arabic
Catalogue, p. 7666, ad p. 107a, and al-Durar
al-Kaminah, Or. 3043, fol. 172).

Beg.

«JJI

J ^

1251.

Or. 4372.— Foil. 130 ; 7 in. by 5 ; 19 lines,
3^ in. long ; written for the most part (foil.
22 — 129) in neat Neskhi, apparently in the
13th century. [Bo DOE.]

I. Foil. 1—13. A treatise on those things
that it is either commendable or unlawful
for Muslims to do ; without author's name.

It is headed ^^f <~>\tf, but it appears
to be a portion of a larger work.

Beg. Js-

II. Foil. 14 — 21. An anonymous tract,
showing that the miracles of past prophets
from Adam to 'Isa were surpassed by those
of Muhammad.

End

U/J

III. Foil. 22—129. A fragment of a col-
lection of homilies, without title or author's
name.

The work is divided into sittings (,jJU?),
each beginning with a doxology. They
consist of discourses upon Coranic texts,
illustrated by Hadiths, and followed by
reflections or exhortations conveyed in
rhymed prose and verses.

The sections contained in the present

fragment are the latter part of the 12th

Majlis, and the next following, from the

13th to the 24th, the headings of which are

5 L

810

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

as follows : 13. fol. 325, ,_J^ _/•) J ;
14. fol. 366, u»^M)\, i£\ J; 15. fol. 45a,
U15*J\ J ; 16. fol. 52a, ,s*jM J ; 17. fol. 616,
^$1, jE«M J*i» J ; 18. fol. 686, yJufl ia\ij J ;
19. fol. 76a, jjJuH JL-»W J ; 20. fol. 866,
i&Jtj ifj®\ J; 21. fol. 936, yfl Jb J',
22. fol. 1126, ._Aa5\ J'A J; 23. fol. 1206,
j&M J ; 24. fol. 128a, JSyN _/i J (imper-
fect at the end).

The 13th Majlis begins : ^ <j^ *^

The fragment appears to belong to one of
the numerous parenetic works of Abu'l-
Faraj 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn 'Ali Ibn al-Jauzi.
It is quite in his style, and several of the
immediate authorities quoted in it, such as
Ibn al-Husain, Muhammad B. Nasir, and
Abu Mansur ('Abd al-Rahman B. Muh.) al-
Kazzaz, are found among the masters of Ibn
al-Jauzi, as mentioned in the Ta'rikh al-
Islam, Or. 52, fol. 119.

The grandson of Ibn al-Jauzi enumerates
in Mir'at al-Zaman, Add. 23,279, fol. 105,
no less than sixty-three works of the same
nature (]as-^\ ,_.?), written by his grand-
father, very few of which were known to
Haj. Khalfa.

1252.

Or. 4373.— Foil. 119; llf in. by 74; from
33 to 37 lines, 5 in. long ; written in small
and close Neskhi by several hands ; apparently
in the 17th and 18th centuries. [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 39. A fragment of the Kamus
of al-Flruzabadi, corresponding with pp.
3 — 209 of the Calcutta edition.

II. Foil. 40—75.
A dictionary of the rare words of Hadith.

Beg.

J\

The author, whose name does not appear,
is Abu '1-Sa'adat Mubarak B. Muh. al-Jazari,
called Ibn al-Athir, who died A.H. 606 (see
Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 403).

The present fragment consists of the pre-
face, which is given by Haj. Khal., vol. iv.,
pp. 322 — 9, and of the first portion of the
alphabet down

For other MSS. see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 641a ; Uri, no. 1061 ; Loth, no. 999 ;
the Berlin Catalogue, nos. 1650 — 58; and
the Khedive's Library, vol. i., p. 334. The
work has been printed in Teheran, A.H. 1269.

III. Foil. 76 — 119. An anonymous gloss
onyllaiNj slJW), a work on Hanafi Furu', by
Zain al-'Abidin B. Ibrahim Ibn Najim al-
Misri, who died A.H. 970 (Haj. Khal., vol. i.,
p. 309) or A.H. 969, as stated in al-Kawakib
al-Sa'irah, fol. 205.

The author of the gloss, whose name is
not found in the MS., is Ahmad B. Muh. al-
Hanafi al-Hamawi. His work has been
printed with the text in two volumes, Con-
stantinople, A.H. 1290.

The present fragment corresponds with
pp. 1 — 146 of vol. i. of that edition. It
extends to the first 70 pages of the printed
edition of the text, Calcutta, 1826.

For MSS. of the text see the Arabic

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

811

Catalogue, p. 124a ; Leyden, no. 1878 ;
Gildemeister, Bonn, no. 11 ; Loth, no. 272 ;
Aumer, no. 323 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos.
967-8 ; and the Khedive's Library, vol. iii.,
p. 5.

1253.

Or. 4375.— Foil. 154; 8 in. by 6; from 18
to 22 lines ; written by several hands, ap-
parently in the 17th and 18th centuries.

[BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—85. JLJU, ^ J jjtf^ ji\j^
jjljij' li*&£-. A commentary by Sa'd al-Din
Sa'd-allah of Barda', upon the Unmudaj, or
grammatical compendium, of al-Zamakhshari.

The commentary includes only detached
passages of the text, preceded by JIS or «3y.
It was not known to Haj. Khal., who men-
tions, however, the same writer's gloss on

the J-aiU rU^ of al-Taftazani (d. A.H. 791);
see vol. iv., p. 210. Copies are mentioned
by Sprenger, no. 1011 ; by Dorn, no. 197 ;
and by Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 155.

The following colophon, dated A.H. 807,
relates either to the composition of the work
or to an earlier copy : ^ U^N -

The Unmudaj has been edited by J. P.
Broch, 1880.

II. Foil. 86—117. The short treatise of

prosody known as (^Jji^ o»j^, by Abu
'Abdallah Muhammad, called Abu'l-Jaish

al-Ansari al-Andalusi (see no. 992).

Beg.

U«>

J\S

\*\

J

It is followed by an anonymous commen
tary which begins, fol. 89, as follows :

W . . .

The commentary is dedicated to Amir
Shatkhun Beg, CJb ^^ (caUed by Haj.
Khal., vol. iv., p. 200, Amir Sulaiman B.
al-Amir, tLb yLi.ll>). The author, whose
name does not appear in the MS., is 'Abd
al-Muhsin B. al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Karim Ibn
al-Kaisarawi, who died A.H. 761. See
Freytag, Verskunst, p. 37 ; Haj. Khal., I.e. ;
Derenbourg, Escurial, no. 410, 2, 411 ; and
Pertsch, no. 361.

III. Foil. 118—143. CJi J jW £>w
jjUxlll Jjjjifr. A commentary upon 'Akldat
al-Shaibani, without author's name. It is
by Najm al-Din Muh. B. 'Abdallah Ibn Kadi
'Ajlun. See no. 167.

IV. Foil. 144 — 154. A commentary by
'Ali B. Murad al-'Umari upon the Fikh al-
Akbar, or articles of faith, by Abu Hanifah
(d. A.H. 150), imperfect at the end.

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The work is dedicated to the Mufti of
Constantinople. The author, Abu'KFadl
Nur al-Dln 'Ali B. Murad al-'Umari al-
Mausili al-Shafi'i, was Khatlb and Mufti of
Mossul. He was born A.H. 1060, and died
A.H. 1147. The present commentary is
mentioned as one of his works in the Silk al-
Durar, vol. iii., p. 231.

For MSS. of the Fikh al-Akbar see the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 227 ; Loth,
no. 380 ; Perts«h, no. 641 ; and the Berlin
Catalogue, no. 1923.

1254.

Or. 4376.— Foil. 177 ; 8 in. by 5f ; from 12
to 23 lines ; written in rude and cursive
Neskhi, about A.H. 1199 (A.D. 1785).

[BUDGE.]

A miscellaneous volume, containing chiefly
edifying discourses, religious tracts, and
legends relating to prophets.

I. Fol. 1. Converse of Moses with God,

Beg. &-i» y, c

See Rosen, Institut, no. 219, 5, and
Notices Sommaires, no. 60.

II. Fol. 11. Legend of the death of
Moses.

»o. ^\ J,>-j Jfr ejj j»^

III. Fol. 12. The story of Jesus and the

.skull, J* ^^f- ** \# ,jj> Uj A*"*^ *<aJ

IV. Fol. 16. A discourse in glorification

of Muhammad, recording the Coranic texts
relating to him, and enumerating the visions
and portents which heralded his birth.

Beg.

V. Fol. 34. The Hamziyyah in praise of
Muhammad, by al-Busiri (no. 1082, i.), with
a Takhmis, beginning : ^"&s- ^ J-^)l ,Jj«5
Imperfect at the end.

VI. Fol. 40. History of the Prophet Job,
J* i-_>y.l e&\ ^*> loi' ti^ijj*-, slightly imper-
fect at the end.

Beg.

J

~&

VII. Fol. 63. Forty Hadiths illustrated
by anecdotes ; compiled by Muhammad B.
Abi Bakr.

J\

The first Hadith begins
-jj J\S Jls si\ a-fr «DI

The same collection is noticed, without
author's name, by Rosen, Notices Som-
maires, no. 60, 2, and no. 144, s, and by
Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1545.

VIII. Fol. 101. A discourse against the
use of the flute,^x«^U ^ ^£$\ j, yJ^ 13*

Beg.

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

This is followed, fol. 124, by another
Majlis, called the seventh, on the punish-
ment due to wailing women, ^U\

*UN b

IX. Fol. 130. Death of Fatimah,

Beg.

X. Fol. 136. Discourse on the punish-
ment of undutiful children, J

XI. Fol. 140. History of Abraham and
Ishmael, in Eajaz verse, f*

Beg. -*it

XII. Fol. 154. Last precepts of the
Prophet to Fatimah, relating to the rewards
in store for dutiful wives, «Ii

Beg. U

J\S J\S

U

XIII. Fol. 158. Story of the orphan and
the Prophet, ^ ^\ £> A &jr \*j ^ ***

XIV. Fol. 165. Story of the youth
Hilal and the Prophet, J *J L^ ^

several hands in fair Neskhi ; dated A.H.

909— 1110 (A.D. 1504—1699).

[BUDGE.]

XV. Fol. 172. Death of Mary, mother of
Jesus,

I. Foil. 1—33.

A commentary upon a metrical trea-
tise by Ahmad Abu '!-' Abbas Shihab al-DIn
B. 'Imad al-DIn (see no. 196) on the cases
of impurity which do not necessitate ablu-
tion.

Beg.

1255.

Or. 4377.— Foil. 154 ; 8 in. by 5| ; from 19
to 25 lines, about 4 in. long ; written by

J\

The first line of the Kasidah, which is
written in red ink, is :

The commentary is ascribed on the title-
page to Abu Yahya Zakariyya al-Ansari
(d. A.H. 926) ; but the real author is Abu '1
'Abbas Ahmad B. Ahmad B. Hamzah al-
Eamli, who died A.H. 957. See the edition
printed at Bulak, A.H. 1298 ; the Khedive's
Library, vol. iii., p. 350 ; and the Berlin
Catalogue, no. 3632.

The present copy is dated 20 Dulhijjah,
A.H. 1110 (A.D. 1699).

II. Foil. 44 — 120. A commentary, by Abu
'Abdallah Muh. B. Ibrahim B. Muh. al-Salami
al-Shafi'i, upon the Urjuzah entitled Ghunyat
al-Bahith by Muwaffik al-DIn Abu 'Abd-
allah Muh. B. 'Abdallah [alias 'Ali] B. Muh.
al-Kahbi on the law of inheritance. See
above, no. 1234, v.

Beg.

814

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JUS

U . . .

dJl\ .i-A-fr

4)1!

The poem, which is designated at the end
as al-Bahbiyyah, is included in the com-
mentary, from which it is distinguished by
a red line drawn over it.

For copies of the same commentary, see
Uri, no. 279 (compare Nicoll, p. 575), and
Aumer, no. 368. In the last MS. the com-
mentator is called Shams al-Dln Abu 'Abd-
allah Muh. B. Burhan al-Dln Ibrahim B.
Shams al-Dln Muh. al-Salami al-Shafi'i, and
is said to have died A.H. 925. Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv., p. 337, has an earlier date for his
death, viz., A.H. 879, and gives to the com-
mentary the title tj£A\ ^\ (vol. i., p. 469).
The present copy is dated Jumada II., A.H.
1085 (A.D. 1675).

Foil. 34 — 43 contain a table with direc-
tions for the division of estates, and the
beginning of the Kahbiyyah.

III. Foil. 122—154. A commentary, by
Muhammad Sibt al-Mfiridini, upon a metrical
treatise on the law of succession by Jalal al-
Din Nasr allah al-Hanbali al-Baghdadi and
on its recension by the latter's son Kadi '1-
Kudat Muhibb al-Dln al-Baghdadi.

->, »i5

,»^, vs>

The poem, which is in the form of a

Kasidah rhyming in ^), is included, written
in red ink. The first line is :

Jalal al-DTn Abu '1-Fath Nasr-allah B.
Ahmad B. Muh. B. 'Umar al-Tustari al-
Baghdadi, born at Baghdad, A.H. 733, settled
in Cairo, where he taught in the Barkukiyyah
Madrasah and died A.H. 812. His son,Muhibb
al-Dln Ahmad al-Baghdadi, became Kadi of
the Hanbalis, and died A.H. 844. See Inba
al-Ghumr, foil. 187 and 351, and Husn al-
Muhadarah, vol. i., p. 276.

This copy was written by Ibrahim B. Muh.
al-Tahhan, in Cairo, Dulka'dah, A.H. 909
(A.D. 1504).

1256.

Or. 4378.— Foil. 113; 8 in. by 4f ; about 17
lines, 3 in. long; written in Neskhi and in
Nestalik, apparently in the 16th and 17th
centuries. [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1 — 39. A metrical treatise, '»)_>=•;',
rhyming in Alif Maksurah, on the various
readings of the Coran, by Muhammad al-
Afrani, with the author's own commentary
entitled

Beg.

The poem is entitled
^\ ,£>\ or wl.^ -jj* JLl^ W1j»^ &£ as
elucidating the well-known work of al-
Shatibi, Hirz al-Amani (see no. 87). It
begins :

The author says in his prologue that he
followed the teachings of his master. Sultan

MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.

B. Ahmad al-Mizaji al-Shafi'i, who died
A.H. 1075. (The latter was the leading
professor of al-Azhar ; see Khulasat al-
Athar, vol. ii., p. 210.) The commentary
was completed, as stated at the end, in
al-Azhar, on the 22nd of Shawwal, A.H.
1079.

II. Foil. 40 — 46. Summary of the points
of divergence between al-Shafi'i and Abu
Hanifah, without author's name.

Beg. \3* ,

III. Foil. 47 — 49. A metrical version,
Urjuzah, of the Muthallath of Kutrub (see
no. 1125, ii., and Ahlwardt, nos. 150 — 6.

Beg. \&s~£ i\ \JuNj j*!b toju <_fJJ\ »)J J>W

IV. Fol. 52—60. A dissertation on the
blotting out of the moon mentioned in Sharh
al-Mawakif (see Arabic Catalogue, p. 1106),

^Jfyjl ^ w- j^M S*? Jo

Beg. J^ Aij ^ u*% <^i» «13 J-*^1

The author, whose name does not appear,
dedicates the tract to the Wazir Mustafa
Pasha. The work is dated Muharram,
A.H. 930.

V. Foil. 61—75. Gloss on the Hashiyat
al-Tajrid (Haj. Khal., ii., p. 193) from the
beginning of the chapter on essence,

Beg. U*

Jsf Jc-

The author wrote it in the Madrasah of
Karagoz Pasha, Kutahiyah, A.H. 928.

VI. Foil. 79 — 93. Observations on the first
part of j~)\ (-J^f of al-Hidayah and on its
commentaries, entitled JbU*)\ and ^.l$j^, dedi-
cated to Ibrahim Pasha.

Beg. Ujjut U ^\ U5 As-

The author's name is found at the end :

Muhammad B. Badr al-Dln Mahmud al-
Maghlawi al-Wafa'i was professor in Ku-
tahiyah, where he died A.H. 940. See
Shaka'ik, fol. 1706, and Haj. Khal., vol. ii.,
p. 197, vol. vi., p. 475. The two preceding
articles are probably also by him.

#

VII. Foil. 94—102. Notes on the Sharh
al-Wikayah by Sadr al-Shari'ah, probably
also due to the last-mentioned author, cylJS

j\ Jft

VIII. Foil. 103—113. Notes on ^_.
of the Hidayah.

1257.

Or. 1033.— Foil. 106; 9 in. by 6J; 19 lines,
3£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
ruled margins ; dated Wednesday, 24 Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 1266 (A.D. 1850).

A work in defence of the orthodoxy of the
great mystic Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-'Arabi, by
'Abd al-Ghani B. Isma'il Ibn al-Nabulusi,
who died A.H. 1143 (see no. 1097).

Beg.

Mi

The author wrote it, as stated in the
preface, in refutation of a pamphlet in which

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Ibn al-'Arabi was violently attacked, dis-
paraged and maligned, by one of the 'Ulama
who adhere to the letter and ignore the
spirit. He says, further on, that the pam-
phlet was ascribed (whether rightly he could
not say) to Ibn Imam al-Kamiliyyah (i.e.,
Kamal al-Din Muh. B. Muh. B. 'Abd al-
Bahman al-Kahiri, who died A.H. 874).

The author concludes, fol. 101 — 105, with
several testimonies of great divines in defence
and praise of Ibn al-'Arabi, the last of which
is by his own father, Isma'il al-Nabulusi, and
with a Kasidah of his composition in praise
of that great Sufi. He states at the end
that he completed the work on the first of
Jumada I., A.H. 1083.

Copyist : (J^^( • • J* ^

- The work is mentioned, among the author's
numerous writings, in Silk al-Durar, vol. hi.,
p. 34, and a copy is noticed in the Khedive's
Library, vol. ii., p. 83.

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1258.

Or. 4572.— Foil. 200 ; 10$ in. by 6J ; 19 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 15th century.

Life and Homilies of Ephraim Syrus (see
no. 36).

The life, foil. 8—22, begins as follows:

»

It agrees substantially with the anonymous
life published in Syriac and Latin by J. S.
Assemani, Bibliotheca Orientalis, vol. i., pp.
26 — 55. Lives of the same saint, in Arabic,
are mentioned in the Paris Catalogue, no.
257, 2, and in Mai's Collectio Nova, torn, iv.,
no. 657, 4.

The Homilies begin, fol. 22&, with this
rubric : y-J J>SM (_i*^* *)J\

j\

The text agrees with that of Arund.
Or. 1, the contents of which are stated in
full in the Arabic Catalogue, pp. 26 — 29.
But it breaks off, fol. 183, at the fifth page
of Homily xxxvii. Homilies xv., xvii.,
and xxi. are only represented by their
headings, the text having been purposely
omitted by the scribe.

On fol. 8 are the names of two former
owners of the MS., Paul son of Macarius,
Patriarch of Antioch, and Paul son of the
Metropolitan of Aleppo.

Some leaves of later date, apparently of
the 17th century, have been added at the
beginning and at the end of the MS.
Foil. 1 — 7, which are partly torn, contain
an exposition of the orthodox creed, ,JuJu
»*>»5/jjjJ^\ &\*3\, and an introduction to
the Psalms, beginning : \fdiJs?

Foil. 184 — 200 contain a note on the imple-
ments of Mass and on Christian chronology;
a life of St. Simeon Thaumaturgus of Antioch,

,/Uafll ^^] WW» e?> y^HM jVji.1, fol.
185 ; an account of a miracle performed by
the Holy Martyr George, l^«j«o ,Jk!l

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c?
and of a miracle of St. Theodore,

fol. 187;

189 ; lastly the story of St.
John of the Golden Gospel, U»y> ,-.;> jjiN LaS
, fol. 190ft.

1259.

Or. 4710.— Foil. 267 ; 13$ in. by 9* ; about
22 lines, 5f in. long ; written in large and
rude Neskhi; dated Tuesday, the 14th of
the month of Mesri in the year of the
martyrs 1575 (A.D. 1859), A.H. 1255
(for 1275).

Thirty homilies of S. Jacob, Bishop of
Serug (the ancient Batnae), arranged ac-
cording to the days on which they are recited
in the Coptic Church. .

Beg. v>~^

r*+*

J\5 O

For the life and works of S. Jacob, who
died A.D. 521, see Assemani, Bibliotheca
Orientalis, vol. i., pp. 283 — 340; Abbeloos,
de Vita et Scriptis S. Jacobi, Lovanii, 1867 ;
and W. Wright, Syriac Catalogue, pp.
1291—94.

The first homily is in glorification of the
Church, and shows how its mysteries and
sacraments were typically foreshadowed in
the lives of the Patriarchs. Similar, but
not identical, homilies are described by
Assemani, I.e., in his emimeration of the
original homilies of St. Jacob in Syriac verse
under nos. 3 and 5.

In the following list of the remaining
homilies, the figures in parenthesis refer to
the nos. under which the Syriac originals
are mentioned by Assemani.

Fol. 9a. ^KJI b^ i^Jilil O.Uj J*. On
the Annunciation of Zachariah (8).

Fol. 146. {mfjjd\ ~>_j» t^\ jjJM d)^ cu U,-» ^f-.
On the Annunciation of Mary Deipara (9).

Fol. 196. dA>LojJ\ )\ fi iV/« «!>--H ^a* ^
On the visit of Mary to Elizabeth (10).

Tjl 1 O£?L Vtl I/ tt • I* I »

roi. Zoo. avSJi ^.o AJJI .J ^i»*> (— >,Vij ij*-
On the Gospel of John, " in the beginning
was the Word." (Wright's Catalogue, no.
783, 4, c).

Fol. 296. i^\ i«Kl\ jo».y\ J*. On the-
One, the eternal Word.

Fol. 336. Jjy'Ufr *»>\ (Js-. On the name
Emmanuel (15).

Fol. 366. ju-*!b. Ujj ,j^x* J*. On the
birth of our Lord in the body (13).

Fol. 416. t_^y<J\ J*j j— ^ Ujj s^L* ^1*
Jl (j*ja?^ j$> (j&. On the birth of our
Lord, and on the Star which appeared to
the Magi, &c. (14).

Fol. 60a. j)$3\ **?• (j^.^
On the Epiphany (28).

Fol. 66a. <u
Baptism (29).

Fol. 70a.

I &J&\ J *:-». Why our Lord was thirty
years on earth before he was baptized,
&c. (19).

Fol. 73a. JS-$N Ujj Jy-J J*. On the
Presentation in the temple (37).

T l^T7Zi \»^ " \1^ ***

r Ol. / f U» Jg >0. •».' pyOy*> 'JJB ^j1 ^\Jt»^> ^J** J*

SM

jjj) Je.

On the holy

\S\

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f\*>j. On the words of Simeon,
" This is set for the falling and rising of
many " (38).

On Lent (69).
On the

Fol. 806.

Fol. 856.
Temptation (72).

Fol. 926. L^Jr <^,£ JP-. On the sitting
on the young ass, i.e., Palm Sunday (135).

Fol. 966. wioj UiXjM* +3\ (Js-. On the
Passion and Crucifixion (163, 164).

Fol. 1406. cj^l ^ y* &>j C^-IAJ
On the Resurrection (175).

On Low Sunday or the Sunday of Thomas
the Apostle (182). The same homily is
noticed in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 356.

Fol. 1496. Uoj Jyuo J.&. On the Ascen-
sion (183).

Fol. 1556. lirJ^)\ ..V...B.} t^fe^x, Js-. On
Pentecost (184).

On

Fol. 1596.
J1. On the Transfiguration (187).

Fol. 1676. Joi> \*\j
the chariot of Ezekiel (1).

Fol. 1876.
On the Lord's Prayer (103).

Fol. 1966. jjUttj jaJ\ Jp. On Dives and
Lazarus (89).

Fol. 213a. CJJi Jju»wj &SjAil ulSj\ J&. On
Creation (224).

Fol. 238a. ^j^ ^ ^ ^ Jc. On
the expulsion of Adam from Paradise (229).
See Assemani, Biblioth. Medic., no. Ixxi., 3.

Fol. 2446. «jol ^ jUf-1 £J Je.. On the

sacrifice of Isaac (140). See the Paris
Catalogue, no. 264, 3.

Fol. 2516. eryjj J* _, ^\ ^Uy. J*. On
the Prophet Jonas and Ninive (36).

For the few Arabic versions of Jacob's
homilies hitherto known, see Abbeloos,
pp. 106 — 13 ; Mai, Collectio Nova, torn, iv.,
nos. 101, ii., 82, u, 498 ; Assemani, Biblioth.
Medic., no. Ixxi. ; Uri, no. 83, 3 ; Aumer,
no. 41, fol. 20 ; the Arabic Catalogue, p. 356 ;
and the Paris Catalogue, no. 265, 5.

The first two pages of the MS. contain a
table of the homilies ; the third, a coloured
drawing of a cross.

Copyist : ^ ci

1260.

Or. 4724.— Foil. 73 ; 8| in. by 6J-; about 13
lines, 4^ in. long ; written in cursive and
ill-shaped Neskhi, apparently in the 17th
century.

Life of S. Victor, ^kib ^U (j^.j^^, who
suffered martyrdom in Ansina, Upper Egypt,
under Diocletian.

It begins abruptly as follows :

lj Jl/ J\

The MS. is very fragmentary ; it consists
of detached leaves, either single or in small
groups, separated by more or less consider-
able lacunae. In the absence of a complete
copy, the proper sequence can only be ap-
proximatively restored. The narrative begins
with the presentation of the infant Victor in
the church of Antioch by his mother Martha,

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wife of Romanus, who is styled the Wazir of
the Emperor Diocletian. It ends with the
martyrdom of the Saint, the recovery of his
body by his mother Martha, and a miracle
wrought by Victor, after his death, upon the

Deacon Samuel,

The martyrdom of S. Victor is celebrated
in the Coptic Church on the 27th of Ber-
mudah. There is also a commemoration in
his honour on the 27th of Hator. See
Assemani, Biblioth. Laurent., p. 180, and
Mai, Collectio Nova, torn, iv., p. 101. A
life of the same saint is noticed in the Paris
Catalogue, no. 150, s.

1261.

Or. 4725.— Fol. Ill ; 8| in. by 6| ; about
15 lines, 4£ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi,
apparently in the 17th century.

A homily on the building of the church
of S. Victor by his mother Martha, slightly
imperfect at the beginning.

The first words extant are : Uilj MA^J

The homily appears to have been delivered
in the church of S. Victor. The orator,
whose name is not given, tells for the
edification of his hearers how Martha, the
mother of the holy martyr, sailed from
Antioch to Alexandria under the protection
of the Emperor Constantine ; how she pro-
ceeded from thence up the Nile, and suc-
ceeded, in spite of the desperate opposition
of the Persians and of the Devil in person,
in reaching Ansina and the castle of Arakun
(^yy^aS), where S. Victor had suffered
martyrdom, and where she raised a magnifi-

cent church dedicated to his memory. He
concludes, foil. 40 — 93, by relating fourteen
miracles wrought there by the Saint after
his death. His closing words are as follows :

J\

The latter part of the MS. contains some
detached leaves of a life of S. Victor, foil.
94 — 105 ; a shorter version of the building
of his church by Martha, foil. 106—109;
and two leaves of a Coptic service-book
relating to the feast of S. Victor.

1262.

Or. 4723.— Foil. 168 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 19 lines,
5^- in. long; written in large Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 15th century.

Ten homilies, mostly on the lives of saints,
appointed to be read on feast-days of the
Coptic Church.

The first homily is on the martyrdom of
Cosmas, Damian, Antimus, Leontius, Abrabius
(Euprepius), and their mother Theodora,
which is commemorated on the 22nd day
of the month of Hator. It has this heading :

0*5-^.}

Beg.

V.

See Uri, Codices Christiani, no. c., 2.
5 M2

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The other homilies are as follows :

II. Fol. 16a. On the miracles wrought by
the saint-martyrs, Cosmas and Damian, after
their martyrdom, ^

III. Pol. 236. Homily of Bifamun, Bishop
of Akhmim, in commemoration of the holy
martyr Kaltah (Coluthus Ansnavensis),
preached in the church dedicated to him
in the land of Sadum, or Banuait, on the

24th of Hator,

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IV. Fol. 45S. Homily of Anba Ishak,
Bishop of Ansina, in praise of the same
saint, on the 24th day of Bashans, eJ

xfj

See Mai, Collectio Nova, torn, iv., no.
clxxv., 9 ; Assemani, Biblioth. Orientalis,
torn, iii., p. 286, xxxviii.

V. Fol. 64a. Homily of Anba Zakharius,
Bishop of Sakha, on the advent of Christ
and the Holy Virgin in Egypt, on the 24th

of Bashans,

See Mai, Collectio Nova, torn. iv. , no. clxx., 8.
VI. Fol. 80«. Homily of Anba Heriacus

(Cyriacus), Bishop of al-Bahnasa, on the
alighting of Christ and the Holy Virgin in
the convent called Bai Isus, or house of
Jesus, on the 25th of Bashans, <_->

See Mai, Collectio Nova, torn, iv., no. clxx., 9.

VII. Fol. 93a. Homily of Anba Theophilus,
Patriarch of Alexandria, on the alighting of
the Holy Virgin at Mount Kaskiim, now Dair
al-Muhrak, on the sixth day of Hator,

See Mai, Collectio Nova, torn, iv., nos. Ivii.,
1, clxx., 6.

VIII. Fol. Ilia. Homily of Archelides,
Patriarch of Home, in praise of Saint Mer-

curius, on the 25th of Hator, i_->^!

J*C

IX. Fol. 1336. On the martyrdom of the
same saint, on the 25th of Hator, Sol^l

See Mai, Collectio Nova, torn. iv., no. clxxv.,
34, and Uri, Codd. Christ., c., s.

X. Fol. 1456. Life of Mari Ya'kub al-
Farisi (Jacobus interci^us), whose martyrdom

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was accomplished on the 27th of Hator,

On the fly-leaf is a table of the ten
homilies by a later hand.

1263.

Or. 4687.— Foil. 274 ; llf in. by 8 ; 18 lines,
t) in. long ; written on stout brownish paper
in semi-Cufic, probably in the tenth century.

The Goran, imperfect at beginning and
end.

It begins abruptly with .»iiaft c-^j* t^-^\
(Surah ii. 108), and breaks off, fol. 274, at
these words ^-cji *&{> (Surah xxxvii. 32).
A further fragment of three leaves, inserted
after fol. 269, extends from Surah Ixxix.
26, to Surah Ixxxv. 23.

The writing shows a state of transi-
tion from pure Cufic to early Neskhi.
Archaic features are to be found in the
angular and elongated form of td), ^jo, and \>,
in the position of medial g and ., above the
line, and in the prolongation of the point of
»• and a- below the line. The hasta of \> is
curved into a bow opening to the left. The
tops of the three upward strokes of <_>- are
on a steep slope descending from right to
left, and the final * ends in a rounded tail.
which gives it the appearance of a j. The
diacritical points and vowels are those used
in Neskhi ; but Jazm is not marked, and
there is a peculiar sign («) denoting the di-
phthongs au and ai, as for instance in *j»,
i-a/, j), &c.

The division into thirty Juz and seven
Sub' is marked by the words jii and *xJl,

written in the original hand and in red ink
in the margin. The groups of five and ten
verses are denoted by yellow circles, and the
Sijdahs by circular ornaments of interlaced
pattern, also in the margins. The headings
of the Surahs are in red ink, and consist
only of the name of each and the number of
its verses, as for instance : ^j** J'

An English notice pasted on the cover
states that the MS. was procured in Meshed
Aly, near Hillah.

1264.

Or. 4704.— Foil. 235 ; 5 in. by 2| ; 19 lines,
If in. long ; written in small and neat,
vocalized Neskhi, with double 'Unwan and
gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 17tb
century. Bound in painted and glazed
covers.

The Goran.

Foil. 229 — 235 contain various prayers to
be recited after the reading of the Goran ; a
Persian treatise, by Baha al-Dm Muhammad

al-'Amili, on the prostrations (^^) to be per-
formed at the recitation of certain verses ;
and a short Persian tract on Wakf and
Imalah, without author's name.

1265.

Or. 4700.— Foil. 22; 8 in. by 6; 9 lines,
4 in. long ; written in large vocalized Neskhi,
with ruled margins, apparently in the 18th
century.

The 25th Juz of the Goran (xli. 47 to
xlv. 36).

Belonged to the Swedish Orientalist, A.
Gustav Holm.

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1266.

Or. 4379.— Foil. 384 ; 12£ in. by 8£ ; 27 lines,
6 in. long ; written by two hands in cursive
Neskhi, apparently in the 17th and 18th
centuries. [BUDGE.]

I. Foil. 1—131. The first part of Mavahib
i 'Aliyyah, the Persian commentary of
Husain Va'iz Kashifi upon the Goran (Persian
Catalogue, p. 96), extending from the be-
ginning of the work to chapter vii., v. 149.
The work has been lithographed in Bombay,
A.H. 1279, 1297, Ac.

II. Foil. 132—384. A portion of the
JjjiSN Jin*, the Arabic Commentary of al-
Farra al-Baghawi upon the Goran (see above,
no. 101). It extends from the beginning of

*jy», chapter vi., to the first verse of
*jy*> chapter xxxviii.

1267.

Or. 4594.— Foil. 246; 12iin.by8J; 31 lines,
4f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with a
'Unwan and red-ruled margins, in the 18th
century.

A portion of the full commentary of
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti upon the Coran (see
no. 125).

This volume comprises the Surat al-Nisa
and Surat al-Ma'idah, the latter beginning
at fol. 1426.

There are a few marginal notes in the
Maghribi character. On the first page is a
seal-impression of Salih Bai B. Mustafa,

with the date A.H. 1185, and a Wakf, or
deed of gift, of the present volume, by the
Bai to the Mosque built by him in Suk al-
Jum'ah, near Mak'ad Zawawah, dated Safar,
A.H. 1190 (A.D/1776).

1268.

Or. 4544.— Foil. 474; 21| in. by 13;
17 lines, 6| in. long ; written in neat large
Neskhi, with 'Unwan and gold-ruled margins,
apparently in the 17th century.

e.

Mishkat al-Masablh, an improved recen-
sion of the Masabih, or Collection of Hadiths,
of al-Farra al-Baghawi, by "Wall al-Din
Muhammad B. 'Abdallah al-Khatlb al-Tib-
rizi, who completed the work A.H. 737 (see
above, no. 140).

Beg. \*\ . . -

The MS. comprises two separate portions,
jointly amounting to about three-quarters of
the work. The first, foil. 3—209, begins
with the preface, and ends abruptly with
the words *ji v\ aUl Jy-, b \JK>, which belong
to the first Fasl of the Bab entitled *Uxs u^b
ejkjk)\ (see the edition lithographed in Bom-
bay, A.H. 1295, p. 171, line 1, and Matthews'
translation, vol. i., p. 482).

The second portion, foil. 210 — 474, begins
with the words (joj^ ^ \>\J> .J—j *£* &\ (J^>
t^-j ^ «j (jy, which belong to the second
Fasl of^Ji .>*- «— »V (Bombay edition, p. 307,
line 22, and Matthews' translation, vol. ii.,
p. 198) ; and it ends abruptly with these
words ^jifrSj^fr Jlfti ^~j^>o •£ w^, which are
found near the end of the first Fasl of t_ >b

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823

»Ui\ jol» (Bombay edition, p. 569, line 24,
and Matthews' translation, vol. ii., p. 800).

Two pages at the beginning contain a
table of the chapters comprised in the first
half of the Mishkat. In the early part of
the MS., foil. 5 — 111, a literal Persian
translation has been added in a small Nes-
talik character, and with red ink, between
the lines.

On the first page are notes and seals of
former owners, the earliest being Muhammad
'Ubaid-allah, adopted son of Mukarram Khan
'Alamgir Shahi. Another note shows that
the MS. was bought for 150 rupees for the
library of Muhammad Shah, in the 14th
year of his reign (A.H. 1144).

1269.

Or. 4706.— Foil. 220 ; 7 in. by 5* ; 19 lines,
4 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi ; dated
on the eve of Monday, 24 Jumada L, A.H.
907 (A.D. 1501).

Strictures of Burhan al-Dln Ibrahim B.
Muhammad B. Mahmud B. 'Isa al-Halabi
al-Dimashki al-Naji upon the collection of
Hadith entitled al-Targhlb wal-Tarhlb, by
al-Mundiri (see no. 146).

Beg.

J\5

JJS

The author collected in this work, as he
states in the preface, the notes he had
written on the Targhib with a view to

correct its numerous errors, and to supple-
ment, where necessary, the information it
conveyed. In an appendix, foil. 2166—220,
the author states at length his Isnads, and
says at the end, fol. 220a, that he completed
the dictation of the work on the fifth of
RabI' L, A.H. 875. The full title, as
given in the preface, is

aj

lSi

The author died, as stated by Haj. Khal.,
vol. ii., p. 283, A.H. 900. The work is fully
described by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue,
no. 1332.

The present copy belonged to Ahmad
Jazzar Pasha, who by a deed of gift in-
scribed on the first page, dated Muharram,
A.H. 1199, made it over to his Mosque in
Acre, for the use of students.

1270-71.

Or. 4618-9. — Two uniform volumes, con-
sisting respectively of foil. 249 and 254 ;
11^ in. by 7J; 25 lines, 4£ in. long; written
in fair Neskhi, apparently in the 19th century.

[LANE.]

Two volumes of the chronicle of Abu '1-
Muzaffar Yusuf B. Kizughli, who died A.H.
654 (see no. 465).

The first volume comprises A.H. 218 —
279, and begins as follows: It ii*U)\
JyiM Jj (j«M Jt

J JjlJ

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Of the last year, A.H. 279, only the first
two pages are extant. It breaks off at the
beginning of the notice of al-Mu'tamid,

A leaf containing the end of A.H. 276
and the beginning of A.H. 277 is missing
after fol. 246.

The second volume comprises A.H. 282 —
460. The first year, A.H. 282 (wrongly
headed 79 in the MS.), begins as follows :

J\ j

The last year, A.H. 460, ends with a long
obituary notice of Abu Mansur 'Abd al-Malik
B.Muh. Ibn Yusuf al-Baghdadi, and a short
one of Abu Ja'far al-Tusi. There is a lacuna,
fol. 212, involving the loss of two years,
viz., A.H. 214 and 215.

There is neither title nor author's name
in the MS. ; but the identity of the work is
sufficiently established by the author's refer-
ence, vol. ii., fol. 205, to the Muntazam as
the work of his grandfather, «i

UUx.

1272.

Or. 4620.— Foil. 307 ; 10} in. by 6^; 13 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in fine large, partly
vocalized, Neskhi ; dated Monday, 14 Safar,
A.H. 843 (A.D. 1439). [LANE.]

The historical compendium of Muhibb al-
Dm Ibn al-Shihnah (see no. 478).

Beg.

«H£>

J15

Copyist : ,>>>UJ

1273.

Or. 4621. —Foil. 258; 8f in. by 6J ; 17 lines,
3f in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins, probably in the 19th
century. [LANE.]

Another copy of the above work. The
title is written in the preface^kliU ***>jj-

1274.

Or. 4622.— Foil. 243 ; 12f in. by 8} ; 33 lines,
5 in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently
in the 19th century. [LANE.]

A life of Muhammad by 'Ali B. Burhan
al-Dln al-Halabi.

Beg.

p Jl.

y* J*

The author, whose full name is Nur al-
Din 'Ali B. Burhan al-Dm Ibrahim B.
Ahmad al-Halabi al-Kahiri al-Shafi'i, was
born in Cairo, A.H. 975, and was attached
as teacher to the Madrasat al-Salahiyyah.
He died on the last day of Sha'ban, A.H. 1044.
See Khulasat al-Athar, vol. iii., p. 322, where
a full list of his numerous works is given.

The present work, generally known as al-
Sirat al-Halabiyyah, was compiled, as stated
in the preface, from two previous lives of

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Muhammad, namely, 'Uyun al-Athar, by
Abu'1-Fath Ibn Sayyid al-Nas (no. 512),
and al-Slrat al-Shamiyyah, by al- Shams al-
Shfimi. The latter work, the proper title of
which is >U«J\ ^- ij^> ,j jli^ ^^ J**,,
was written by Shams al-Din Muhammad B.
Yusuf B. 'Ali al-Dimashki al-Salihi, who
died A.H. 942. It was edited from the
author's rough draft by his disciple, Mu-
hammad B. Muh. al-Fishi, A.H. 971. See
the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 66 ; the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 583i ; Pertsch, no. 1796 ;
and the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1987 — 96.

The 'Uyun al-Athar forms the groundwork
of the present compilation. The extracts
from al-Sirat al-Shamiyyah are distinguished
from it by JIS at the beginning and ,_y£j^
at the end. The author's own additions are
preceded by the word Jyl The preface
includes a pompous eulogy upon the head of
the Bakri order, Abu '1-Mawahib B. Muh. B.
'Ali al-Bakri (d. A.H. 1037, Khulasat al-
Athar, vol. i., p. 145), at whose request the
work was written.

The Insan al-'Uyun has been printed in
three volumes, Bulak, A.H. 1292. The
present MS. contains the first third of the
work, corresponding with pp. 1 — 487 of the
Bulak edition. The last three Babs relate
to the death of Abu Talib, fol. 230a; to
Muhammad's journey to al-Ta'if, fol. 2346;
and to the conversion of al-Tufail B. 'Amr
al-Dausi, fol. 242a.

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 425 ; Pertsch, no. 1801 ; the Paris Cata-
logue, nos. 1999 — 2006 ; and the Khedive's
Library, vol. v., p. 14.

On the first page of the MS. is a distich,
ending with a chronogram for the author's
death, A.H. 1044 :

1275.

Or. 4623.— Foil. 282; 12$ in. by 8J;
25 lines, 5% in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ;
dated Sunday, 24 Ramadan, A.H. 1143
(A.D. 1731). [LANE.]

The second volume of the same work.

It begins with the chapter relating to the
Mi'raj, and to the ordinance of the five daily
prayers, cul^UM ^^ ^^ \^\ j* L-»b

LT*-**

*

The last chapter, fol. 270a, relates to
Muhammad's expedition against the Banu
al-Mustalik, in the fifth or sixth year of the
Hijrah ; but it is not concluded in the
present volume, which ends in the course of
an account of the well-known adventure of
'A'ishah, with these words : 6 M*^ J^

LJJ\

The corresponding contents extend in the
Bulak edition from vol. i., p. 487, to vol. ii.,
p. 384, line 1.

Copyist :

1276.

Or. 4624.— Foil. 372; uniform with the
preceding and written by the same hand;
dated A.H. 1144 (A.D. 1731—32). [LANE.]

The third and last volume of the work,
beginning as follows :

The corresponding portion of the Bulak
edition extends from p. 384 of vol. ii. to
p. 488 of vol. iii.

1277.

Or. 4625.— Foil. 315 ; 9£ in. by 6£ ; 29 lines,
4| in. long ; written in small and rather

5N

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indistinct Neskhi ; dated Saturday, 1 7 Dul-
hijjah, A.H. 1249 (A.D. 1834). [LANE.]

I. Fol. 16. The Conquest of Syria (^yi
j»H5\), ascribed to Muhammad B. 'Umar al-
Wakidi (see no. 521).

Beg.

Jos- j>\ S

Jli'

There is no division in the text. The
portions corresponding with the three
volumes of Nassau Lee's edition begin re-
spectively at foil. 16, 54a, and 1315.

II. Fol. 1826. The Conquest of Egypt

Beg.

Jli C

i), ascribed to the same.

J\S

J_y,

bj JIS

J\S

2J

The text agrees substantially with the
edition published by Hamaker, 1825. The
work is included in the Futuh al-Sham,
printed in Cairo, A.H. 1282.

III. Fol. 211a. The Conquest of Diyar-
bekr, Armenia, Irak, and Persia,

, ascribed to the same.

Beg*

Jli"

The first section relates to the conquest of
Diyarbekr and Armenia. It has been trans-
lated into German by B. G. Niebuhr and

Dr. Mordtmann, and published in Hamburg,
1847. The remaining portion, foil. 2526—
2666, deals with the conquest of Irak, and
corresponds with foil. 91 — 136 of an older
MS., Add. 23,611; but it is considerably
shorter. The last chapter, jj\£J 3bj-« Jj j>'&,
relates to the taking of the town of Sbawar,
and ends with the tidings of victory sent to
'Umar. For other copies see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 148, no. 7361, and p. 580;
the Copenhagen Catalogue, no. 137 ; Pertsch,
nos. 1599, 1604 ; the Leyden Catalogue,
no. 782 ; and Dr. Lee's MSS., no. 85.

IV. Fol. 2666. The Conquest of al-Bah-
nasa, JA-aJ, ^)l«c)j ^lifelj LJ^jJ\ _yj j>&,
l^iliU.-, without author's name.

Beg. eti\ CJ&j fkA . . . . S^LJlj »)J

(Goran, xxiii., 52).

*

A preliminary chapter relating to the
sojourn of Jesus in Egypt, and concluding
with a reference to the 'Ara'is of al-Tha'labi,
is followed, fol. 2696, by the history of the

conquest, with this heading: Lj^Jl _jlj

The text begins as follows :

Ji. j

t\jj\ tU'

J]

This work was printed in Cairo, A.H.
1278, and has often been re-printed since.
See the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 96,
where the author is called Muhammad B.
Muh. al-Mu'izz. For other copies see tl"
Arabic Catalogue, p. 150 ; Pertsch, n- .
1607; and the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1690-
1692.

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1278.

Or. 4626.— Foil. 288 ; 12£ in. by 8£ ; 27 lines,
5^ in. long; written in fair Neskhi, with

red-ruled margins ; dated
A.H. 1181 (A.D. 1767).

19

Muharram,
[LANE.]

The history of Egypt, by Jalal al-Dm al-
Suyuti (no. 564). Transcribed for Shaikh
Eajab B. Hasan al-Kiisi.

Copyist :

1279.

Or. 4627.— Foil. 313 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 20 lines,
3f in. long ; written in cursive Neskhi, with
red-ruled margins ; dated Tuesday, 3 Safar,
A.H. 1146 (A.D. 1733). [LANE.]

History of Egypt, by Muhammad B. 'Abd
al-Mu'ti B. Abi'1-Fath . . . al-Ishaki al-
Manufi al-Shafi'i (see no. 567).

Copyist :

1280-82.

Or. 4628 — 30. — Three uniform volumes,
consisting respectively of foil. 365, 244, and
337 ; 9| in. by 6| ; 27 lines, 4| in. long ;
written in fair Neskhi ; dated Friday, 11
Jumada I., A.H. 1245 (A.D. 1829). [LANE.]

The Egyptian chronicle of {Abd al-Rahman
B. Hasan al-Jabarti al-Hanafi, who died
A.H. 1237 (see no. 571).

Beg.

The first volume extends from the be-
ginning of the work to the end of A.H. 1189.
The second comprises A.H. 1190 — 1212, and
the third A.H. 1213—20. Their contents
correspond respectively with those of the
first three volumes of the edition printed in
four volumes, Cairo, A.H. 1297.

Copyist :

1283.

Or. 4631.— Foil. 177 ; 11 J in. by 7f ; 33 lines,
5 in. long; written in small and neat Neskhi,
with red-ruled margins ; dated Thursday,
14 Rajab, A.H. 1118 (A.D. 1706). [LANE.]

A history of Jerusalem and Hebron, by
Mujir al-Dm al-'Ulaimi. See no. 573.

This copy ends with the notice of Kamal
al-Dm Ibn Abi Sharif. It does not contain
the additional matter mentioned under no.
573.

Copyist : J

1284.

Or. 4632.— Foil. 141 ; 8f in. by 6| ; 35 lines,
4J in. long ; written in small and neat
Neskhi ; dated Medina, Thursday, 14 Safar,
A.H. 1203 (A.D. 1788). [LANE.]

A history of Medina, abridged by al-Sayyid
al-Samhudi from his larger work entitled

Beg. Lr

5N2

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The author, Sayyid Nur al-Din Abu '1-
Hasan 'Ali B. 'Abdallah al-Samhudi, was
born in Samhud, Upper Egypt, A.H. 844,
and took up his abode in Medina, where he
died on the 18th of Dulka'dah, A.H. 911.
See his life in al-Sana al-Bahir, Add. 16,648,
foil. 193 — 5, where his works are enume-
rated, and in Wiistenfeld's preface to his
translation of the most important parts of
the present work, Gottingen, 1861. The
Kbulasat al-Wafa was printed in Bulak,
A.H. 1285. The date of composition, A.H.
893, which is found in that edition as well
as in the Museum copy, Arabic Catalogue,
p. 1595, does not appear in the present MS.

For other copies, see Hammer, no. 187 ;
the Vienna Catalogue, no. 892 (in both of
which the contents are stated) ; Aumer,
no. 382 ; the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1634 — 36 ;
and the Khedive's Library, vol. v., p. 50.

Copyist :

1285.

Or. 4633.— Foil. 184 ; 6^ in. by 4 ; 1L lines,
2-| in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi ;
dated 18 Ramadan, A.H. 1169 (A.D. 1756).

[LANE.]

An abridgment of Kutb al-Din al-Makki's
history of the sanctuary of Mecca, entitled
^il **~J\ j\+>\3 ^s-^\ f$*\, by the nephew
of the author.

.

The name of the abbreviator does not
appear. It is found, however, in the only
other known copy, Leyden Catalogue, no.
802, from which Wiistenfeld has given some
extracts in his preface to the Chroniken der
Stadt Mekka, vol. iii., pp. xii. — xvi. There
he describes himself as Mufti, Khatib and
Imam, and calls himself 'Abd al-Karim B.
Muhibb al-Din B. 'Ala al-Din. He adds
that the work was completed in Sha'ban,
A.H. 1000. From the Khulasat al-Athar,
vol. iii., p. 8, we learn that he was born in
Ahmedabad, A.H. 961, and was taken by
his father to Mecca, where he rose to the
highest offices and died A.H. 1014.

The original work of Kutb al-Din was
edited by Wiistenfeld in the above-mentioned
work, and has been printed in Cairo, A.H.
1303. For MSS., see Pertsch, no. 1707 ;
the Paris Catalogue, nos. 1637 — 42 ; Land-
berg, no. 290 ; and the Khedive's Library,
vol. v., p. 135.

1286.

Or. 4642.— Foil. 106; 8 in. by 5 ; 21 lines,
2f in. long; written in small and neat
Neskhi, with red-ruled margins ; apparently
in the 18th century. [LANE.]

Lives of the Barmakides and anecdotes
relating to them, compiled by Yusuf al-
Mllawi.

Beg. jjJii

J*)\ 4)

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829

The author's name is found on the title-

page :

JUJ

He says in the preface that no one before
him had attempted to collect into one book
the notices and anecdotes relating to the
Barmakides, which he found scattered in
various histories. The work is a useful
compilation from the best sources, such as
Kitab al-Aghani, Ta'rlkh al-Tabari, al-Tha-
'alibi, Ibn al-AthTr, Ibn Khallikan, &c. The
most recent authorities are al-Suyuti and
Baud al-Adab (no. 1119). A work fre-
quently quoted is Kutb al-Surur (no. 1109).

The work is divided into a Mukaddimah,
treating of the derivation of the term Wiza-
rah, fol. 36, five Babs, and a Khatimah, with
the following headings : I.
y? fol. 56; II.
fol. 156 ; III.
^j fol. 406 ; IV.
«2>-UJj fol. 60a ; V.
fol. 83a ; w * &^>] fol. 1016.

The MS. belonged to the Egyptian his-
torian 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, whose
seal is impressed on the first page with the
date A.H. 1196.

1287.

Or. 4701.— Foil. 237 ; 13J in. by 11 ; 22 lines,
7^ in. long ; written in fine large Neskhi,
with a rich double-page 'Unwan, gold-ruled
margins, and numerous coloured drawings in
fair Persian style, apparently in the 16th
century.

The well-known work of Zakariyya B.
Muh. B. Mahmud al-Kazwini on cosmology
and natural history. See above, no. 698.

The preface does not contain any dedica-
tion. The text agrees substantially with
Wiistenfeld's edition. It has, however, at
the end of the chapter on the Greek months
(Wlistenfeld, p. 79), an addition of some
extent, foil. 53a — 546. It is a versified ac-
count of the Greek months and of the
solar year, by Salih B. 'Abd al-Kaddus, in
the form of a Kasidah, beginning :

In the early part of the volume there are
some short Hindustani glosses in the margins.

1288.

Or. 4690.— Foil. 47 ; 7f in. by 5f ; 13 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in Neskhi, on one side
of the paper only, apparently in the 18th
century.

The work of al-Tlfashi on precious stones
(see no. 781) ; an imperfect copy, breaking
off at the end of Bab III. It does not con-
tain the author's name.

1289.

Or. 4697. — A guard-book containing the
following Arabic papers :

I. A sheet, 22 in. by 16 ; written in the
Maghribi character, with gilt borders.

Letter of the Emperor of Morocco, Maulana
Muhammad B. 'Abdallah, to Frederic V. of
Denmark, assuring him that he has more
regard for him and his people than for any
other Christian nation, and that his subjects
shall be treated with special favour. Dated
Fez, 1 Muharram, A.H. 1174 (A.D. 1760).

830

LATEST ACCESSIONS.

II. A sheet, 19 in. by 14^; written in the
Maghribi character.

A treaty granted by the same emperor to
Frederic V., insuring privileges to Danish
traders. Dated 16 Sha'ban, A.H. 1166
(A.D. 1753).

III. A sheet, 19 in. by 12J; written in
cursive Turkish Neskhi, in the 18th century.

An agreement concluded between the
Danish ambassador and the Turkish authori-
ties of Beirut, concerning the establishment
of a Danish consul in that port and the
immunities to be enjoyed therein by Danish
merchants. No date.

1290.

Or. 4864. — Eighteen sheets or slips of various
sizes, thirteen of which are vellum and five
paper ; written in cursive, all but unpointed,
Neskhi, in al-Fayyum, with dates ranging
from A.H. 372 to 461 (A.D. 982—1069).

No. I., a sheet of vellum measuring above
two feet square, begins as follows : J$\ +~J

It is a marriage contract between Maluk

B. Suriir B. Kisan and Fatimah, daughter of
'Abd al-Rahlm B. Barmudah, dwelling in the
estate called Aflul, a village of al-Fayyum,
stipulating a dowry of twenty Dinars of the
Mustansiri standard ; dated on the last day
of Rajab, A.H. 444 (A.D. 1052).

No. II., also a vellum sheet, about one
foot square, contains a marriage-contract
between 'Abd al-Hakim B. Jalis and the
daughter of Rizk, also of Aflul ; dated
Jumada L, A.H. 452.

No. III., a vellum sheet, measuring about
two feet and a half square, but much damaged
by holes and much obliterated, is a contract
of marriage between Kirwash B. Humaid
and 'Azizah, daughter of Khadij (?) £&>• ;
dated Ramadan, A.H. 461.

Nos. IV. — XIII. are smaller sheets or
slips of vellum, containing deeds of sale
of houses, apartments, shops, fields, &c.,
with dates ranging from A.H. 372 to 455.

Most of them relate to property situated
in Tatun, yy^b, a village of al-Fayyum.
Two brothers, evidently of Coptic nationality,
Markurah and Batrus, sons of Rababil B.

Mlna, \^» ^ iJ^Vj (j^j Ot^J *js*j*> figure
as purchasers in several of them.

Nos. XIV. — XVIII. are paper slips, con-
taining documents of the same nature, with
dates ranging from A.H. 383 to 456.

INDEX OF TITLES.

THE references are to the numbers under which the MSS. are described. Figures of a thicker type are

*

used to distinguish works extant in the collection from those which are only incidentally mentioned
in the Catalogue.

40 x.

807.

807.

1017.

572.

994.

1221 iv.

457—8.

697, 458 n.

577.

206 viii., x.

424—8, 374, 541.

934 v., 969, 1213 i.

1205 i.

519.

421 n.

741.

666.

«i

1017.

586 i.

1286.

740.

1203 vii.

275 n.

173-4.

491.

461.

461.

578 ii., 579.

575.

461.

31, 1 xv.

880.

1228 iv.

841.

282

*}j Jj

832

INDEX OF TITLES.

633. JW-jM j ^.iSlM L-jlIi'^jUli-^

164. «>V«^

737-8, 1227 i. O^ i— >bT

1235 n. ^j

1248 in. io?.^N J-^ft *r*Wi

86, 90. C

273. ^lEM L->il

313. \4itt ^

832—4. t^oKN <~>3\

1228 i. (— »j\i'^)\ /oU^^

823 in.— vi. jV^

781, 1288. ^£-

1220 vin. JjJ\ j H?.ii»- oyQ^

948. *JK31

155. (Jy?-^ ^i"**" t'^*:>j^

1OOO TTT *U

365—94, 1212 i., ^1^
1242 i., 1229 v.

215, 1220 ii., 1217.
857.
461.
215, 1220 ii., 1217 vi. <_
1198 iv. L^j^ll u

L££O III. <Ct« —*JJ
loorv - i Mru

l<4oU I. J^*?" (rf*"*^'

TrtCT^ TTTT ^1 1\ 1 V - ^ *

l<SO^t VII. j>J 15-?' (Or **«*^
inoo _ • \\

1233 n., 156, 1242 vi. ^51^.,.^ u^«r^^

158. Ul*^j^^ oUuJ» (_Jt L3ji) —

1230 vi.

918 "• u*^ ^^ »jy?-j^

1235 n.

538. j\y^ —

623. l>\**-

718 XII. Jt3 JJu i » 3 XXMAJI <OOtX>

1211 n. jUu>

302 m. Ji9^

634.

811 vin. &A*jj5\ .j^l)\ ,_j i^ju»ii xt^>..^)l

617. ,_

973 in. Olo^U) .;JJ/°"' ^j *j^-j^

723, 724.

487 ii. ujls^LJlj >IAJA1 ,j —

993 n. *i*^j U°jt^\

801 1. c_Ay\ j

513. j

814. Jjii Olio ^j ^jyoj^\ ijf*)^

199. *s

753 in., 754, 1205 H. ^-*->W)

1252 in.

345. i_ *>JLU\ ^1 iLi» ^)\

547. jUl^ c

214 v. oLyjj^ \ > jjj > 3^

1026-7.

1220 iv. JoxJI is*1* J\

753 iv., 754 v., 762, 765 v.

316. ^lii tiiJU* J\ ^UJl ^1

438 in.

797 ii. iiL->-^l JLal iiU».^)\

• c J

775. ^ t

INDEX OF TITLES.

833

831, 594, 841.

916.

412, 1219 i.

206 xix.

804.

154.

1203 vi.

1124 in. *

1003 in.

1247 iv.

1003 ii.

979-80.

519. _J^il ^ i

433.

170.

1206 in., 170.

811 iv.

924 ii., iv., 974-5,
1203 ix.

1152.

1285.

1285.

217 ii.

1153.

613.

338.

812.

1256 i.

1052.

a*

876.

815.

592.

547.

816.

1052.

580—82.

621, 622t 628.

625-6.

751.

1016.

644.

1161—70, 1201.

958—66, 753 ix., 679.

166.

224.

1078 in., 1082 i., 1083 i., 1233 vi.,
1254 v.

812.
1226 v.
995.
968 in.
1139.

347-53, 409.
1237 ii.

120 n., in., Jl^

395, 399, 410 vi.

573, 1283.
144.

632.

5 0

<J.
CLA5U t.J

Jt-1

834

1274-6, 606.

590.

1253 i.

992 in., 1246

388, 1233 iv.

157.

459.

1255 ii.

116, 117, 1208 i.

990-91.

317.

381.

514.

538, 1223 vi.

597. o-b */3

996.

644.

253.

964.

634.

729, 732 in.

634, 636.

773 iv.

644.

440.

333.

1012—14.

85.

443 1., 1240 1., 1242 x.

INDEX OF TITLES.

J ylSJ^lb JUJ\

\*aA

685.
1253 i.
222.
594.
239.

245 xvn , 1037, 1031, 1111 n
1211 n., 1215, xii.

369 in.

1170.

395—422.

489.

175.

118.

177.

448.

447 n.

461.

313.

474.

1212 vi.

1022-3.

167, 1253 in,

990.

985 i., 1082 n., 987, 990.

204 in., 987 i., 990.

985 vn.

990.

593 in., 985 ii., 986,
987 i., 990.

INDEX OF TITLES.

835

985 vi.

990.

985 iv.

679.

990.

990.

985 in., 990.

985 v., 990.

362.

1079—81, 1231 ii., 1233 x.

588.

665.

783.

585 ii.

540, 585 in., 547.

547.

232 ii.

1103.

1124 iv.

1234 v., 434, 320, 1255 H.

1247 i. &

769.

1220 v.

1217 i.

545.

586 i.
649.
644

773, 774 ii.

JULoU

546.
1217 ix.
592.
700 i.
965.
1081 n.
429.
530.

212 vin., 213 x., ^1 ^ J* U*j JUS\ -
1220 xvni.

363-4.

1203 i.

118.

1204 i.

96 i. OJ

1217 v.

882—905,

836 HI., 876.

237 i.

928.

613.

476.

468, 473.

510.

428 in.

455-6.

489-90.

483—6, 606.

657.

565-6.

JT -

*• -j

836

INDEX OF TITLES.

455-6.

583.

492-3.

566.

655-6.

613.

488.

597 n.

561-2.

603.

617.

670.

586 n.

559-6O. jt

12O4 ii., iv., vi.

1090 i.

746.

700 n.

47 in.

632.

1206 n.

363.

487.

644.

193.

90.

206 ix., XXXIH. — iv., 213 xvi.,
336 in., iv.

1229 i., 1246 ii.

o

Jj

Oj

J\ OIL*

JJU

182—4.

214 vi., 1220 in.

751.

340-41, 342.

302 ii.

776 n., x.

244 i. , .

718 VIII. <_>5UaU

662.

924 i.

686.

1220 i.

1230 vi.

1150. <_

420 vii., (__j>>ljj»)^j L*\ j]
421 i., 422 vn.

599.

591.

670.

593.

1242 vi.

752.

487 n.

245 xn.

395, 398-9, 411, 417. Jx~i^ J&

261.

676.

576.

776 v.

190.

412.

1246 in.

927.

822.

1137-8.

487.

1256 i.

809-10.

354—63, 399 i., 423 iv.

628.

987 in.

661.

437.

1111.

125.

561-2.

146, 412, 1269, 591 v.

1120—22.

420 viii., 421 1.

182.

763 i., 1249 ii.

646. £»)jU £»

182.

632.

632.

212 i., 213 XL, 1220 xxi.

604.

957 i., 968 i.

INDEX OF TITLES.
^Jtf1

837

1202 n.

515.

110.

212 vii., 213 ix.

852 n., 870—73, 1244 i.

374—9, 387. ^,

315.

855.

203 vii., 205 in.

97-8.

304.

121—4.

206 xxix.

217 i.

220 iv.

501 H.

130-31.

526 ii.

206 vii.

99.

47 v.

783.

635.

792 n.

807.

792 i., 793.

397, 399, ^\ yWj

410, 412, 421 in., 1228 n., 1242 v., 373.

622.

5p

JuJ\

838

INDEX OF TITLES.

629. slSiiM oVJJ LL»xIl\

627, 628. JlXi^ «— o

374 — 6. A*j^ r~> (J-k^-5

839-40, 866. iJJ\ —

429. ^tWaJJl i-Cilai/*

735, 987 in., 1208 ix. f^\j J^ —

302. ,}-£^ UKU^

263. ^^oy\ Jifr J\ (Jv0*^^ —

j 1 rt i "U

•41*5. C-nAS-jJOl

964. ..ll* ^^ .j^j

260. jfe\jj\ Le, . —

302. jUi\j fe\fll^\ ^

1203 ii. jjM ^ 5L.« (j Jj£5\ —

264. ^t**^^ u>*«^ (J-5* i_j ^*

180. J-os^

481. jV^^ ^^o #•-

983-4, 1208 x., 1248 n. \ls\\ —

578-9. jj^a. ciJjU ,j ols

634. JVj^ (Ji^ <j J^ —

84, 92 n. o»^ tJ^H^-

1203 viii., 1243 n. «/^ (j *£f**^

C. C. '"

846. ~As^ j £> 5 U, ^fr rUi?.^l^

217 i. &JL> ,^.!\ >.U &o ~51 ..

'V > -^ "J ^"

212 II., i ;VJLXJ\ i-^J< &> fji Li^ *— ^\jj^)\ J«) &JUUO

1049 iv. Jr*^ ~

213 in., 1220 xn.

207-8, 422 vni., 1230 n., 1237 in., Zl\\ ^

706. o^UN -SU,,^ uJW\ -

1242 vii.

212 in., 213 n., (jv»fey41 Uli, ^ ^)jU!\ -

410 ix. p&a-^ aUSo -i» ^ ,«U^^ CJ

1220 xi. ,

1148. j}y3N

461. ,!\j£> »i^y t^j-j I AXA> jO )

798-9, 807. ^0^ J *,

841. S\jj3\ LiU-\ Jfc —

776. ^115^ -

528 n. Ob_jl«)\ ,jU« (3* —

132, 133, 672. ^^ ^s^31 -

264. aiifl^ Ut^^ i_3 ^*J>J^^

m\ «

-.X_4

428 i. jLoJ^. e-j J£5^ ^iu3

Wl

147—51. j-A-M ^

1051. j^J-M LL*i^.y\!>

168. J>*»^ /»^^ (»j^ -

724. «i*>j^li!^ d«J^A^

849. j^jH15 -

929. yi1^ jj s-o.J^iM

272 i. fJj^ i/ jiJ^^ ~

721 n. J!SU-!S)^ «--o.34J

1250 i. i^^ j>«r^^ Jj^iJ ^ ^K*\\ -

1217 v. A^\

143, 412. Jj"^ C-^.JU\ ^ Jy'i)^ ,**

530. L^Lo^ ijl^j V^^ —

997 — 1001. ,j\±*& J^^ -

866. v_*j.J^S)l —

1222 i. (.fj^lN —

INDEX OF TITLES.

839

803.
851.
770-71.

773 ii.
1221 ii.

*

436, 304.

696.

828.

518 i., 482.

1229 in. SUaM c

265, 646.

275 ii.

27.

837, 849.

1107, 1028.

996.

1235 i.

214 i.

213 xin.

413 in.

639.

718 n.

645.
243.

395, 398-9, 410 v., ^\ ^
420, 204 ii.

339.
412-13.
1229 ii.

&UJ -

J15 gUi

U

572.

1249 HI., iv.

188.

877.

107, 99 ii.

670.

1095 n.

210 v.

442, 443 n.

1129 i.

385—7.

187.

727.

919-20.

808.

315, 316.

766.

1220 vi.

254 v.

533—6.

1145 i.

1253 i.

679.

156, 1242 vi.

1234 vii.

87, 1256 i.

1250 n.

1112 i.

564, 1278. iftin

-

840

INDEX OF TITLES.

381. ej*^ ^ SiAiil

634.

212 vi., 213 i., JU^l ^ *,.oU.)\ J^JW *>K».

1284. t

1220 xin.

765 vii.

501 in. *5\}*M_j J*J' —

836 i.

nnri TTI i\ »\ JL _l u . .

/J7/ 111. ,Ua*Ji . . .^.* «* i o.aijt» J , —

* *•

1125 m.

726-7. <jj*^ **^

517-18. L

980. j^A^^ \-J\f\ (jf- jUi-^1) j^i^*^ J*

> > ^ • jj

826.

723. o^^>^\ C^iKl* —

238.

974. (jfrLaM ijjl*« —

•

487.

1117. *s«^ ^*-

410 in., 418. ..Ui1

475. A^.U»:t^\ «jj\ j &*»»r»)\ Jjii

\

T^ C (-» •'V'

1111 in.

681. tilJjo «]» ^ ;> y^\ (_->* J3\ &»-

823 vn.

776 xin. rJj*^ c-«^\j^-^ Jjk-

C.

487 viii. fe

346 ii. ul^^ *2jl»-

815.

1206 i., 248. jU»-^\j\*i» ^j^^ ^»-

'

125, 1267.

510. *Uj^ —

662-3.

1111. ijxils^ —

828.

254 in., 255. ,J^ —

.

1223 n. fjf

1108. 4->l*ii

1

1247 in.

28. kJ^fr^)\ tl>i\j».

718 x.

559 ii. .jfej^ —

410 n., 415-16.

947. «jJUl ^f- «JiiU«}\ ,<-»\j^

613-14. <C*U

93. »<jJiJ\ —jZt ^j «»(^aj\ —

c

929 in.

1220 ix., <— '.yi*^ (»^fr icyw ^ (_->jla!^ ii_jjj>-

1229 iv., 1240 n.

1139. >

294. »>)ba)\ tj^ _pJ is^ii

747.

644. cS~^lP' ^^""

718 v.

326. c-^U) Jji-

295-6.

232 in., 701-2. *_JU^' s^./-

243.

1233 I. Jic-t^--»ll i_-«las'

423 vi., 446, 1212 v.

INDEX OF TITLES.

841

576. ai^JljU^ J <GuLj3\ j^l

1223 in.

195. s-i-UM —

1074.

992 n. ]»<e«5\ .Ju» * J i* _J1

1068-72.

569-70. «JU£J\ Aji-^ i <6loJ\ —

1073 i.

420 iv., 422 iv. *JjjaN SjuJ\ ^ *i-iJl —

1064.

oar? QQQ . \\ ;:: . -u i . • u

O(7/. Ot7£/ r i ^ rcfir f-P.- >c C^^^ ^Jl J d^MAJi ^^^™

1066.

410 vm., 412, 428 in.

1088.

1211 vii., 1034 2. ^.^axiM ^>^ y«-"-N —

1086. .

1003 iv. jiflj^ ^^ J^. ^

1067 n., 1073 ni.

210 in., 1230 iv. «^jj,3\ X^\ ^

1091-2.

764 v. jK^\ iji>

1046-7.

428 nr, i^LoJi &*cy& .l^^ j (j^i**5i •

1051.

onn i . Ait

Of/. (V) ^"^ t fcJU^*LJ

1044-5.

916. *^U^ t_ JjW *^^1\ —

U01.

254. ti^W ^5

1030 v.

207 in. ^.^W! ^jj y\j&\ Jo- -

1103.

25. .4^ itij

1062-3.

94 ii. ^jj^ r-j"* l3 «*^*^ ^jlil^\

1025, 1027.

rr/j^? ..*1*"M ..*1** k
/O/. ftJUl^ «jlJt)

1075-6.

329. ,JjU».)\. A]^} i^- JJ^^l

1073 ii.

776 xi. ^N ^\ j _

1102.

251. 0*^jU JJ4.J

1049.

510. »3^4^^ *t*> (_y?^ i>>H^^ —

48.

511. J**"

1032, 1239 IL

509. J"1-^

1078.

471. ,«^)u»»^)) Jjj

1067.

395, 398-9, 410-11. J^j^j^ **-^>.*

1100.

1053. ^ ^^ u,^

1085.

1048. 7-W- (^ —

1097-8.

Ja- e^ —

5Q

842

INDEX OF TITLES.

1026-7. jtAj ^a

1234 v., 1255 n., 320, 434. (j£\j&\ j iuj

1104. ^jtvfi —

£>QQ « fc\. \T

DOo. S UK 15**'+' 1 <

327-8. J>*~M —

206 v. tj*4Ji*A^ /.j* /^^ L)*^ LJ^

1113. i>ljLia3\ —

• •

1009. ^jii c>

1026-7. *J>

206 xxx. AijJJi5^ ^rH?*^^ t^6

1027. Si^s- -

1257. i^.4^^ /<•£*•* t>»5lx« (j6 i^jjji^

1224 n. i_JU» ^ yj Jfr —

841. »>» i^ J^ Jj

1105. <jj+^\ -

211 iv. *o«^ &5V

1026. ijZs. —

346 in. W\ tg^ *jrty\

1087. ^>}j&\ —

227. *^i-i.aM -

1038—43. (SM\\ -

211 n., v. «^°'j\ i)i^l> i**0^^ -

1077. liU -

212 x., 213 vii., a^UM £!o})\ ^Ui «L»lili51 —

594. ^ji\\ -

1220 xix.

1093. iiL#* -

210 ii. <OiibJ\ Bii^llj aoiilA^ —

1065. dllb . ya^\ —

302. *>j ^\ ^ 2

1027. j&U —

1015. j-y^J ^\ ~

49. JU\*O j yja^Jfc&O -

823 HI.-VI., ix. jl?^ ~

516. AalJij ^.M 3Lju« (j Ui5\ oli

245. ^^U, -

830. £^5\ i_a^ '»«»-j>N

1147. *ajJLJ\ -

OO /1ir »A\lt«*\\ *\(

754 in., 765 n. <-r*i- t?j^^ L^ ~

420 in., 422 in. i)U>.^j ViobT w^, dt^H^d

763 in. ej^ j& L^**}* t-?c ~

604. trd'i^ *U— i^ *i

1244 iv. • yjjiV'.S $\ f\^jj\ ^i /i —

CIO tt t w *v

D1O. >rt*li*l j 1 tfuiH*«&tJ

1244 xii. tf^^ ti};^ (3^ ^ (j ~

618. <j?rf^ Jj,Ji) Jj.i

1244 xix. ^T_U u.JjV-»\ j.,\xj ,j -

1244 xin. Vx£»>)\ CjliT «-J, (j --^j^)^ "&>\j

1244 ix. oVij3^)\ yW c5 ~

1233 ni. xj*]P\

1244 xiv. /^j^^ ^jV-J)! i>j* w\xJ ^3 —

1141. j-U ^jjJI

n i o i t %t t

1244 XVHI. V.^j c>*^ (3*^ <-J ~

1 O t /I 7^1 A \ \

1134. jl^^ J~^i)

1244 vi. iCou.4i

INDEX OF TITLES.

1244 xvii.
1244 xx.
1244 vii.
1244 vin.
431, 432 n.
823 vin.
765 in.
1244 xi.
679.

1244 xv.
754 ii., 765 i.
765 iv.
753 vi.

1243 i.

1244 x.
1244 v.
1244 n.

670. &:

708—10.

43.

753 n.

604.

516.

246 i.

602 i.

767.

475.

590, 591 ii., 592.

95 ii.

J JJ

683.

354.

504—7.

544.

240.

500.

1096.

597 ii. ' e

1136.

1119, 1286.

728.

334.

410 vni.

1227 vi.

306, 305.

478-9, 1272-3.

260.

356.

645.

236.

1229 vni. rf-f-^j (.

1202 i.

420 vi., 421 1., 422 vi

395,398-9,410,418.

1123.

1019.

985 vii.

318, 1234 iv.

575.

*AJ JJUi

844

INDEX OF TITLES.

550.
704.
252 i.
201.

993.

272 ii.

1246 vii.

1210 in.

323.

399 in.

364.

394 in.

389, 338.

768.

855, 877.

596.

753 vra.

927.

220 v.

989.

739.

1149.

742-3.

1015.

1154.

1147.

1051.

558.

249.

Usn —

J JUM JtfjH
4,131 2j

1099.

676, 990.

541.

244.

659, 661.

1089 i.

47 VIL

736.

47 vin.

47 ix.

265 in., 992 ii

1156 n., 1160.

542.

670.

480, 559 ii.

1145 n.

420 ii., 422 n.

600.

354.

1223 v.

673-4.

492-3.

29.

1233 vii.

224.

469.

35.

613.

1274.

JufrW^ ,Ju.

J

...... SUM

^jlU
Jill

jutf

INDEX OF TITLES.

845

1274.

1183.

574.

1183.

598.

1173—82.

503, 220 i., 594.

1172.

1173—82.

1186—96.

532.

531.

87, 1256 r.

1214 in.

953.

459.

1198 vi.

530. «,.

1006.

677.

784 in.

971.

332.

825 in.

1204 v.

966, 993.

445.

245 vi.

178-9.

Ub

J\

•\«&\ CL>^

509.

823 in., iv., ix.
280.

294.

711, 823 ix.

159, 1011, 323.

1112 n.

412.

678.

812.

1198 H.

413 n.

853.

858—63, 584.

824 n., 825 i.
730—32.
426.

246 n.

1223 iv.

677.

1131 n.

1020.

845—9, 850—52, 866.

181.

132, 133, 672.

134.

247.

46.

323.

5 R

,_«? UJ

846

INDEX OF TITLES.

763 v.

584 n.

510.

704.

318, 1234 iv.

638.

1052.

252 in., iv.

192. j

755.

932-3.

389—94.

584.

420 v., 422 v.

778.

592.

642.

616.

745.

672.

458 ii.

634.

643.

644.

474.

1052.

1203 v.

648.

1212 in., 1227 in.

J.U

iiii

w> , so\a

601, 602 n.

671.

96 n.

191.

581 iv.

1197.

921.

476.

827.

676.

275 i.

235.

186-7.

675-6.

1111 i.

470.

684.

313.

1269.

687.

100.

1280—2, 571

696.

606.

687.

698-9, 1287.

700.

559.

420 i., 422 i

j

J1 ui

INDEX OF TITLES.

847

1217 vi.

250.

494—6.

1084. 0

515.

1214 in.

992, 1253 n.

993 n.

957, 968 n.

305, 806.

216 n.

216 i.

1206 in., 1218 n.

176.

1149.

811 v.

586 i.

210 i.

95 n.

540 n.

741.

439 in.

1222 n.
606.
487 iv.
671.
380.
615.

1223 vii.

Jb

JjlflC

718 xi.

428 in.

211 i.

87 n., 88 n., 89.

1096.

784 n.

824 i.

1237 i., 643, 1204 in.

410 vn.

1039.

545.

278.

1206 i.

279, 1256 vi.

1149.

487. t

716.

336 v.

135-6.

489. j>\.

1090 ii.

1227 i.

228.

512, 121 7 x., 1274.

1146.

647.

472.

784.

554.

U*jJ*J\ U

JT
j\

Jl

848

INDEX OF TITLES.

410 — 22. jUoJ^ L^AAflj'. ,Kj^\ c-'blfr

135.

769, 772. CAU.-A5 O^,ii ^'&\ £?.te

439 in.

307, 1234 i. jlaJ^ -

350, 851.

31Q ^Jk*^ ^ il iY>* '' J IxjM

1242 i.

'TQQ i •'• \\ *. • \l —
/OO. jjtX~.Jl 7-j"3 ^j3 Jjj*"1'

1200.

269-70. Jj^ ^1& ^ J_fJ\ -

301.

1203 i. jjJl Jb.y ^i ;yt!\ —

299-300.

586 i. &\ (JaAl, ^jUaJ\ —

551-2.

oco 1 * M a*** * * ^ \\

£i\)£i . i] f -«*J 1 t y^JJ^O _ *MJ ^ j (J M^ ^J 1 "

133.

120. W)^J\ t--5^ff-

1255 i.

295-6. ^^H ^

1233 in.

747-9, 4^^' uailEJJ^ jfj w^y^ uJ'^1 —

245.

1141 ii.

265.

1145 iv. jj^ —

426.

1139. ^Uoj\ f\j^ f\±>\ J i i-^-S j j*^^

Lf JJ J JJ

146. ^0*,

645. *s*J^* i^lP i_^ *J^^ <— V«^

166.

TA^ ^1 U « * t \\ t* «
/V/O. Z 1 ^ *^ ^ ; \lf/^ • .3 -J.J^J 1 0 fc&

1102.

844. »io.jii ^^

314.

1007. C^UUU\ —

525, 1277 iv.

~i ~i o r~ M*V»i»U**\*
JLJ.OO. , . »xi>- X-^***- 1 *? L_*^ /a**-' ' 8 ' Iff*

599.

1184. JyJ\ (^^ -

521-2, 1277 i.

598. u**w ,.*> iiJ i **^ cui« "»£

1277 m.

718 iz. ^^U-U ^Jj) J^ '^\f& l^

520.

1234 v., 1255 n., 320, 434. CL^Ul —

1277 ii.

821. t-jULiJb , V*.M , J i_-J^laM —

• C£-J L?

1184.

oQ-i o \ \\ •; • * i •• \\

£i\J L o* c^wO%J i &A*u4 /^w *j^4 ift c^^^ '

589.

QO1 \ H jJ.IA \ \\
O^l. A 'jV' 'H'^'l f <° ' T V ' '

245 vi.

1054. ^sr 'i**$ jZ> ^ f^^ ^iSl i_->.i^ t2^-fr

747.

368—73, 365, 381. jl*j^ Jl»sC) AiJI^jJ^ C^-«5^

126.

xi!^

INDEX OF TITLES.

84*

732 in.
1003 v.
966.

275 in., 435, 1199 iv.

1249 in., iv.

1130, 1148.

322.

1221 m.

1040.

1017.

233.

604.

185.

804.

267-8, 389, 540.

529.

563.

644.

510.

596 i.

671.

1253 iv.

853.

1219 i.

634, 636.

635.

557.

94 iv.

434.

j

sy>VjJ\ JJUiM

wo

949—52.

988.

732 HI.

551-2.

302.

399.

874—6, 882, 1252 i.

202.

787—91, 805.

756—9.

745.

796 i.

56—81, 1263—6.

738.

81.

587, 591 i. t

528 ii.

1078 i.

1211 HI.

1052.

497—9, 606.

1171.

1254 in.

1171 ii.

723.

606.

1236 xin.

1254 vi.

1236 xi.

AaJ\ ,j

j>U*

w^- -

5s

850

INDEX OF TITLES.

1254 xrr. {J^\ *x> J5b> JLoS

553.

wbV*

1254 xin. tjt^^ £* fi^\ —

91. ili

Jb y ^ iJi

501. '—°~*j?. —

1100. ,jj-J

^•^cr-1

1 /~\ f\ A. * t $• t **

J.Uy*fc. . «,MIJ jl tXx^aJ

J Lj *S* ••

242. jj^y3\

_^** (_y "r-T*1

584 i., 585 i., 1061 n., 1236 i., in. ^.j^ *±~<&\

1198 i. 4x.JcJ\

J^^ J A*4

1233 in. •#rjj£ —

539.

&««jO i

1052. «jt_l»\jiLiJ\ —

1212 n.

L ^jV^ii' » L*x)

1225 HI. jOjLJ) —

993. i_/ j^ J tJ

*J^^ Li^ L/

1211 x. j^ljiM —

446.

(JOJ^-ftJl j

1111. <ui>''JJl —

276.

«^^C?

1058— Ol . .aiXtfi ,,pi B J^A^aJ

823 x.

O ...j »^J i J

^_jT« _7*^ ^5

1030 i. jyaiUi —

825 n.

^^jj-U

245 xiv., 1081 n. jj^ ^O\ ^ —

152-3, 154, 634, 637.

J^

1030 TIII. u»}j^

937—52, 930 in., 931, 934 i.

V^^ ^

1109, 1286. jjji uJU>j\ jjur^^ ' -^

462—4, 469, 606, 747.

6JU!' u?

232 in., 701. .^J3\j ^* -«i\\ s j ,5 ,jjj4l ,jjl iiiSilOi

624. \i

uco)\ ii^o ^J

395, 410. ,jjlft»5\ ^-*^ (j •£"&&

841.

i>jJJ

595. ^.51 J5L« ^^\ J ^U J ^^

1220VI. ^JJ^^Jydll^ftj^

wO ^ L -* i A *t

ir\o/\ . - A .'i\£\\ U.

1238 n.

fcJUk^J 1

^— w

664. u^*-^^ trua^1 ij w^^^ ~

586 n. jjoj

;Ui>5l A^l u

*7QA ITT i * ^\ ** * ^v i

• O*Z 111* , «LV—*J ,_. ,-**) . 3 . %>•

722.

Wyi

679 j5lU\ jLff

395— 7,401— 9,410vn.,412.

>' c/- r^^

• J

423 vi. .J^ _»SM

776 VIH.

O^bo^^ll

272 u. c^\^^ *Jj --/i» ^ ^U>5)1 Loii

1111. w5)di (J^

j ^"il i >lt>5)\

"81. XwJUl gJtr»AjJ &XX^>

92.

^ r^J5ll

568. ,^J ^^/v ^U 5^\>'

206 vi.

L^J\j i^

1203 vi. k>\y£\j ts\jy\

1251 i.

UL^-^^

OOO I/ »U 1 ••

ooo . ^ Ux». T) ) J^ \ .5

776 vii.

^U-.*

234, 1203 in. &*> JLJ\ —

703.

\JU^

INDEX OF TITLES.

851

ft CO k.lll *lt \**e

•oOO. if* i)ljJJ i) yfl jJi u^Vw

811 in., 1112 n.

650—54. Jte^ —

336 n.

223. IA ll^ jy)iJJ\ — —

776 iv. ^

776 ix., 777. j^^j <-JjW —

739. ju-bj

519, 606. i-»LJ\j Lb$\ —

065.

398-9, 411, 417 n. 4l)\ ^.J ^j^JJ AoWsN • —

203 i.

995. AXX£ ->^l i)lx«^\ —

624.

OOfi I il Vc

721 n. '

604. J3\^\ —

206 xxxvi., 336 vi.

206 i., 1225 i. ^jj\ ^ —

398-9, 395, 411, 415-16

1132. >-&£ —

232. L-~*!

230. J^Jl —

587.

813. ».la-J\

849.

163, 842. ^jL*ti UJAS^^

41-42.

34. ^>}J\ ^ Q\fH —

786.

220 ii. ^^^\j6 «3 1 L\Afi /.fc) kX^sc"*"^ LN^>- ajj i — *"

841, e.

1234 VI. y^ yj^)

841, 5.

nf\r\ f\ ortK ji^ -i t* til ..> ..\\

206 xxxt., 336.

dyo-y, oyo, 4io-io. ^ui ^."JJ L?^^

584 n. l-r^^ *r?J?" —

1089 n. i_JVfl)lj u^jUiM t

206 XV. ^a^' .j^ 1/^4^ 2i,J'

1245 n.

785. JJltJ

764 i.

171. »^W

1210 n.

971 \ Jl

* t?^>

633, 636. c

206 HI. jj' J\ L?^^ ^%^ —

777, 2.

782. jui£J\ o>^' —

206 xxvi.

554 — 6. U^^j^

210 in.

206 n. Bb^\

1110.

785. »^)i'«!^ liu* /i {**&?. j'p*^.'^ —

1209 i.

vL

634. JW-.)\ —

206 iv.

U

852

INDEX OF TITLES.

447.

526.

578 ii., 579.

461.

1110 n.

330, 634.

43 n.

776 in.

823 in.

841.

398-9, 395, 411

398-9, 395, 411

539.

104—6, 107—9,

202.

604.

196-7.

566 n.

95 in.

823 xin.

767.

764 iv.

826.

719.

670.

753 v.

586 i.

119.

924 vii.,
1227 m.

J--J ujjiy

\ * -

(j Jj

\ Jj ^

1221 m.
1241 i.

47 iv.

671, 587.

302. J,

189.

1005.

1222 i.
791.

1155—9, 1170.
625-6, 627.
783.

469.

823 xiv.

288-9.

878.

487 vni.

680.

662.

1233 x.

357—61.

142.

542.

439 in., 446.

1084, 1215 i.

189.

1054—7, 1125 i., 1211 i., 1236 n.

1214 n.

967.

tJ\J>\

INDEX OF TITLES.

853

718 iv. li-o.^U JA\ llo^a* *__>ljJ u_*3

927.

967. Jk>).i««»^)0 f -iliM

997—1001.

530. VUW1 v\a»j v»Ufl1 v»U)

284.

100. ju«lflS5\ —

1232 n.

1050, 1 140. .^b ^ U « jj

394 iv.

876, 882. t_>jJ\ ^UJ

640.

567, 1279. Jj^ jU-\ cJjlia!

843, 849.

1246 V. ^j^st' -»i- jjj* ^ ,*^\P^ i=^^

437.

QQO ' . \/*\\\ vi t «*"\\ **^%)

844.

269. J^^\ J £#\

764 H.

342-3. u&l\ i& .J —

1244 in.

179 A M\

J./^. j_yju«jU

717.

423 vi. Jc ^^ J\^i> —

118.

OOyl *" A \t *" \ \\
OO4r. c\^fl«*_\Jl JJt^Ul

1242 in.

753 in. auux»~»UM _ ,jZ> ^j euuOijj^ —

537.

733. j^\ *«y

165. r^

1106. j^ J\ -

604.

921-2, 924 vi., 930 n., 931, 934 n., J^lc JuU

1128.

935 in., 954 in.

1142.

1198 i. iJi^ I-***

508.

276-7. iuiiii cjy ^ ^^-4^

310, 311—13.

OO1 t * 11 * * i

OO-L. AAJuwiJi ftflJ J -

619.

632. 5u Ji ^cU*ii i\^l«jk<

917—18.

QQO "?VC^ jM 5 iV i\ Vl\ \

180.

1125 ii., 1236 viii., 1256 iv. t-^Ls cJii*

259.

500. cM^ >;Vj ,J^ (•^ji^c

854, 866.

500 ^l ijbj J

929 i.

613. ^aJ\ JU?

796 n.

1254 vin. j-*^>i^ i_c^ iJ LT^^

1200 n.

ii)J\

5 T

854

INDEX OF TITLES.

282-3.

850, 851-2.

852.

439.

344.

388.

319.

303.

32, 606.

274.

23.

41.

304, 1231 iv.

262.

619 in.

1204 n.

776 i., x.

721 in.

823 xii.

1089 ii.

44-5.

1247 n.

829.

606.

618.

555-6.

968 i., 1201.

753 i.

695.

c

1245 in.
432.

473, 606.
465—7, 1270-71.

606.
662-3.
1232 i.

752, 1197 ii.

140.

666.

677.

448—54, 606.

776 vi.

879.

212 vi., <w,

213 vin., 1220 v.

1220 xx.
1239 i.
764 in.
1242 vin.
203 viii.
210 vii.
200.
410 vi.
1131.
137, 510.
137, 510.
1114—16, 606.
1002.

<o

£

J\y>J\

-S^o

INDEX OF TITLES.

855

1250 i. ^\ A*~*] jJUi J ^oSz-A

720, 679.

113~14. .1^ t-**"^ li*M « i\XjJ^ 3 AAjirj-y'

1087.

90. oV^Jj-S-JI

659. J*.UN d\

737-8. Li^^' i_^i>' —Jr"J i/ cfiij*—^

983-4. cViU

168. _ a^l JJI-* y- ,>i~J1

571. jj^ju^iJ^ i

145. a^jjjJ^ ^ji^H jj^Vi^c

660. c_A

i2iri/?QO >v i \ \ '* *\\ v •• *

o i y oo ^ . ~p*^i i f ^ nfifi* CLi*j)ftf*i^

181. <,

/>T f\ ' >\\ . \

101—3, 1266 n., 1222 i

694. Vx£L»O • «>A-»J !• VJk^a f -* j /^-*ft"

24.

1198 in. Jj^ ^yd*-** u/ <J^*^^ ^y ft"""0

776 x.

439 v. --^-o .3JS-A5 is^**^'

807, 811.

1268, 140, 141. A?^.^ »^««

992 m.

1204 i. j^\ JCl*

688—93, 1148.

138-9, 140-41, 1268. ,^uM yiJ ^jW^

510.

526 ii. jV^^ ^i'^-J^ —

1235 ii.

1133. jjli*J\ gjLox,

510.

930 i., 931, 934 in., IT., 935-6. o&WJ -UoJ^

164-5.

315. tyjlU ^

776 xn.

867—9. jAxJ)

1030 TIL, 1098.

226. ftflj.fi P^1 l^fl-*« &jO .-^-- 1 —L^^'O

1028—30.

207, 1230 n., 1237 IIL fjJ\ —

25.

604 i. «joui» (-j\ ^"3 t_JJ.oJ^

398-9,395,400,410,419.

680. »-«j J>\ JjW^ ,y «ijt^^ ^-^^

750.

705. .jjJN JjVlJl J ^^ —

1243 n.

186-7. jV^^ ^^ r/* <J j-^^ £^**

502, 616.

733. jV^l —

616.

784 HI. jJ^ ^J^SjjjjoJ^ —

864, 851.

578 HI. j)S~^ t-li^1* (J jS1*^ —

794-5.

245 ni. w;iJk51 J&& :>£• —

319.

J

856

INDEX OF TITLES.

Qf\Q \\ * i ' • U

oUD. j^^»j\ r f^ if i_^**^

93—5, 96 n.,421 iv., 1217 iv., 1234 n.

630. f\A**X\ ^ —

917—20. iUL

800. OU.i*M ^ —

477. ^

970. j^] J

47 ii. JU,

976 — 8. *_^o jVc-^)\ \_ ,j-'& <si u^ojJJ^ i_^**

856, 877. •jFr>*j-U

1221 i. Js-^ ^.jaj ^Lj ^ jii1' CH*«

1212 i., 1216 i., 1242 i.

481. j«Ua—jJJ jV"^^ ^Jlft*

294.

178-9. t;^ <»-^\>^«j y^ —

838, 841. ty

m. <_-uitt —

919 ii., 1030 vi., 1035—7, 1211 vi. ^

1232 ii. ^Vj/j^j ^5 ^jv; x^i-li*

83.

198. «*lUjiU _^«

266. Jy

606. SJ\«-.5\ —

784 ii., 783. ,_iKM J*

981, 988. (.jUH —

297-8.

439 m., 1222 in., 1240, <_^*y)l J u&& —

677. ^\

1242.

923-4, 929 n., 975 iv., 1200 i.,

237 vii. -.^XiJ^ —

1227 m.

798-9, 1210 i. jtta-j ^ c^lJ^,

725. ,

85. \J&\ —

665. f

918 n., 925—8, 1216 n. ^^ii^JJ J-oiJ)

760-1. il^

346. xJL^Ji c^U_jla^! ^.<Ui jvj>2«!l

721. ^'

712-13. f»_>*4^ i-V:4'*j i*^"^ ^^

395, 398-9, 410. ^^

526, 533. ^juJlWI (J31S<

1254 i.

823 ix. (o^-^^ j-olaxi

409. y^w «/•>

724. «i«>^Xi)^ —

46 n. &JJU

966. »W ^ J> »^] ^\&\

1197 i. pty\ y)

715. r^j SjAU jf^^Uu

1238 in. ji d\ yyse) J>.^

1006 — 14. cf>?._r^ C^UIH*

1223 i. v-^y ^^ J-aJ ,_/ <-

1223 in. aaja^'.aJ1 x«UL»)^

778. w^**^ ^^

47 vi. (C^fcj.M ^^ i«i>U^

826. (_5»-«^

J

^'j JUJ<

INDEX OF TITLES.

867

639.
640.
641.
1229 vi.

747.

252 ii. C.

261.

337.

212 iv., v., 213 iv., v.,
1220 xiv., xvii.

460, 606, 1198 v.

470.

354.

262, 1218 i.

354.

635.

745.

835.

1233 vi.
393-4.
206 xvi.
835, 836 n.
718.
320-1.

1234 in.
538.

1231 in.
1218 in.
1217 ii.

j>\

£,13 J

1236 x., 1124 HI., 1130.

384.

724.

275 in.

807, 811, 1199.

801 ii., 802.

313, 1231 i.

797 i. .

229.

410 iv., 419.

114.

341.

718 i.

962-3.

314.

635, 634.

924 in.

679.

873.

410 i, 414.

281.

290, 291—3.

1243 n.

305.

812.

429.

1266 i.

632.

619 in., 620.

"u\» Jl

(^

<**

J J5U

Jp u-^*'.-

-A\

5 u

858

INDEX OF TITLES.

594.

621.

805-6.

85.

811.

924 ii., in , 975

266.

717.

815.

1254 xi.

36-8, 1258.

324-5.

630-31.

129.

1235 i.

128.

332.

1057.

543.

335.

745.

979.

718 vi.

1158.

162.

1218 i.
1030 v.
U52.

1219 in.

<r
r

jjo

isjjuJ\

,

c.

lii

&afl -

672.

1151.

718 xni.

705.

387 n.

544.

752, 1197 n.

994.

131.

604.

1149 n.

447 ii.

685.

1052.

322 ii.

604.

1056, 1211 1., 1236 n.

683 n.

1003 i.

1232 ii.

252 i.

550.

1090 i.

1084.

302 iv.

702.

1143.

1214 i., 918 in.

268.

,Ui

J\

.«.

v
J

J L-^ -

INDEX OF TITLES.

859

429.

718 ni.

644.

436.

302 ii.

718 vn.

778.

461.

494.

682.

667—9.

544.

1095 i.

580.

1033.

1224 i.

636.

1212 i. jli

423 v.

1252 ii., 851, 866.

1110 i.

714.

595.

112.

539, 1219 v.

820 i.

783.

1238 i., 527.

965.

u?c
'J

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J1 J

u

.$>

1220 x.
1003 r.
1081 ii.
777 s.

841.
841.
812.

•

682.

545.

1217 x.

1034.

279-80, 1256 vi., vm.

540.

382—4, 428 ii.

423 vi.

1248 i.

270.

1227 H.

95 i.

1124 vi.

177.

1094.

677.

J CJo.

j

j

JJUl

1078 in., 1082, 1083, 1233 vi.,
1254 v.

1226 i., 1250 HI.
424-5, 426, 1216 i.
1212 vi. (

si?.

860

INDEX OF TITLES.

95 iv.

1016.

946—7.

1229 vn.

305.

253.

256, 257, 542.

446.

89.

812.

676.

1220 VH.

252 i.

399 iv.

1227 iv.

1231 vi.

M2lfl)\

J

r

1246 iv., 1254 xu.

1236 iv.

311.

1243 i.

1284.

1254 ix.

1254 xv.

613.

613.

607—12.

629.

285—6, 287, 1256 vn

753 in., 754, 1205 n.

1110 in.

548-9.

410 v., 420— 22.

OL»J

( 861 )

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

THE numerals in parenthesis are Hijrah dates. If preceded by b. or d. they are dates of birth
and death ; if preceded by c. they are approximate dates ; "when coming after the title of a work,
they denote the date of composition. Other numerals refer to the Nos. of the Catalogue.

SCHEME OP TRANSCRIPTION.
<£j th, _ h, £. kh, 0 d, (jo s, ]o t, t z, c ', c gh, Jf k, medial hamzah '.

Aban B. 'Abd al-Hamid al-Lahiki (c. 200) 1158-9.

- B. 'Uthman, 637 xm.

Ibn 'Abbad al-Sahib (d. 385) 1147.
Al-'Abbadi, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 458) 1203 v.
'Abbas B. 'Uthman al-Dimashki (c. 603).
Al-'Abbasi, v. 'Ali B. Muh. (c. 320) 531.
'Abd B. Ahmad al-Harawi, Abu Darr (d. 434) 158.
'Abdallah B. 'Abdallah al-Idkawi (d. 1184).
Bidd'at al-Arib, 1103.

B. 'Abdallah al-Sharji. Ghdyat Itkdn al-

Harakdt (1081) 769, 772.

- B. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Bakri (Abu 'Ubaid)
(d. 487) 995.

B. 'Abd al-Karlm al-Husaini. Nafthat al-

Masdtir (1143) 682.

- B. 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn 'Akil (d. 769) 966.

• • B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Uthmani (c. 571) 619 i.

- B. 'Abd al-Wali Ibn Muh. al-Ward. Al-
Jauhar al-A?il (1173) 1222 i.

- B. 'Abd al-Zahir (d. 692) 1017, 1147-8.
— B. 'Adi al-Jurjani (d. 365) 158, 624, 630.

B. Ahmad Ibn al-Baitar (d. 646). Al-Jdmi',

798-9, 1210 i. Al-Mughni, 800.

- B. Ahmad B. Hanbal (d. 290) 168-9.

B. Ahmad Ibn al-Khashshab (d.567) 843, 1009.

'Abdallah B. Ahmad Ibn Kudamah (d. 620). Raudat
al-Ndzir, 260.— 319, 556.

B. Ahmad al-Nasafi (d. 710). A'anz al-

Daka'ik, 288-9.

B. Ahmad al-Sharafi. Al-Masdblh al-Sdti'ah

(c. 1020) 526 H.

— B. Ahmad Ibn Tabataba (d. 348) 662.

B. 'Ali Ibn al-Akwa', 381.

B. 'Ali al-Rushati (d. 542) 632, 1052.

B. 'Ali al-Muayyadi, Abu 'Alimah, 5 1">.

- B. 'Ali Ibn Satari (d. 647) 665, B.

— B. 'Ali Ibn al-Wazir. Tabak al-llalu-,,
(1118) 592.

B. As'ad al-Yafi'i (d. 768). Mir'dt al-Jindn,

473.— 773 in., 1205 i., 1247 in., iv., 643.

— al-Balyani (d. 686) 245 x.

B. Barri al-Makdisi (d. 582) 846.

B. al-Hadi B. Amir al-Mu'minin (c. 800).

Al-Jauhar al-Sha/df99, n., 107.

B. Hamzah. Bulghat al-Muktdt (1260) 77-1.

B. Hamzah, al-Mansur billah (d. 614) . Majmii'.

210-11. Diwan, 1065, 537. Hadikatal-Hikmali,
156 1., 1 242 vi. Al-UrjusahJi sifat al-Khail, 814.
Masd'il, 212 vi., 156 v., 1095 in., 1220 in.-vu.
- al-Hlti, Abu'l-Tayyib. Shark Bdnat Su'd,/,
245 xvii.

862

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

'Abdallah B. al-Husain al-Tustari (d. 1021) 636.

B. al-Husain al-'Ukbari (d. 616) 118.

B. al-Husain al-Yazdi, 735, 1248 n.

- B. Ibad (c. 100) 202.

- B. Ishak (c. 1150) 1049 n.

- B. Abi '1-Kasim Ibn Miftah, 374.

- B. Mahmud (d. 772) 677.

- B. Mahmud al-Mausili (d. 683) 282.

B. al-Mubarak al-Marwazi (d. 181) 638.

- B. Muh., Sultan of Morocco (964-82) 68.

- B. Muh. Ibn 'Asakir (d. 591) 658.
• B. Muh. al-Bazzaz (c. 550) 1006, 1010.

- B. Muh. al-Busti, 846.

- B. Muh. al-Khazraji al-Andalusi (c. 640). Al-
Khazrajiyyah, 1233 in.

B. Mnh. al-Khazraji al-Hanbali. Mujmal al-

Raghd'ib, 640.

- B. Mnh. al-Mujani, 1039.

- B. Muh. al-Najri. Hiddyat al-Mubtadi (876)
1227 ir.

- B. Muh. Nukrahkar (d. 776). Sharif, Lull al-
Albdb, 967.

- B. Muh. Ibn Abi Shaibah (d. 235) 604 i.

- B. Muh. al-Shaltlshi (c. 650) 665.

B. Muh. al-Shanshuri (d.999). Al-Fawd'id, 434.

B. Muh. Ibn al-Sid al-Batalyusi (d. 521).

Shark Adab al-Kdtib, 833, 995.

B. Muh. Ibn al-Yasamin (d. 600). Al-Ydsa-

mtniyyah, 753 in., 754.

B.al-MukafiV (d. 139). Katilah wa Dimnah,

1155-9. Al-Durrat al-Yatlmah, 1003 iv.

- B. Muslim Ibn Kutaibah (d. 276). K. al-
Ma'drif, 447. Adab al-Kdtib, 832-4. Ta'wtl
Mukhtalif al-Hadith, 1204 n. K. al-Imdmah
wal-Siyasah, 519, 844.

Pasha Kuprili (c. 1144) 682.

B. Sulaiman al-Yamani, 818.

- B. al-Tayyib (d. 435). Shark al-Injll, 15.

- B. Thaub al-Khaulani (c. 60) 638.

- B. 'Umar al-Baidawi (d. 716) Anwar al-
Tanzil, 186.— 116, 873.

- B. Yahya al-Naziri (c. 900) 423 i.

— B. Yahya al-Shakratisi (d. 466) 1052.

- B. Yahya Sharaf al-Dm, 1219 vi.

B. Yusuf Ibn Hisham (d. 761). Audalj, al.

Masdlik, 964, 966. Al-I'rdb, 924 n.-iv., 974-5,

1203 ix. Mughni al-Lablb, 976-8. Shar/t

Bdnat Su'dd, 1031. Shudur al-Dahab, 971-3.

—1203 xii.

'Abdallah B. Abi Zaid al-Kairawani (d. 386) 302.
'Abd al-'Ali B. 'Ali, 636.

fAbdal-'Ali B. Muh. al-Birjindi (c. 930) 762, 761 in.
'Abd al-'AzIm B. 'Abd al- Kawi al - Mundiri

(d. 656). Al-Targhlb wa'l-Tarhib, 146. Al-

Takmilah, 629.
'Abd al-'Aziz B. 'Abd al-Salam (d. 660). Kawd'id

al-Shari'ah, 234, 1203 in.

B. 'Abd al-Wahid al-Miknasi (d. 964). Man-

zumat, 718.

B. Ahmad al-Bukhari (d. 730). Shark al-

MuntaMab, 261.

- B. Ahmad al-Dirini (d. 694). Tahdrat al-
Kulub, 235. Kiladat al-Durr, 701.

B. Ahmad al-Kattani (d. 466) 629, 657.

B. 'AH al-Azaji (d. 441) 169.

B. Muh. Ibn Afalik (c. 1123) 493.

B. Muh. Ibn Jama'ah (d. 767). Sirat al-Rasf/l,

1250 iv.— 476.

- B. Muh. al-Tiisi (d. 706) 315.

- B. Saraya al-Hilli (d. 752). Diwan, 1085.
Badl'iyyah, 985 n., 986, 990.

— B. Yahya al-Kinani (c. 200). Kitdt al-Haidah,

171.

'Abdal-Baki B. 'Abd al-Hamid al-Kurashi (d. 743) 58 7.
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, v. Yusuf B. 'Abdallah (d. 463) 623.
'Abd al-Basit B. Musa al-'Almawi (c. 970) 706.
'Abd al-Basit, Sibt al-Bulkmi, 874.
'Abd al-Da'im B. 'Ali al-Azhari (d. 870) 96 n.
'Abd al-Fattah al-'Umari, 1105.
'Abd al-Ghaffar B. 'Abd al-Karlm al-Kazwmi

(d. 665) 315.

'Abd al-Ghafur al-Lari (d. 912) 951.
'Abd al-Ghani B. 'Abd al-Wahid al-Jamma'ili

(d. 600). Al-Kamdl, 625-6.

B. Isma'Il al-Nabulusi (d. 1143).

Dlwdn al-Dawdwln, 1097-8. Al-Radd al-
Matln, 1257. Hullat al-Dahab, 681.— 2ir>
xiv., xv., 1102, 1127.

- B. Nuktah (d. 583) 622.
B. Sa'id al-Azdi (d. 409) . Mushtabi/t

al-Nisbah, 619. Al-Mu'talif wa'l-Mukhtalif,
619 in., 620.— 158.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

869

'Abd al-Hadi al-Basudi, 580.

'Abd al-Hafiz B. Shams al-Din al-Marsafi, 198.

Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abd-
allah (d. 257) 520.

'Abd al-Hakk B. Saif al-Din al-Dihlawi (d. 1052).
Shark Mishkdl al-Masablh, 141.

'Abd al-Hallm B. Ahmad al-Halimi (c. 1108) 1038.

'Abd al-Hamid B. Hibat-allah Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (d.
655). Shark Nahj al-Baldghah, 527-8. Al-
'Alawiyydt, 528 n., 814.

- B. 'Isa al-Khusraush&hi (d. 652) 557.

- B. Salim, 637.
Abu 'Abd al-Il, 758.

'Abd al-Jabbar B. 'Abdallah al-Darani (c. 370)
Ta'rlkh Ddrayyd, 657.

- B. 'All (c. 1005) 214 r.

- B. Muh. al-Khuwari (d. 536) 511.
'Abd al-Jalil B. 'Abd al-Rahman, 823 if.

'Abd al-Kadir B. Ahmad Ibn al-Fakibi (d. 982)
924 vii, 580.

- B. Ghaibi al-Maraghi (c. 830) 823 ix.

- B. Muh. al-Kurashi (d. 775) 645.

- B. Muh. al-Nu'aimi (d. 927) 487, 645, 706.

- B. Muh al-Safadi (d. 915). Sitt al-'Ain,
1089 i.

- B. Muh. al-Tabari (d. 1033) 990.

- B. 'Umar al-Baghdadi, 1036.

- B. Yusuf (447) 616.

'Abd al-Kahir B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jurjani (d. 474).

Mi'at 'Amil, 921-2.
'Abd al-Karlm B. 'Abd al-Nur al-Halabi (d. 735)

613.

- B. 'Abd al- Wahid al-Anmati (c. 570) 1012.
B. Hawazin al-Kushairi (d. 438). Al-Riadlah,

227.

- B. Ibrahim al-Jilani (d. 811) 245 vi., xiv.,
1081 n.

- B. Muh. al-Rafi'i (d.623). Al-'Azlz, 305. Al-
Mukarrar, 310.

- B. Muhibb al-DIn (d. 1014). I'ldm bibina al-
Masjid al-Hardm, 1285.

'Abd al-Latif B. 'Abdallah al-Kudsi (d. 1188)

661.

'Abd al-Majid Ibn'Abdun (d. 529) 585 11., 1058-61.
'Abd al-Malik B. 'Abdallah Ibn Badrun (c. 580)

585 n., 1058-61, 578 in.

'Abd al-Malik B. 'Abdallah al-Juwaini (d. 478).
Al-Warakdt, 256. Mughith al-Khalk, 1221 i.

- B. 'Abd al-I.Iamid al-Maimuni (d. 294) 168.

- B. Hisham (d. 213 or 218). Sirat al-R<uil,
503. Al-Tijdn, 578.

B. al-Husain al-'Isami (d. 1111). Sim( al-

Nujum, 492.

B. Jamal al-Din al-'Isami (d. 1037) 492.

- B. al-Kardabus, 1052.

— B. Kuraib al-Asraa'i (d. 213) 837, 459.

- B. Muh. al-Baghdadi (d. 460) 1270.

B. Muh. al-Khargushi (d. 407). Sharaf «/-

Nabi, *509.— 1131 i.

- B.Muh.al-Tha'alibi(d.429). Fikh al-Lughak,
853. Al-Fard'id, 1003 v. K. al-Kindyah.
K. man ghdba 'anhu'l-mufrib. Yailmal «/-
Dahr, 1110. Al-Mustajdd, 1131 I.

'Abd al-Masih Ibn Na'imah, 722.

'Abd al-Muhsin B. 'Abd al-Karlm al-Kaisarawi

(d. 761) 1253 n.
'Abd al-Mu'min B. Fakhir al-Urmawi (c. 670). Al-

Adwdr, 823 ni.-vi.
B. al-flasan (640-67) 1159.

- B. Hibat-allah Shufurwah (c. 600). Atbdk al-
Dahab, 1003 in.

'Abd al-Mun'im B. Muh. al-Barkiimini. Lubb al-
Albdb, 967.

- B. 'Ubaid-allah Ibn Ghalbun (d. 389). Al-
Istikmdl, 1235 II.

'Abd al-Muttalib B. al-Fadl al-Hashimi (d. 616).

Shark al-Jdmi', 272 i.
'Abd al-Rahim B. Ahmad al-Bukhari (d. 461)

619 i.

- B. Ahmad al-Bur'i (c. 450) 1215 TIL, x.

- B. 'Ali, al-Kadi al-Fadil (d. 596) 586 n.

B. al-Hasan al-Isnawi (d. 772). Tdbakdt «/-

Fukaha, 643—305.

- B. al-Husain al-'Iraki (d. 806). Alftijijat «l-
Hadlth, 166.— 239.

- B. 'Umar al-Jaubari (d. 665). Al-MnUtdrfi
kashf al-asrdr, 1200 n.

'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abdallah Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam
(d. 257). Fut&h Misr wal-Maghrib, 520.

B. 'Abdallah Ibn Akhi'l-Asma'i, 837.

B. 'Abdallah al-Suhaili (d. 581). Al-Uaud al-

Unuf, 504-7. Al-Ta'rtf'an al-Mubhamdt, 110.

B. 'Abd al-Muhsin al-Wasiti, 875.

864

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abd al-Razzak Ibn Makanis
(d. 794). Diwan, 1088.

B. 'Abd al-Salam. Mukhtasar al-Anhdr, 388,

1233, iv.

B. 'Abd al-Salam al-Saffuri (c. 884) 447 n.

B. Ahmad al-lji (d. 756). Jawdhir al-Kaldm,

188. Al - Fawd'id al - Ghiydthiyyah, 988.
rtikdd Ahl al-Sunnah, 1206 in.— 1218 i., n.,
1248 in.

B. Ahmad Jami (d. 898). Al-Fawd'id al-

Diyd'iyyah, 949-52.

B. Ahmad al-Tabari (c. 350). Al-WddiJi fil-

Eamy, 817-818, 820 in.

B. 'All Ibn al-Daiba' (d. 944). Bughyat al-

MustafU, 586 i. Kurrat al - 'Uyun, 587,
591 i.— 1049 iv.

B. 'All Ibn al-Jauzi (d. 597). Al-Muntazam,

460. K. al-Du'afd, 624. Safwat al-Safwah,
638. Ethics, 744. Al-Rab' al-'Amir, 1141.
Salwat al-Ahzdn, 1145 IT. Majdlis, 1251 in.

- B. 'Amr al-Auza'i (d. 151) 638.

B. <Amr (Abu Zur'ah) (d. 281) 624, 630.

— al-Bahlul (c. 1151) 1063.

B. Abi Bakr al-Suyuti (d. 911). Al-Bdhir,

369 in. Bughyat al-Wu'dt, 649. Bushra al-
Ka'tb, 232 11. Al-Durr al-MantMr, 125, 1267.
Al-Hi'at al-Saniyyah, 1226 i. Eusn al-Muhd-
darah, 564, 1278. Al-Jdmi' al-Saghir, 147-50.
Jazll al-Mawdhib, 1221 n. Hd rawdhu'l-wd'un,
160. Al-Muzhir,879. Al-Nahjai al-Mardiyyah,
965. Al-Nukdyah, 1224 i. Raj* Shan al-
Hubshdn, 601 i. Al - Shamdrikh, 1198 n.
Takhtis al-Baydn, 1246 in. Ta'rlJih al-
Khulafd, 483-6. Al-Tathlit 'inda'l-TabyU,
1229 i., 1246 n. Unmudaj al-Labib, 992 m.,
1246 i.— 561, 715, 718 n., 1149 n., 990.

- al-Darani (d. 205) 638.

- B. Hasan al-Jabarti (d. 1237). 'Ajd'ib al-
Athdr, 1280-82. Maehar al-Takdls, 571.

- B. Ibrahim al-Firkah (d. 690). Shark al-
Warakdt, 256.

- B. Ibrahim al-Zabidi (c. 920) 985 v., 990.

B. Ishak al-Zajjaj (d. 337) 12031^

B. Isma'll, Abu Shaman' (d. 665) 'Uyun al-

Daulatain, 554, Al-Mudayyal 'ala 'l-Daulatain,
555-6.

Abd al-Eahman al-Khaulani, 580.

al-Khazraji. Murshidal-Zuwwdr (c. 780) 662-3.

- B. Muh. al-Akhdari (d. 941) 736.

- B. Muh. Ibn 'Asakir (d. 620) 658, 556.

- B. Muh. al-Bastami (c. 850). Miftdl} al-Jafr,
198. Taudili Mandhij al- Anwar, 481.

- B. Muh. al-'Imadi (d. 1051) 1152.

- B. Muh. al-Jahhafi (c. 1050) 1217 in.

- B. Muh. al-Kazzaz (d. 535) 624.

- B. Muh. Ibn Khaldun (d. 808). Mukaddimah,
477.— 613.

- B. Muh. al-'Ulaimi (d. 927). Ta'riKh, 488.
Al-Uns al-Jain, 573, 1283.

- B. Sayyid 'All al-Amasi (d. 983) 279.

- al-Tha'alibi, 254 n.

- B. 'Umar al-Sufi (d. 376). Suwar al-Kaicdkib,
755.

- al-'Utaki. Shark al-Fazdriyyah, 1211 x.

B. Zain al-'Abidm al-Bakri (d. 1063) 1126.

'Abd al-Ea'uf B. Taj al-'Arifin al-Munawi (d. 1031).

Sharh al-Jdmi' al-Saghir, 151.
'Abd al-Salam B. 'Abdallah Ibn al-Taimiyyah

(d. 652) 319.
B. 'Abd al - Rahman al - Muksiri.

Ithdf al-Sdlikln (973) 1221 iv.

B. Ahmad al-Makdisi (d. 678). Kashf al-

Asrdr, 566 11.

B. Bashish (or Mashish) (c. 600) 252 in.

al-Sa'di al-Makdisi (d. 850) 563.

Abd al-Samad B. 'Abdallah al-Damaghani. Al-
Jauharat al-Khalisah, 1095 n.

B. Haji Muh., 127 IT.

'Abd al-Wadud, 1201, f. 5.

'Abd al-Wahhab B. Ahmad al-Sha'rani (d. 973).
Durr al-Ghawwds, 243. Al-Mlzdn al-Khidriy-
yah, 324-5.— 245 iv.

B. 'Ali al-Subki (d. 771). Jam' al-Jawami',

265, 646. Al-Tabakdt al-Sughra, 642. Mu'ifl
al-Ni'am, 750. Tarjumat Taki al-Dln al-Subki,
924 ix.

B. Bint al-A'azz (d. 665) 556.

B. Ibrahim al-Zanjani (c. 655). Al-'Izzi, 957.

B. 'Isa Ibn Abi Hayyah (d. 319) 502.

B.Muh.al-Ghamri. Al-'Arfal-Nadi (1030) 1084.

fAbd al-Wahid B. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Tamimi (d. 410)
170.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

865

Ibn 'Abdun, v. 'Abd al-Majid B. 'Abdun (d. 529)

585 n.

Al-Abhari, v. Mufaddal B. 'TJmar (d. 663) 729.
'Abld B. al-Abras, 1030 in.

B. Sharyah (c. 65). Akhbdr al-Yaman, 578 II.

Al-Abiwardi, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 507) 1030 v.
Al-Abshihi, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 800) 1114.
Al-Adfuwi, v. Muh. B. 'All (d. 388) 128.
'Adi B. Musafir al-Hakkari (d. 558) 679.
Ibn 'Adi, T. 'Abdallah B. 'Adi (d. 365) 624.
Ibn 'Afalik, v. 'Abd al-'Aziz B. Muh., 493.
Afanta B. Luka. Al-'Amal bil-Tturah, 753 vi.
'Affan, 662.
Al-Ahdal,v.Husain B. 'Abd al-Rahman (d. 855) 670.

- v. Abu Bakr B. al-Kasim (d. 1035) 1229 HI.
Ahmad B. 'Abbad al-Kina'i (d. 729). Al-Kdfi fil-

'arud, 993.

- B. 'Abdallah (Abu'l-'Ala) al-Ma'arri (d. 449).
Luzummd Id yalzam, 1050, 1140. 8ifc( al-Zand,
1051.

— B. 'Abdallah al-Bakri, Aba '1-Hasan. K. al-
Anwdr, 514.

- B. 'Abdallah al-Bardmi, 764 in.

- B. 'Abdallah al-Jaza'iri (d. 897). Al-Ldmiy-
yah, 189.

- B. 'Abdallah al-Kalkashandi (d. 821). Kald'id
al-Jumdn, 595, 1020.

- Ibn Kutaibah (d. 322) 447.

— (Abu Nu'aim) al-Isbahani (d. 430).
Dald'il al-Nubuwwah, 510. Al-Mustaklvraj, 137.
—158, 604 n.

- al-Razi (c. 500). Ta'rikh San'd, 583.

— Ibn al-WazIr (c. 950) 541.
Ibn Zaidun (d. 463) 1015.

B. 'Abd al-Fattah al-Milawi (d. 1181) 736.

- B. 'Abd al-Jalll al-Sinjari (c. 358) 776.

- B. 'Abd al-Kadir B. Salim. Tuhfat al-Zaman
(c. 950) 599.

- B. 'Abd al-Latif al-Sharji. Al-Tarlk al-
Wddihah, 827.

B. Abd al-Mun'im al-Haimi, 1099.

- B. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Hisham (d. 835) 964.

- B. 'Abd al-Razzak al-Tantarani (d. 485)
1030 i.

B.'Abdal-Wahhabal-Nuwairi(d. 733). Niha-

yat al-arab, 714.

Ahmad B. Ahmad al-Hadawi al-Aniai (c. 1140).
Al-'Alam al-Mufrad, 1096.

al-Na'ami. Chronicle (1257) 586 IT.

— al-Bamli(d.957). Fatlfal-Jawdd,125bi.

- al-Sharji (d. 893). Tabakdt al-Khavdff,
672, 586 i.

— Zarruk (d. 899) 244 n., 1250 11.
- B. Aibak al-Dimyati (d. 749) 613.

— B. 'Alawan (d. 665). Kitdb 'Aziz, 232, 1234 vi.

B. 'Ali al-Badawi (d. 675) 639.

— al-Buni (d. 622). Kitdb al-Biini, 230.
Shams. al-Ma'drif, 824 n., 825.

- al-Firyabi (c. 460) 657.

- Ibn Hajar al-'Askalani (d. 852). Path
al-Bdri, 133. Al-Durar al-Kdminah, 613-4.
Tab$ir al-Mushtabih, 632. JBulurjh al-Mardm,
1217 Jx— 635, 644, 662.

- Ibn 'Inabah (d. 828) 545.

al-Khatibal-Baghdadi(d.463). Ta'rikh

Madmat al-Saldm, 655. K. al-Bukhald, 1 132.—
621, 624.

al-Makini (c. 1041) 95 iv.

al-Makrizi, (d. 845). Al-Suluk, 480.—

613.

al-Mukri. Wujuh al-Kur'an, 1229 vu.

Mutair (d. 1075) 1217 in.

al-Najashi (d. 450) 634, 636.

- al-Rammah (d. 1176) 578 n.

Ibn al-Sa'ati (d. 694) 284.

al-Shirwari, 1228 in.

al-Siraji (d. 1250) 1223 n.

Ibn Siwar al-Baghdadi (d. 496) 90.

B. 'Amr al-Khassaf (d. 261). Adab al-Kddi,

273.

B. 'Atik al-Azdi. K. al-Baitarah, 813.

B. Abi Bakr al-Ramli, 1124 iv.

al-Damirdashi. Al-Durrat al-mu?aiiah (1169)

569-70.

B. Da'ud al-DInaweri (d. 282) 841.

B. Faris al-Razi (d. 395) 1017.

B. al-Faraj al-DInawari al-Ibari (d. 506)

1133.

B. Faris al-Kazwini (d. 395). Mujmal al-

Lughah, 843, 849.

B. Abi Haf? al-Farabi. Zallat al-Kdri (570)

272 n.

5 r

866

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Ahmad B. Hamzah al-Ramli (d. 957). Ghayut al-
Baydn, 318.

B. al-IJasan al-Hiri (d. 421) 511.

B. al-JIasan B. Ishak, 1217 vn.

— al-Jarabardi (d. 746). Shark al-Shdfi-

yah, 956. Al-Mughni, 970.

— al-Mahdi (c. 1087) 580.

al-Rassas (c. 610). Al-Thaldthtin al-

Mas'alah, 207-8, 1230 11., &c.

— al-Zuhairi. Diwan (c. 1188) 1104,

B. Hijji (d. 816) 613.

B. al-Husain al-Baihaki (d. 458) . Dald'il al-

Nubuwwah, 511. — 158.

B. Hamid al-Din al-Sharafi. Chronicle

(1139) 591 m.
- al-Haruni, al-Mu'ayyad (d. 411).

Al-

Ifddah, al-Ziydddt, 338.

al-Isbahani,AbuShujac (c.500). Ghayat

al-Ikhti$dr, 307, 1234 I.

al-Mahdi (d. 656) 346.

al-Mutanabbi (d. 354). Diwan, 1038-43,

838.

Ibn Raslan (d. 844). Safwat al-Zubad,

318.

B. Ibrahim (d. 949) 599.

Ibn al-Jazzar (c. 395) 807, 811 iv.

— Ibn Mirdas (d. 371) 158.

- B. 'Imad al-Akfahsi (d. 808). Kashf al-Asrdr,
196-7.— 1255 i.

B. Isma'il al-Rasuli (d. 827) 1211 iv.

- B. al-Kasim Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah (d. 668) 'Uytin
al-Anbd, 647.

- B. Kathir al-Farghani, 777.

- B. Abi '1-Khair Ibn Zarkub (d. 789) 677.

- B. al-Khalil al-Khuwayyi (d. 637) 1017.

— B. al-Khaluf al-Tunusi (c. 874) 705.

B. Ma'add al-Iklishi (d. 549). Anwar al-Athdr,

157. Al-Kaukab al-Dari, 142.

— B. Mahmud, Maulana-Zadah (c. 800) 1248 i.

— al-Mahshar, 1004.

B. al-Mansur billah, al-Mutawakkil (c. 651)

814.

- al-Maswari (c. 1080) 1219 v.

- B. Muh. al-Antaki (d. 953) 94 iv.

- Ibn 'Arabshah (d. 854). Al-Ta'lif al~
Tdhir, 559.

Ahmad B. Muh. al-Arrajani (d. 544). Diwan,
1062-3, 1124 ii.

Ibn 'Asakir (d. 610) 658.

Ibn Abi 'l-Ash'ath (c. 360). Al-Ohddi

wa'l-Mughtadi, 786.

Ibn 'Ata-allah (d. 709). Taj al-'Ariis,

&c., 237 i. n. vn.

- Ibn Abi 'Azafah (b. 557) 665.

al-Barki (d. 274) 634, 637.

al-Dardir (d. 1201) 1127.

al-Fayyumi (d. 770). Al-Misbdb al-

Munir, 867—9.

Ibn Glialib al-Khuwarazmi (d. 425)

158.

Ibn al-Ha'im (d. 815). Nuzhat al-

Hussdb, 752, 1197.

al-Haimi. Tib al-Samar (1144) 675.

Suldfat al-'Asir, 1099.— 1095-6, 1100.

Ibn Hajar al-Haitami (d. 974). Al-

Sawd'lk 192-3. Kaff al-Ra'd', 1221 in. Al-
Minah al-Makkiyyah, 1233 vi.

al-Hanafi al-Hamawi, 1252 in.

Ibn ^anbal (d. 241) 168-70, 640.

al-Hijazi (d. 875). Rau4 al-Addb, 1119.

al-'Iraki (c. 850) 784.

Ibn 'Isa, 637.

B. Ishak, 1217 vii.

al-Jazari (b. 780). Al-Hawdshi al-

Hufahhimah, 93.

al - Jazzaz al - Zabldi, al - Ishdrdt al-

Wdfiyah (926) 993 n. in.

al-Katin. Safinah (1196) 1124.

al-Khafaji (d. 1069). Eaihdnat al-

Alibbd, 1123, 1036, 1130.

al-Khallal(d.311). Al-Musnad,l68,l69.

Ibn Khallikan (d. 681). Wafaydt al-

A'ydn, 607-612.

al-Kuduri(d.428). Al-MuJchtasar, 274.

Ibn Lukman (d. 1039). Nuzhat al-

Ansdr, 387 n.

al-Maidani (d. 518). Al-Sdmifil-Asdmi,

855. Majma' al-Amthdl, 997—1101.

al-Majdi (d. 850) 765 iv., 767.

— al-Makdisi (d. 765) 500.

al - Makkari (d. 1041). Nafi al - Tib,

667-9.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

867

Ahmad B. Muh. al-Marwadi (d. 275) 168.

- Ibn al-Nahhas (d. 338). Ndaikh al-
Kur'dn, 128. Shark al-Mu'allakdt, 1028.
al-NatiE al-Tabari (d. 446). Al-Jumal,

275 ii.

B. al-Radi, 545.
al-Saimari,Abu'l-'Anbas.

775.

776.

841.

al-Sharafi (c. 1055) 543, 540.
al-Silafi (d. 576) 520, 619 1., 625, 657.
al-Sinjari. Al-Jdmi' al-Shdhi (c. 358)

Ibn al-Sunni (d. 364) 1206 i.
al-Tha'labi (d. 427). Al-'Ard'is, 494-6.
Ibn Wallad (d. 332). Al-Maksur, 838,

- - al-Zahiri (d. 696) 616, p. 4046.

- al-Zurkani (c. 1000) 924 iv.

- al-Mukri al-Fasi, 482.

- B. Munir al-Tarabulusi (d. 547) 1111 iv.

- B. Musa B. 'Ajil (d. 684) 1243 n.

- Ibn Ta'us (d. 673) 528 n.

- B. Mustafa Tashkupri Zadah (d. 968). Al-
Shakd'ik, 678. Shark al-Jamriyyah, 94.

- B. Nasr-allah (d. 844) 1255 in.

- Nazr al-Samau'ali al-Ibadi. Diwan, 327-8.

- Pasha al-Jazzar (d. 1219) 574.

- al-Safadi (d. 980) 568.

- B. al-Sa6 al-Maimuni (c. 694). Al-Tibr aL-
Masbftk, 746.

- B. Sahl al-Balkhi, Abu Zaid (d. 355). Al-Bad1
wa'l-Ta'rikh, 447 11.

- B. Salih Ibn Abi '1-Rijal (d. 1100). Tafsir al-
Sharl'ah, I'ldnt al-Muwdli, 217. Al-Raud al-
Zdhir, 544.— 214 v., 673.

- B. Shu'aib al-Nasa'i (d. 303) 624, 1206 i.

- B. Sinan (or Yusuf) al-Karamani (d. 1019).
Akhbdr al-Duwal, 491.

- B. Sulaiman al-Auzari (c. 750) 213 xiv.

- Ibn Kamal Pasha (d. 940). Treatises,
438 in., 1244.

- al-Mutawakkil (d. 566) 412, 1219 i.

- B.Tughar(c. 700). Al-Nutk al-Mafhtm, 1143.

- B. 'Umar al-Muzajjad, 1221 v.

- Ibn Suraij (d. 306) 1203 n., 1243 i.

- B. Tahya Ibn Fadl-allah (d. 749) 613, 1020.

Ahmad B. Yahya Ibn TJabis (d. 1061). Takmil
Shark al-Azhdr, 374.

Pafid al-Taftazani (d. 916) 717.

- Ibn Abi flajalah (d. 776). Al-8ukkar-
ddn, 558. Dtwdn al-$abdbah, 1113.

, al-Mahdi (d. 840). Al-Azhdr, 365-7.

Al-Ghaith al-Midrdr, 368-73. Al-Bahr al-
ZakhkMr, 395-407. Ghdydt al-Afkdr, 410.
8har^ al-Mufaffal, 928. Haydt aL-Kulub,
1220 «., 1229 iv., 1240 n. Tracts, 399.—
545, p. 339 b.

— B. Yasar al-'Ansi. Al-Wasi(fil-Fard'i4, 446.

B. Yazid al-Kurtubi (d. 625) 665.

- B. Yusuf al-Ru'aini al-Gharnati (d. 779) 876>
990.

— al-Tlfashi (d. 651) 781, 1288.— 812.

- B. Zaid al-Shawari (d. 793) 1237 n.

- B. Zain al-'Abidin al-'Amili, 330.

al-Bakri (d. 1048) 1126.

Ibn Zanbal (c. 960) 565-6.

B. Zuhair al-Nasa'i (d. 279) 616.

— B. Zuhairah al-Makki (d. 792) 563.
Aidamir B. 'AH al-Jildaki (c. 750). Al-Mlfldh,

Kald'id al-Nuhvr, 783-4.
Al-'Aini, v. Mahmud B. Ahmad (855) 966.
'A'ishah Bint al-Ba'iiai (c. 929) . Sadl'iyyah, 985 vi .
Ibn 'Ajil, v. Ahmad B. Musa (d. 684) 1243 n.
Al-Ajurri, v. Muh. B. al-Husain (d. 360) 155.
Al-'Akawwak al-Yamani (d. 213) 1036, j, 1211 vn.
Al-Akhdari, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. (941) 736.
Al-Akhfash, v. 'Ali B. Ahmad, 1233 i.
Al-Akhtari, v. Mustafa B. Shams al- Din (d. 968)

880.

Al-'Akiki, v. 'Ali B. Ahmad (c. 350) 634.
'Akil B. 'Izz al-Diu al-Khalidi (1172) 1049 v.
Ibn 'Akil v. 'Abdallah B. 'Abd al-Rahman (d. 769)

966.

AI-Aksara'i, v. Muh. B. 'Isa (c. 644) 820 i.
Ibn al-Akwa', v. 'Abdallah B. 'Ali, 381.
v. 'Ali B. al-Hasan, 770.

Abu 'l-'Ala, v. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah (d. 449) 1050.

'Ala al-Din al-Tarabulusi, 96 i.

Al-A'lam, v. Yusuf B. Snlaiman (d. 476) 1026.

Abu 'Alamah al-Mashja'i (d. 1165) 598.

v. 'Abdallah B. 'Ali al-Mu'ayyadi, 545.

'Alawan, 'Ali B. Atiyyah (d. 922) 1089 I.

868

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Ibn 'Alawan, v. Ahmad B. 'Alawan (d. 665) 252.

- v. Ibrahim B. Ahmad al-Bali (d. 800) 86.
'AH B. 'Abdallah al-Baha'i (d. 815) 578 HI.

Ibn al-Madini (d. 234) 617.

- Ibn al-Mukarrab (c. 620) 1066.

al-Samhudi (d. 911). Khuldsat al-

Wafd, 1284.

- al-Shadili (d. 656) 244 n., 1250 n.

- Ibn Abi Zar' (c. 726). Al-Anis al-
Mutrib, 597.

- B. 'Abd al-'Ali (d. 940) 636.

- B. Abd al-Kafi (d. 756) 924 ix., 1203 iv.

- B. 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Hudail al-Fazari
(c. 760). Makdldt al-Udabd, 1144.

- B. 'Abd al-Warith al-San'ani, 583.

- B. Ahmad al-Akhfash. Al-Khutab, 1233 i.

- al-'Aklki (c. 350) 634.

-Ibn Hubal (d. 610). Al-MuMtdr,
796 n.

- Ibn Ishak, 1227 in.

— Sayyid 'Ali Ma'sum (d. 1117). Anwar

al-Rabi', 990.— 676.

- al-Muhallabi (d. 385) 838.

— al-Sa'idi (d. 1189) 736.

- al-Wahidi (d.468). Tafslr, 99. Shark
al-Mutanabbi, 1042-3.

- al-Yamani (d. 700) 1243 n.

- B. 'Atiyyah, 'Alawan (d. 922) 1089 I.

- B. Abi Bakr al-Haithami (d. 807) 394 iv.

- al-Marghinani (d. 593) 279.

- B. Da'ud, al-Malik al-Mujahid (d. 764).
Al-Akwal al-Kdfiyah, 816.

- B. Hamzah al-Basri (d. 375). Al-Tanbihdt,
841.— 838.

- al-Kisa'i (d. 182) 1203 xn.

B. Abi '1 - Hazm Ibn al - Naf is al - Karshi

(d. 687). Al-Miijiz, 805-6.

- B. al-IJasan al-Akwa', 770-2.

— Ibn 'Asahir (d. 571). Ta'rikh Dimaslik,
658.— 657.

- al-Bakharzi (d. 467) 1017, 1147.

- al-Huna'i (c. 307). Al-Hunaddad,
835, 836 n.

- B. Khalaf al-Azdi (c. 257) 520.

al-Khazraji (d. 812)'. Tirdz a'lam al-

Yaman, 671.— 587, 1213 n.

'Ali B. Hibat-allah Ibn Makula (d. 486). Al-
Ikmdl, 621, 628.— 158.

B. Humaid Ibn al-Walid al-Kurashi (c. 623).

Shams al-Akhbdr, 413 n. — 157 iv., 344 n. HI.

- B. al-Husainal-Isfahani, Abu '1-Paraj (d. 356).
Kitdb al-Aghdni, 650-4. Makdtil al-Tdlibiy-
yln, 526, 533.

al-Mas'iidi (d. 346). Muruj al-Dahab,

448-54.

al-Maswari (c. 1031) 445.

al-Mausili(d.789). Badl'iyyah, 985m.,

990.

- B. Tahya (c. 650). Al-Luma', 342.
Durar al-Fard'id, 423, vi.

— , Zain al-'Abidm (d. 95) 207 in., 247,
1225 n.

- B. Ibrahim al-'Attar (d. 724) 1247 i.

al-Halabi (d. 1044). Insdn al-'Uytn,

1274-6, 606.

al-Zanjani. Shark al-'Izzi, 957 n.

B. 'Isa (c. 700) 764 i.

- B. Isma'il al-Ash'ari (d. 324). Al-Luma',
172.

— al-Kunawi (d. 729) 312, 315.

Ibn Sidah (d. 458). Al-Mukkam, 854,

866.

- B. Jabir al-Dabbaj (d. 646) 665.

- B. Ja'far Ibn al-Katta' (d. 514) 1214 in.,
993.

al-Razi, 96 in.

- B. al-Kasim Ibn 'Asakir (d. 616) 658.

al-Najafi (c. 866) 530.

- al-Khawwas (d. 941) 243.

B. Kizil al-Mushidd (d. 656). Diwan, 1077,

1112.

B. al-Mahdi (c. 1030) 543.

- B. al-Mu'ayyad, 1231 in.

B. al-Mufaddal al-Makdisi (d. 611). Al-

Arba'un, 158.— 629.

B. Muh. al-'Abbasi (c. 320). Slrat al-Hddi,

531.

al-Amlahi (d. 977) 545.

Ibn al-Athir (d. 630). Al-Kdmil,

462-4, 679.

al-Bakri (c. 900) 1212 i., 1216 i.

-al-Bazdawi(d.482). Kitdb

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

869

Ali B. Muh. al-Bukbari, 'Ala al-Nabihi (c. 770).
Shark JawUhir al-Kaldm, 188.

— al-Dlnawari (d. 331) 662.

- al-Jurjani, al-Sayyid al-Sharif (d. 816).
Al-Ta'rtfdt, 870-3.— 137, 183, 435, 715, 733,
1208 x., 1218 n.

al-Kahtani. Al-Ddmighah, 1111 in.

Ibn Kamar (c. 840). Shark al-Azhdr,

380.

184.

- Kushji (d. 879). Shark al-Tajrld,
Eisdlah dar Hai'ah, 763 in. — 1208 VII.

- Ibn Kutaibah(c. 300) 633.

- al-Manufi (d. 939) 302.

- al-Mawardi (d. 450). Al-AhJcdm al-

Sultdniyyah, 740.

— al-Muradi (d. 1184) 659.

Mutair (d. 1084) 445.

— Ibn al-Nabih (d. 619). Diwan, 1067 n.,

1073 m.

al-Najri (c. 850). Al- Anwar, 381.

• • al-Sakhawi (d. 643). Al-Wasllah, 89.

ffiddyat al-Hurtdb, 95 v. — 662.

Muhammad al-Shirazi, called Bab (d. 1266).

Tafxlr Surat Yusuf, 221.

B. Muh. al-Tabarani (d. 365) 657.

- al-Tanukhi (d. 342) 534.

al-Tihami (d. 416). Diwan, 1049.

Ibn Ya'ish (c. 643). Al-Durar al-

Manziimah, 929 i, in.

B. al-Muhassin al-TanQkhi (d. 447) 1131 I.

B. Mu'min Ibn 'Usfur (d. 669) 646.

B. Munir al-Khallal (d. 439) 520.

B. Murad al-'Umari (d. 1147) 1253 iv.

B. Musa Ibn Arfa' Eas (d. 593) 784 in.

Ibn Sa'ld (d. 615). Al-Jaghrdfnjah,

696.

— Ibn Ta'us (d. 664). Al-Tard'if, 191.

B. Muslih al-Sam'ani al-Kirmani, 549.

B. Nasir al-Husaini (c. 630). Zubdat al-

Tawdrlhh, 550.

B. Salah (d. 1193) 1095.

B. Salamab. al-Sarimi. Al-Mufld al-Jdmi'

(663) 346.

B. Shihab al-Din al-Hamadani (d. 786). Shark

al-Fusus, 233.

B. Shukr (c. 616). Sharhi I'tiMd Ahmad, 170.

Ali B. Sultan Muh. al-Harawi (d. 1014). Mirkdt
al-Mufdtih, 140.

B. Abi Talib (d. 40). Diwan, 1224 n. Nahj

ul-Baldghah, 527-8.— 237 v., 1184-5, 1220 i.,
1227 v., 1229 vi., 1230 i.

B. 'Ubaid-allah Ibn Babawaih (c. 500) 635.

- B. al-'Ulaif al-'Adnani, 1111 in.

B. 'Umar Ibn al-Batanuui (c. 900). Al-'Unwdn.

1149.

al-Darakutni (d. 385) 619 in., 620,

624.

— al-Katibi (d. 675). Hikmat al-'Ain,

726.- Al-Shamsiyyah, 730.

- B. 'Uthman al-Irbili (d. 670) 990.

• Ibn al-Iiasih, Abu '1-Baka (d. 801).
Durrat al-Afkdr, 764 v.

al-Ushi (d. 569).

Bad' al-Amdli, 177.

- B. Yahya al-'Attar (d. 662) 158.

al-Banna (c. 700). Al-Manhaj al-

Kawlm, 115.

Al-Damadi, 1215 xin.

Sharaf al-Din, 1219 vi.

- B. Yusuf B. Mutahhar (b. 635) 331.

B. Zafiral-Halabi(d.623). Akhbdral-Duwal,

461.

Al-Alkam, v. al-Husain B. 'Ali (c. 500) 1053.

'Alkamsh, Diwan, 1027.

Alusi Zadah, v. Mahmud B. 'Abdallah (c. 1269)

683.
Al-'Amili, v. Muh. B. al-Husain (d. 1031) 763.

- v. Muh. B. Makki (d. 732) 324.

- v. Zain al-Din B. 'Ali (d. 966) 334.
'Amir B. Jurhum, 578.

B. Muh. Ibn al-Rasbid (c. 1130). Bughyat

al-Murld, 545. Nasd'ih, 1232 11.

al-Zurkani (c. 1201). Nuzhat al-Rall', 994.

Al-Amlahi, v. 'Ali B. Muh. (d. 977) 545.
Ammonius, Saint, 40 xn.

'Amr B. 'Ali al-Fallas (d. 249) 617.

B. al-'As, 447 n.

— B. Bahr al-Jahiz (d. 255). Al-'Ibar, 684.
Al-Mahdsin wa'l A'ddd, 1128.— 1129.

B. Kulthum. Mu'allakah, 1028-30.— 1107.

Abu 'Amr B. al-'Ala, 92 TI., 96 iv.

Al-Amuli, v. Muh. B. Mahmud (d. 756) 791.
Anastasius, Bishop of Terahiya, 39 in.
5z

870

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Ibn al-Anbari, v. Muh. B. al-Kasim (d. 328) 831.
Abu 'l-'Anbas, v.Ahmad B. Muh. al-Saimari (c. 275)

775.

Ibn 'Anka, v. Muh. B. al-KLalis, 1219 vi.
Al-'Ankawi, 1124 i.

Al-Ansari, v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Baki (d. 535) 502.
Al-'Ansi. Al-Irshdd (632) 345.
'Antarah al-'Absi. Diwan, 1026. Mu'allakah,

1028-30.— 1034.
Antonius Sabbagh, 43.
Abu '1-Anwar al-Wafai (c. 1201) 994.
'Arabaji Bashi Ibrahim B. 'Ali (d. 1190) 719.
Ibn al-'Arabi, v. Muh. B. 'All (d. 638) 231.
Ibn 'Arabshah, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 834) 559.
'Arab-Zadah (d. 969) 678.
Archelides. Homily, 1262 vm.
Ibn Arfa' Kas, v. 'All B. Musa (d. 593) 784 in.
Ibn Arhab, 1236 xr.

Al-Arlhawi, v. Muh. B. Sulaiman (d. 1158) 252 n.
Aristotle. De animalibus, 778. Theologia, 722.
Al-Armanazi, v. Ghaith B. 'Ali (d. 509) 617.
Al-Arrajani, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 544) 1062.
Ibn 'Arubah, v. al-Husain B. Muh. (d. 318) 604 i.
As'ad B. Ibrahim al-Irbili, 919 n.

al-Kannl, 578 in.

B. Khatir (or Muhaddab) Ibn Mammati (d.

606). Kawanin al-Dawdwln, 553. — 1159.

Asad B. Musa, 578.

Asaf B. Barakhya, 824 I.

Ibn 'Asakir, v. 'All B. al-Hasan (d. 571) 658.

Al-A'sha, Maimun B. Kais, 842, 1030 in, 1107.

Al-Ash'ari, v. 'AH B. Isma'll (d. 324) 172.

Ibn Abi '1-Ash'ath, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (c. 360) 786.

Al-A.shmuni, 'Ali B. Muh. (d. 900). Manhaj al-

Sdlik, 962-3.
Ashraf B. 'Abd al-Baki, Mirza Makhdum (d. 995)

682.

Al- Ashraf al-Ghassani, 1213 n.
Ibn 'Asim, v. Abu Bakr B. 'Asim, 1145 i.
Ibn AsTr, v. Muh. B. Muh., 670.
Al-'Askari, v. al-Hasan B. 'Abdallah B. Sa'Id

(d. 382) 163.

v. al-Hasan B. 'Abdallah B. Sahl (c. 400)

996.

Al-Asma'i, v. 'Abd al-Malik B. -Kuraib (d. 213)
837.

Ibn al-'Assal, v. Hibat-allah B. As'ad, 7.

v. Abu Ishak B. Abi '1-Fadl, 23.

Al-Astarabadi, v. Hasan B. Muh. (d. 715) 946.

— v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 683) 943.
Abu '1-Aswad al-Du'ali (d. 69) 648.
Ibn_Ata-allah, v. Ahmad B. Muh (d. 709) 237.
Al-Athari, v. Sha'ban B. Muh. (d. 828) 993.
Ibn al-Athir, v. 'Ali B. Muh. (d. 630) 462.

v. al-Mubarak B. Muh. (d. 606) 143.

— v. Nasr-allah B. Muh. (d. 637) 982.

Ibn al-'Atiyyah 'Abd al-Hakk (d. 541). Tafslr, 1291.
Al-'Attar, v. 'Ali B. Ibrahim (d. 724) 1247 i.

v. Muh. B. Muh., 812.

— v. Abu '1-Muna B. Abi '1-Nasr (c. 658) 801 n.
Al-'Ayyani, v. al-Kasim B. 'Ali (d. 393) 532.
Al-'Ayyashi, v. Muh. B. Mas'ud (c. 300) 633.

Ibn Abi 'Azafah, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (b. 557) 665.
Al-Azhari, v. Khalid B. 'Abdallah (d. 905) 924 n.

— v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 370) 304.
Al-'Azizi, v. Muh. B. 'Uzair (d. 330) 130.
Al-Azraki, v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah (d. 244) 575.
Bab, v. 'AH Muh. al-Shirazi (d. 1266) 221.
Al-Babarti, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 786) 279.

Ibn Babashad, v. Tahir B. Ahmad (d. 469) 917.
Ibn Babawaih, v. Muh. B. 'Ali (d. 381) 330.
Al-Badawi, v. Ahmad B. 'Ali (d. 675) 639.
Badi' B. Abi Mansur al-'Iraki (c. 600) 281.
Bad!' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (d. 398) 1147, 537.
Badr al-Dm B. Abi Bakr Ibn Kadi Shuhbah

(d. 874), v. Muh. B. Abi Bakr, 313.
Badr Muhammad of Dhar (c. 822). Dustur al-

Ikhwan, 877.

Al-Badri, v. Abu Bakr B. 'Abdallah (c. 880) 705.
Ibn Badrun, v. 'Abd al-Malik B. 'Abdallah (c. 580)

1058.
Baha-allab, v. Husain 'AH B. Mirza 'Abbas

(d. 1309) 222.

Ibn Bahrak, v. Muh. B. 'Dmar (d. 930) 924.
Ibn Bahran, v. Muh. B. Yahya (c. 960) 428.

v. Musa B. Yahya (c. 950) 540.

Al-Baidawi, v. 'Abdallah B. 'Umar (d. 716) 116.
Al-Baihaki, 696.

v. Ahmad B. al-Husain (d. 458) 511.

Ibn al-Baitar, v. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad (d. 646)
798.

v. Muh B. Muh. (c. 840) 753 v.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

871

Al-Baitlmani, v. Husain B. Tu'mah (d. 1175)

1102.
Abu '1-Baka al-Samarkandi. Kashf al-Multabis,

119.

B. Zuraik, 645.

Al-Bakarhi, v. Makhlad B. Ja'far (d. 369) 618.
Al-Bakharzi, v. 'Ali B. al-Hasan (d. 467) 1017.
Iba Bakhtlshu', v. 'Ubaid-allah B. Jabra'il (c. 450)

778.

Bakkar (d. 270) 662.
Abu Bakr B. 'Abdallah al-Badri (c. 880). Nuzhat

al-Andm, 705.

B. 'Abdallah al-'Idarus (d. 914) 1049 in.

- B. 'Abd al-Majid al-Kurbati, 1221 iv.

B. Ahmad Ibn Kadi Shuhbah (d. 851).

Muntaka 'l-'Ibar, 470. Tabakdt al-Shdfi'iyyuh,
644.— 643.

B. fAli Ibn Hijjah (d. 837). BatK'iyyah,

985 i., 990, 1020, 1148.

B. 'Asim (d. 829). Hadd'ik al-Azhdr,

1145 i.

B. Abi '1-Hasan al-Zuhri, 807.

B. al-Husain al-Maraghi (d. 816). Tahklk

al-Niisrah, 576.

B. al-Kasim al-Ahdal (d. 1035). Jamr al-

Ghaddt, 1229 in.

- B. Yusuf al-Mutatabbib, 819.
Al-Bakri, v. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah, 514.

v. 'Ali B. Muh. (c. 900) 1212 i.

v. Abu '1-Kasim B. Husain, 177.

v. Abu '1-Mawahib B. Muh. (d. 1037) 1274.

Baktut al-Khaznadari (d. 711) 820 II.

Baldur Zadah (d. 1060) 678.
Al-Balkhi, v. Ahmad B. Sahl (d. 355) 447 n.
Al-Balyani, v. 'Abdallah al-B. (d. 686) 245 x.
Al-Banna, v. 'Ali B. Yahya (c. 700) 115.
Al-Bardmi, v. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah, 764 in.
Barhebraeus, v. Abu '1-Faraj Gregorius (d. 685) 32.
Al-Barizi, v. Hibat-allah B. 'Abd al-Rahim (d. 738)

318.

Al-Barki, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 274) 634.
Ibn Barri, v. 'Abdallah B. Barri (d. 582) 846.
Al-Barzandi, 827 II.
Ibn Bashish, v. 'Abd al-Salam B. Bashish (c. 600)

252 in.
Al-Bashtaki, v. Muh. B. Ibrahim (d. 830) 666.

Abu Baslr Laith and Abu Ba?ir Yahya, 637.
Al-Bastami, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. (c. 850)

431.
Al-Batalyuai, v. 'Abdallah B. Muh. Ibn al-Sid

(d. 521) 833.

Al-Batanuni, v. 'Ali B. 'Umar (c. 900) 1149.
Ibn Batlsh, v. Isma'il B. Hibat-allah (d. 655) 643.
Al-Ba'uni, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 871) 487 n.
Ibn al-Bayyi', v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah al-Hakim

(d. 405) 618.

Al-Bazzaz, v. 'Abdallah B. Muh. (c. 550) 1006.
Bifamun, Bishop of Akhmim, 1262 in.
Al-Birjindi, v. 'Abd al-'Ali B. Muh (c. 930) 762.
Al-Birkawi, v. Muh. B. Pir 'Ali (d. 981) 979.
Al-Buuni, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 440) 457.
Bishr B. Ghiyath al-Marisi (d. 218) 171.
Al-Bukhari, v. 'Abd al-Rahim B. Ahmad (d. 461)

619 i.
v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Baki (c. 991) 601.

v. Muh. B. Isma'il (d. 256) 132.

v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 841) 559.

Al-Bulkini, v. 'Umar B. Raslan (d. 805) 165.
Bunan (d. 310) 662.

Ibn Bundar, v. Muh. B. al-Hnsain (d. 521) 86.
Al-Buni, v. Ahmad B. 'Ali (d. 622) 230.
Burckhardt (J. L.) 1004.
Burhan al-A'immah, v. 'Umar B. 'Abd al-'Aziz

(d. 536) 273.
Burhan al-Din B. Kamal al-Din, 732 in.

v. 'Ali B. Abi Bakr al-Marghlnani (d.

593) 279.

Burhan al-Shari'ah, v. Mahmud B. 'Ubaid-allah

(c. 700) 285.
Al-Bnr'i, T. 'Abd al-Rahim B. Ahmad (c. 450)

1215 vir., x.

Al-Burini, v. Hasan B. Muh. (d. 1024) 1072.
Al-Bushti, v. Muh. B. Sahl (c. 376) 307.
Al-Busi, Abu '1-Kasim B. 'Ali, 429.
Al-Buslri, v. Muh. B. Sa'id (d. 696) 645.
Al-Busti, v. 'Abdallah B. Muh., 846.
Ibn Butlan, v. al-Mukhtar B. al-Hasan (c. 455) 792 i.
Butrus al-Tulani, Maronite, 41-45.

B. Yuhanna al-Suryani, 17.

Coluthus, Saint, 1262 in., iv.

Cosmas, Saint, 1262 i., n.

Cyriacus, Bishop of Bahnasa, 1262 vi.

872

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Al-Dabbagh, v. Yusuf B. 'Abd al-'Aziz (d. 546)

632.

Al-Dabbaj, v. 'Ali B. Jabir (d. 646) 665.
Al-Dahabi, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 748) 468.
Ibn al-Dahiri, v. al-Tuka, 47 vi.
Ibn al-Daiba', v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Ali (d. 944)

586.

Diikir B. Kamil (c. 589) 616.
Al-Damadi, v. 'Ali B. Yahya, 1215 xm.

- v. Mustafa B. 'Ali (b. 1004) 126.
Damn-dash (d. 929). Al-Kaul al-Farul, 242.
Al-Damirdashi, v. Ahmad al-D. (c. 1169) 569.
Al-Damiri, v. Muh. B. Musa (d. 808) 779.-
Al-Darakutni, v. 'Ali B. 'Dmar (d. 385) 619 m.
Al-Darani, v. 'Abd al-Jabbar B. 'Abdallah (c. 370)

657.

Al-Dardir, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 1201) 1127.
Darwish Efendi (d. 1014) 1152.
Darwlsh B. Jum'ah al-Mahruki, 329.
Al-Dasuki, v. Ibrahim B. 'Abd al-Ghaffar (d. 1301)

882.
Da'ud B. 'Isa, al-Malik al-Nasir (d. 656) 557.

- B. Muh. al-Karsi (c. 1151) 852.

- B. 'Umar al-Antaki (d. 1008). TadMrat
Uli 'l-Albab, 809-10. Tazyin al-Aswdk, 1120-
1122.

Ibn Da'ud, v. al-Hasan B. fAli (d. 647) 634.

Descharmes (Thomas) 41 n.

Di'bil (d. 246) 534.

Al-Dmawari, v. Ahmad B. Da'ud (d. 282) 841.

- v. 'Ali B. Muh. (d. 331) 662.
Dioscorides, Materia Medico, 785.

Al-Dirini, v. 'Abd al-'Aziz B. Ahmad (d. 694) 235.
Diyanat Khan, v. Kubad B. 'Abd al-Jalil (d. 1083)

823.

Al-Diyarbakri, v. Husain B. Muh. (d. 966) 517.
Donatius, Saint, 39 n.
Du '1 Nun al-Misri (d. 245) 662, 638, 1120.
Ibn Duraid, v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 321) 837.
Ephraim Syrus. Comm. on Genesis, 14. Homilies,

36-8, 1258.

Elias B. Shinaya, Daf al-Hamm, 25.
Al-Fadl B. Hatim al-Nairizi, 777.

- B. Abi '1-Khair al-Jaishi, 992.

- B. Abi Sa'd al-'Osaifiri (c.'600). Miftdb al-
Fd'id, 439 in., iv., 1242 ix.

Abu '1-Fadl al-Maliki al-Su'udi (c. 942) 190.
Fadl-allah B. 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Makanis (d. 822)

1088.

- B. Muhibb-allah (d. 1082) 1093.
Abu '1-Fahd al-Zajjaji (d. 337) 648.
Ibn Fahm, v. al-Husain B. Muh. (d. 289) 616.
Fa'i', v. Isma'Il B. Muh. (c. 1140) 547.
Faid-allah Efendi (d. 1020) 1152.
Fakhr al-Din al-Khujandi, 823 vi.

v. Muh. B. 'Ali (d. 677) 803.

Al-Fakihi, v. 'Abd al-Kadir B. Ahmad (d. 982)

924 vn.

Al-Fallas, v. 'Amr B. 'Ali (d. 249) 617.
Al-Fanari, v. Hasan B. Muhammad Shah (d. 886)

1120.
Ibn Fand, v. Muh. B. 'Ali al-Euhaif (c. 950)

540.
Al-Fanjdihi, v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Rahman (d. 584)

1010.
Al-Farabi, v. Ahmad B. Abi Hafs (c. 570) 272 n.

- v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 393) 823 xn.

Abu '1-Faraj Gregorius Barhebraeus (d. 685)
Mulddasar al-Duwal, 32.

- B. Ya'kub Ibn al-Kuff (d. 685). Jdrni' al-
Gharad, 803. Shark al-Fusfil, 804.

Al-Farazdak (d. 110) al-Nakd'id, 1038.— 534.
Ibn al-Fard, 784 n.

Ibn al-Farid, v. 'Umar B. 'Ali (d. 632) 1068.
Ibn Faris, v. Ahmad B. Paris (d. 395) 843.
Al-Farra, v. al-Husain B. Mas'ud (d. 516) 101.
Al-Fath B. Muh. Ibn Khakan (d. 528). Kald'id

al-'Ikyan, 664.

Fath B. Sa'id al-Mausili (d. 220) 638.
Abu '1-Fafch al-Dailami, v. Nasir B. al-Husain

(d. 440) 1239 i.

- B. Abi' 1-Hasan al-Samiri (c. 756) 53-4.
Fath-allah Ibn al-Nahhas (d. 1052). Diwan,

1091-2.

Ibn Fatimah, 696.

Abu '1-Fauz, v. Muh. al-Sha'rawi (c. 1150) 1101.
Al-Fayyumi, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 770) 867.

— v. Hasan B. 'Ali (c. 860) 146.
Al-Fazari, v. 'Ali B. 'Abd al-Rahman (c. 760)

1144.

- v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah (c. 334) 1211 x.
Ibn al-Fal, 1210 in.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

878

Abu Firas, v. al-Harith B. Sa'Id (d. 357) 1044.
Al-Firkah, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Ibrahim (d. 690)

256.

Al-Firiizabadi, v. Muh. B. Ya'kub (d. 817) 874.
Al-Firyabi, v. Ahmad B. 'Ali (c. 460) 657.
Frederic V., of Denmark, 1289.
Ibn Furak, v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 406) 1204 i.
Ibn al-Furat, v. Ja'far B. al-Fadl (d. 391) 309.

- v. Mnh B. 'Abd al-Rahim (d. 807) 476.
Abu '1-Futuh B. 'Umar al-'Abdari (d. 636) 665.
Al-Ghada'iri, v. al-Husain B. 'Ubaid-allah (d. 411)

634.

Ibn Ghailan, v. Muh. B. Muh. Ibn G. (d. 440) 135.
Ghaith B. 'AH al-Armanazi (d. 509) 617.
Ibn Ghalbun, v. 'Abd al-Mun'im. B. 'Ubaid-allah

(d. 389) 1235 n.
Al-Ghamri, v. 'Abd al-Wahhab B. Muh. (1080)

1084.
Ibn Ghannam, v. Ibrahim B. Yahya (d. 693)

232 in.

Ghassan (c. 100) 1239 n.
Ghazi B. Baud, al-Malik al-Muzaffar (d. 712)

557.
Ibn Ghazi, v. Muh. B. Ahmad Ibn G. (d. 919)

302 n., 1303 in.

Ibn al-Ghazzi, v. Muh B. Muh. (d. 984) 680.
Al-Gbizmmi, v. Mukhtar B. Mahmud (d. 658)

281.
Gregory Nyssen, 36-8.

the Theologian, 39 VII.

Ibn al-Habbariyyah, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 504)

1131 n.
Habib-allah al-Shirazi, Mirza Jan (d. 994) 727,

1208 i, 761 n.

Ibn Habis, v. Ahmad B. Yahya (d. 1061) 374.
Al-Habr B. 'Abbas, 817.

Al-Haburi, v. Ibrahim B. Yafeya (c. 1 100) 445.
Ibn al-HacWa, v. 'Ubaid-allah B. 'Abdallah (c. 470)

1223 iv.

Al-Haddad, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 4%) 510.
Al-Hadi B. 'Abdallah B. Abi 'l-Rijal (c. 995)

439 n.

Hadi B. Ahmad al-Jalal (c. 1080) 1011.
Al-Hadi B. Ibrahim Ibn al-WazIr (c. 790).

Kdshifat al-Ghummuh, 539. Nuzhat al-Abfdr,

1219 m.— 428 in., 584 n., 1111, 1219 v.

Hadi B. Mahdi al-Sabzawari (c. 1280). Nibrdt al-

TTuda, 335.
Al-Hadi ila '1-Hakk, v. 'Izz al-Din B. al-Hasan

(d. 900) 363.

— v. Yahya B. al-Husain (d. 298)

336.
Ibn Abi '1-Hadld, v. 'Abd al-IJamid B. Hibat-allah

(d. 655) 527.

Al-Haidari, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 894) 328.
Ibn al-Ha'im, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 815) 752.
Al-Haimi, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (c. 1144) 675.
Al-Haitham B. 'Adi, 578.
Ibn Abi Haithamah, v. Ahmad B. Zuhair (d. 279)

616.

Al-Haithami, v. 'Ali B. Abi Bakr (d. 807) 394 iv.
Ibn Abi Hajalah, v. Ahmad B. Yahya (d. 776)

558.

Ibn Hajar, v. Ahmad B. 'AH (d. 852) 133.
- v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 974) 192.
Haji Khallfah, v. Mustafa B. 'Abdallah (d. 1068)

719.

Ibn al-Hajib, v. 'Uthman B. 'Umar (d. 646) 262.
Al-Hajiri, v. 'Isa B. Sinjar (d. 632) 1067.
Ibn al-Hajj. R,,f al-Khafd (1187) 516.
Hajjaj B. Minhal (d. 217) 379 n.
Ibn al-Hajjaj, v. al-Husain B. Ahmad (d. 391)

1048.
Al-Hiikim al-Naisaburi, v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah

(d. 405) 511.
al-Shahid, v. Muh. B. Muh. al-Marwazi

(d. 334) 276.

Al-Halabi, v. 'AH B. Ibrahim (d. 1044) 1274.
Al-Hamadani, v. 'AH B. Shihab al-Din (d. 786)

233.

Hamd B. Muh. al-Busti (d. 388) 844.
Al-Hamdani, v. al-Hasan B. Ahmad (d. 334) 580.
Hamdawaih B. Nusair (c. 300) 633.
Ibn Hamdun, v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 562) 1137.
Hamid B. Hasan Shakir (c. 1172). Al-Zuhiir,

394 in. Majma' al-Khaird', 1232 n.
- B. Muh. al-Raffa (d. 356) 509.
Abu Hamid, v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Rahim (d. 565)

686.

• al-Kudsi (d. 888) 563.
Hamid al-Din B. al-Kasim, called Hamidan (c. 650)

212, 1220 xi.-m.

6 A

874

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Hammad B. Abi Hanifah (d. 176) 252 I.

- B. 'Isa al-Juhani, 637.

- B. Ishak, 578.

Hamzah B. Ahmad al-Husaini (d. 874) 644.

— B. 'Ali al-Makhzumi (c. 611) 619 i.

— B. al-Hasan al-Isfahani (c. 360) . Ta'rlkh al-
Umam, 455-6. — 703, 996.

B. Muh. al-Kattani (d. 357) 158.

Ibn Hanbal, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 241) 168.

Ibn al-Hanbali, v. Muh. B. Ibrahim al-Halabi

(d. 971) 94 iv.
Abu Hanifah (d. 151). Al-Fikh al-Akbar, 1253 in.—

252 i., 258.

Al-Haiazi, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 765) 575.
Al-Hariri, v. al-Kasim B. 'Ali (d. 516) 923.
Al-Harith B. Asad al-Muhasibi. Mufydsabat al-

Nufm, 1242 in.

- B. Hillizab. Mu'allakah,- 1028-30.

B. Ka'b, 1227 iv.

- al-Ra'ish, 1231 vi.

- B. Sa'id, Abu Firas (d. 357). DiwanAOU-S.—
534.

B. Sinan, 1 xni.

Ibn Abi Harun, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 620) 665.
Al-Haruni, v. Ahmad B. al-Husain (d. 411) 338.
Al-Hasan B. 'Abdallah B. Sahl al-'Askari (c.400).

Jamliarat al-Amthdl, 996.

B. Sa'Id al-'Askari (d. 382).

Kitdb al-Tashif, 163, 842.— 466, 632, 996.

- B. 'Abd al-Latif al-Kudsi. Tardjim (1194)
661.

- B. Ahmad al-Hamdani (d. 334). Al-Iklll,
530-2. Jaslrat al-'Arab, 584 n.— 1236 iv.

- al-Jalal (d. 1079). Nizam al-Fusul, 268.
Dau al-Nahdr, 389-94. Al-Tahdib, 987 in.—
2161 ii., 432 in., 1073 in.
al-Nakkash, Nazm Kaltlah (828) 1159.

- B. 'Ajlan (d. 829) 1211 iv.

- B. 'Ali al-Ahwazi (d. 446) 85.

Ibn 'Asakir (c. 571) 658.

— Ibn Da'ud (b. 647) 634, 636.

al-Fayyumi (c. 860). Fath, al-Karib,

146.

Jabir al-Hibal (d. 1079) 673.
al-Jauhari (d. 454) 502, 616.
al-Marghmani (c. 600). Fatdwd, 280.

Al-Hasan B. 'Ali al-Wa'iz. Riydd al-Uns, 236.

B. Badr al-Dln Muh., al-Mansiir (d. 670).

Anwar al-Yakm, 538.

B. Bishr al-Amidi (d. 371) 632.

— Chelebi, v. Hasan B. Muh. Shah (d. 886)

984.
• B. Husain. Tuhfat al-Zaman (1167) 591 i.

B. al-Husain al-Eusi. Bulugh al-Unmiyyuh

(1133) 546.

- al-Sukkari (d. 290) 508.

B. Ishak B. al-Mahdi (c. 1 1 50) . Al-Mlr'dt al-

Mubayyinah, 432 i. — 1049 n., 1218 HI.

- al-Kati (d. 760) 729 11.

- B. Muh. Ibn 'Asakir (d. 627) 658.

— al-Astarabadi (d. 715). Al-Wdfiyah,
946-7.

— al-'Attar (d. 1250) 1074.

— al-Burmi (d. 1024). Shark Ibn al-
Fdrid, 1072.— 1152.

— Ibn Hamdun (d. 608) 1137.

• al-Kummi al-Samarkandi (c. 710)

120.

— Ibn al-Nahwi (d. 791). al-Tadkirah,
354.

al-Rassas (c. 580) 207, 1230 i.

al-Saghani (d. 650). Mashdrik al-

Anwdr, 145.

- al-Sailaki (c. 500) 156.

- al-Zuraiki (c. 965) 542.

- B. Muhammad Shah al-Fanari (d. 886) 984,
1120.

- Pasha (d. 1016) 589.

- B. Sinan al-Nigusari (d. 975) 439.

— B. Yahya B. Sailan (c. 1100) 270.

— B. YusufJbn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli (d. 726).
Ghdyat al-wusul, 262. Tahdlb al-wu$itl, 263.
Kawd'id al-Isldm, 333. — 634, 331.

Abu '1-Hasan B. Ahtnad. Raud al-Jindn, 728.

B. al-Husain al-Eukhkhaji (c. 450)

741.

al-Maliki al-Shadili, 96 iv.

Hashim B. Muh. al-FIasani. Irshdd al-Hdrib,
1228 i.

- B. Yuhya al-Shami (c. 1150) 411.
Abu Hashim al-Bawardi, 817, 820 in.
Al-Haskafi, v. Yahya B. Salamah (d. 551) 678.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Abu Hatim Sahl al-Sijistani (d. 255) 837.

Al-Hattab, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 954) 302 n.

Ibn Abi Hayyah, v. 'Abd al-Wahhab B. 'Isa

(d. 319) 502.

Abu Hayyan, v. Muh. B. Yusuf (d. 745) 613, 118.
Ibn Hayyuyab, v. Muh. B. al-'Abbas (d. 382) 502.
Abu Hazza', v. Muh. B. 'Auka, 924 in.
Herando di Levenzo, 28.
Hermes, 777.
Hibat-allah B. 'Abd al-Rahim al-Biirizi (d. 738)

318.

— B. Ahmad al-Akfani (d. 524) 629, 657.

- B. Ahmad Shafrfih, 1003 HI.

- B. 'Ali al-Ansari (d. 598) 520.

— B. Abi '1-Fadl As'ad Ibn al-'Assal (c. 650) 7,
47 ii., 1, xxn., xxvi.

— B. al-Hasan al-La'laka'i (d. 418) 170.

- B. Salamah al-Baghdadi (d. 410) 129.

B. Zain Ibn Jami' (c. 580) al-Irshdd, 797 11.

Ibn Hibat-allab, v. Sa'Id B. H. (d. 495) 794.
Ibn Hibban, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 354) 624.
Al-Hijazi, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 875) 1119.
Ibn Hijjah, v. Abu Bahr B. 'Ali (d. 837) 985.
Al-Hilli, v. 'Abd al-'AzIz B. Saraya (d. 752) 985 n.

- v. al-Hasan B. Yusuf (d. 726) 334.

- v. Ja'far B. al-Hasan (d. 676) 332.

- v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 771) 333.

Ibn Himyar, v. Muh. B. Himyar (d. 611) 1236 vn.
Hippocrates. Aphorisms, 804.
Al-Hlri, T. Ahmad B. al-Hasan (d. 421) 511.
Al-Hisanjani, v. Ibrahim B. Yusuf (d. 301) 509.
Hisham B. Muh. (d. 204) 578.
Ibn Hisliam, v. 'Abdallah B. Yusuf (d. 761)
924 n.

- v. 'Abd al-Malik B. Hisham (d. 213)
503.

— v. Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Rahraan (d. 835)
964.

- v. Muh. B. Ahmad al-Sibti (c. 570)
1036.

Al-Hiti, v. 'Abdallah al-HIti, 245 xvn.

Ibn Akhi Hizam, v. Muh. B. Ya'kub (c. 250) 813.

Hubaish B. Ibrahim al-Tiflisi (c. 600) 807.

— al-Kudsi (c. 1193) 661.
Ibn Hubal, v. 'Ali B. Ahmad (d. 610) 796 ji.
Abu '1-Hudail, 1238 in.

Ibn Hudail, v. 'Ali B. 'Abd al-Rahman (c. 760)

1144.
Huraaid B. Ahmad Ibn al-Walid al-tfurashi (c. 620)

844 ii., 413 n.
— B. Ahmad al-Muhalli (d. 652). Al-JIadalk al-

Wardiyyah, 533-6. Mafydsin al-Azhdr, 537.
Ibn Humam, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 745) 249.
Al-Huna'i, v. 'Ali B. al-Hasan (c. 307) 835.
Ilunain B. Ishak (d. 260) 785.
AI-Huraiflsh, v. Shu'aib B. 'Abd al-'Aziz (c. 750)

240.

Ibn al-Hujr, v. Muh. B. al-Hasan, 191.
Al-Husain B. 'Abdallah Ibn Sina (d. 428). Al-

Shifd, 711. Al-Ishdrdt, 723. Al-Kdnin, 787-

91.— 801 i., 823 vii., 1201, f. 16.

B. 'Abd al-Kadir (c. 1150). Diwan, 1100.—

1095, 1099.

- B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Ahdal (d. 855).
Tuhfat al-Zaman, 670.— 687, 1213 n.

- B. Ahmad Ibn al-Hajjaj(d. 391). Diwan, 1048.

B. al-Hasan B. Amir al-Mu'miniu

(d. 1094) 339.

- Ibn Khalawaih (d. 370) 1044-5.

B. Ya'kub. Slrat al-Manfiir (393) 532.

- Zaini Zadah (c. 1152) 980.

al-Zauzani (d. 486). Shark ul-Mtt-

'allakat, 1029.

- B. 'Ali Alkam (c. 500). Diwan, 1053.

- al-Maghribi (d. 418). Al-lnds, 594.
Husain 'Ali B. 'Abbas, Baha-allah (d. 1309) 222-5.
Al-Husain B. 'Ali al-Mu'ayyadi (d. 1251) 1223 n.

al-Tughra'i (d. 514). Ldmiyyat al-

'Ajam, 1054-7.

- B. Badr al-Din (d. 662) 412.

- B. al-Hasan Ibn Bundar (c. 300) 638.

- al-Husaini al-Khalkhali (d. 1014) 761 H.

- B. aUKasim, aUMansur (d, 1 161) 547, 1233 vn.

- Sharaf al-Din (d. 1050). Ghdyat al-
Siil, 269. Hidayat alSUkfd, 270.

— B. Khalid, 637.

- B. Mansijr al-Hallaj (d. 309) 679.

B. Mas'ud al-Farra al-Baghawi (d. 516).

Ma'dlimal-Tanzll, 101-8. Al-Ma?dblh, 138-9.—
459, 1204 v., 1292-3.

- B. Muh. al-Diyarbakri (d. 966). Al-Kluimis,
517-18.

876

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Al-Husain B. Muh. Ibn Fahm (d. 289) 616.

al - Harrani, Abu 'Arubah

(d. 318) 604 i.

— Ibn Zailah (d. 440). Al-Kafi, 823 x.

- B. al-Nasir al-Muhalla (c. 1120). Al-Nazm
al-Jdmi', 429-30.— 543, 1233 TIII.

B. Tu'mah al-Baitimani (d. 1175). Diwan,

1102.

- B. 'Ubaid-allah al-Ghada'iri (d. 411) 634,
636.

- B. 'Ubri, Burhan al-Din (c. 750) 806.

- B. Zaid Jahhaf (c. 1200) 770.

Ibrahim B. 'Abdallah al-Kirati (d. 781). Diwan,
1087.

- B. 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-Dasuki (d. 1301) 882.

- B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Firkah (d. 729) 256.

- B. Adham (d. 166) 638.

- B. Ahmad Ibn 'Alawan (d. 800) 86.

- al-Kaisi, Abu Riyash (d. 349) 1034.

- B. 'Ali al-Shlrazi, Abu Ishak (d. 476) 269,
1203 VIIT., 1243 n.,

- al-'Ayya B. Ya'kub al-Samiri, 1196-9.
— ~- B. Hasan al-Kurani (c. 1000) 245 in.

- B. Hashim, 637.

- al-Hasib al-Nasiri (c. 760) 777.

— B. Hijazi al-Rashidi. Kitdb al-Haydt (1161)
294.

- al-Hindiyyah, 1127.

- B. Isma'il al-Ajdabi (c. 500) 1215 iv.

- al-Khawwas (d. 291) 638.
Jalwan al-Samarani, 28.

B. Kais al-Ibadi. Kitdb md Id yasa' jakluhu,

1209 i.

al-Karamani, 1250 in.

- B. al-Kasim Ibn al-Raklk (c. 400). Kutb al-
Surur, 1109.

B. Abi '1-Kasim Mutair. Sullam al-wusul,

265 in., 992 n.

- B. Khalid al-Ulufi (c. 1150) 431, 432 n.

- B. Abi '1-Majd-al-Dasuki (d. 676) 245 xin.

- B. Mi'dad al-Ja'bari (d. 687) 1078 n.

- B. Muh. Ibn 'Arabshah al-Isfara'ini, 'Isam al-
Dm (d. 943) 117, 952.

- al-Bajuri (d. 1282) 434.

- al-IIalabi (d. 956). ' Multaka 'l-abfrur,
297-8.- 291-3.

Ibrahim B. Muh. al-Iflili (d. 441). Shark al-Muta-
nabbi, 1041.

- al-Kindi (d. 400) 158.

- al-Naji (d. 900) 'Ijdlat al-Imld, 1269.
al-Safakusi (d. 742). Al-Nujld, 118.

Ibn al-Wazir (d. 914). Al-Bassdmah,

540, 585 in. Al-Fusul al-Lu'lu'iyyah, 267.
Al-Falakal-Dawwdr, 1219 I. Hiddyatal-Aflcdr,
382-4.

al-Zajjaj (d. 310). Khalk al-Insdn,

836 i.

- al-Muhtadi (c. 1083) 580.

- al-Sahili, al-Thuwayyin (d. 739) 578 in.

- B. Sahl al-Ishbili (d. 649). Diwan, 1074.

- B.'Umaral-Ja'bari(d.732). Al-Wddihah,95iv.

- B. Wasifshah (c. 600). 'Ajd'ib al-Dunya, 687.

- B. Yahya al-'Alafi, 772.

- Ibn Ghannam (d. 693). Kiladat al-
Durr, 232 in.

- al-Jahhafi al-Haburi (c. 1100) 445.

- al-Najafi, 530.

al-Suhulf (d. 1060) 207, 385-7, 422 vni.,

1011, 1212 in., 1227 m., 1242 i.
- B. Yusuf al-Hisanjani (d. 301) 509.
Al-Idkawi, v. 'Abdallah B. 'Abdallah (d. 1184) 1103.
Idns B. 'Ali, flmad al-Uin (d. 714). Kanz al-

Akhydr, 469.
Abu Idrls B. Sman, 578.
Al-Idrisi, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 560) 685.
Al-Iflili, v. Ibrahim B. Muh. (d. 441) 1041.
Iftikhar al-Din, v. 'Abd al-Muttalib B. al-Fadl

(d. 616) 272 i.
Ignatius Butrus Jarwah, 41.

Al-Iji, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Ahmad (d. 756) 188.
Al-Iklishi, v. Ahmad B. Ma'add (d. 549) 142.
'Imad B. Yahya al-Farisi (c. 869) 947.
Ibn al-'Imad, v. Ahmad B. 'Imad (d. 808) 196.
'Imad al-Dm, al-Sayyid, 1231 vii.

- al-Isfahani, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 597)

551.
Ibn Imam al-Kamiliyyah, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 874)

1247 i.
Ibn Imam al-Nahhasiyyah, v. Muh. B. Ahmad

(c. 890) 752.

Imam Zadah, v. Muh. B. Abi Bakr (d. 573) 178.
Al-'Imrani, v. Yahya B. Abi '1-Khair (d. 558) 308.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

877

Imru' al-Kais. Diwan, 1025, 1027. Mu'allakah,

1028-30.— 842, 1107.

Ibn 'Inabah, v. Ahmad B. 'Ali (d. 828) 545.
Al-'Iraki, v. 'Abd al-Rahim B. al-Husain (d. 806)

239.

— v. Ahmad B. Muh. (c. 850) 784.

— v. Badi' B. Abi Mansur (c. 600) 281.
Al-Irbili, v. As'ad B. Ibrahim, 919 n.

v. 'Ali B. 'Uthman (d. 670) 990.

'Isa B. Ahmad al-Andalusi. 'Uyun al-Akhbdr, 1 146.

B. Ibrahim al-Raba'i. Nizam al-Gharib,

918 in., 1214 i.

— B. Lutf-allah (d. 1048). Raufr al-Euh, 590,
591 n.

B. Sinjar al-Hajiri (d. 632). Diwan, 1067.

Al-'Isami, v. 'Abd al-Malik B. Husain (d. 1111)

492.

— v. 'Abd al-Malik B. Jamal al-Din (d. 1037)
492.

Al-Isfahandi, v. Taj al-Din B. Mahmud (d. 807)

311.
Al-Isfahani, v. Mahmud B. 'Abd al-Rahman (d. 749)

186.

v. Muh. B. 'Umar (d. 581) 625.

Al-Isfara'ini, v. Ibrahim B. Muh. (d. 943) 117.

— v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 684) 932.

- v. Sa'd-allah B. 'Umar (c. 769) 575.
Ishak, Bishop of Ansina, 1262 iv.

B. 'Ammar, 637.

B. al-Hasan Ibn Tulun, 645.

- B. Ibrahim al-Tadmuri (d. 833). Muthlr al-
Ghardm, 500.

B. Mirar al-Shaibani (d. 210) 841.

— al-Rafla, 817, 820 in.

— B. Yusuf B. al-Mutawakkil (c. 1150) 1125 iv.,
1233 v.

- al-Zarkali (c. 500) 446.
Abu Ishak. Shark Tahrlr Aklldas (c. 883) 751.

- B. Abi '1-Fadl Ibn al-'Assal. Canons (633).
Al-Sullam, 47 Tin.

— al-Tunusi, 1245 n.

Isma'il B. 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (d. 1062)
1257.

B. Ahmad, al-Mutawakkil (d. 1250) 1223 n.

Ibn al-Samarkandi (d. 536) 624.

B. 'Ali B. Ishak. Al-Ta'lil, 865.

Isma'il B. Abi Bakr Ibn al-MukrT, Sharaf al-Din
(d. 837). Al-Irshdd, 316. 'Umedn al-Sharaf,
716. Badi'iyyah, 204 in, 987 I.— 587, 924 x.,
xi., 990.

— al-Gulshani (d. 1076) 660.

B. Hammad al-Jauhari (d. 398). Al~$ihdh,

845-9, 850-2.

- B. Hibat-allah Ibn Batfsh (d. 655) 643.

- B. Husain B. Ja'man (d. 1256) 1223.

B. al-Husain al-Khazraji (c. 800). Badi'iyyah,

985 iv.

— B. aUKasim al-Kali (d. 356) 831.

— B. al-Kasim, al-Mutawakkil (d. 1087) 428 in.,
673, 675, 1011.

- B. Muh. B.'Ali Fa'i' (c. 1140). Al-Bassdmdh,
547, 1.

- al-Gharnati (d. 789) 662.

B. al-Hasan B. Amir al-Mu'minin

(d. 1079). Simt al-La'dl, 673-4.

- B. Ishak (c. 1150) 1049 n., 1125.

— B. 'Umar Ibn Kathir (d. 774). Al-Baddyah
wa'l-Nihdyah, 474. — 472, 578 in.

- B. Yahya al-Muzani (d. 264) 304, 1231 IT.
'lyad B. Musa al-Yahsubi (d. 544). Al-Shifd, 159,

323.
'Izz al-Din B. Duraib (c. 1060) 407.

- B. al-Hasan, al-Hadi (d. 900) 363, 423 n,
540, 1241 n.

al-Kudsi, v. 'Abd al-Salam al-Sa'di (d. 850)

563.

Al-Ja'bari, v. Ibrahim B. Mi'dad (d. 687) 1078 n.

— v. Ibrahim B. 'Umar (d. 732) 95 n.

v. Muh. B. Abi Bakr (c. 820) 1078 n.

v. Salih B. Thamir (d. 706) 436.

Jabir B. Hayyan (c. 200). K. ul-Khawd??, 782.
Ibn Jabir, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 780) 990.
Jabra'il al-Lubnani (d. 1151). Diwan, 48.
Jacob, Bishop of Serug. Homilies, 40 TIL, 1259.
Jacquier, Francois. Instituiiones philosophicae,

43.
Ja'far B. Ahmad, al-Kadi (c. 560). Al-Nukat,

423 T. Al-Arba'un, 1230 i.— 344, 413 n.

Ibn al-Sarraj (d. 500). Masdfi' al~

'Ushshdk, 1133.

B. al-Fadl Ibn al-Furat (d. 391) 309.

B. al-Hasan al-Hilli (d. 676). Al-Naff, 332.

6 B

878

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Ja'far B. al-Hasan al-Husami, Abu '1-Kasim Ibn Tal
(c. 400). Al-Ifddah, 338-9.

- B. 'Isa (c. 1066) 591 n.

- B. Muh., Abu Ma'shar (d. 272) 776-7.

al-Sadik, al-Imam (d. 148). Misbdh

al-Haklkah, 226.

B. al-Mutahhar al-Jurmuzi (c. 1050) 673.

B. Shams al-Khilafah (d. 622). K. al-Addb,

1111.

Al-Ja'fari, v. Salih B. al-Husain (c. 600) 190.
Al-Jaghmini, v. Mahmud B. Muh. (d. 618) 760.
Al-Jahhafi, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. (c. 1050)
1217 m.

- v. Ibrahim B. Yahya (c. 1100) 445.
Al-Jahiz, v. 'Amr B. Bahr (d. 255) 684.
Abu '1-Jaish, v. Muh. B. Ibrahim (d. 626) 992.
Jakmak, al-Malik al-Zahir (d. 857) 559.
Al-Jalal (c. 700). Kadh al-Siydsah, 745.
Jalal B. Khidr al-Hanafi (c. 962) 1057.
Al-Jalal, v. al-Hasan B. Ahmad (d. 1079) 389.
Ibn Jama'ah, v. 'Abd al-'Aziz B. Muh. (d. 767) 476.

- v. Muh. B. Ibrahim (d. 733) 555.

Ibn Ja'man, v. Isma'il B. Husain (d. 1256) 1223.
Jami, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Ahmad (d. 898) 949.
Ibn Jami', v. Hibat-allah B. Zain (c. 550) 797 n.
Al-Jamma'Ili, v. 'Abd al-Ghani B. 'Abd al-Wahid

(d. 600) 625.

Jamshir al-Khuwarazmi, 820 in.
Al-Janadi, v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Rahman, 272 n.

- v. Muh. B. Ya'kub (d. 732) 670.
Al-Jannabi, v. Mustafa B. Hasan (d. 999) 489.
Janum al-Said (c. 874) 572.

Al-Jarabardi, v. Ahmad B. al-Hasan (d. 746) 956.
Jarir (d. 110). Diwan, 1032, 1239 n. Al-Naka'id,

1033.

Al-Jarmi, v. Salih B. Ishak (d. 225) 837.
Al-Jaubari, v. 'Abd al-Rahim B. 'Umar (d. 665)

1200 n.
Al-Jauhari, v. Al-Hasan B. 'Ali (d. 454) 502.

- v. Isma'il B. Hammad (d. 398) 845.
Al-Jawaliki, v. Mauhub B. Ahmad (d. 539) 843.
Jayash B. Najah (d. 500) 586 n.

Al-Jazari, V: Muh. B. Muh. (d. 833) 93.
Ibn Jazlah, v. Yahya B. 'Isa (d. 493) 792 n.
Al-Jazuli, v. Muh. B. Sulaiman fd. 870) 251.
Al-Jazzar, v. Ahmad Pasha (d. 1219) 574.

Ibn al-Jazzar, v. Ahmad B. Ibrahim (c. 395) 807.
— v. Yahya B. 'Abd al-'Azim (d. 669) 847 iv.
Al-Jildaki, v. Aidamir B. 'AH (c. 750) 783.
Ibn Jinni, v. 'Uthman B. Jinni (d. 392) 1040.
Joachim, Basilian Monk. Logic (1167) 46.
John Chrisostom. Homily, 40 vi.
John Damascen. Dialectics, &c., 22.
Josephus. Fables, 1171 in.
Al-Jukhi, v. Yusuf B. Muh. 818.
Jumayyil B. Khamis al-Sa'di (c. 1059) 202.
Junaid B. Mahmud al-Shirazi. Shadd al-Izdr

(791) 677.

Al-Jurjani, v. 'Abd al-Kahir B. 'Abd al-Rahman
(d. 474) 921.

v. Abdallah B. 'Adi (d. 365) 158.

v. 'Ali B. Muh. al-Jurjani (d. 816) 137.

Al-Jurmuzi, v. Mutahhar B. Muh. (d. 1077) 543.
Ka'b B. Zuhair (d. 41). Banat Su'dd, 1031,

1037 ii., &c.

Kabus B. Washmagir (d. 403) 1003 v.
Ibn Kadi 'Ajlun, v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah (d. 876) 167.
Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, v. Abu Bakr B. Ahmad (d. 851)

470.
— v. Muh. B. Abi Bakr (d. 874) 313.

v. Muh. B. 'Omar (d. 782) 1018.

Al-Kadini, v. Muh. B. 'Umar, 95 vi.

Ibn Kadus (d. 551) 1140.
Al-Kafiyaji, v. Muh. B. Sulaiman (d. 879) 322.
Al-Kahtani, v. 'Ali B. Muh., 1111 m.
Al-Kalanisi, v. Muh. B. Bahran (c. 600) 796.
Al-Kali, v. Isma'il B. al-Kasim (d. 356) 831.
Al-Kalkashandi, v. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah (d. 821)
595.

v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 850) 1020.

Al-Kalla'i, v. Muh. B. Sharaf (d. 777) 467.

Ibn Kamal Pasha, v. Ahmad B. Sulaiman (d. 940)

438 in.

Ibn Kamar, v. 'Ali B. Muh. (c. 840) 380.
Al-Kammah, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 400) 520.
Ibn Kanisauh, v. Muh. B. Kanisauh (c. 950) 989.
Al-Karafi, v. Muh. B. Yahya (d. 1008) 874.
Al-Karamani, v. Ahmad B. Sinan (d. 1019) 491.
Ibn al-Kardabus, v. 'Abd al-Malik B. al-K., 1052.
Karnas, Muhyi al-Dln, 1112.
Karram, 26.
Al-Kashshi, v. Muh. B. 'Umar (c. 350) 633.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

870

Ibn al-Kasih, v. 'Ali B. 'Uthman (d. 801) 764 v.
Al-Kasim B. 'Abbas (c. 400) 1239 i.

B. 'Abdallah Ibn al-Shat. Barndmaj (683)

665.

B. Ahmad al-Shakiri, 446.

— B. 'All Ibn 'Asakir (d. 600) 658, 1250 i.

al-'Ayyani, al-Mansur (d. 393) 532,

203 vii., 205 in.

• al-Hariri (d. 516). Al-Makdmdt,

1006-14. Mulhat al-I'rdb, 923-4. Al-Risdlut
al-Slniyyah, 1006.

B. Dust 'Ali al-Bukhari. Kashf al-autdr,

823 xiii.

- B. al-Fadl al-Saidalani (d. 567) 510.

B. Firruh al-Shatibi (d. 590). Hirz al-Amdni,

al-'Akilah, 87-8.

B. al-Husain al-Khuwarazmi (d. 617) 927.

— al-Mutawakkil (d. 1139) 546-7.

B. Ibrahim al-Rassi (d. 246). Al-Kdmil,

1238 ii.— 203 ii., viii., 204 n., 205 iv., 526.

B. al-Mu'ayyad (d. 1097) 1011.

B. Muh. al-Hijji (c. 900). Al-Iddh, 443.

Shark al-Vurar, 1212 v.— 1240 i., 1242 x.

al-Mansur (d. 1029). Al-1'tisdm,

433. Al-Asds, 215.— 214, 543, 673, 1215 ix.,
1217 vi., 1220.

- B. Sallam, Abu 'Ubaid (d. 223). Al-Amthdl,
995.— 638, 841, 844.

Abu 5l-Kasim B. Husain al-Bakri, Radi al-Din, 177.

B. Tal, v. Ja'far B. al-Hasan (c. 400) 338.

Al-Kata'i'i, v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (c. 200) 171.
Al-Kati, v. Hasan al-Kati (d. 760) 729 n.

Ibn Katib Kaisar. Al-Tabsirah, 47 III.

Ibn al-Katta', v. 'AH B. Ja'far (d. 514) 1214 in.

Al-Kattan, v. Muh. B. al-Husain (d. 415) 411.

Kayitbai, al-Malik al-Ashraf (d. 901) 561.

Ibn Kayyim al-Jauziyyah, v. Muh. B. Abi Bakr

(d. 751) 238.

Al-KazarQni, v. Sadid al-Din (c. 779) 806.
Al-Kazwmi, v. 'Abd al-Gkaffar B. 'Abd al-Karim

(d. 665) 315.

v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Bahman (d. 739) 983.

v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 550) 712.

v. Zakariyya B. Muh. (d. 682) 697.

Al-Kazzaz, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. (d. 535) 624.

v. Muh. B. Ja'far (d. 412) 849.

Al-Khabisi, v. Muh. B. Abi Bakr (c. 700) 945.
Al-Khafaji, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 1069) 1086.
Abu '1-Khair al-Akta' al-Tinflti (d. 348) 662.
Khair al-Din Pasha (d. 953) 598.
Ibn Khairun, v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Malik (d. 539)

1132.

Ibn Khakan, v. al-Fath B. Muh. (d. 528) 604.
Khalaf al-Barbari, 829.
ibn Khalawaih, v. al-Husain B. Ahmad (d. 357)

1044.
Ibn Khaldun, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. (d. 808)

477.

Ibn Khalfun, v. Muh. B. Isma'il (d. 636) 665.
Khalid B. 'Abdallah al-Azhari (d. 905). Mifil al-

Tulldb, 924 n., iv., 975 i. Al-Tasrll), 1302.

Shark al-Burdah, 1081.— 921.
— B. Safwan (c. 100) 1030 vm.
Al-Khalil B. Ahmad (d. 175) 849.
Khalll B. Aibak al-Safadi (d. 764). Alhdn al-

Sawdji', 1016. Al-Tadkirah, 1017-8. Ghaith

al-Adab, 1054. Al-Husn al-$arih, 1112.— 160,

472, 613.

B. Ishak al-Jundi (d. 767) 303.

B. Kaikaldi al-'Ala'i (d. 761) 554.

- al-Kudsi, Ghars al-Din (c. 1195) 661.

al-Muradi (d. 1206) 659, 552.

B. Shahin al-Zahiri (d. 873). Zubdat Kashf

al-Mamdlilc, 704.

Al-Khalkhali, v. Husain al-Husaini (d. 1014) 761 n
Al-Khallal, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 311) 168.

v. 'Ali B. Munir (d. 439) 520.

Ibn Khallikan, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 681) 607.
Ibn al-Khaluf, v. Ahmad B. al-K. (c. 874) 705.
Khamartash al-Himyari, 1211 ix.
Al-Kharashi, v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah (d. 1101) 303.
Ibn al-Khashshab, v. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad (d. 567)

843.

— v. Muh. B. Ahmad, 1247 in.
Al-Khassaf, v. Ahmad B. 'Amr (d. 261) 273.
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, v. Ahmad B. 'Ali (d. 463)

621.

Ibn al-Khatib, v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah (d. 776) 475.
Ibn Abi '1-Khattab, v. Muh. B. Abi '1-K. (d. 170)

1028.

Al-Khattabi, v. Hamd B. Muh. (d. 338) 844.
Khayali Zadah 'Ali Chelebi, 4586.

880

INDEX OF PEKSONS' NAMES.

Al-Khayyat, Aba 'Ali, 777.

Al-Khazraji, v. 'Abdallah B. Muh. (c. 640) 1233 I.

v. 'Ali B. al-Hasan (d. 812) 587.

v. Isma'il B. al-Husain (c. 800) 985 IT.

Al-Khazzaz, v. Muh. B. al-'Abbas Ibn Hayyuyah

(d. 382) 502.

Al-Khiraki, v. 'Umar B. al-Husain (d. 334) 319.
Al-Khita'i, 'Uthman, 1248 II.
Khusrau, v. Mnh. B. Faramarz (d. 885) 295.
Al-Khusraushahi, v. 'Abd al-Hamid B. 'Isa (d. 652)

557.
Al-Khuwarazmi, v. al-Kasim B. al-Husain (d. 617)

927.

v. Muh. B. Ishak (c. 770) 577.

Al-Khuwari, v. 'Abd al-Jabbar B. Muh. (d. 536)

511.

Al-Khuwayyi, v. Yusuf B. Tahir (c. 541) 1051.
Al-Kina'i, v. Ahmad B. 'Abbad (d. 729) 993.
Al-Kirati, v. Ibrahim B. 'Abdallah (d. 781) 1087.
Al-Kirmani, v. Mahmud B. Hamzah (c. 500) 100.
Al-Kisa'i, v. 'Ali B. Hamzah (d. 182) 1203 n.

v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah, 497.

Kiwam al-Dln, v. 'Abdallah B. Mahmud (d. 772) 677.
Ibn Kizil, v. 'Ali B. Kizil (d. 656) 1077.
Al-Kizz, v. Muh. B. Mangli (c. 773) 822.
Kubad B. 'Abd al-Jalil, Diyanat Khan (d. 1033)

823.

Al-Kuduri, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 428) 274.
Ibn al-Kuff, v. Abu '1-Faraj B. Ya'kub (d. 635)

803.
Al-Kulabadi, v. Mahmud B. Abi Bakr (d. 700)

275 in.

Al-Kulmi, v. Muh. B. Ya'kub (d. 328) 152.
Ibn Kuluwaih, v. Muh. B. Ja'far (c. 300) 633.
Kumait B. Zaid (d. 126). Al-Hdshimiyydt, 1034.—

534.
Al-Kummi, v. al-Husain B. 'Ali Alkam (c. 500)

1053.

Al-Kunawi, v. 'Ali B. Isma'il (d. 729) 312.
Ibn Kunfud. BusJira 'l-Tdlib (c. 807) 1303 n.
Al-Kushairi, v. 'Abd al-Karlm B. Hawazin (d. 438)

227.

Kushji, v. 'Ali B. Muh. (d. 879) 184.
Kutaibah B. Sa'id (d. 240) 379 n.
Ibn Kutaibah, v. 'Abdallah B. Muslim (d. 276) 447.
Kutb al-Dln al-Farashkuri. Bafir al-Hilcdydt, 11 70.

Kutb al-Dln al-Makki, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 990)

1285.

Kutrub (d. 206). Al-Muthallath, 1125 n., 1236 Tin.
Labid. Mu'allakah, 1028-30.— 1107.
Al-Laith B. Sa'd (d. 175) 662, 578.
Abu '1-Laith, T. Nasr B. Muh. (d. 375) 97.
Al-La'laka'i, T. Hibat-allah B. al-Hasan (d. 418)

170.
Lisan al-Dln, T. Muh. B. 'Abdallah Ibn al-Khatlb

(d. 776) 475.
Abu Luhai'ah, 578.

Ibn Lukman, T. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 1039) 387 n.
Lutf-allah B. Muh. al-Ghiyath (d. 1035) 267 n.
Lutfi Beg Zadah (d. 996) 678.
Abu '1-Ma'ali. Sirat Saif 1)1 Yazan, 1 1 72.
Al-Madini, T. Murshid B. Yahya (d. 517) 520.
Ibn al-Madmi, T. 'Ali B. 'Abdallah (d. 234) 617.
Abu Madyan, T. Shu'aib B. al-Hasan (d. 589)

1234 vii.

Al-Maghribi, v. al-Husain B. 'Ali (d. 418) 594.
Al-Mahalli, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 864) 121.
Mahbub, 815.

Al-Mahdi B. al-Hadi (c. 950) 1049 iv.
Mahdi B. Sayyid Eida, 637.
Al-Mahdi lidin-allah, v. Ahmad B. al-Husain (d. 656)

346.

v. Ahmad B. Yahya (d. 840) 365.

Mahmud B. 'Abdallah Alusi Zadah (c. 1269).

Bihlah, 683.

B. 'Abd al-Eahman al-Isfahani (d. 749).

Tasdid al-Kawd'id, 182. Matdli' al-Anwdr,
186.

B. Ahmad al-Aini (d. 855). Fara'id al-

Kald'id, 966.— 993.

B. Abi Bakr al-Kulabadi (d. 700). Al-Minhdj,

275 in.

al-Urmawi (d. 723). Tahdib al-Tahdlb,

866.

B. Hamzah al-Kirmani (c. 500). Lubab al-

Tafdsir, 100.

B. Ilyas al-Shirazi (c. 700). Al-Hdwi, 808.

B. Mas'ud al-Shirazi, Kutb al-Dln (d. 710)

806.

Mirza Kajar. Mafymud al-Lughah, 881.

B. Muh. al-Jaghmini. Al-Mulakhkhas (618)

760-1.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

881

Mahmud B. Ni'inat-allah al-Bukhari, 731, 1208 vm.

B. 'Ubaid-allah al-Mahbubi (c. 700). Al-

Wikdyah, 285-6, 287.

B. 'Umar al-Zamakhshari (d. 538). Al-

Kashshdf, 104-6. Mukaddimah, 856. Asdsal-
£alaghah,857. Al-Mufassal, 918 n., 925-8. Al-
Musiaksa, 1002. Al-Nasd'ifi, Atwdk al-Dahab,
1003. Rabi' al-Abrdr, 1134-6.— 632, 877.

Al-Maidani, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 518) 855.
Maimun B. Muh. al-Nasafi (d. 508). Bafrr al-Kaldm,

175.

Al-Maimuni, v. Ahmad B. al-Safi (c. 694) 746.
Majd al-Mulk Abu Jl-Fadl As'ad (d. 492) 1158.
Al-Majdi, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 850) 765 IT.
Majlluwaih, 637.
Majnun al-Dair, 1238 in.
Ibn Makanis, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abd al-Razzak

(d. 794) 1088.

v. Fadl-allah B. 'Abd al-Rahman

(d. 822) 1088.
Makhdum, Mirza, v. Ashraf B. 'Abd al-Baki

(d. 995) 682.

Makhlad B. Ja'far al-Bakarhi (d. 369) 618.
Al-Makkari, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 1041) 667.
Al-Makrizi, v. Ahmad B. 'Ali (d. 845) 480.
Ibn Makula, v. 'Ali B. Hibat-allah (d. 486) 621.
Al-Makyali, v. Salih B. al-Mahdi (c. 1100) 409.
Ibn Malik, v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah (d. 672) 958.

— v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 686) 960.
Al-Malik al-'Aziz Yusuf B. Barsabai (c. 842) 559,

568.

- al-Mujahid 'Ali B. Da'ud (d. 764) 816.

— al-Muzaffar Ghazi B. Da'ud (d. 712) 557.

- al-Nasir Da'ud B. isa (d. 656) 557.

— al-Zahir Jakmak (d. 857) 589.
Mamaih (d. 987) 1125 HI.

Ibn Mammati, v. As'ad B. al-Khatir (d. 606) 553.
Manjak Pasha (d. 1080). Diwan, 1093.
Mansur B. 'Ammar al-Sulami, 610.

B. Salamah B. Zibrikan, 610.

B. Salim al-Iskandarani (d. 762) 632.

Al-Mansur billah, v. al-Kasim B. 'Ali (d. 393)

532.

v. 'Abdallah B. Hamzah (d. 614) 210.

v. al-Hasan B. Badr al-Dm Muh.

(d. 670) 538.

Al-Mansur billah, v. Muh. B. Mzz al-DJn al-H&di
(c. 700) 266.

- v. al-Kasim B. Muh. (d. 1029) 214.

v. al-Hnsain B. al-tfasim (d. 1161) 547.

Sharif of Morocco (c. 1005) 1019.

Al-Manufi, v. 'Ali B. Mnh. (d. 939) 802.

Ibn Manzur, v. Muh. B. Mukarram (d. 711) 876.

Al-Maraghi, v. Abu Bakr B. al-Husain (d. 816)

576.

Marcus, hermit of Tirmak, 40 T.
Al-Marghinani, v. Hasan B. 'Ali (c. 600) 280.
Mar'i B. Yusuf al-Makdisi (d. 1033). Badl' al-

Insh'd, 1022.

Al-Maridmi. Al-Lafz al-Rd'ik, 1246 v.
Al-Marsafi, v. 'Abd al-Hafiz B. Shams al-Din, 198.
Al-Marwadi, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 275) 168.
Marwan B. Abi Hafsah (d. 181) 610.

— B. Abi '1-Janub (c. 240) 610.
Al-Masarjisi, v. Muh. B. 'Ali (d. 384) 509.
Masha'allah (c. 200) 777.
Abu Ma'shar, v. Ja'far B. Muh. (d. 272) 776.
Al-Masharani, v. Sadakah B. Salam (c. 816) 90.
Ibn Mashlsh, v. 'Abd al-Salam B. Bashlsh (c. 600)

253 in.

Mas'ud al-Shirwani (d. 905) 737.
B. 'Ubaid-allah al-Kuraahi (c. 591) 510.

B. 'Umar al-Taftazani (d. 721). Tahdtb <d-

Mantik, 735, 1208 ix. Al-Mu(awwul, 983-4.
Al-Mukhtasar, 1248 n. Shark al-'Akd'id,
176.— 732, 1208 x., 1218 i.

Al-Mas'udi, v. 'Ali B. al-Husain (d. 346) 448.
Ibn Ma'sum, v. 'Ali B. Ahmad (d. 1117) 990.
Ibn Matar, v. Muh. B. Ja'far (c. 350) 509.
Al-Matari, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 741) 576.
Ibn Matruh, v. Yahya B. 'Isa (d. 649) 1073 i.
Ibn Ma'tush, v. Mubarak B. Mubarak (d. 599)

169.
Mauhub B. Ahmad al-Jawaliki (d. 539) 843.

B. Mauhub al-Harzi (d. 665) 944.

Maulana Zadah, v. Ahmad B. Mahmud (c. 800)

1248 i.
Al-Mausili, v. 'Abdallah B. Mahmud (d. 683) 282.

v. 'Ali B. al-Hnsain (d. 789) 985 in.

Abu '1-Mawahib B. Muh. al-Bakri (d. 1037) 1274.

v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 882) 245 xm.

Al-Mawardi, v. 'Ali B. Mnh. (d. 450) 740.

6 0

882

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Mercurius, Saint, 1262 vm., ix.

Michael, Bishop of Atribis (c. 830). Synaxarium,

29.

Ibn Miftah, v. 'Abdallah B. Abi '1-Kasim, 374.
Ibn al-Mihmandar, 1147.
Al-Mihrabi, v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah, 213 in.
Al-Milani, v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Rahim (d. 811)

970.

Al-Minhaji, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 875) 572.
Minucius, Joh. Steph., 17.

Mirza Jan, v. Habib-allah Shirazi (d. 994) 727.
Ibn Miskawaih, Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 421). Tahd'ib

al-Akhldk, 721 n.
Al-Mizzi, v. Mnh. B. Ahmad (d. 750) 764 iv.

v. Yuauf B. 'Abd al-Kahman (d. 742) 627.

Al-Mu'afa B. Isma'Il (d. 630). NiMyat al-Baydn,

112. Uns al-Munkati'in, 144.
Ibn al-Mu'allim, v. Muh. B. 'Ali (d. 592) 1064.
Al-Mu'ammal B. Umail, 610.
Mu'awiyah B. Maisarah, 637.

— B. Shuraih, 637.
Al-Mu'ayyad billah, v. Ahmad B.al-Husain (d. 411)

388.

- v. Yahya B. Hamzah (d. 749) 347.
v. Muh. B. al-Kasim (d. 1054)

1202 n.

- v. Muh. B. Isma'Il (d. 1097) 374.
Mubarak B. Mubarak Ibn Ma'tush (d. 599) 169.

B. Muh. Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari (d. 606).

Jdmi' al-Usul, 143. Al-Nihdyah, 1252 n. —
679.

Mubarakshah (c. 760) 823 v.

Al-Mubarrad, v. Muh. B. Yazld (d. 285) 841.

Ibn al-Mubarrad, v. Yusuf B. 'Abd al-Hadi (c. 900)

645.
Abu Mudar, v. Shuraih B. al-Mu'ayyad (c. 400)

339.

Al-Mufaddal B. Muh. al-Dabbi (d. 168) 610.
Mufaddal B. 'Umar al-Abhari (d. 663). Isagoge,

729. Al-Hiddyah, 1248 i.
Al-Mufawwih, 1147.
Muflik B. Hasan al-Damri, 814.
Mughlatai B. Kilij (d. 762). Al-Ishdrah, 513.— 632.
Al-Muhaddib Hasan B. 'Ali (d. 561) 1140.
Al-Muhallabi, v. 'Ali B. Ahmad (d. 385) 838.
Al-Muhalli, v. Humaid B. Ahmad (d. 652) 583.

Muhammad B. al-'Abbas Ibn Hayyuyah (d. 382)
616, 502.

B. 'Abdallah, Sharif of Morocco (1174) 1289.

al-'Ashim, 1237 in.

- al-Azraki (d. 244) 575.

al-Fazari (c. 334) 1211 x.

al-Hakim al-Naisaburi (d. 405) 158,

511,618.

Ibn Jabir (c. 673) 926.

- Ibn Kadi 'Ajlun (d. 876). Badd'i' al-
Wa'ani, 167, 1253 m.

- al-Kharashi (d. 1101) 303.
al-Khatib al-Tibrizi. Mishkdt al-Masd-

Uh (737) 140, 1268.

Ibn al-Khatib (d. 776). Rakam al-

Hulal, 475. Al-Ijidtah, 666. Eaihdnat al-
Euttdb, 1019.— 613, 667.

al-Kisa'i. Kisas al-Anbiya, 497-9.

al-Kurtubi (d. 628) 665.

Ibn Malik (d. 672). Al-Alfiyyah,

958-66.— 1203 xni.

al-Mihrabi, 213 xm.

Ibn al-Mu'arrif. Al-Manhaj al-munlr,

341.

NasTs al-Zabldi. Bughyat al-Tulldb,

1217 i.

- al-Eaba'i (d. 379) 629.

al-Shafi'i al-Bazzaz (d. 354). Al-

Ghaildniyydt, 135-6.

B. Sharaf al-Din (c. 1000) 541, 814,

1215 vm., 1220 vi.

- al-Shibli (d. 769). Mahdsinal-Wasd'il,
604.

— al-Zarkashi (c. 700) 319.

B. 'Abd ,al-Baki al-Ansari, Ibn al-Tarrah

(d. 535) 502.

al-Bukhari. Al-Tirdz al-Mankush

(991) 601.

al-Duri (c. 447) 616.

B. 'Abd al-Barr al-Subki (d. 777) 160.

B. 'Abd al-Ghani Ibn Nuktah (d. 629).

Takmilat al-Ikmdl, 622.— 632.

B. 'Abd al-Hakam al-Sa'di (d. 686) 158.

B. 'Abd al-Jabbar al-'Utbi. Al - Yamini

(411) 548, 1147.

B. 'Abd al-Kadir al-Hanafi, 1197 in.

\

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

888

Muhammad B. 'Abd al-Khalik (c. 880). Kanz al-
Lughah, 878.

— B. 'Abd al-Latif al-Subki, 671.

- B. 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Kbairun (d. 539) 1132.

— B. 'Abd al-Muhsin (c. 733) 645.

B. 'Abd al-Mu'ti al-Ishaki. Lata'if Akhbdr

al-Uwal (1032) 567, 1279.

B. 'Abd al-Eahim Ibn al-Furat (d. 807). Al-

Tarik al-Wddih, 476.

al-Gharnati, Abu Hamid (d. 565).

Tuhfat al-Ahbdb, 686.

al-Milani (d. 811). Sharh al-Mughni,

970.

— B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Ahsa'i (c. 1123) 493.

B. Auba' al- Janadi. Kunyat al-Imdm,

272 ii.

al-Fanjdihi (d. 584) 1010.

al-Ghazzi (d. 1167). Tashnifal-Masami',

646.

al-Hamdani. Al-Sab'iyydt, 753 Tin.

— al-Kazwini (d. 739). Talkhi? al-

Miftdh, 983-4.

Ibn Taj al-Din. Al-Fatdwd al-

Tdjiyyah (1119) 301.

al-Tihami, 924 in.

B. 'Abd al-Rasul al-Shahrazuri (d. 1103).

Al-Ishd'ah, 199.

B. 'Abd al-Samad al-Sunbati (d. 772)

1203 vii.

- B. 'Abd al-Wahhab (d. 1206). Treatises,
220.

al-Afrani. Tadkirat al-Ikhwdn (1079) 1256 i.

— B. Ahmad, 637.

- al-'Abbadi, Abu 'Asim (d. 458). Taba-
kdt al-Fukahd, 1203 v.

al-Abiwardi (d. 507). Al-Najdiyydt,

1030 v.

- al-Abshihi (c. 800). Al-Mustatraf,
1114-16.

al-Azhari, Abu Mansur (d. 370).

Tafsir al-Muzani, 304. Tahdib al-Lughah,
839-40.— 866.

- al-Ba'uni (d. 871) 487 11.
— al-Biruni (d. 440). Al-lthdr al-
Bdhiijah, 457-8. Al-Kdnun al-Mas'udi, 756-9.
—776.

Muljammad B. Ahmad al-Dahabi (d. 748). Ta'rikh
al-Isldm, 468. Al-'Ibar, 470. Duwal al-
Isldm, 471. Tadhib al-Tahdib, 628. Mizdn
al-I'tiddl, 630.— 613, 619, 632, 635.

Ibn Ghazi al-'Uthmani (d. 919). Al-

Eaud al-Hatun, 597 n. Munyat al-Hlsdl,
1303 in.— 302 n.

— al-Haddad (c. 496) 510.

al-Harazi (d. 765) 575.

— Ibn Abi Harun (c. 620) 665.

Ibn Hibban (d. 354) 630, 624

Ibn Hisham al-Sibti (c. 570) 1036.

— - Ibn al-Imam (d. 1217). Al~Nafiat

al-Nadiyyah, 772.

Ibn Imam al-Nahhasiyyah. Tuft/at

al-Tulldb (890) 752.

— Ibn Jabir (d. 780) 990.

al-Kammah (c. 400) 520.

al - Kalkashandi. Kald'id al-Jumdn

(c. 850) 1020.

al-Kazwmi.

Mufld al-'Ulum (c. 550)

712-13.

Ibn al-Khashshab, 1247 in.
al-Mahalli, Jalal al-DIn (d. 864).
al-Warakdt, 257. Shark Jam' al-
Tafslr al-Jaldlain, 121-4.—

Shark

Jawdmi', 265.
1198 i.
- al-Makki, Kutb al-DIn (d. 990).

Al-

Bark al-Yamdni, 588.— 1285, 1150.

- al-Matari (d. 741) 576.

- al-Minhaji al-Usyuti. Itfaifal-Akhi?sd

(875) 572.

- al-Mizzi (d. 750). Kashfal-Raib, 704 IT.

al-Mukaddami (d. 301) 617.

- al-Mukri, 501.

- al-Ramli (d. 1004) 318.

al-Razi (c. 512) 619 i.

- Ibn Abi Sahl al-Sarakhsi, Shams al-

A'immah (c. 500). Al-Mabsut, 276-7.

- al-Shadili, Abu '1-Mawahib (d. 882)
245 xin.

- al-Shashi (d. 507) 1203 n.

- B. Tamim, 1052.

- al-'Umari (d. 1215). Diwan, 1105.

- Ibn al-Walid, Muhyi al-DIn (c. 600).

Al-Jawdhir wa'l-Durar, 339.— 533.

884

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Muhammad B. Ahmad B. Yahya Ibn Muzaffar
(c. 930). Al-Tibydn, 363.— 357.

al-Zamlakani (c. 830) 577.

B. 'AH al-Adfuwi (d. 388) 128.

Ibn al-f Arab al-Maghribi. Lawdmi' al-

Suruk (1241) 1106.

- Ibn al-'Arabi, Muhyi al-Dm (d. 638).
Al-Futuhdt al-Makkiyyah, 231, 1295-6. Fusus
al-Hikam, 233. Muhddarat al-Abrdr, 1142. —
237, 245, 1152, 1236 mi., 1257.

al-Astarabadi (d. 1028). Talkhis al-

Makdl, 634. Manhaj al-Makdl, 635.

Ibn Babawaih al-Kummi (d. 381).

Kitdb man Id yahduruhu 'l-Faklh, 330, 634.

al-Bakri (d. 994) 1076.

— Fakhr al-Dm (c. 677) 803.

al-Khafaji, Ibn Zaid. Asatir al-

Awwalin, 1198 iv.

al-Masarjisi (d. 384) 509.

- Ibnal-Mu'alliin(d.592). Diwan, 1064.
• al-Nahwi, Sabik al-Dm (c. 650). Al-

Mustanhi, 113-14.

- al-Nasir (d. 793) 537,

- al-Ruhaif Ibn Fand (c. 950) 540.

al-Rahbi, Ibn al-Mutafanninah (d. 577).

Ghunyat al-Bdhith, 1234 v., 1255 n., 434, 820.

al-Sabuni, Abu Hamid (d. 680) 632.

al-Shatibi (c. 870). Al-Jumdn, 482,

1298.

al-Shaukani. Nathr al-Jauhar (1240)

162.

- al-Suri (d. 441) 158, 619 n., in.

— al-Tauzari, Ibn Shabbat (c. 650) 1052.
• Ibn Tulun (d. 953). Al-Ghuraf al-

'Aliyyah, 645.

— Wahish (c. 1256) 1223 in., vi.

al-Warrak al-Mausili (c. 700) 92 n.

- Ibn Ya'Ish, Sabik al-Dln (c. 600).
Al-Tahdlb, 929 t.

- al-Amia B. Fadl-allah al-Shami (c. 1100) 676.

- B. 'Uthman al-Salihi (d. 1004) 616.

- Amm B. Khair-allah al-'Umari (d. 1203).
Manhal al-Auliyd, 679. Matdli' al-'Ultim, 720.

al-Suwaidi. Sabd'ik al-Dahab (1229)

596.

B. As'ad al-Dawani, Jalal al-Dm (d. 908) 184.

Muhammad B. 'Ashlsh al-Huthi (c. 1000) 214 n.

B. Ashraf al-Samarkandi (c. 600). Al-

Ma'drif, 181. Jddb al-Bahth, 737, 1124 v.,
Ashkdl al-Ta'sis, 753 iv.— 1227 i.

B. 'Aun al-Dm al-Mausili. Al-Zahr al-Nadr

(1163) 1246 vn.

B. 'Azam al-Tunusi (d. 891) 916.

B. Bahrain al-Kalanisi (c. 600). Kardbddin,

796 i.

Bakir B. Muh. Akmal Bahbahani (d. 1205)

635.

B. Muh. Naki al-Musawi (c. 1260)

637.

B. Abi Bakr. Arba'un Hadith, 1254 vn.

Imam Zadah, Eukn al-Dm (d. 573).

Shir'at al-Isldm, 178-9.

al-Ja'bari (c. 820). Diwan, 1078 n.

Ibn Kadi Shuhbah, Badr al-Dln

(d. 874). Saddyat al-Muhtdj, 313.— 487 vin.

Ibn Kayyim al-Jauziyyah (d. 751).

Al-Dd wa'l-Dawd, 238.— 1222 i.

- al-Khabisi (c. 700) 945.

Makki (c. 1288) 603.

— Ibn al-Nakib (d. 745) 1148.

Ibn Nasir al-Dm (d. 842) 487 in., vi.,

1246 v.

al-Razi (d. 680). Mukhtdr al-Sii^dh,

850.— 177.

al-Wa'iz (d. 662) 1078 i.

al-Zarkhuri. Zahr al - Basatin (852)

1210 in.

B. Bashsbar (d. 252) 379 n.

B. Budair, Hubaish al-Kudsi (c. 1193) 661.

Chelebi B. Abi '1-Su'ud (d. 971) 1244 in.

- al-Damdami (d. 430) 645.

B. Da'ud al-Khalidi. Iddh al-Ghdmid, 440.

Diyab al-Itlidi (c. 1100). I'ldm al-Nds,

1153.

B. Fadl-allah, 245 xn.

B. Faramarz. Menla Khusrev (d. 885).

Durar al-Hukkdm, 295-6.

B. Abi '1-Fath al-Ba(li (d. 709) 260.

Muh. al-Sufi. Kitdb al-Safwah (904)

704.

B. al-Fudail, 637.

al-Ghazzi, Abu Jl-fAun (c. 897) 241.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

885

Muhammad B. Habib al-Baghdadi (d. 245). Al-
Muhabbar, 508. — 594, 1032-3.

- al-Hadi, Taj al-Sa'Idi, 765 vi.

- B. al-Hadi v. Muh. B. Yahya, al-Murtada
(d. 310) 203 iv.

- B. Hamid al-Ansari (d. 782) 305.

B. Hamzah, Jamal al-Dln, 1083 H.

al-Fanari, Shams al-Dln (d. 834).

Shurut al-Salat, 294. Al-Fawd'id, 732 in.

- al-Hanafi al-Tibrizi, 1248 in.

- B. Hani (d. 362). Diwan, 1046-7.

B. al-Hasan al-Astarabadi, Radi al-Dln

(d. 686) 943, 955.

- B. Hasan al-Banbi (?). Al-'Ukud al-Durriy-
yah (826) 847 iv.

- B. al-Hasan Ibn Duraid (d. 321). Al-Jam-
harah, 837. Al-Maksfirah, 919 n., 1030 vi.,
1035-7, 1211 v., vi.— 849.

- Ibn Furak (d. 406). Mushkil al-
Hadlth, 1204 i.

- Ibn Hamdun (d. 562). Tadkirah,
1137-8.

- Ibn Hurr al-'Amili, 191.
— al-Jalal, 1011.

- B. (al-Sayyid) Hasan, al-Jami' (854) 851.

- B. al-Hasan al-Kata'i'i (d. 320) 171.

- Ibn Mutahhar al-Hilli (d. 771) 333.
al-Nawaji (d. 859). Halbat al-Kumait,

1117-8, 843.

- al-Sawi (d. 749) 993 n.

- al-Shaibani (d. 189) 272 i., 167.
al-Tusi,AbuJa'far(d.460). Al-Mabsut,

331.— 634, 636, 1271.

- al-Zubaidi (d. 379). Tabakdt al-Nuhdt,
648, 849.

- B. Hibat-allah al-Shirazi (d. 634) 658.

- Hijazi al-Zarkashi, 1120.

- B. Himyar (d. 611) 1236 vn.

- B. al-Husain al-Ahwazi, 1003 v.

- al-Ajurri (d. 360). Arba'un Hadlth,
155.

- al-'Amili, Baha al-Dln (d. 1031).
TasTirih. al-Aflak, 763 i., 1249 n.— 636, 763 v.,
765 vn., 1249 iv.

- Ibn Bundar (d. 521). Irshdd al-
Mubtadi, 86.

Muhammad B. al-Husain al-Knttati (d. 415) 511.

al-Murhibi (c. 1109). Nuzhat «[-

Bafd'ir, 544.

- al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406). Nahj al-
Baldghah, 1238 i., 527-8.— 1111 iv., x.

al-Sulami (d. 412). 'Uyub al-Naf*,

228.

- B. Ibrahim al-Bashtaki (d. 830) 666, 1086.

- al-Halabi, Ibn al-Hanbali (d. 971)
94 iv., 660.

- Ibn Abi '1-Jaish al-Andalusi (d. 626).
Lamhat al-Takrll, 992, 1253 n.

— — Ibn Jama'ah (d. 733) 555.

— al-Kutubi, al-Watwat Ibn al-Maghril>i

(d. 718). Ghurar al-Kha?d'i9, 747-9, 1141 n.

Ibn al-Mufaddal (d. 1085). Al-Sulii!i

al-Dahabiyyah, 542.

- Ibn al-Nahhls (d. 698) 925.

- al-Salami (d. 879) 1255 n.

— al-Suhuli (c. 1050) 673, 1073 HI.
— al-WazIr, 'Izz al-Islam, 1202 I.

Ibn Zaghlal (c. 650) 665.

- al-Ibzari, 1126.

- B. Idrls al-Razi, Abu Hatim (d. 277) 624,
630.

- B. 'Isa al-Aksara'i al-Hanafi (c. 644).
Nihdyat al-Sul, 820 i.

- al-Tirmidi (d. 279) 1222 I.

- al-Yaktini, 637.

- B. Ishak (d. 151) 578.

'Izz al-Islam (c. 1150) 1049 11.,

1217v.

al-Klmwarazmi (c. 770). Ithdrat al-

Targhib, 577.

- Ibn Mandah (d. 395) 158.

- al-Nadim (d. 385) 604 i.

- al-Saimari (d. 275) 775.

- B. Isma'il, Abu Ja'far, 687 xvn.

- Abu 'Ali (c. 1250) 635.

- al-Amlr, 'Izz al-Islam

(c. 1170).

Minhat al-Gha/dr, 393-4. Al-Sahm al-Su'il,,
1233 vn.

- al-Bukhari (d. 256). Al-Jdmi' ,,l-
Sahth, 132, 624, 638, 1292.

- Ibn Khalfun (d. 636) 665.
- al-Mu'ayyad (d. 1097) 374.

6D

886

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Muhammad B. 'Izz al-Din (d. 1050). Wdsitat al-
Dardri, 1212 vi.

- al-Hadi, al-Mansur billah (c. 700)
266.

- B. Ja'far al-Ka/zaz (d. 412) 849.

Ibn Kuluwaih (c. 300) 633.

- Ibn Matar (c. 350) 509.

B. Jalal al-Ridawi (c. 1028) 832 I.

— B. Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310). Dail al-Mu-
dayyal, 618.— 526.

- B. Kanisauh (c. 950). Al-Sijiral-Haldl,989.

B. al-Kasim, Abu 'Abdallah (c. 250) 203 n.,

in., vi., 204 ii., 205 ii.

- al-Akhslkati, 1017.

- Ibn al-Anbari (d. 328) 831.

- Ibn 'Asakir (c. 559) 658.
— al-Harlri (c. 556) 1006.

- al-Mu'ayyad billah (d. 1054) .

Tasfiyat

al-Nuffis, 1202 n.— 1220 vir.

- al-Nuwairi (c. 767) 606.

- B. Ya'kub (d. 940). Eaud al-Akhydr,
1136.

- B. Abi '1-Kasim (c. 850). Al-Mukhtasar al-
Jdmi', 439.

- B. Khair B. Khalifah (c. 534) 618.

- B. Khalid B. Khidash (c. 250) 617.

- Khalll B. 'AH al-Muradi (d. 1206). Matmah
al-Wdjid, 659, 661.

- B. al-Khalis Ibn 'Anka al-Makki, 1219 vi.,
924 in.

B. Abi '1-Khattab (d. 170). Jamharat al-

Ash'dr, 1107, 1028.

B. al-Maghribi al-Andalusi, 918 ii.

- B. al-Mahdi Ahmad, al-Naair lidin allah
(d. 1130) 544-5.

- B. al-Mahdi fAli, al-Nasir lidin allah (d. 793)
539.

B. Mahmud al-Amuli (d. 756). Shark al-

Kulliyydt, 791.

al-Maghlawi (d. 940) 1256 vi.

al-Najjar (d. 643) 625, 576.

al-Samarkandi al-Hamadani. Al-'Ikd

al-Farld, 95 n.
- al-Shirazi.

Kashf al-Asrdr, 95 in.

- B. Makki al-'Amili (d. 782). Al-Lum'at al-
Dimaskkiyyah, 334.

Muhammad B. Mangli, al-Kizz (c. 773). Al-Tad-
birdt al-Sultdniyyah, 822.

B. Mansur, Imam al-Din. Riydd al-Uns,

236.

B. Mas'ud al-'Ayy5shi (c. 300) 633.

— B. Mubarakshah al-Bukhari, 726-7.

B. Muhammad al-Akhsikati, Husam al-Dm

(d. 644). Al-Muntakhab, 261.

Ibn Asir (c. 950). Al-Jauhar al-

Farid, 670.

al-'Askalani, Ibn al-Imam (d. 745)

Sildli al-Mu'min, 249.

— al-'Attar, 812.

— al-Babarti (d. 786) 279.

Ibn al-Baitar. Kashf al-Kind' (830)

753 v.

- al-Barizi (d. 823) 595.

- al-Bukhari (d. 841) 559.

— al-Farabi (d. 393). Al - Madkhal,
823 HI., iv., x.

— al-FIshi (c. 971) 1274.

— Ibn Ghailan al-Bazzaz (d. 440) 135-6.

al-Ghazzali (d. 505). Ihyd 'Uliim al-
Din, 173-4. Al-Durrat al-Fdkhirah, 195. Al-
Wajlz, 305. Ghdyat al-Ghaur, 1203 i.
Minhdj al-'Abidm, 229. Naslhat al-Multik,
700 n. Madlchal al-8ulwk, 1089 n. ^1?-
Wazd'if, 1243 i.— 127, 724, 746.

Ibn al-Ghazzi (d. 984). Matdli' al-

Badriyyah, 680. Jawdhir al - Dakhd'ir,
1229 n.

Ibn al-Habbariyyah (d. 504). Al-

Sddih wa'l-Bdghim, 1131 n. Nazm KaUlah,
1158.— 701, 1159.

- al-Haidari (d. 894). Zahr al-Riydd, 323.

— al-Harlri (c. 557) 1006.

— al-Hattab (d. 954). Tahrir al-

Makalah, 302 n.

al-Idrisi (d. 560).

Nuzhat al-Mushtdk,
(d. 874).

685.

- Ibn Imam al-Kamiliyyah

Bughyat al-Rdwi, 1247 i., 1257.

- al-Isfahani, 'Imad al-Dm (d. 597).

Al-Fath al-Kussi, 551-2.

- al-Isfara'ini, Taj al-Dm (d. 684). Al-

Dau, 932-3, 967.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Muhammad B. Muhammad al-Jazari, Abu '1-Khair
(d. 833). Al-Mukaddimah, 93, 1234 n. Al-
Maulid al-Kabir, 515. Dat al-Shifd, 516.
'Uddat al-Hisn al-Hasln, 250.

- al-Marwazi, Abu '1-Fadl (d. 334) 276.

al-Mu'izz. Futah al-Sahnasd, 525.

- Sayyid Murtada al-Zabldi (d. 1205).
Taj al-'Ariis, 882, 836 in., 876.

— al-Mutarriz (d. 503) 510.

Ibn Nubatah (d. 768). Diwan, 1086.

Sari} al-'Uyun, 1015.

- al-Nuwairi(d.857). Al-Kaul al-jdd, 91.

al - Razi al - Tahtani, Kui.Ii al - Din

(d. 766) 99 in., 730 i.
al-Sajawandi, Siraj

al-Dm (c. 600)

275 in., 435, 1197 iv.

- Ibn Sayyid al-Naa al-Ishbfli (d. 734).
'Uytinal-Athar, 512. Niir al-'Uyun, 1217 x.—
1274.

— Ibn Abi Sharif (d. 906) 573.

- Ibn al-Shihnah (d. 815). Raudat al-

Mandstir, 478-9, 874.

Sibt al-Maridmi, Badr al-Din (c. 900).

Al-Tartib, 437. Al-Lum'ah,75Sm. Hdwi'l-
Mukhtasardt, 766. Rakd'ik al-Haka'ik, 767.—
1255 m.

- al - Tusi, Nasir al - Dm (d. 672).
Talkhis al-Muhassal, 180. Tajrtd al-'Akd'id,
182-4. Al-Fusul, 185. Shark al-Ishdrdt, 723.
Tahrir Aklldas, 751. Al-Zubdah, 763 n. Al-
Far d' id, 1249 in., iv.— 760.

Ibn Zafar (d. 565). Sulwdn al-Mutd',

1156 ii., 1160. Al-Ghurar wa'l-Durar, 1139.

- B. Muh. Muhsin Kashi, 634.

- B. Mukarram Ibn Manzur (d. 711) 876, 882.

- Murad B. 'AH al-Bukhari (d. 1132) 244.

- B. Musa al-Damlri (d. 808). Haydt al-
Hayawdn, 779-80.

- B. Mustafa al-Duraki. Badi'iyyah, 985 vn.

- B. Nabll al-Ghafiki (d. 639) 665.

- B. Najm al-Din al-Salihi (d. 1012) 1147.

- B. al-Nasir B. 'Abd al-Eabb (c. 1090) 208.

- B. Nasir al-Salami (d. 550) 604.

- B. Ni'mah al-Nabulusi (d. 665) 556.

- B. Plr 'Ali al-Birkawi (d. 981). Izhdr al-
Asrdr, 979-80.

| Muhammad B. RacH al-Din al-Ghazzi, v. Muh. B.
Muh. Ibn al-Ghazzi (d. 984).

B. Rafi' (d. 774) 613.

Sa'd (d. 230). Tabakdt Ibn 8a'd, 616, 618.

B. Sahl al-Bushti (c. 376) 307.

B. Sa'id al-Azdi al-tfalhati. Al-Kathf wu'l-

Baydn, 202.
- al-Busiri (d. 696).

Al-Burdah, 1079,

&c. Umm al-Kura, 1078 in., 1082-8.
- al-Maslub, 624.

- Salih B. Ahmad al-Mazandarani (d. 1086) 154.

- B. S>lim al-IIafnawi (d. 1181) 253.

- B. al-Sari Ibn al-Sarraj (i 316). Kitdb al-
Uftil, 916.

- B. al-Sayyid al-Sharif (d. 838) 988.

- B. Shahrashub (d. 588) 634, 636.

- B. Shakir al-Kutubi, Salah al-Dm (d. 764).
'TJyun al-Tawdrikh, 472.

- B. Sharaf al-Kalla'i (d. 777) 467.

- al-Sha'rawi, Abu '1-Fauz (c. 1150). Diwan,
1101.

- al-Sharji (d. 999). Tutfat al-A»kdb, 1150.

- B. Shuja' al-Thalji (d. 266) 502.

- B. Sinan, 637.

- B. Sirin (d. 110) 1231 v.

- B. Sulaiman al-Arlhawi (d. 1158). Muntij
al-Barakdt, 252 n., iv.

- al-Jazuli(d. 870). Dald'il al-Khairdt,

251, 1297.

- al-Kafiyaji (d. 879). Al-Farafr wa'l-

Surur, 322.

- al-Kufi, Abu Ja'far (c. 300). Al-

Muntakhab, 336-7.

- al-Tilimsani (d. 688) 1112.

- B. Talhah, Abu Salim (c. 652). Al-'Ikd al-
Farld, 540 n.— 529, 828.

- B. Tamim, Mujlr al-Din, 1112.

- B. Tnghril (d. 737) 1143.

- B. 'Umar al-'Alami al-Makdisi (d. 1038).
Al-Naflfyat al-Mardiyyah, 1090.

- Ibn Bahrak, d. 930. Nashr al-'Alam,

1056, 1211 i., 1236 ii.— 924 i.

— al-Isfahani (d. 581) 625.
_ Ibn Kadi Shuhbah (d. 782) 1018.

- al-Kashshi (c. 350). Ma' r if at al-

Rijdl, 633.— 634, 636.

888

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Muh. B. 'Umar B. Khalid al-Kadini, 95 n.

al-Razi, Fakhr al-Dm (d. 606).

Mafdtlh al-Ghaib, 111. Al-Muhassal, 180.
Mandkib al-Shafi'i, 641. Al-Mahstil, 259.
Al-Mulakhkhas, 725.— 1051.

- al-Wakidi (d. 207) . Al-Maghdzi, 502,
617-8, 624. Fuiuh al-Shdm, &c., 521-4, 1277.

— B. 'Uthman al-Karadi (b. 780) 645.

- al-Kurtnbi (c. 961) 302 in.

al-Zannati, 829.

- B. 'Uzair al-'Uzairi (d. 330). Gharib al-
Kur'an, 130-1.

- B. al-Walid al-Turtushi (d. 520). Sirdj al-
Muluk, 742-3.

- B. Wassaf, 328.

• B. Yahya Ibn Bahran (c. 960) . Jawdhir al-

Akhbdr, 412. Al-Kdfil, 1212 n., 207 n.
Tanklh al-Kulub, 428 i.— 1211 1.

al-Karafi (d. 1008) 874.

al - Murtada lidm - allah (d. 310)

203 iv., v., 204, s, 205 i., 1220 x., 531.

- Ibn Muzaffar (c. 920) 540.

- B. (al-Khalifah) Ya'kub, 815.

B. Ya'kub al-Firuzabadi (d. 817). Al-
Kdmus, 874-6, 882.

Ibn Akhi Hizam (c. 250). K. al-

Baitarah, 813.

al-Janadi (d. 732).

Al-SuluJc, 670.—

587, 671.

al-Kulmi, Abu Ja'far (d. 328).

Al-

Kdfi, 152-3.— 634, 636.

- B. Yazld al-Mubarrad (d. 285) 841.

- B. Yusuf al-Dimashki (d. 942) 615.

al-Gharnati, Abu Hayyan (d. 745)

118, 613.

- al - Kadami

1237 n.

(c. 772). Al-Intisdf,

al-Salihi (d. 942) 1274.
al-Sanusi (d. 898) 189.
al-Zarandi (d. 750) 529.

B. Zaid, 207 in.

- B. Zain. Asdtir al-Awwalin, 1198 iv.,
1233 is.

- B. Zain al-'Abidm al-Bakri (d. 1087) 1126,
1130.

Al-Muhassin B. 'Ali al-Tanukhi (d. 384) 1130-1.

Muhsin B. al-Hasan B. al-Kasim (c. 1140). Biydd

al-'Asjad, 547.

Muhyi al-Din (c. 980). Al-Salwah, 600.
Mu'in al-Dm al-8hirazi, v. Junaid B. Mahmud

(c. 791) 677.
Abu '1-Mu'in al-Nasafi, v. Maimun B. Muh. (d. 508)

175.

Al-Mukaddami, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 301) 617.
Ibn al-Mukarrab, v. 'AH B. 'Abdallah (c. 620) 1066.
Mukatil B. Sulaiman, 624.
Al-Mukhtar B. al-Hasan Ibn Butlan (d. 455).

Takw'im al-Sihfrah, 792 i., 793.
Mukhtar B. Mahmud al-Zahidi al-Ghizmmi (d. 658)

281.

Al-Mukrani, v. Yahya B. Muh. 424.
Ibn al-Mukri, v. Muh, B. Ahmad, 501.

- v. Isma'Il B. Abi Bakr (d. 837) 313.
Abu '1-Muna B. Abi Nasr al-'Attar (c. 658).

Minhdj al-DuJcTcdn, 801 n., 802.
Al-Munawi, v. fAbd al-Ra'uf (d. 1031) 151.
Al-Mundiri, v. 'Abd al-'Azim B. 'Abd al-Kawi

(d. 656) 629.

Munkid B. 'Ali al-Zanjani, 1243 i.
Al-Muradi, v. 'Ali B. Muh. (d. 1184) 659.

v. Muh. Khalll B. 'Ali (d. 1206) 659.

Ibn Murgham, v. Yahya B. Ahmad, 408.
Al-Murhibi, v. Muh. B. al-Husain (c. 1109) 544.
Murshid B. Yahya al-Madmi (d. 517) 520.
Murtada, Sayyid, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 1205) 882.
Al-Murtada lidin-allah, v. Muh. B. Yahya (d. 310)

203 iv.
Al-Murtada Yahya B. Ahmad, al-Sharlf (c. 810)

1211 iv.
Musa B. Ahmad al-Wisali, 269.

— B. Muh., Kadi Zadah al-Rumi (c. 840) 753 iv.,

754 v., 760-1.

B. Yahya Ibn Haran, or Bahran (c. 950).

Diwan, 1073 n.— 540, 814, 593 iv.

Mus'ab B. al-Zubair (d. 72) 610.
Al-Mushidd, v. 'Ali B. Kizil (d. 656) 1077.
Muslim B. al-Hajjaj (d. 261) 134.

B. al-Walid (c. 200) 610.

Mustafa B. 'Abdallah, Katib Chelebi, or Haji
Khallfah (d. 1068). Kashf al-Zunwn, 719.

B. 'All al-Danadi (b. 1004). Al-Furdt al-

Namir, 126.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

889

Mustafa B. HamzahAtahli. Natd'ij al-Afkdr (1085)
979.

- Muslih al-Dm (c. 1000) 294.

- B. Hasan al-Jannabi (d. 999) 489.

- B. al-Husain al-Tafrlshi (c. 1020). Nakd al-
Eijtil, 636.

— B. Kamal al-Dm al-Bakri (d. 1162) 246 i., n.,
253.

— B. Shams al-Din al-Akhtari (d. 968) 880.
. B. Sinan. al-Tusi (d. 1032). AI-Mardm,

1245 in.
Al-Mu'tadid billah, v. Yahya B. al-Husain (d. 636)

266.
Mutahhar B. fAli al-Damadi, v. Mustafa B. 'Ali,

126.

- B. Muh. al-Jurmuzi (d. 1077). Al-Nubdat
al-Mushirah, 543.

Al-Mutahhar B. 'AH B. al-Nasir (c. 400) 439 v.

B.Muh., al-Mutawakkil 'ala'llah (d. 879) 423 1.,

814.

B. Yahya, al-Mutawakkil 'ala'llah (d. 697)

211 ii.

B. Yahya Sharaf al-Dm (d. 980) 674,

928.

Ibn Mutair, v. Ahmad B. 'AH (d. 1075) 1217 in.

v. 'Ali B. Muh. (d. 1084) 445.

v. Ibrahim B. Abi '1-Kasim, 265 in.

Ibn al-Mutafanninah, v. Muh. B. 'Ali al-Rahbi

(d. 577) 1234 v.
Al-Mutanabbi, v. Ahmad B. Al-Husain (d. 354)

1038.

Al-Mutarriz, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 503) 510.
Al-Matarrizi, v. Nasir B. 'Abd al-Sayyid (d. 610)

864.
Al-Mutawakkil 'ala'llah, v. Ahmad B. al-Mansur

(c. 651) 814.

- v. Ahmad B. Sulaiman (d. 566) 412.

- — - v. Isrna'Il B. Ahmad (d. 1250)

1223 ii.

428 in.

547.

v. Isma'il B. al-Kasim (d. 1087)
v. al-Kasim B. al-Husain (d. 1139)
v. al-Mutahhar B. Muh. (d. 879)

423 i.

Al-Muttalibi, v. Yahya B. al-Husain (c. 350) 509.

Muwaffik al-Dln, v. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Kbazraji

(c. 780) 662.
Al-Muzaffar B. al-I.Iusain al-Farisi (c. 500). Al-

Ndsikh wa'l-Mansukh, 1235 i.

— B. Muh. al-'Umari (d. 688) 677.

Ibn Muzaffar, v. Muh. B.Ahmad B. Yahya (c. 930)
363.

- v. Yahya B. Ahmad (c. 850) 357.
Al-Muzani, v. Isma'il B. Yahya (d. 264) 304.
Al-Na'ami, v. Ahmad B. Ahmad, 586 iv.
Al-Nabighah. Diwan, 1027.— 1030 in., 842, 1107.
Ibn al-Nabih, v. 'AH B. Muh. (d. 619) 1067 n.
Al-Nablh'i, v. 'Ali B. Muh. al-Bukhari (c. 770)

188.
Al-Nadim, v. Yahya B. 'AH al-Munajjim (d. 300)

823 xr.

Ibn al-Nafis, v. 'Ali B. Abi '1-Hazm (d. 687) 805.
Ibn al-Nahhas, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 338) 128.

- v. Fath-allah (d. 1052) 1091.

- v. Muh. B. Ibrahim (d. 698) 925.
Al-Nahwi, v. Muh. B. 'AH (c. 650) 113.
Al-Najafi, v. 'AH B. al-Kasim (c. 866) 530.

- v. Ibrahim B. Yahya, 530.
Al-Najashi, v. Ahmad B. 'AH (d. 450) 634.
Al-Naji, v. Ibrahim B. Muh. (d. 900) 1269.
Al-Najjar, v. Muh. B. Mahmud (d. 643) 625.
Najm al-Din, 1213 i.

al-Shirazi, v. Mahmud B. Ilyas (c. 700) 808.

Al-Najri, v. 'Abdallah B. Muh. (c. 876) 1227 ii.

— v. 'AH B. Muh. (c. 850) 381.

Ibn al-Nakib, v. Muh. B. Abi Bakr (d. 745) 1148.
Al-Nakkash, v. al-Hasan B. Ahmad (c. 828) 1159.
Al-Nasafi, v. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad (d. 710) 288.

- v. Maimun B. Muh. (d. 508) 175.

- v. 'Umar B. Mnh. (d. 537) 176.
Al-Nasa'i, v. Ahmad B. Shu'aib (d. 303) 624.
Nash wan B. Sa'Id al-Himyari (d. 573). Shams al-

'Ulum, 858-63. Al-Kasldat ul-Himyariyyah,
584-5, 1236, 1061 ii.— 1049, 1215 in., 578 in.
Al-Nasir Ahmad B. al-Hadi (d. 322) 531.

- al-Utrush (d. 304) 1219 iv.

- B. 'Abd al-Haflz al-Muhalla (d. 1081) 543,
429, 1219 ii.

Nasir B. 'Abd al-Sayyid al-Mutarrizi (d. 610). Al-
Mughrib, 864, 851. Al-Misbdlt, 930-6. Al-
Iddh, 1012-14.

6E

890

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Nasir B. al-Husain al-Dailami, Abu '1-Fath (d. 440)

1239 i.
Al-Nasir lidin-allah, v. Muh. B. al-Mahdi Ahmad

(d. 1130) 544.

- v. Muh. B. al-Mahdi 'Ali (d. 793) 539.
Ibn Nasir al-Din, v. Muh. B. Abi Bakr (d. 842)

487 in.
Nasr B. Ibrahim al-Makdisi (d. 490) 617.

- B. Muh. al-Samarkandi (d. 375) 97.
Nasr-allah B. Ahmad al-Baghdadi (d. 812)

1255 m.

- B. Muh. Ibn al-Athir (d. 637). Al-Mathal
al-Sd'ir, 982, 1024.

Al-Natifi, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 446) 275 11.
Al-Natik bi'1-Hakk, v. Yahya B. al-Husain al-

Harimi (d. 424) 340.

Al-Nawaji, v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 859) 843.
Al-Nawawi, v. Yahya B. Sharaf (d. 676) 134.
Ibn al-Nazr, v. Ahmad B. al-Nazr, 327.
Nicolaus Sa'igh. Diwan (c. 1162) 49.
Al-Nlgusari, v. Hasan B. Sinan (d. 975) 489.
Ni'mat-allah B. Ahmad al-'Amili (c. 1000) 636.
Nizam, Shaikh (c. 1000). Fatdwa 'Alamgmyyah,

299.

Nizam al-Din al-Isfuhani, 1147.
Abu Nu'aim, v. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah (d. 430) 137.
Al-Nu'aimi, v. 'Abd al-Kadir B. Muh. (d. 927)

487.

Ibn Nubatah, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 768) 1015.
Ibn Nujaim, v. Salih B. Ibrahim, 444.

- v. Zain al-'Abidln B. Ibrahim (d. 969)
1252 in.

Nukrahkar, v. 'Abdallah B. Muh. al-Husaini

(d. 776) 967.
Ibn Nuktah, v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Ghani (d. 689)

622.

Nu'mau B. Ibrahim al-Zarnukhi (d. 645) 1134.
Al-Numazi, v. Salih B. al-Siddik (c. 945) 541.
Nur al-Din al-Dimyati, 369 n.
Al-Nuwairi, v. Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Wahhab (d. 733)

714.

v. Muh. B. al-Kasim (c. 767) 606.

Pakhom, Saint, 30.

Paul of Antioch, 22 iv., v.

Al-Pazdawi, v. 'AH B. Muh. (d. 482) 253.

Plato. Malfuzat, 721 i.

Porphyry. Al-Madkhal, 721 in., 722.

Al-Raba'i, v. 'Isa B. Ibrahim, 918 in.

Ibn Abi '1-Rabi', v. 'Ubaid-allah B. Ahmad (d. 688)

665.

RadI al-Dm, v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 683) 943.
Al-Raffa, v. Hatnid B. Muh. (d. 356) 509.
Al-Rafi'i, v. 'Abd al-Karlm B. Muh. (d. 623) 305.
Raghib Pasha (d. 1176). Safinah, 1154.
Al-Rahbi, v. Muh. B. 'AH (d. 577) 1234 v.
Ibn al-Rahib, v. Abu Shakir Petrus (c. 655) 34.
Ibn al-Raklk, v. Ibrahim B. al-Kasim (c. 400)

1119.
Al-Ramli, v. Ahmad B. Hamzah (d. 957) 318.

v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 1004) 318.

Al-Rammah, v. Ahmad B. 'Ali (d. 1176) 578 n.
Raslan B. Ya'kub (c. 700) 245 i.

Ibn Raslan, v. Ahmad B. Husain (d. 844) 318.
Al-Rassas, v. Ahmad B. al-Hasan (c. 610) 207.

- v. Al-Hasan B. Muh. (c. 580) 207.
Al-Rawwasi, Abu Ja'far, 648.
Al-Razi, v. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah (c. 500) 583.
— v. Muh. B. Abi Bakr (d. 680) 177.

v. Muh. B. Idrls (d. 277) 624.

v. Muh. B. 'Umar (d. 606) 111.

Redhouse, J. W. Thesaurus, 906.
Ridwan Beg (c. 1050) 568.

Ibn Abi '1-Rijal, v. Ahmad B. Salih (d. 1092) 432 HI.

v. Zaid B. Salih (c. 1109) 544.

Abu Riyash, v. Ibrahim B. Ahmad (d. 349) 1034.
Al-Ru'aini, v. Ahmad B. Yusuf (d. 779) 876.
Al-Ruhaif, v. Muh. B. 'Ali (c. 950) 540.
Al-Rukhkhaji, v. Abu '1-Hasan B. al-Husain (c. 450)

741.

Al-Rumaili (c. 890) 1211 vin.
Ibn al-Rurni (d.*283) 534.
Al-Rushati, v. 'Abdallah B. 'Ali (d. 542) 632.
Rustam B. Tamraz (c. 980) 568.
Ruzbahan B. Abi Nasr al-Bakli (d. 606) 677.
Ibn al-Sa'ati, v. Ahmad B. 'Ali (d. 694) 284.
Al-Sabuni, v. Muh. B. 'Ali (d. 680) 632.
Sa'd-allah al-Barda'i. Hadd'ik al-Dakd'ik (807)
1253 i.

B. 'Isa (d. 945) 279, 874.

B. 'Umar al-Isfara'ini (c. 769). Zubdat al-

A'mdl, 575.
Sa'd al-Din Muh. Ibn al-'Arabi, 1112.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

891

Sa'd al-Dm B. al-Zahir al-'Ajami, 815.
Sadakah B. 'Abdallah al-Lakhmi (c. 589) 1006.

B. Salam al-Masharani (c.816). Al-Tatimmah,

90.

Sa'di Efendi, v. Sa'd-allah B. 'Isa (d. 945) 279.
Sa'di, Musharrif al-Dm Muslih (d. 691) 677.
Sadid al-Dm al-Kashghari (c. 750). Mmiyat al-
Musalli, 290.

— al-Kazaruni. Al-Mughni (779) 806.

Al-Sadr al-Shahid, v. 'Umar B. 'Abd al-'Aziz (d.

536) 273.

Sadr al-Dm al-Sulami, 671.
Sadr al-Shari'ah, v. 'Ubaid-allah B. Mas'ud (d. 747)

264.
Ibn al-Saffar, v. Ahmad B. Muh. Ibn al-Nahhas

(d. 338) 128.
Al-Safuri, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abd al-Salam

(c. 884) 447 ii.

Al-Saghani, v. al-Hasan B. Muh. (d. 650) 145.
Sahl B. al-Kasim Ibn Zaghbush (c. 610) 597 n.

- B. Nubakht, 1159.

- B. Ziyad al-Adami, 637.

Ibn Sahl, v. Ibrahim B. Sahl (d. 649) 1074.
Sa'id B. 'Abdallah al-Tihami, 1231 in.

B. Ahmad al-Naisaburi (d. 457) 1235 i.

B. Hibat-allah (d. 495). ' Al-Mughni, 794-5.

Abu Sa'id B. Yunus (d. 347) 610.

Ibn Sa'id, v. 'Ali B. Musa (d. 615) 696.
Al-Saidaliini, v. al-Kasim B. al-Fadl (d. 567) 410. :
Ibn al-Saikal (c. 600) 1152.
Ibn Sailan, v. al-Hasan B. Yahya (c. 1100) 270.
Al-Saimari, v. Ahmad B. Muh., 775.

— v. Muh. B. Ishak (d. 275) 775.
Al-Sajawandi, v. Huh. B. Muh. (c. 600) 275 in.
Al-Sakhawi, v. 'Ali B. Muh. (d. 643) 89.
Al-Sakkaki, v. Yusuf B. 'Ali (d. 606) 981.
Salah B. Ahmad, al-Sayyid, 384, 439 v.

- B. al-Husain al-Akhfash, 1124 vi.

B. al-Mahdi Ibrahim (d. 683) 412.

B. Muh. al-Midwahi (c. 1000). Fd'ik al-Anzdr,

1242 i. '

Ibn Salah, v. 'Uthman B. 'Abd al-Rahman (d. 643)

1237 i.
Ibn Salamah, v. Hibat-allah B. Salamah (d. 410)

129.
Al-Salami, v. Muh. B. Nasir (d. 550) 624.

Salih B. 'Abdallah Ibn Mughal (d. 1048) 1219 IT.

B. 'Abd al-IIallm al-Gharnafi (c. 726) 697.

B. al-Husain al-Ja'fari (c. 600). Al-TakhjiJ,

1 i/U.

- B. Ibrahim al-Nujaim. Al-Tmslr, 444, 1242 n.

- B. Ishak al-Jarmi (d. 225) 837.

- B. al-Mahdi al-Makyali (c. 1100). Al-Mandr,
409.

- B. al-Siddik al-Numazi (c. 945) 541.

B. Thamir al-Ja'bari (d. 706) 304, 436.

Al-Salihi. Safinah, 1147.

- v. Muh. B. Najm al-Dm (d. 1012) 1147.
Salman af-Farisi, 1242 iv.

Sam'an Sabbagh. Mandrat al-Kuwa (1167) 46 n.

Al-Samanudi. Takdimat al-Sullam, 47 V.

Ibn al-Samarkandi, v. Isma'il B. Ahmad (d. 536)

624.

Al-Samau'ali, v. Ahmad B. Nazr, 327.
Al-Samhudi, v. 'Ali B. 'Abdallah (d. 911) 1284.
Ibn al-Sammak, v. 'Uthman B. Ahmad (d. 314) 171.
Samiir al-Hindi, 825 n.
Al-Sanusi, v. Muh. B. Yusuf (d. 898) 189.
Al-Sarakhsi, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 500) 276.
Ibn al-Sarraj, v. Ja'far B. Ahmad (d. 500) 1133.

_ v. Muh. B. Sari (d. 316) 916.

Ibn Satari, v. 'Abdallah B. 'AH (d. 647) 665.
Al-Sawi, v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 749) 993 n.
Sayyid al-Ahl, v. Hibat-allah B. 'Ali (d. 598) 520.
Al-Sayyid al-Sharif, v. 'Ali B. Muh. al-Jurjuni

(d. 816) 183.

Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 734) 512.
Severus, patriarch of Antioch, 39 v.
Sha'ban B. Muh. al-Kurashi al-Athari (d. 828) 993,

1087.

Ibn Shabbat, v. Muh. B. 'Ali al-Tauzari, 1052.
Shadi B. Da ud, al-Malik al-Zahir (c. 700) 557.
Al-Shadili, v. 'Ali B. 'Abdallah (d. 656) 244 n.
Abu Shaduf, 1094.

Al-Shafl'i, v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah (d. 352) 135.
Shafrub, v. 'Abd al-Mu'min B. Hibat-allah (c. 600)

1003 in.
Al-Shahid al-Awwal, v. Muh. B. Makki (d. 782)

834.
Al-Shahid al-Thani, v. Zain al-Din B. 'Ali (d. 966)

334.
Ibn Shahrashub, v. Muh. B. Sh. (d. 588) 63 1.

892

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Ibn Abi Shaibah, v. 'Abdallah B. Muk (d. 235)

604 i.
Al-Shaibani, v. Ishak B. Mirar (d. 210) 841.

— v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 189) 167.
Abu Shakir Petrus, Ibn al-Rahib (c. 662) 34, 47 vn.
Ibn Shakir, v. Muh. B. Sh. (d. 764) 472.
Al-Shakratisi, v. 'Abdallah B. Yahya (d. 466) 1052.
Al-Shalaubin, v. 'Umar B. Muh. (d. 645) 665, 1052.
Al-Shaltlsi, v. 'Abdallah B. Muh. (c. 650) 665.
Abu Shamah, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Isma'Il (d. 665)

554.

Shamni, v. Ahmad B. Muh. al-Zaili (c. 967) 974.
Shams al-A'immah, v. Muh. B. Ahmad al-Sarakhsi

(c. 500) 276.
Ibn Shams al-Khilafah, v. Ja'far B. Sh. (d. 622)

1111.

Al-Shanfara. Ldmiyyat al-'Arab, 1214 n.
Al-Shanshuri, v. 'Abdallah B. Muh. (d. 999) 434.
Sharaf, Shaikh, 530.
Sharaf al-Dm B. Asad, 1004.

Al-Sharafi, v. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad (c. 1020) 526 in.
Al-Sha'rawi, v. 'Abd al-Wahhab B.Ahmad (d. 973)

243.

— v. Muh. al-Sh. (c. 1150) 1101.
Al-Sharbini, v. YGsuf B. Muh. (c. 1098) 1094.
Al-Sharlf al-Radl, v. Muh. B. al-Husain (d. 406)

527.

Ibn Abi Sharif, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 906) 573.
Al-Sharji, v. 'Abdallah B. 'Abdallah (c. 1081) 769.

v. Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Latif, 827.

v. Ahmad B. Ahmad (d. 893) 672.

v. Muh. al-Sh. (d. 999) 1150.

Al-Shashi, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 507) 1203 n.
Ibn al-Shat, v. al-Kasim B. 'Abdallah (c. 683) 665.
Al-Shatibi, v. al-Kasim B. Flrruh (d. 590) 87.

v. Muh. B. 'All (c. 870) 482.

Al-Shaukani, v. Muh. B. 'All (c. 1240) 162.
Al-Shawari, v. Ahmad B. Zaid (d. 793) 1237 in.
Al-Shawwa, Baha al-Dln Abu '1-Mahasin (d. 635)

1112.

Shenudeh, Saint, 39 vin.
Al-Shibli, v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah (d. 769) 604.
Ibn al-Shihnah, v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 815) 478.
Al-Shirazi, v. Ibrahim B. 'Ali (d. 476) 269.

v. Muh. B. Hibat-allah (d. 628) 658.

Abu '1-Shis (d. 196) 1034 n., 1211 vn.

Shu'aib B. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Huraifish (c. 800) . Al-
Eaud al-Fd'ik, 240.

B. al-Hasan, Abu Madyan (d. 589) 1234 vn.,

237 vi., 1236 xin.

Shuhdah, Fakhr al-Nisa (d. 574) 1133.

Abu Shuja', v. Ahmad B. al-Husain (c. 500) 307.

Shuraih B. al-Mu'ayyad, Abu Mudar (c. 400) 339.

Sibawaih (d. 180) 754 iv., 665.

Sibt Ibn al-Jauzi, v. Yusuf B. Kizughli (d. 654)

465.

Sibt al-Maridini, v. Muh. B. Muh. (c. 900) 437.
Al-Sibti, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 570) 1036.
Ibn al-Sid, v. 'Abdallah B. Muh. (d. 521) 833.
Ibn Sidah, v. 'Ali B. Isma'il (d. 458) 854.
Al-Siddik Muh. al-Hanafi (c. 1100) 770.
Al-Sikkit, v. Ya'kub B. Ishak (d. 243) 831.
Al-Silafi, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 576) 520.
Ibn Sina, v. al-Husain B. 'Abdallah (d. 428) 711.
Sinau Cha'ush. Ghazawdt Khair al-Dln, 598.
Sind B. 'Ali, 777.

Al-Sinjari, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (c. 358) 776.
Al-Slraji, Shihab al-Din, 754.
Al-Sirami, v. Yusuf B. Muh. (d. 810) 957 i.
Stephen, son of Basil, 785.
Al-Su'aitiri, v. Sulaiman B. Yahya (d. 815) 362.
Al-Subki, v. 'Abd al-Wahhab B. 'Ali (d. 771) 642.
- v. 'Ali B. 'Abd al-Kafi (d. 756) 924 ix.

v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Barr (d. 777) 160.

v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Latif, 671.

Al-Suhaili, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abdallah (d. 581)

504.
Al-Suhrawardi, v. Yahya B. Habash (d. 587)

825 in.
v. 'Umar B. Muh. (d. 632) 237 iv.

Al-Suhuli, v. Ibrahim B. Yahya (d. 1060) 385.
Al-Sukkari, v. al-Hasan B. al-Husain (d. 290) 508.
Sulaim B. Ayyub al-Razi (d. 447) 617.
Sulaiman B. Ahmad al-Tabarani (d. 360). K. al-
Awd'il, 604 ii.

- B. 'Ali al-Tilimsani (d. 690) 1039.

B. al-Fadl al-Baniyasi (c. 614) 658.

- al-Hafiz. Nukhbat al-Majdmi' (c. 1050)
1152.

— B. Harb (d. 234) 379 11.

al-Jamal (d. 1204). Al-Minab al-Ildhiyydt,

1297.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

898

Sulaiman B. Sahan, Sharaf al-Din, 341.

- B. Salim, Sultan (d. 974) 674, 1225 i.

- B. Yahya al-Su'aitiri (d. 815) 362.
Sultan B. Ahmad al-Mizaji (d. 1075) 1256 i.
Sultan Shah, 730.

Al-Sunbati, v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Samad (d. 722)

1203 vn.

Ibn al-Sunni, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 364) 1206 i.
Ibn Suraij, v. Ahmad B. 'Umar (d. 306) 1203 n.
Al-Suri, v. Muh. B. 'Ali (d. 441) 619 n.
Abu'l-Su'ud, 1127.

Al-Suwaidi, v. Muh. Amm al-S. (c. 1229) 596.
Al-Suyuti, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Abi Bakr (d. 911)

125.

— v. Muh. B. Ahmad al-Minhaji (c. 875) 572.
Al-Tabarani, v. 'AH B. Muh. (c. 365) 657.

- v. Sulaiman B. Ahmad (d. 360) 604.
Al-Tabari, v. 'Abd al-Kadir B. Muh. (d. 1033)

990.

- v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Ahmad (c. 350) 817.

- v. Muh. B. Jarir (d. 310) 618.

Ibn Tabarzad, v. 'Umar B. Muh. (d. 607) 1132.
Ibn Tabataba, v. 'Abdallah B. Ahmad (d. 348)

662.

Al-Tadmuri, v. Ishak B. Ibrahim (d. 833) 500.
Al-Taftazani, v. Ahmad B. Yahya (d. 916) 717.

- v. Mas'ud B. 'Umar (d. 721) 176.

Ibn Taghribirdi, v. Yusuf B. T. (d. 874) 559 i.
Tahir B. Ahmad Ibn Babashad (d. 469). Al-
Mukaddimah, 917-20.

- al-Balkhi, 817, 820 in.

B. Muh. al-Mausili (c. 407) 617.

Taibughii al-Ashrafi. Ghunyat al-Tulldb, 821.
Taifur B. 'Isa al-Bastami (d. 261) 638.

Taj al-Sa'idi, v. Muh. al-Hadi, 765 vi.
Taj al-'Arifin Abu '1-Wafa (c. 500) 241.
Taj al-Dm B. Bahadur (c. 750) 305.

B. Mahmud al-Isfahandi (d. 807) 311.

Ibn Talhah, v. Muh. B. T. (d. 652) 529.
Aba Talib, 1034, 3.

v. Yahya B. al-Husain (d. 424) 340.

Al-Taliji, Muhyi al-Dln, 729 in.

Al - Tamlmi, al - Hakim. Khawdss al - Kur'dn,

826.
Abu Tammam Habib (d. 231). Al-Hamdsah,

1108.

Tamtam al-Hindi, 829.

Al-Tantarani, v. Ahmad B. 'Abd al-Razzak (d. 485)

1030 i.
Tarafah. Diwan, 1026-7. Mu'allakah, 1028-30.—

842, 1036, 1107.
Ibn al-Tarrah, v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Baki (d. 535)

502.

Tashkupri Zadah, v. Ahmad B. Mustafa (d. 968) 94.
Ibn Ta'us, v. Ahmad B. Musa (d. 673) 528 11.

v. 'Ali B. Musa (d. 664) 191.

Al-Tauzari, v. 'Abdallah B. Yahya (d. 456)

1052^.

— v. Mnh. B. 'Ali (c. 650) 1052.
Al-Tawwazi (d. 238) 837.
Ibn al-Tayyib, v. 'Abdallah B. al-T., 15.
Al-Tha'alibi, v. 'Abd al-Malik B. Muh. (d. 429)

853.

v. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Th., 254 11.

Al-Tha'labi, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 427) 494.
Al-Thalji, v. Muh. B. Shuja' (d. 266) 502.
Theodosius, Saint, 39 i.

Bishop of Gangra, 40 ix.

Theophilus, patriarch of Alexandria, 1262 vii.
Theresa, Saint, 27.

Al-Tibrizi, v. Yahya B. 'Ali (d. 502) 1030 in.
Al-Tifashi, v. Ahmad B. Yusuf (d. 651) 781.
Al-Tihami, v. 'Ali B. Muh. (d. 416) 1049.
Ibn al-Tilmid (c. 500) 1158.
Timotheus, patriarch of Alexandria, 39 IV.
Timur Muh. al-Bukhari, 1208 i.
Al-Tinati, v. Abu '1-Khair al-Akta', 662.
Ibn Tughar, v. Ahmad B. T. (c. 700) 1143.
Al-Tughra'i, v. al-Husain B. 'Ali (d. 514) 1054.
Ibn Tughril, v. Muh. B. T- (d. 737) 1143.
Al-Tuka Ibn al-Dahiri, 47 vi.
Ibn TuHin, v. Ishak B. al^asan, 645.

v. Muh. B. 'Ali (d. 953) 645.

v. Yusuf B. Muh. (d. 937) 645.

Al-Tusi, v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 460) 331.

v. Muh. B. Muh. (d. 672) 180.

'Ubaid B. Yazid al-Hamdani (c. 400) 1239 I.

Abu 'Ubaid, v. 'Abdallah B. 'Abd al-'Aziz (d. 487)
995.

v. al-Kasim B. Sallam (d. 223) 995.

'Ubaid-allah B. 'Abdallah Ibn al-Hadda (c. 470)

1223 iv.

6 P

894

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

'Ubaid-allah B. Ahmad al-'Uthmani, Ibn Abi '1-
Rabi', (d. 688) 665.

B. Jabra'Il Ibn Bakhtishu' (c. 450). Manafi'

al-h,ayawdn, 778.

B. Mas'ud al-Mahbubi, Sadr al-Sharl'ah

(d. 745) 264, 287.

Abu 'Ubaidah Ma'mar (d. 210) 837.

Al-'Ukbari, v. 'Abdallah B. al-Husain (d. 616)

118.
Abu 'l-'Ukul (c. 1200). Zlj al-Mukhtdr, 768,

773 ir.
Al-'Ulaimi, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Muh. (d. 927)

488.

- v. 'Umar B. Muh. (c. 559) 658.
Ulugh Beg (d. 853) 738.

'Umar B. 'Abd al-'Aziz, Burhan al-A'immah
(d. 536). Shark Adab al-Kd(fi, 273. 'Umdat
al-Mufti, 278.

B. Ahmad B. Khalifah, 648.

- B. 'All Ibn al-Farid (d. 632). Diwan, 1068-
1072.— 1125 in., 1127.

- al-Mausili (c. 650) 1007.

- Ibn al-Mulakkin (d. 804) 313.

- Ibn Samurah (d. 586) 473.

- B. Bundar al-TiHisi (d. 672) 643.

- al-Halabi, 1151.

- B. al-Husain al-Khiraki (d. 334) 319.

- Mas'ud, Taj al-Din (c. 582) 1134.

B. Muh. al-Farghani (d. 632) 1108.

— 'Ibadah, 1221 iv.

- al-Nasafi (d. 537). Al-'Akd'id, 176.
Al-Khildfiyyat, 320-1. TaUbat al-Talabah,

275 i.

237 iv.

al-Shalaubm (d. 645) 665, 1052.
al-Suhrawardi, Shihab al-Din (d. 632)

Ibn Tabarzad (d. 607) 1132.

al-'Ulaimi (c. 559) 658.

Ibn al-Wardi (d. 850). Kharldat al-

'Ajd'ib, 701-2, 232 HI.

'Umar B. al-Muzaffar Ibn al-Wardi (d. 749).
Ldmiyyah, 1084.— 160.

B. Abi Eabi'ah (d. 93) 1211 in.

B. Raslan al-Bulkmi (d. 805). Mahdsin al-

Istildh, 165.

B. Samurah (d. 586) 587.

al-Yafi, 1127.

- B. Yazld, 637.

- B. Yusuf, al-Malik al-Ashraf (d. 696). Al-
Mu'iamad, 807. Turfat al-As?idb, 581 iv.

'Umarah B. 'Akll (c. 280) 1032.

- B. 'All al-Hakami (d. 569). Ta'rikh al-
Yaman, 586 n., 587.

Al-'Umari, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (d. 1215) 1105.
Al-'Urdi, v. Abu '1-Wafa B. 'Umar (d. 1071) 660.
Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah, v. Ahftnad B. al-Kasim (d. 668)

647.

Iba 'Usfur, v. 'AH B. Mu'min (d. 669) 646.
Al-'Utbi, v. Muh. B. 'Abd al-Jabbar (c. 411) 548.
Uthman B. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Hajjaj (c. 550),

1052.

Ibn Salah (d. 643). 'Ulwm al-Hadith,

1237 i.— 643, 1204 in.

B. Ahmad Ibn al-Sammak (d. 344) 171.

B. Jinni (d. 392). Shark al-Mutanabbi,

1040, 1108.

B. Mustafa. Zubdat al-Nasd'ih (1159) 252 i.

— B. Sa'ld al-Dani (d. 444). Al-Mukni', 83.
Al-Taislr, 84. K. al-Idghdm, 92.

B. 'Umar Ibn al-Hajib (d. 646). Muntaha 'l-

Sul, 262. ' Al-Edfiyah, 937-52. Al-Shafiyah,
953-6.— 1218 i.

Al-'Uthmani, v. 'Ubaid-allah B. Ahmad (d. 688)

665.

Ibn 'Uzair, v. Muh. B. 'Uzair (d. 330) 130.
Vega, Christoval de, 28.
Veisi, Uwais B. Muh. (d. 1037) 1137.
Victor, Saint, 1260-1.
Visa, life of Shenudeh, 39 viiir
Abu '1-Wafa, 1236 ix.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

895

Abu '1-Wafa B. 'Umar al-'Urdi (d. 1071). Ma'ddin

al-Dahab, 660.

Wahb B. Munabbih (d. 110) 578.
Al-Wahidi, v. 'Ali B. Ahmad (d. 468) 99.
Ibn Wahish, v. Muh. B. 'Ali (c. 1256) 1223 in.
Al-Wajih al-Kalyubi, 47 IV.
Wajih al-Dm, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Ibrahim

(c. 920) 985 v.

Al-Wakidi, v. Muh. B. 'Umar (d. 207) 502.
Al-Walid B. Muh., Wallad (d. 352) 648.
Ibn al-Walid, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 600) 339.
Ibn Wallad, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (d. 332) 838.
Ibn Waslfshah, v. Ibrahim B. W. (c. 600) 687.
Al-Wasiti, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Abd al-Muhsin,

875.
Al-Watwiit, v. Muh. B. Ibrahim al-Kutubi (d. 718)

747.
Ibn al-Wazir, v. 'Abdallah B. 'Ali (c. 1118) 592.

- v. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah (c. 950) 541.

v. Ibrahim B. Muh. (d. 914) 267.

Al-Waziri, v. al-Hadi B. Ibrahim (c. 791) 539.
Al-Wisali, v. Musa B. Ahmad, 269.
Al-Yafi'i, v. 'Abdallah B. As'ad (d. 768) 473.
Yahya B. 'Abdallah al-Ansari (d. 624) 1108.

- B. 'Abd al-'Azim Ibn al-Jazzar (d. 669)
847 iv.

— B. Ahmad al-Kashi, 738.

— B. Murgham (c. 850) 408.

B. Muzaflar (c. 850). Al-Kawdkib al-

Nayyirah, 356-61, 363.

B. 'Ali al-Munajjim (d. 300) 823 xi.

al-Tibrizi (d. 502). Shark al-Ash'dr

al-sittah, 1030 in.

- B. Habash al-Suhrawardi (d. 587) 825 in.

- B. al-Batrik, 739.

B. Hamzah, al-Mu'ayyad billah (d. 749). Al-

Inti?dr, 347-53.— 213 xiv., 919 i., 920, 948.

B. al-Husain, al-Hadi ila '1-Hakk (d. 298)

531, 203 vi., 205 n., 206, 336-7, 340, 421 11.,
526, 673, 1225 i., 1236 iv.

Yahya B. al-Husain, B. al-tfasim (c. 1090) 592.

al-Muttalibi (c. 350) 509.

- al-Natik bil-I.Iakk Abu Talib (d. 424).
Al-Tahrlr, 340.— 413 in., 533, 1220 v.

- B. Ibrahim Jahhfif (c. 1106) 580, 1228 iv.

al-Zanjani, 957 n.

- B. 'Isa Ibn Jazlah (d. 493). Takwim ,d-
Abddn, 792 n., 807.

- Ibn Matruh (d. 649). Diwan, 1073 I.,
1039.

- B. Abi '1-Khair al-'Imrani (d. 558) 308-9.

B. Mu'acJ al-Razi (d. 258) 633.

— B. Muh. Ibn Humaid al-Mukrani (c. 960).
Al-Wdbil al-Mighzdr, 424-5. Al-Shumus wa'l-
Akmdr, 426-7. Nuzhat al-Abfdr, 1219 in.—
1216 i.

B. al-Muhsin, al-Mn'tadid billah (d. 636)

266.

- B. Sa'id al-Umawi (d. 194) 616.

B. Salamah al-Haskafi (d. 551) 673.

B. Satih al-Suhuli (c. 1163) 431, 676.

- B. Sharaf al-Nawawi (d. 676). Al-Irshdd,
164. Shark Sa^ib Muslim, 134. Hilyat al-
Abrdr, 248, 1206 i. Biydd al-^dlihln, 1202 i.
Al-Kawd'id, 1203 vi. Eaudat al-Tdlibln,
305-6. Minhdj al-Tdlibin, 313. Al-Tibydn,
1206 ii.— 1247 i., 1232 i., 1236 v.

Sharaf al-DIn B. Shams al-Dln, al-Muta-

wakkil 'ala'llah (d. 965). Athmdr al-Azk,lr
424.— 541-2, 673.

B. Zaid (d. 125) 247.

Ibn Abi Yahya, 624.
Ya'ish B. 'Ali B. Ya'ish (d. 643) 1203 xi.
— B. Ibrahim al-Umawi (c. 950) 753.
Ibn Ya'ish, v. 'Ali B. Muh. (c. 643) 929 i., in.

v. Muh. B. 'Ali (c. 600) 929 i.

Ya'kub B. Ibrahim al-Hanafi, Abu Yusnf (d. 182),
K. al-Ehardj, 271.

B. Ishak al-Kindi (c. 260) 823 viii., 722,

777,

896

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

Ta'kub B. Ishak al-Sikkit (d. 243). Isldh al-
Mantik, 831, 841.

B. Sayyid 'AH (d. 930). Mafdtft al-Jindn,

178-9. Shark Gulistdn, 1005.

Yakut al-Hamawi (d. 626). Mu'jam al-Bulddn,
688-93. Al-Mushtarik, 694—695.

Ibn al-Yasamin, v. 'Abdallah B. Muh. (d. 600)
753 in.

Yasm B. Ibrahim al-Basri, 194.

- B. Khair-allah (c. 1232) 679.

Al-Yazdi, v. 'Abdallah B. al-Husain (d. 1015)

1248 n.
Yazld B. 'Abd al-Malik al-Naufali, 1220 i.

— B. Muh. al-Mausili (d. 334) 617.

— B. 'Ubaid-allah al-Kilabi (c. 200) 841.
Yunus B. 'AH al-Zur'i (d. 930) 645.
Yiisuf, Patriarch of the Chaldees, 24.

- B. 'Abdallah Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (d. 463). Al-
TsK'db, 623.— 158, 1052, 1301.

- B. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Dabbagh (d. 546), 632.

- B. 'Abd al-Hadi Ibn al-Mubarrad (c. 905)
511, 645.

— B. 'Abd al-Latif al-Hamawi 1234 v.

- B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi (d. 742). Tahdib
al-Kamdl, 627.

B. Ahmad B. Muh. B. 'Uthman, Najm al-Dm

(d. 832) 355-6, 364, 1242 vni., Add. to 364.

B. 'AH al-Sakkaki (d. 626). M if tab al-'Ultim,

981.

- B. Asbat (d. 199) 638.

- B. Ayyub, Salah al-Dm (d. 589) 551.

- B. Barsabai, al-Malik al-'Aziz (c. 842) 559,
568.

- al-Dahabi Ibn Lulu (d. 680) 1112.

- B. Da'ud, al-Malik al-Auhad (d. 698) 557.

- B. al-Fadl al-Jazari (c. 650) 1108.

- B. Gorion, 1 XL, 31.

B. Ibrahim al-Ardabili (d. 799). Al- Anwar,

317.

B. Khalil al-Dimashki (d. 648) 616.

Yiisuf B. Kizughli, Sibt Ibn al-Jauzi (d. 654).
Mir'dt al-Zamdn, 465-7, 1270-1.

al-Milawi. Afysan al-Masdlik, 1286.

B. Muh. al-Jukhi, 818.

al-Sharbmi (c. 1098). Razz al-Kuhiif,

1094.

al-Sirami (d. 810) 957 i.
al-Tauzari (c. 590) 1124 in.
Ibn Tulun (d. 937) 645.

B. Sulaiman al-Shantamari, al-A'lam (d. 476).

Ash'dr al-Sittah, 1026-7.

B. Taghribirdi (d. 874) 559 n.

B. Tahir al-Khuwayyi. Tanwir Sifft al-Zand

(541) 1051.

B. Zafir al-Atrabulusi (c. 559) 658.

Abu Yusuf, v. Ya'kub B. Ibrahim (d. 182) 271.

Ibn Zafar, v. Muh. B. Abi Muh. (d. 565) 1139.

Ibn Zafir, v. 'AH B. Z. (d. 623) 461.

Ibn Zaghbush, v. Sahl B. al-Kasim (c. 610) 597 n.

Ibn Zaghlal, v. Muh. B. Ibrahim (c. 650) 665.

Al-Zahidi, v. Mukhtar B. Mahmud (d. 658) 281.

Zahir B. Ahmad, Abu 'Ali (389) 236.

Ibn Zahir. Al-Fadd'il al-Bdhirah (872) 563.

Zahir al-Din, v. Hasan B. 'Ali al-Marghmani (c. 600)

280.
Zaid B. 'Abdallah al-Hashimi, Abu '1-Kasim (c. 400).

Al-Sailakiyyah, 156.

B. 'AH (d. 122). K.al-Safwah,203i.—S3Qiv.

B. al-Husain (c. 400) 1239 i.

B. Salih B. Abi '1-Rijal. Al-Raud al-Zdhir,

(1109) 544.

Abu Zaid Sa'id B. Aus (d. 215) 837.

Ibn Abi Zaid, v. 'Abdallah B. Abi Zaid (d. 386)

302.

Ibn Zaid, v. Muh. B. 'Ali al-Khafaji, 1198 iv.
Ibn Zaidun, v. Ahmad B. 'Abdallah (d. 463) 1015.
Ibn Zailah, v. al-Husain B. Muh. (d. 440) 823 x.
Zain al-'Abidin, v. 'AH B. al-Husain (d. 95) 207 in.

B. Ibrahim Ibn Nujaim (d. 969) 1252 in.

B. Muh. al-Bakri (d. 1013) 1126.

INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES.

897

Zain al-Dm B. 'Ali al-'Amili (d. 966 or 975). Al-

Raudat al-Bahiyyah, 334. — 191.
Zaini Zadah, v. Husain B. Ahmad (c. 1152) 980.
Al-Zajjaj, v. Ibrahim B. Muh. (d. 310) 836 i.
Al-Zajjaji, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. Ishak (d. 337)

1203 xii.
Zakariyya B. Muh. al-Ansari (d. 926) 94 n., 1217 iv.,

245, 314, 1124 in., 1233 in., 1255 i.

al-Kazwini (d. 682). ItKar al-Bildd,

697. 'Ajd'ib al-Makhlukdt, 698-9, 1287.

Zakhariyus, Bishop of Sakha, 1262 v.
Al-Zamakhshari, v. Mahmud B. 'Umar (d. 538)

104.

Al-Zamlakani, v. Muh. B. Ahmad (c. 830) 577.
Ibn Zanbal, v. Ahmad B. Z. (c. 961) 565.
Al-Zanjani, v. 'Abd al-Wahhab B. Ibrahim (c. 655)

957 i.

v. Munkid B. 'Ali, 1243 I.

v. Yahya B. Ibrahim, 957 n.

Al-Zannati, v. Muh. B. 'Uthman, 829.

Ibn Abi Zar', v. 'Ali B. 'Abdallah (c. 726) 597.
Al-Zarandi, v. Muh. B. Yusuf (d. 750) 529.
Al-Zarkali, v. Ishak B. Yusuf (c. 500) 446.
Al-Zarkashi, v. Muh. B. 'Abdallah (c. 700) 319.

Al-Zarkashi, v. Mnh. I.Iijazi, 1120.

Al-Zarkhuri, v. Muh. B. Abi Bakr (c. 852)

1210 m.

Zarkub, v. Ahmad B. Abi '1-Khair (d. 789) 677.
Zarruk, T. Ahmad B. Ahmad (d. 899) 1250 n.
Al-Zauzani, v. al-Husain B.Ahmad (d. 486) 1029.
Ibn al-Zayyat (c. 804) 662.
Ibn Zikri. Muhassil al-Makdfid (890) 1303 i.
Ziyad B. 'Abdallah (d. 183) 578.
Abu Ziyad, v. Yazid B. 'Ubaid-allah (c. 200) 841.
Al-Zubaidi, v. Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. 379) 648.
Al-Zubair B. Bakkar (d. 256) 610.
Zuhair B. Abi Sulma. Diwan, 1026-7. Mu'allakah,

1028.— 842, 1107.
B. Mnh., Baha al-Din (d. 656). Diwan,

1075-6.

Ibn Zuhairah, v. Ahmad B. Z. (d. 792) 563.
Al-Zuhairi, v. Ahmad B. al-Hasan (c. 1188) 1104.
Al-Zuhri, v. Abu Bakr B. Abi '1-Hasan, 807.
Abu Zur'ab, v. 'Abd al-Rahman B. 'Amr (d. 281)

624.

Ibn Zuraik, Muh. B. 'Ali, 1236 vin.
Al-Zuraiki, v. al-Haaan B. Muh. (c. 965) 542.
Al-Zurkani, v. Ahmad B. Muh. (c. 1000) 924 iv.

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CLASSED INDEX OF WORKS.

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

The Bible, 1-13.

Ephraim Syrus on Genesis, 14.

Ibn al-Tayyib on the Gospels, 15.

Commentaries on Eevelation, 16, 17.

Liturgies and offices, 18-21.

Works of John Damascen and Paul of Antioch, 22.

Canons compiled by Ibn al-'Assal, 23.

Rites of the Chaldees, by Mar Yusuf, 24.

Daf al-Hamm, by Elias, &c., 25.

Anonymous on monastic life, 29.

Works of Saint Theresa, 27.

De Vega on confession, 28.

Synaxarium, 29.

Life of S. Victor, 1260-61.

Life of S. Pakhom, 30.

History of the Jews by Ben Gorion, 1 xi., 31.

Mukhtasar al-Duwal, by Barhebraeus, 32.

Ecclesiastical History, anonymous, 83.

Chronology of Ibn al-Rahib, 34.

Patriarchs of Alexandria, 35.

Homilies of Ephraim Syrus, 36-8, 1258.

of Jacob of Serug, 1259.

on the lives of Saints, 39-40, 1262.

Metaphysics by Butrus al-Tulani, 41, 42.

Logic by Jacquier, Butrus al-Tulani, Joachim, and

Sabbagh, 43-46.

Coptic grammar and vocabularies, 47.
Diwan of Jabra'll al-Lubnani, 48.

of Nicolaus Sa'igh, 49.

Samaritan MSS.

Pentateuch, 50-52.

Chronicle of Abu '1-Fath, 53-54.

Dogmatical tracts, 55.

MOHAMMEDAN LITERATURE.

CO BAN.

Text of the Coran, 56-81, 1263-5.

Various Readings and Orthography.

Anonymous work on the seven readings (c. 350

82.

Al-Mukni' by al-Dani (d. 444) 83.
Al-TaiBir by the same, 84.

On the seven readings, by al-Ahwazi (d. 446) 85.
On the ten readings, by Ibn Bundar (d. 521) 86.
Hirz al-Amani and al-'Akilah byal-Shatibi (d. 590)

87-90.

Urjiizat al-Sakhiiwi (d. 643) 95 v.
Readings of Nafi' (before 643) 929 iv.
Readings of Abu 'Amr, by al-Mausili (c. 700)

92 n.

The same, by Abu '1-Hasan al-Shadili, 96 iv.
Readings of the three, by al-Hasharani (c. 816) 90.
Anomalous readings, by al-Nuwairi (d. 857) 91.
Kashf al-asrar by Muh. al-Shirazi, 95 in.
Tadkirat al-ikhwan (1079) by aUAfrfmi, 1256 i.

900

CLASSED INDEX.

Pronunciation of the Goran.

On Imalah by Ibn Ghalbun (d. 389) 1235 n.
On Idgham by al-Dani (d. 444) 92.
Al-Wadihah by al-Ja'bari (d. 732) 95 iv.
Al-Jazariyyah by al-Jazari (d. 751) 93-95, 96 11.,

421 iv., 1217 iv., 1234 it.

Al-'Ikd al-Farid by Muh. al-Samarkandi, 95 n.
Treatise by Muh. al-Kadmi, 95 vi.
Bayan al-Mushkilat, 96 i.
Anonymous tract, 96 vi.
On pauses, 1234 in.

Commentaries on the Goran.

Abu '1-Laith al-Samarkandi (d. 375) 97-8.

Abu '1-KEasan al-Wahidi (d. 468) 99.

Lnbab al-Tafasir by al-Kirmani (c. 500) 100.

Ma'alim al-Tanzll by al-Baghawi (d. 516) 101-103,

1266.

Al-Kashshaf by al-Zamakhshari (d. 538) 104-6.
Abridgments of the same, 107-9.
Al-Muharrar al-Wajiz by Ibn al-'Atiyyah (d. 541)

1291.
Al-Ta'rif 'an al-Mubhamat by al-Suhaili (d. 581)

110.

Mafatih al-Ghaib by al-Kazi (d. 606) 111.
Nihayat al-Bayan by al-Mu'afa (d. 630) 112.
Al-Mustanha fil-Bayan by Muh. al-Nahwi (c. 650)

113-4.

Al-Manhaj al-Mustaklm by al-Banna (c. 670) 115.
Anwar al-Tanzil by al-Baidawi (d. 716) 116-7,

1208 i.

Al-Mujid by al-Safakusi (d. 742) 118.
Kashf al-Multabis by Abu Jl-Baka al-Samarkandi,

119.

Anonymous commentary (c. 800) 120.
Tafsir al-Jalalain (c. 900) 121-4.
Al-Durr al-Manthur by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 125,

1267.

Al-Masablh al-Satifah by al-Sharafi (c. 1020) 526 n.
Al-Furat al-Namlr by Mustafa al-Damadi (c. 1080)

126.
Commentaries on Surat Yusuf, 127, 501 n., 221.

Al-Ndsikh wa'l-Mansukh.
Ibn al-Nahhas (d. 338) 128.

Ibn Salamah (d. 410) 129.
Al-Imam al-Muzaffar (c. 500) 1235 i.

Appendix.

Tafsir Gharlb al-Kur'an by Ibn 'Uzair (d. 330)

130-1.
Wujuh al-Kur'an by Abu 'l-'Abbas al-Mukri (before

658) 1229 vn.
Concordance, 96 vn.
Al-Tibyan fi adab hamalat al-Kur'an by al-Nawawi

(d. 676) 1206 n.

HADITH.

Sahih al-Bukhari (d. 256) 132-3, 1292-3.

Muslim (d. 261) 134.

'Awali al-Ghailaniyyat by al-Bazzaz (d. 354) 135-6.
Al-Mustakhraj by Abu Nu'aim (d. 430) 137.
Al-Masabih by al-Baghawi (d. 516) 138-9.
Al-Kaukab al-Dari by al-Iklishi (d. 549) 142.
Jami' al-Usul by Ibn al-Athlr (d. 606) 143.
Shams al-Akhbar by (Ali B. Humaid (c. 620) 413 n.
Uns al-Munkati'm by al-Mu'afa (d. 630) 144.
Masharik al-Anvvar by al-Saghani (d. 650) 145.
Al-Targhib wa'1-Tarhib by al-Mundiri (d. 656) 146,

1269.

Eiyad al-Salihin by al-Nawawi (d. 676) 1202 i.
Mishkat al-Masabih by al-Tibrizi (d. 737) 1268,

140-1.
Al-Jamif al-Saghlr by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 147-51,

1294.

Skl'ah Tradition.
Al-Kafi by al-Kulini (d. 328) 152-4.

Al-Arba'un.

Al-Ajurri (d. 360) 155.

Al-Sailakiyyah (c. 500) 156, 1233 n., 1242 vi.

Anwar al-Athar by al-Iklishi (d. 549) 157.

Al-Kadi Ja'far (c. 560) 1230 i.

Al-Arba'un al-Murattabah by al-Makdisi (d. 611)

158.

Al-Nawawi (d. 676) 1232 i.
Salman al-Farisi, 1242 iv.
Abu 'l-'Abbas al-Shirwari, 1228 in.
Muh. B. Abi Bakr, 1254 vii.

CLASSED INDEX.

901

Special Collections.

Al-Shifa by <Iy5d al-Yahsubi (d. 544) 159.

Usul al-Ahkam by al-Mutawakkil (d. 914) 1219 i.

Al-I'tisam by al-Mansur al-Kaaim (d. 1029) 433.

Legal Hadiths, 392 in.

Moral Hadiths, 1240 m.

Marawa al-Wa'un by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 160.

Nathr al-Jauhar by al-Shaukani (1240) 162.

Science ofHadith.

Tashif al-Hadith by al-'Askari (d. 382) 163.
'Ulum al-Hadith by Ibn Salah (d. 643) 1237 i.
Al-Irshad by al-Nawawi (d. 676) 164.
Mahasin al-Istilah by al-Bulkini (d. 805) 165.
Alfiyyat al-Hadith by al- 'Iraki (d. 806) 166.

THEOLOGY.

Al-Fikh al-Akbar by Aba Hanifah (d. 151) 1253 iv.
'Akidat al-Shaibani (d. 189) 167, 1253 in.
Dogmatical works of Ibn Hanbal (d. 241) 168-70.
Kitab al-Haidah by 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Kinani (c. 200)

171.
Ta'wil Mukhtalif al-Hadith by Ibn Kutaibah (d. 276)

1204 n.

Al-Luma' by al-Ash'ari (d. 324) 172.
Treatise of Ibn Furak (d. 406) 1204 i.
Ihya 'Ulum al-Din by al-Ghazzali (d. 505) 173-4.
Al-Waza'if and al-Durrat al-Fakhirah by the same,

195, 1243 i.
Bahr al-Kalam by Abu '1-Mu'in al-Nasafi (d. 508)

175.

Al-'Aka'id by Najm al-Dm al-Nasafi (d. 537) 176.
Bad1 al-Am5li by al-Ushi (d. 569) 177.
Shir'at al-Islam by Imam Zadah (d. 573) 178-9.
Al-Muhassal by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 606) 180.
Al-Saha'if by Shams al-Din al-Samarkandi (c. 600)

181.
Al-Tajrid by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (d. 672) 182-4,

1256 v.

Al-Fusiil by the same, 185.
Tawali' al-Anwar by al-Baidfiwi (716) 186-7.
Jawahir al-Kalam by al-lji (d. 756) 188.
Al-'Aka'id al-'Adudiyyah by the same, 1206 in.,

1218 n.

Muhassil al-Maka?id by Ibn Zikri (c. 890)

1303 i.

Lamiyyat al-Jaza'iri (d. 897) 189.
Anonymous work of early date, 1209 u.

Polemical Works.

Al-Takhjil by al-Ja'fari (c. 600) 190.
Al-Tara'if by Ibn Ta'us (d. 664) 191.
Al-Sawa'ik by Ibn Hajar (d. 973) 192-3.
Against the Wahhabis by Yasin (1168) 194.

Miscellaneous.

Kashf al-Asrar by Ibn al-'Imad (d. 808) 196-7.
Miftah al-Jafr by al-Bastami (c. 850) 198.
Bushra al-Ka'ib by al-Suyuti, 232 n.
Al-Tathbit 'inda '1-Tabyit by the same 1229 i.,

1246 n.

Al-Isha'ah by al-Shahruzuri (d. 1103) 199.
Miscellaneous extracts (c. 1000) 161.
Masa'il Musa, 200. Zubur Da'ud, 201.

Sectarian Works.
Ibd4is.

Al-Kashf wa '1-Bayan, 202.
Treatise by Abu Ishak, 1209 I.

Zaidis.

Teachings of al-Kasim al-Eassi (d. 246), al-Hadi

(d. 298), al-Murtada (d. 310) &c., 203-6, 336

III.-VL, 1239 i.
Thalathun Mas'alah by al-Rassaa (c. 600) 207-8,

422 viii., 1230 ir., 1237 in.
Works of al-Mansur 'Abdallah B. Hamzah (d. 614)

210-11, 1095 in.
Works of Sayyid Hamidan (o. 650) 212-13, 1220

XI.-XZI.

Treatise of Badr al-Din al-Kadami (772) 1237 n.
Hayat al-Kulub by al-Mahdi (d. 840) 1220 ix.,

1229 iv.
Nuzhat al-Absar by Yahya B. Humaid (c. 960)

1219 in.
Asas al-Usul, etc., by al-Mansur al-Kasim (d. 1029)

1220, 214-5.

GH

902

CLASSED INDEX.

Wasitat al-Darariby Muh. B. 'Izzal-Din (d. 1050)

1212 vi.

Works of al-Hasan Jalal (d. 1079) 216.
On heretical sects by 'Abd al-Samad al-Damaghani,

1095 n.

Tracts of Ahmad B. Abi '1-Rijal (d. 1100) 217.
On the paramount claims of 'Ali, 1238 n., in.,

1217 vii., 1223 i., iv., vii., 1225 in.

Other Sects.

Sacred books of the Druzes, 218.
Prayer-book of the Nusairis, 219.
Works of Muh. B. 'Abd al-Wahhab, 220.
Babi works, 221-5.

Sufism and Ascetic Works,

Misbah al-Shari'ah by Ja'far Sadik (d. 148) 226.
Wasiyyat Abi Hanifah (d. 151) 252 i.
'Uyub al-Nafs by al-Naisaburi (d. 412) 228.
Riyad al-Uns by Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz (c. 450) 236.
Risalat al-Kushairi (d. 465) 227.
Minhaj al-'Abidm by al-Ghazzali (d. 505) 229.
Madkhal al-Suluk by the same, 1089 n.
Aphorisms of Abu Madyan (d. 589) 237 vi.
Majalis by Ibn al-Jauzi (d. 597) 1251 in.
Kitab al-Buni (d. 622) 230.
Diwan of Ibn al-Farid (d. 632) 1068-72.
Wasaya of al-Suhrawardi (d. 632) 237 iv.
Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyah by Ibn al-'Arabi (d. 638)

231, 1295-6.
Fusus al-Hikam by the same, 233. See also 237

in., 245.

Kawa'id al-Shari'ah by 'Abd al-'Aziz (d. 660) 234.
On religious life by Ibn 'Alawan (d. 665) 232 i.
Riyad al-Salihm by al-Nawawi (d. 676) 1202 i.
Tract of al-Balyani (d. 686) 245 x.
Taharat al-Kulub by al-Dirmi (d. 694) 235.
Bisalat al-Shaikh Raslan (c. 700) 245.
Taj al-'Arus, &c., by Ibn 'Ata-allah (d. 709) 237.
Al-Da wa '1-Dawa by Ibn Kayyim al-Jauziyyah

(d. 751) 238.

Anecdotes of Saints by al-Yafi'i (d. 768) 1247 iv.
Mufid al-Ni'am by al-Subki (d. 771) 750.
Al-Ba'ith fala '1-Khalas (c. 800) 239.
Al-Raud al-Fa'ik by al-Huraifish (c. 800) 240.

'Abd al-Karim al-Jili (d. 811) 245 vi., xiv.,

1081 n.

Muh. al-Ghazzi al-Wafa'i (c. 897) 241.
Ta'iyyat 'Abd al-Kadir al-Safadi (d. 915) 1089 i.
Al-Kaul al-Farid by Damirdash (d. 929) 242.
Durar al-Ghawwas, &c., by al-Sha'rani (d. 973)

243, 245 iv.
Al-Nasihat al - Mardiyyah by Muh. al - 'Alami

(d. 1038) 1090 i.

'Ain al-Fawa'id (before 1104) 1090 n.
Silsilat al-Dahab by Muh. Murad (d. 1132) 244.
Al-Radd al-Matm by 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi

(d. 1143) 1257. See also, 1097-8, 245 xiv., xv.
Al-Nasa'ih by Sayyid 'Amir (1127) 1232 n.
Comments of Mustafa al-Bakri (d. 1162) 246.
Diwan of al-'Umari (c. 1215) 1105.
Lawami' al-Buruk by al-Maghribi (1241) 1106.
Mystic songs, 1126-7.

Prayers.

Al-Sahlfat al-Kamilah by 'Ali B. al-Husain (d. 95)

247.

Hirz al-Aksam by Abu Madyan (d. 589) 1234 vii.
Salawat Ibn Bashish (c. 600) 252 in., iv.
Hizb al-Bahr by Abu '1-Hasan al-Shadili (d. 656)

244 ii., 1250 n.

Hilyat al-Abrar by al-Nawawi (d. 676) 248, 1206 i.
Silah al-Mu'min by Ibn al-Imam (d. 745) 249.
'Uddat al-Hisn by al-Jazari (d. 833) 250.
Dala'il al-Khairat by al-Jazuli (d. 870) 251,252 n.,

1297.

Shawarik al-Barik (1155) 246 II.
Aurad Mustafa al-Bakri (d. 1162) 253.
Du'a al-Jausha,n, &c., 254 i. iv. v.

LAW.
TJsul al-Fikh.

Warakat al-Juwaini (d. 478) 256-7.
Usul al-Bazdawi (d. 482) 258.
Mahsul al-Razi (d. 606) 259.
Raudat Ibn Kudamah (d. 620) 260.
Muntakhab al-Akhsikati (d. 644) 261.
Mukhtasar al-Muntaha by Ibn al-^Lajib (d. 646)
262, 1218 i.

CLASSED INDEX.

908

Tahdib al-Wusul by Jamal al-Din al-Hilli (d. 726)

263.

Al-Taudlh by Sadr al-Shari'ah (d. 747) 264.
Jam' al-Jawami' by al-Subki (d. 771) 265 i.
Urjuzah by Ibrahim Midair (before 1051)

265 in., iv., 992 ii.

Zaidi Works on Usnl.

Al-Mudi' al-Musri' al-Mansur B. 'Izz al-Din (c. 700)

266.
Al-Fusul al-Lulu'iyyah by Ibn al-Wazir (d. 914)

267-8.

Al-Kafil by Ibn Bahran (c. 960) 1212 n., 207 n.
Ghayat al-Sul by al-IJusain B. al-Kasim (d. 1050)

269-70.

Al-Furu'.

Hanajis*

Kitab al-Kharaj by Abu Yusuf (d. 182) 271.

Al-Jami< al-Kabir by al-Shaibani (d. 189) 272.

Adab al-Kadi by al-Khassaf (d. 261) 273.

Mukhtasar al-Kuduri (d. 428) 274.

Ahkam al-Natifi (d. 446) 275 n.

Al-Mabsut by Shams al-A'immah (c. 500) 276-7.

'Umdat al-Mufti by Burhan al-A'immah (d. 536)

278.

Talibat al-Talabah by al-Nasafi (d. 537) 275 I.
Zallat al-Kari by al-Farabi (570) 272 n.
Al-Hidiiyah by Burhan al-Din (d. 593) 279,

1256 vi., vin.

Al-Shurut by al-Marghmani (c. 600) 280.
Kunyat al-Munyah by al-Ghizmmi (d. 658) 281.
Al-Mukhtar by Majd al-Din al-Mausili (d. 683)

282-3.

Majma' al- Bahrain by Ibn al-Sa'ati (d. 694) 284.
Wikayat al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Sharl'ah (c. 700)

285-7, 1256 vn.

Kanz al-Daka'ik by al-Nasafi (d. 710) 288-9.
Munyat al-Musalli by Sadid al-Dm (c. 750) 290-3.
Masa'il Taki al-Din al-Subki (d. 756) 1203 iv.
Shurut al-Salat by al-Fanari (d. 834) 294.
Durar al-Hukkam by Ibn Faramarz (d. 885) 295-6.
Multaka '1-Abhur by Ibrahim al-^Ialabi (d. 956)

297-8.

Al-Ashbah wa '1-Naza'ir by Ibn Nnjaim (d. 969)

1252 HI.

Al-Fatawa al-'Alamgiriyyah (c. 1070) 299-300.
Al-Fatawa al-Tajiyyah (c. 1119) 801.
Mana,8ik by Muh. B. 'Abd al-I^adir (before 876)

1197 m.

Mdllkis.

Risalat Ibn Abi Zaid (d. 386) 302.
Mukhtasar Khalil (d. 767) 303.

Shdfiis.

Mukhtasar al-Muzani (d. 264). Glossary, 304. —

1231 iv.

Al-Wajiz by al-Ghazzali (d. 505) 305.
Ghayat al-Ghaur by the same, 1203 I.
Talkhis al-Kaul by al-Shashi (d. 507) 1203 n.
Ghayat al-Ikhtisar by Abu Shnja' (c. 500) 307,

1234.

Al-Bayan by al-'Imrani (d. 558) 308-9.
Al-Muharrar by al-Rafi'i (d. 623) 310-12.
Al-Hawi by fAbd al-Ghaffar (d. 665) 315.
Raudat al-Talibin by al-Nawawi (d. 676) 306.
Minhaj al-Talibin by the same, 313, 1231 i.
Al- Anwar by al-Ardabili (d. 799) 317.
Tract on cases of impurity by Ibn al-'Imad (d. 808)

1255 i.

Irshad al-Ghawi by Ibn al-Mukri (d. 837) 316.
Safwat al-Zubad by Ibn Raslan (d. 844) 318.
Manhaj al-Tullab by al-Sunaiki (d. 926) 314.

Hanbalis.
Mukhtasar al-Khiraki (d. 334) 319.

Controversy.

Mughith al-Khalk by al-Juwaini (d. 478) 1221 i.
Al-Manzumah fi '1-Khilafiyyat by al-Nasafi (d. 5o~)

320-21.

Al-Farah wa '1-Surur by al-Kafiyaji (c. 879) 322.
Zahr al-Riyad by al-Haidari (d. 894) 323.
Jazil al-Mawahib by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 1221 n.
Al-Mizan al-Khidriyyah by al-Sha'rani (d. 973)

324-5.
Khark al-Madahib, 326.

904

CLASSED INDEX.

Unlawfulness of music by Ibn Hajar (d. 974)
1221 m.

Ilddis.

Diwan of Ibn Nazr al-Samau'ali, 327-8.
Al-Dala'il by Darwish al-Mahruki, 329.
Treatise of Ibrahim B. Kais, 1209 i.

SU'ah.

Kitab man la yahduruhu '1-Fakih by Ibn Babawaih

(d. 381) 330.

AI-Mabsut by Abu Ja'far al-Tusi (d. 460) 331.
Al-Nafi< by Najm al-Dm al-Hilli (d. 726) 333.
Al-Lum'at al - Dimashkiyyah by Muh. al-'Amili

(d. 782) 334.
Tract on the times of prayer by al-Khalkhali

(1014) 761 n.
Sharh Nibras al-Huda by Mulla Hadi (c. 1280)

335.

Zaidis.

Al-Funun and al-Muntakhab by al-Hadi ila '1-Hakk

(d. 298) 336-7.
Al-Ifadah and al-Ziyadat by al-Mu'ayyad billah

(d. 411) 338-9.

Al-Tahrir by al-Natik bil-Hakk (d. 424) 340-1.
Al-Nukat by al-Kadi Ja'far (c. 550) 423 v.
Al-Lumaf by 'All B. al-Husain (c. 600) 342-3.
Legal tracts of al-Mansur billah (d. 614) 210-11,

1230 m.-vii.

Legal decisions of 'Ali B. Humaid (620) 344 n.
Al-Mukhtasar al-Kafi (before 623) 344 i.
Al-Irshad ila '1-Takrib (632) by al-'Ansi, 345.
Al-Mufid al-Jami', &c., by al-Mahdi lidln-allah

(d. 656) 346.

Al-Intisar by al-Mu'ayyad billah (d. 749) 347-53.
Al-Tadkirat al-Fakhirah by Ibn al-Nahwi (d. 791)

354-63, 399 i.

Anonymous treatise (c. 800) 364.
Al-Azhar and Ghaith al-Midrar by al-Mahdi lidin-

allah (d. 840) 365-94, 428 n., 1212 i., 1216 i.
Al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar and Ghayat al-Afkar by the

same, 395-422.
Legal answers of al-Mutawakkil 'Ala'llah (d. 879)

423 i.

Athmar al-Azhar by Yahya Sharaf al-Din (d. 965)

424-8.

Al-Ptisam by al-Mansur billah (d. 1029) 433.
Al-Nazm al-Jami' by al-Husain al-Muhalla (1098)

429-30.
Legal tracts by Ibrahim al-'Ulufi (c. 1150) 431,

432 n.
Al-Jauhar al-Asil by Ibn Muh. al-Ward (1173)

1222 i.

Law of Inheritance.

Al-Eahbiyyah by Muh. al-Eahbi (d. 577) 434,

1234 v., 1255 n.
Al-Sirajiyyah by al-Sajawandi (c. 600) 275 in.,

435, 1197 iv.
Jawahir al-Fara'id by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (d. 672)

1249 in., iv.
Al-Ja'bariyyah by Taj al-Din al-Ja^bari (d. 706)

436.

Al-Majmii' by al-Kalla'i (d. 777) 437.
Kasidah by Jalal al-Din al-Tustari (d. 812)

1255 m.

Al-Munasakhat by Ibn al-Ha'im (d. 815) 1197 i.
Ashkal al-Fara'id by Ibn Kamal Pasha (d. 940)

438.

Zaidi Works.

Durar al-Fara'id by Ibn al-Hadi (c. 600) 423 vn.
Miftah al-Fa'id by al-cUsaifiri (c. 600) 439 HI.—

445, 1222 in., 1240 i., 1242 n., ix., x.
Al-wasit fi'1-fara'id by Ahmad B. Yasar (before 817)

446, 439 n.

Al-Mukhtasar al-Jami' by Ibn Abi '1-Kasim (c. 850)

439 i.
Al-Kifayah (before 975) 1241 i.

Appendix to Law.

Marriage contracts and deeds of sale (c. 269) 1207
(372-461) 1290.

HlSTOEY.

Ancient and General History.

Kitab al-Ma'arif by Ibn Kutaibah (d. 276) 447.
Muruj al-Dahab by al-Mas'udi (d. 346) 448-54.

CLASSED INDEX.

905

Ta'nkh al-TJmam by Hamzah al-Isfahani (c. 860)

455-6.

Al-Athar al-Bakiyah by al-Blruni (d. 440) 457-8.
Anonymous tripartite history (c. 500) 459.
Al-Muntazam by Ibn al-Jauzi (d. 597) 460.
Akhbar al-Duwal al-Munkati'ah by Ibn Ziifir

(d. 623) 461.

Al-Kamil by Ibn al-Athir (d. 630) 462-4.
Mir'at al-Zamanby Sibt Ibn al-Jauzi (d. 654) 465-7,

1270-71.

Kanz al-Akhyar by Sayyid Idrls (d. 714) 469.
Ta'rikh al-Islam by al-Dahabi (d. 748) 468.
Al-'Ibar and Duwal al-Islam, by the same, 470-71.
'Uyun al-Tawarlkh by Ibn Shakir (d. 764) 472.
Mir'at al-Jinan by al-Yafi'i (d. 768) 473.
Al-Badayah wa '1-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir (d. 774)

474.

Rakam al-Hulal by Ibn al-Khatib (d. 776) 475.
Al-Tarik al-Wadihah by Ibn al-Furat (d. 807) 476.
Mukaddimat Ibn Khaldun (d. 808) 477.
Raudat al-Manazir by Ibn al-Shihnah (d. 815)

478-9, 1272-3.

Al-Suluk by al-Makrizi (d. 845) 480.
Taudih Manahij al-Anwar by al-Bastami (c. 845)

481.

Al-Juman by al-Shatibi (c. 870) 482, 518 i., 1298.
Collectanea by al-Nu'aimi (d. 927) 487.
Al- Ta'rikh al-Mu'tabar by Mujir al-Dln al-'Ulaimi

(d. 927) 488.

Ta'rikh al-Jannabi (d. 999) 489-90.
Akhbar al-Duwal by al-Karamani (d. 1019) 491.
Simt al-Nujum by al-'Isami (d. 1111) 492-3.

Prophets.

Al-'Ara'is by al-Tha'labi (d. 427) 494-6.

Kisas al-Anbiya by al-Kisa'i, 497-9.

Muthir al-Gharam by al-Tadmuri (d. 833) 500.

Aeatir al-Awwalm by Ibn Zain (before 1071)

1198 iv., 1233 ix.

Kissat Yusuf by Ibn al-Mukri, 501.
Legends relating to Musa, Jesus, &c., 1254.

Muhammad.

Maghazi al-Wakidi (d. 207) 502.

Sirat al-Rasul by Ibn Hisham (d. 213) 503.

Al-Muhabbar by Ibn Habib (d. 245) 508.
Sharaf al-Nabi by al-Khargushi (d. 407) 509.
Dala'il al-Nubuwwah by Abu Nu'aim (d. 480) 510.
Dala'il al-Nubuwwah by al-Baihaki (d. 458) 511.
Al-Raud al-Unuf by al-Suhaili (d. 581) 504-7.
'Uyun al-Athar by Ibn Sayyid al-Naa (d. 734) 512.
Nur al-'Uyun by the same, 1217 x.
Al-Ishiirah by Mughlatfi'i (d. 762) 513.
Mukhtasar by Ibn Jamu'ah (d. 767) 1250 IT.
Al-Anwar by Abu '1-I.Iasan al-Bakri (before 784)

514.
Maulid al-Nabi and Dat al-Shifa by al-Jazari

(d. 8§3) 515-6.
Al-Unmudaj al-Labib byal-Suyuti (d. 911) 992 in.,

1246 I.

Al-Khamls by al-Diyarbakri (d. 966) 517-8.
Insan al-'Uyun by al-I.Ialabi (d. 1044) 1274-6.
Al-Lafz al-Ra'ik, 1246 v.
Hilyat al-Nabi, 255.
Shama'il al-Mustafa, 254 in.

Early Conquests and Khalifs.

Kitab al-Imamah, ascribed to Ibn Kutaibah, 519.
Futuh Misr wa'1-Maghrib by Ibn 'Abd al-Haham

(d. 257) 520.
Futuh al-Sham, &c., ascribed to al-Wakidi, 521-4,

1277.

Futuh al-Bahnasa, 525, 1277 iv.
Commentary upon the Shakratissiyyah (before 700)

1052.
Ta'rikh al-Khulafa by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 483-6.

'Ali and his Descendants.
Makatil al-Talibiyyin by Abu '1-Faraj al-Isfahani

(d. 356) 526.
Nahj al-Balaghah by al-Sharlf al-Radi (d. 406)

1238 i.
Commentary on the above by Ibn Abi '1-Hadid

(d. 655) 527-8.

Al-Fusul al-Muhimmah (c. 800 ?) 529.
Miscellaneous notices by 'Ali al-Najafi (c. 866)

530.

Zaidi Imams.

Sirat al-Hadi ila'l-tfakk by 'Ali al-'Abbasi (c. 327)
531.

61

906

CLASSED INDEX.

SIrat al-Mansur billah (d. 393) by al-Husain B.

Ahmad, 532.
Al-Hada'ik al-Wardiyyah by liumaid al-Muhalli

(d. 652) 533-6.

Mahasin al-Azhar by the same, 537.
Anwar al-Yakm by al-Mansur billah (d. 670) 538.
Kashifat al-Ghummah by al-Hadi al-Waziri (791)

539.

Yawaklt al-Siyar by al-Mahdi (d. 840) 420-22.
Al-Bassamah by Ibrahim Ibn al-WazIr (d. 914)

540, 585 in.

Silsilat al-Ibriz by Salih al-Numazi (945) 541.
•Al-Tiraz al-Mudahhab by Ibrahim al-Suhuli (1058)

1212 in., 1227 in.

SIrat al-Mansur billah by Mutahhar (d. 1077) 543.
Simt al-La'al by Sayyid Isma'il (d. 1079) 673-4.
Al-Suluk al-Dahabiyyah by Sayyid Jamal al-Dm

(d. 1085) 542.

Nuzhat al-Basa'ir by al-Murhibi (c. 1109) 544.
Bughyat al-Murid by 'Amir (1126) 545.
Bulugh al-Umniyyah by Sharaf al-Din (1133) 546.
Chronicle of al-Sayyid al-Sharafi (1139) 591 m.
Eiyad al-'Asjad by Muhsin (c. 1140) 547.
Al-Simt al-Hawi by Ibn Ja'man (1251) 1223 v.

[For some other works bearing on the Zaidi
Imams see farther on, under Yemen.]

Ghaznawis.
Al-Yamini by al-'Utbi (c. 411) 548-9.

Seljuks.

Zubdat al-Tawarikh by Sadr al-Dm 'Ali (c. 630)
550.

Ayyubis.

Al-Fath al-Kussi by 'Imad al-Din (d. 597) 551-2.
Kitab al-DawawIn by Ibn Mammati (d. 606) 553.
'Uyun al - Daulatain and al - Mudayyal by Abu

Shamah (d. 665) 554-6.
Al-Fawa'id al-Jaliyyah by a son of al-Malik al-

Nasir (d. 656) 557.

Egypt.

Sukkardan al-Sultan by Ibn Abi Hajalah (d. 776)

558.
Al-Ta'lifal-Tahirbylbn'Arabshah (d. 854) 559-60.

Ta'rikh al-Malik al-Ashraf Kayitbai (877) 561-2.
Al-Fada'il al-Bahirah by Ibn Zahlr (c. 880) 563.
IJusn al-Muhadarah by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 564,

1278.
Ta'rikh al-Sultan Salim by Ibn Zanbal (c. 961)

565-6.
Lata'if akhbar al-uwal by Ibn 'Abd al-Mu'ti (1032)

567, 1279.

Kahr al-Wujuh al-'Abisah (c. 1050) 568.
Al-Durrat al-Musanah by Damirdashi (1169)

569-70.

'Aja'ib al-Athar by al-Jabarti (d. 1237) 1280-82.
Mazhar al-Takdis by the same, 571.

Syria.

Muthir al - Ghuram by Taj al - Din al - Tadmuri

(d. 833) 500.
Ithaf al-Akhissa by Shams al-Din al-Minhaji (875)

572.

Fada'il Bait al-Makdis, anonymous, 1250 i.
Al-Uns al-Jalil by Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaimi (d. 927)

573, 1283.
SIrat al-Jazzar (1225) 574.

Mecca and Medina.

Tahkik al-Nusrah by al-Maraghi (766) 576.
Zubdat al-A'mal by al-Isfara'ini (c. 769) 575.
Itharat al-Targhib by al-Khuwarazmi (c. 770) 577.
Khulasat al-Wafa by al-Samhudi (d. 911) 1284.
I'lam bibina al-Masjid al-Haram by 'Abd al-Karim

(d. 1014) 1285.
Al-Maram fi'1-Bait al-Haram by Ibu Sinan (d. 1032)

1245 m.

Yemen.

Al-Tljan by Ibn Hisham and Akhbar 'Abid B.

Sharyah, 578-9.
Al - Iklll and Jazlrat al - 'Arab by al - Hamdani

(d. 334) 580-82, 584 n.
Ta'rikh San'a by al-Razi (c. 500) 583.
Tar'ikh 'Umarah (d. 569) 586 n.
Al-Kasidat al-Himyariyyah by Nashwan (d. 573)

584-5, 1236 i.
Turfat al-Ashab by al-Malik al-Ashraf (d. 696)

581 iv.

CLASSED INDEX.

9"?

Kanz al-Akhyar by al-Sayyid Idris (d. 714) 469.

Anonymous history (c. 900) 1213 11.

Bughyat al-Mustafid by Ibn al-Daiba' (d. 944)

586.

Kurrat al-'Uyun by the same, 587, 591 i.
Al-BarJc al-Yamani by Kutb al-Dln al-Makki

(d. 990) 588.

Al-Futuhat al-Muradiyyah (1002) 589.
Rauh al-Ruh by al-Sayyid isa (d. 1048) 590, 591 I.
Tabak al-Halwa by Ibn al-Wazir (1046-90) 592.
Chronicle of al-Sayyid al-Sharafi (1050-1139)

591 in.

Rising of Abu 'Alamah (1165) 593.
Chronicle of Ahmad al-Na'ami (1215-57) 586 iv.
Riyad al-Rayahm (1276-88) 1229 vin.

Arab Tribes.

Al-lnas by al-Wazir al-Maghribi (d. 418) 594.
Turfat al-Ashab by al-Malik al-Ashraf (d. 696)

581 iv.

Kala'id al-Juman by al-Kalkashandi (d. 821) 595.
Saba'ik al-Dahab by al-Suwaidi (1229) 596.

Africa.

Al-Anls al-Mutrib by Ibn Abi Zar' (726) 597 i.
Al-Raud al-Hatun by Ibn Ghazi (d. 919) 597 11.
Life of Khair al-Dln Pasha (c. 950) 598.
Tuhfafc al-Zaman, or Futuh al-Habashah (c. 950)

599.

Al-Salwah fi akhbar Kilwah (c. 980) 600.
Raf Shan al-Hubshan by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 602 i.
Al-Tiraz al-Mankush by al-Bukhari (991) 601,

602 n.
Ta'rikh al-Nubah (1280) 603.

Appendix to History.

Kitab al-Awa'il by al-Tabarani (d. 360) 604 n.
Mahasin al-Wasa'il by al-Shibli (d. 769) 604 I.
Inscriptions of Sheila (706-50) 605.
Historical extracts relating to India, 606.

BIOGRAPHY.

Wafayat al-A'yan by Ibn Khallikan (d. 681)
607-12.

Tahdib al-Asma by al-Nawawi (d. 676) abridged,

Al-Durar al-Kaminah by Ibn Hajar (d. 852)

613-14.
Lives of the Barmakis by Yusuf al-Milawi (c. 1000)

1286.
Fragment of a biographical dictionary (c. 1200)

615.
Life of al-Nawawi by Ibn Imam al-Kamiliyyah

(d. 874) 1247 i.

"Companions" and Traditionitta.

The Tabakat of Ibn Sa'd (d. 230) 616.

Asma al-Muhaddithm by al-Mukaddami (d. 301)

617.

Bail al-Mudayyal by al-Tabari (d. 310) 618.
Tashlfat al-Muhaddithin by al-'Askari (d. 382) 163.
Mushtabih al-Nisbah by 'Abd al-Ghani al-Azdi

(d. 409) 619 i.
Al-Mu'talif wa'1-Mukhtalif by the same, 619 in.,

620.

Al-Isti'ab by Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (d. 463) 623.
Al-Ikmal by Ibn Makiila (d. 486) 621.
Kitab al-Du'afa by Ibn al-Jauzi (d. 597) 624.
Al-Kamal by 'Abd al-Ghani al-Makdisi (d. 600)

625-6.

Takmilat al-Ikmal by Ibn Nuktah (d. 629) 622.
Al-Takmilah liwafayat al-Nakalah by al-Mundiri

(d. 656) 629.

Tahdib al-Kamal by al-Mizzi (d. 742) 627.
Tadhib al-Tahdlb by al-Dahabi (d. 748) 628.
Mlzan al-I'tidal by the same, 630-31.
Bushra '1-Talib by Ibn Kunfud (c. 807) 1303 n.
Tabsir al-Muntabih by Ibn Hajar (d. 852) 632.—

165 n.

Al-Isabah by the same, 1301.
Tables of traditionists, anonymous (c. 1150) 433 I.

Shl'ah Traditionists.

Ikhtiyar al-Kashshi (c. 300) 633.

Talkhis al-Makal by Muh. al-Astarabadi (d. 1028)

634.

Manhaj al-Makal by the same, 635.
Nakd al-Rijal by Mustafa al-Tafrishi (c. 1020) 636.
Notices by Muh. Bakir (1250) 637.

908

CLASSED INDEX.

Saints.

Safwat al-Safwah by Ibn al-Jauzi (d. 597) 638.
Manakib Ahmad al-Badawi (d. 675) 639.

Legists.

Tabakat al-Fukaha by Abu 'Asim (d. 458) 1203 v.
Manakib Ibn Hanbal, abridged from Ibn al-Jauzi

(d. 597) 640.

Manakib al-Shafi'i by al-Razi (d. 606) 641.
Al-Tabakat al-Sughra by al-Subki (d. 771) 642.
Tabakat al-Fukaha by al-Isnawi (d. 772) 643.
Tabakat al - Shafi'iyyah by Ibn Kadi Shuhbah

(d. 851) 644.

Al-Ghuraf al-'Aliyyah by Ibn Tulun (d. 953) 645.
Tashmf al-Masami' by al-Ghazzi (d. 1167) 646.

Physicians.
'Uyun al-Anba by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah (d. 668) 647.

Grammarians.

Tabakat al-Nuhat by al-Zubaidi (d. 379) 648.
Bughyat al-Wu'at by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 649.

Poets.

Kitab al-Aghani by Abu Jl-Faraj al-Isfahani (d. 356)

650-54.

Yatimat al-Dahr by al-Tha'alibi (d. 429) 1110 in.
Raihanat al-Alibba by al-Khafaji (d. 1069) 1123.

LOCAL BIOGRAPHIES.
Baghdad.

Ta'rikh Madinat al-Salam by al-Khatib (d. 463)
655-6.

Syria.

Ta'rikh Darayya by <Abd al-Jabbar (c. 370) 657.
Ta'rikh Dimashk by Ibn 'Asakir (d. 571) 658.
Ma'adin al-Dahab by Abu '1-Wafa (d. 1071) 660.
Tarajim Afadil al-Kuds by Hasan (1194) 661.
Matmah al-Wajid by Muh. Khalil (d. 1206) 659.

Egypt.

Murshid al-Zuwwar by Muwaffik al-Din (c. 780)
662-3.

Spain.

Kala'id al-'Ikyan by Ibn Khakah (d. 528) 664.
Barnamaj of Ibn Abi 'l-Rabif (d. 688) 665.

Al-Ihatah by Ibn al-Khatib (d. 776) 666.
Nafh al-Tib by al-Makkari (d. 1041) 667-9, 1299-
1300.

Yemen.

Tuhfat al-Zaman by al-Janadi (d. 732) and al-Ahdal

(855) 670.

Tiraz A'lam al-Zaman by al-Khazraji (d. 812) 671.
Tabakat al-Khawass by al-Sharji (d. 893) 672.
Simt al-La'al by Sayyid Isma'il (d. 1079) 673-4.
Tib al-Samar by Ahmad al-Haimi (1144) 675-6.

Shirdz.
Shadd al-Izar by Junaid (791) 677.

Turkey.
Al-Shaka'ik by Tashkupri Zadah (d. 968) 678.

Mosul.

Manhal al-Auliya by Amm al-'Umari (d. 1203)
679.

Memoirs and Travels.

Matalif al-Badriyyah by Ibn al-Ghazzi (d. 984)

680.

Hullat al-Dahab by Ibn al-Nabulusi (d. 1143) 681.
Nafthat al-Masdur by 'Abdallah (1144) 682.
Rihlat Alusi-Zadah (1267-9) 683.
Mushtaha 'l-'Ukul, miscellaneous notices, 1198 in.

COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

Al-'Ibar wa '1-I'tibar by al-Jahiz (d. 255) 684.
Jazirat al-'Arab by al-Hamdani (d. 334) 584 n.
Nuzhat al-Mushtak by al-Idrisi (d. 560) 685.
Tuhfat al-Ahbab by Abu Hamid (d. 565) 686.
'Aja'ib al-Dunya by Ibn Waslf (c. 600) 687.
Mu'jam al-Buldan by Yakut (d. 626) 688-93.
Al-Mushtarik by the same, 694.
Athar al-Bilad by al-Kazwmi (d. 682) 697.
'Aja'ib al-Makhlukat by the same, 698-9, 1287.
Al-Jaghrafiyah by Ibn Sa'Id (d. 685) 696.
Marasid al-Ittilaf by 'Abd al-Mu'min (d. 739) 695.
'Aja'ib al-Makhlukat, anonymous (c. 800) 700 i.
Kharidat al-'Aja'ib by Ibn al-Wardi (d. 850) 701-2.

CLASSED INDEX.

009

Topography.

Description of Isfahan (c. 480) 703.

Zubdat Kashf al-Mamfilik by Ibn Shahin (d. 873)

704.

Nuzhat al-Anam by Abu '1-Tuka (c. 880) 705.
The Nile by al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti (d. 911)

1198 i.

Tanbih al-Talib by 'Abd al-Basit (c. 974) 706.
Nautical Almanack for the Indian Ocean (c. 1260)

707.

SCIENCES AND ARTS.
Encyclopedias.

Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa (c. 350) 708-10.
Al-Shifa by Ibn Slna (d. 428) 711.
Mufid al-'Uliim by al-Kazwini (c. 530) 712-3.
Nihayat al-'Arab by al-Nuwairi (d. 733) 714.
Makalid al-'Ulum by al-Sayyid al-Sharif (d. 816)

715.

'Unwan al-Sharaf by Ibn al-Mukri (d. 837) 716.
Al-Nukayah by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 1224 i.
Majmu'ah Naflsah by Hafid al-Taftazani (d. 916)

717.

Manzumat by al-Miknasi (d. 964) 718.
Kashf al-Zunun by Haji Khalifah (d. 1068) 719.
Matali' al-'Ulum by Muh. Amm (d. 1203) 720.

Philosophy.

Malfuzat AflatQn, 721.
Theologia, ascribed to Aristotle, 722.
Al-Isharat by Ibn Slna (d. 428) 723.
Metaphysics of al-Ghazzali (d. 505) 724.
Al-Mulakhkhas by al-Razi (d. 606) 725.
Al-Hidayah by al-Abhari (d. 663) 1248 i.
Hikmat al-'Ain by al-Katibi (d. 675) 726-7.
Baud al-Jinan by Abu '1-Hasan (c. 900) 728.
Metaphysical tracts, 732 n., 1208 vi., vn.

Logic.

Al-Madkhal by Porphyry, 721 in.
Isagoge by al-Abhari (d. 663) 729, 732 in.
Al-Shamsiyyah by al-Katibi (d. 675) 730-2.
Matiili' al-Anwar by al-Urmawi (d. 682) 733-4.
Tabdib al-Mantik by al-Taftazani (d. 792) 735,
987 in., 1208 ix.

Hidayat al-Mubtadi by al-Najri (876) 1227 II.
Al-Sullam al-Murannik by al-Akhdari (c. 941) 736.
Anonymous tracts, 1208 in.-v.

Dialectics.

Adab al-Bahth by al-Samarkandi (c. 600) 737-8,

1124 v., 1227 i.
Risalat al-Adab by al-lji (d. 756) 1248 in.

Ethics and Politics.

Kitab al-fiiyasah, ascribed to Aristotle, 739.
Al-Durrat al-Yatimah by 'Abdallah B. al-Mnkaffa',

(d. 142) 1003 iv.

Tahdib al-Akhlak by Ibn Miskawaih (d. 421) 721 n.
Al-Fara'id wa'1-Kala'id by al-Tha'alibi (d. 429)

1003 v.
Al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyyah by al-Mawardi (d. 450)

740.

Al-'Ikd al-Nafis by al-Rukhkhaji (c. 470) 741.
NasThat al-Muluk by al-Ghazzali (d. 505) 700 11.
Siraj al-Muluk by al-Turtushi (d. 520) 742-3.
A treatise by Ibn al-Jauzi (d. 597) 744.
Al-'Ikd al-Farld by Ibn Talhah (d. 652) 540 11.
Al-Tibr al-Masbuk by al-Maimuni (c. 695) 746.
Kadh al-Dirasah by al-Jalal (c. 700) 745.
Ghurar al-Khasa'is by al-Kutubi (d. 718) 747-9.
Mu'id al-Ni'am by al-Subki (d. 771) 750.
Takmilat al-Ahkam by al-Mahdi (d. 840) 397, &o.
Tasnyat al-Nufus by al-Mu'ayjaJ billah (d. 105 1)

1202 n.
Nuzhat al-Muta'ahhil (before 1106) 1149 n.

Mathematics.

Ashkal al-Ta'sis by al-Samarkandi (c. 600) 753 iv.,

754 v., 765.
Al-Yasaminiyyah by Ibn al-Yasamin (d. 600) 753

in., 754 i., 1205 n.
Tahrir Aklldas by Naslr al-Din al-Jusi (d. 672)

751.
Nuzhat al-Hussab by Ibn al-Ha'im (d. 815) 1197 n.,

752.
Raka'ik al-Haka'ik by Sibt al-Maridini (o. 900)

767.

Munyat al-flisab by Ibn Ghazi (d. 919) 1303 in.

6K

910

CLASSED INDEX.

Marasim al-Intisab &c., by Ya'Ish (c. 990) 753 i., u.
Khulasat al-Hisab by Bahaal-Dm al-'Amili (d. 1031)
765 vn.

Astronomy.

Suwar al-Kawakib by 'Abd al-Kahman al-Sufi

(d. 376) 755.

Al-Kanun al-Mas'udi by al-Biruni (d. 440) 756-9.
Al-Mulakhkhas by al-Jaghmmi (618) 760-2.
Al-Zubdah by Naslr al-DIn al-Tusi (d. 672) 763 n.
Anonymous Treatise (c. 687) 764 n.
Kisalat <Ali Kushi (d. 879) 763 m.
Al-Hi'at al-Saniyyah by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 1226 i.,

1250 m.
Tashrlh al-Aflak by Baha al-Din (d. 1031) 763 i.,

1249 11.

Astronomical Instruments.

On the astrolabe by 'All B. isa (c. 700) 764 i.
Kashf al-Raib by al-Mizzi (d. 750) 764 iv.
Kashf al-Kina( by Ibn al-'Attar (c. 830) 753 v.
On the quadrant by al-Majdi (d. 850) 765 iv.
On the quadrant by al-Bardmi (before 854) 764 m.
Hawi al-Mukhtasarat by Sibt al-Maridini (c. 900)

766.
Al-Safhah by Baha al-Dm al-'Amili (d. 1031)

763 v.

On the celestial globe by Afanta B. Luka, 753 vi.
Anonymous on the astrolabe, 765 m.
Anonymous on the quadrant, 754 n., in. 765 i.

'Ilm al-Mikdt.

Durrat al-Afkar by Ibn al-Kasih (d. 801) 764 v.
On the times of prayer, by al-Khalkhali (d. 1014)

761 n.

Al-Idah al-Shafi, 773 iv.
Bulghat al-Muktat (c. 1263) 773 i., 774 n.

Eras and Calendar.

Al-Shamarikh by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 1198 n.
Urjuzat al-Kurtubi (961) 302 in.
Al-Zij al-Mukhtar by Abu 'l-'Ukul (c. 1100) 768.
Ghayat Itkan al-Harakat by al-Sharji (1081) 769.
Calendars (1200-1300) 770-4.

Astrology.

Asl al-Usul by Abu Jl-'Anbas al-Saimari (d. 275)

775.

Al-Jami' al-Shahi by al-Sinjari (c. 358) 776.
Tracts by Ibrahim al-Hasib (759) 777.

Natural History.

Na't al-Hayawan by Ibn Bakhtlshu' (c. 450) 778.
'Aja'ib al-Makhtukat by al-Kazwmi (d. 682) 698-9,

1287.

Hayat al-Hayawan by al-Damiri (d. 808) 779-80.
Azhar al-Afkar by al-Tifashi (d. 651) 781, 1288.

Alchemy.

Al-Khawass by Jabir (c. 150) 782.
Shudur al-Dahab by Ibn Arfa' Has (d. 593) 784 in.
Al-Misbah by al-Jildaki (c. 750) 783.
Al-Muktasab by al-'Iraki (c. 850) 784 11.

Medicine.

Materia Medica by Dioscorides, 785.

Al-Ghadi wa'1-Mughtadi by Ibn Abi '1-Ash'ath

(c. 360) 786.

The Canon of Ibn Sma (d. 428) 787-91.
The UrjQzah by the same, 801 i.
Takwlm al-Sihhah by Ibn Butlau (c. 455) 792 i.,

793.

Takwim al-Abdan by Ibn Jazlah (d. 493) 792 n.
Al-Mughni by Sa'Id B. Hibat-allah (d. 495) 794-5.
AUIrshad by Ibn Jami' (c. 580) 797 n.
Karabadln al-Kalanisi (c. 600) 796 i.
Al-Mukhtar by Ibu Hubal (d. 610) 796 11.
Al-Jami' by Ibn al-Baitar (d. 646) 798-9.
Al-Mughni by the same, 800.
Minhaj al-Dukkan by Aba '1-Muna (658) 801 n.,

802.

Jatni' al-Gharad by Ibn al-Kuff (d. 685) 803.
Commentary on the Aphorisms, by the same, 804.
Al-Mujiz by Ibn Abi '1-Hazm (d. 687) 805-6.
Al-Mu'tamad by al-Malik al-Ashraf (d. 696) 807.
Al-Hawi by Najm al-DIn al-Shirazi (before 737)

808.

Tadkirat Da'iid al-Antaki (d. 1008) 809-10.
Anonymous on medicaments, 1112 n., 811 vn.
On sexual intercourse, Amal al-Dakar, 812.

CLASSED INDEX.

911

Veterinary Art.

Kitab al-Baitarah by Ibn Akhi Hizam (c.280) 813.
Al-Urjuzat al-Mansuriyyah (c. 650) 814.
Akrabadin al-Khail, 815.

Al - Akwal al - Kafiyah by al - Malik al - Mujahid
(d. 764) 816.

Military Arts.

Al-Wadih fi'1-Ramy by al-Tabari, 817.
Oa archery, by Yusuf al-Jukhi, 818.
Ditto by Abu Bakr B. Yusuf, 819.
Ditto by Jamshar al-Khuwarazmi, 820 in.
Ghunyat al-Tullab by Taibugha (c. 800) 821.
On weapons, by 'Izz al-Din al-Aksara'i, 820 i.
On horsemansliip, by Baktut (d. 711) 820 n.
Al-Tadblrat al-Sultaniyyah by Ibn Mangali (c. 770)
822.

Music.
A collection of treatises, 823. — 1198 vi.

Cabalistic.

Virtues of the names of God, 825 HI., 827 11.
Shams al-Ma'arif by al-Buni (d. 622) 824 n., 825 i.
Al-Kafi by Samiir al-Hindi, 825 n.
Khawass al-Kur'an by al-Tamitni, 826.
Al-Tarlk al-Wadihah by al-Sharji, 827.
Al-Kuhaniyyat by Asaf, 824 i.

Magic and Conjuring.

Al-Mukhtar fi Kashf al-Asrarby al-Jaubari (d. 665)

1200 ii.

Zahr al-Basatm (c. 852) 1210 in.
'Uyun al-Haka'ik by al-'Iraki (c. 850) 784.

Divination and Interpretation of Dreams.

Al-Jafr al-Jami' by Ibn Talhah (d. 652) 828.
Madmat al-Asrar, 829.
Al-Dakhirah, 830.

Anonymous on Firasah, 1210 n.; onlkhtilaj, 1228 iv.;
on Za'irjab, 1228 iv.; and on dreams, 1231 v.

PHILOLOGY.

Philological and Lexicographical works.

Al-Muthallathby Kutrub (d. 206) 1125 n., 1236 vm.,
1256 m.

Islah al-Mantik by al-Sikkit (d. 243) 831.
Adab al-Katib by Ibn Kutaibah (d. 276) 832- 1.
Al-Munaddad by al-Huna'i (c. 307) 835, 836 n.
Khalk al-Insan by al-Zajjaj (d. 310) 836 I.
Jamharat Ibn Duraid (d. 321) 837.
Gharib al-Kur'an by Ibn 'Uzair (d. 330) 130-1.
Al-Maksur Wl-Mamdud by Ibn Wallad (d, 332)

838.

Tahdib al-Lughah by al-Azhari (d. 370) 839^0.
Glossary to Mukhtasar al-Muzani by the same, 304.
Al-Tanbihat by 'All B. Hamzah (d. 375) 841.
Al-Tashif by al-'Askari (d. 382) 842.
Al-Mujmal by Ibn Paris (d. 395) 843.
Al-Sihah by al-Jauhari (d. 398) 845-52.
Fikh al-Lughah by al-Tha'alibi (d. 430) 853.
Al-Muhkam by Ibn Sidah (d. 458) 854.
Nizam al-Gharlb by al-Raba'i (d. 480) 918 in.,

1214 i.

Majmu' Ghara'ib al-Ahadith (before 438) 844.
Al-Sami fi'1-Asami by al-Maidani (d. 518) 855.
Talibat al-Talabah by al-Nasafi (d. 537) 275 i.
Mukaddimat al-Adab by al-Zamakhshari (d. 538)

856.

Asas al-Balaghah by the same, abridged, 857.
Urjuzah on words in \j> and 1» by Ibn Hubairah

(d. 560) 973 n.
Shams al-'Ulum by Nashwan al-Himyari (d. 573)

858-63.

Al-Nihayah by Ibn al-Athir (d. 606) 1252 n.
Al-Mughrib by al-Mutarrizi (i 610) 864.
Mukhtar al-Sihah by al-Razi (d. 680) 850.
Tahdib al-Tahdib by Mahmud al-Urmawi (d. 723)

866.

Al-Misbah al-Mumr by al-Fayyumi (d. 770) 867-9.
Al-Ta'lil by Isma'il B. 'Ali (c. 800) 865.
Ta'rlfat al-Jurjani (d. 816) 870-3, 1244 I.
Al-Kamus by al-Firuzabadi (d. 817) 874-6.
Dustur al-Ikhwan by Badr Muh. (c. 822) 877.
Jami' al-Lughah by Sayyid Muh. (d. 866) 851.
Kanz al-Lughah by Muh. B. 'Abd al-Khalik

(c. 880) 878.

Al-Muzhir by al-Suyuti (d. 911) 879.
Treatises of Ibn Kamal Pasha (d. 940) 1244.
Al-Akhtari by Mustafa Karahisari (d. 968) 880.
Mukhtar al-Mukhtar by Da'ud al-Karsi (1151)

852.

912

CLASSED INDEX.

Mahmud al-Lughah, 881.

Taj al-'Arus by Sayyid Murtada (d. 1205) 882-905,

836 in.
The Thesaurus of Redhouse, 906-915.

Grammar.

Kitab al-Usul by Ibn al-Sarraj (d. 316) 916.
Mukaddimat Ibn Babashad (d. 469) 917-20.
Mi'at 'Arnil by al-Jurjani (d. 474) 921-2, 924 vi.,

&c.

Mulhatal-I'rabbyal-Harlri (d.516) 929 n., 923-4, &c.
Al-Mufassal by al-Zamakhshari (d. 538) 925-8,

918 it., 1216 n.

Al-Unmudaj by the same, 1253 i.
Al-Misbah by al-Mutarrizi (d. 610) 930-6.
Al-Tahdib by Ibn Ya'Ish (before 643) 929 i.
Al-Durar al-Manzumah by the same, 929 in.
Al-Kafiyah by Ibn al-Hajib (d. 646) 937-52, &c.
Al-Shafiyah by the same, 953-6.
Al-flzzi by al-Zanjani (c. 655) 957, 968 n.
Al-Alfiyyah by Ibn Malik (d. 672) 958-66, 1303 iv.
Lubb al-Albab by <Abd al-Mun'im (before 683)

967.

Marah al-Arwah by Ibn Mas'ud (c. 700) 968 i.
Al-Wafiyah by Eukn al-Din al-Astarabadi (d. 715)

946-7.
Al-Ajurrumiyyah by Ibn Ajurrum (d. 723) 969,

934 v., 1213.

Al-Mughni by al-Jarabardi (d. 746) 970.
Al-Frab by Ibn Hisham (d. 761) 1203 ix., 924 n.,

974-5.

Shudur al-Dahab by the same, 971-3.
Mughni al-Labib by the same, 976-8.
Audah al-Masalik by the same, 1302, 964.
Izhar al-Asrar by al-Birgili (d. 981) 979-80.
'Ikd al-Jawahir al-Manzumah (c. 1250) 1222 n.

Rhetoric.

Al-Nihayah fi'1-Kinayah by al-Tha'alibi (d. 429)

1110 i.

Miftah al-'Ulum by al-Sakkaki (d. 626) 981.
Al-Mathal al-Sa'ir by Ibn al-Athlr (d. 637) 982.
Talkhls al-Miftah by al-Kazwmi (d. 739) 983-4,

1208 x., 1248 n.
Al-Fawa'idal-Ghiyathiyyah by al-Iji (d. 756) 988.

Badl'iyyafc by the following authors :
Safi al-Dm al-Hilli (d. 752) 985 n., 986.
'Izz al-DIn al-Mausili (d. 789) 985 in.
Ibn Hijjah (d. 837) 985 i., 1082 n.
Ihn al-Mukri (d. 837) 987 i., 204 HI.
'Imad al-Dm al-Khazraji, 985 iv.
Wajih al-Dm al-'Alawi (c. 920) 985 v.
'A'iehah Bint al-Ba'uni (c. 929) 985 vi.
Mustafa al-Duraki, 985 vi.
Ibn Kanisauh (c. 950) 989.
Sayyid 'Ali Ma'sum (d. 1117) 990-1.

Prosody.

Al-fArud by Ibn al-Katta' (d. 514) 1214 in.

'Arud al-Andalusi (d. 626) 992, 1253 n.

KasTdat al-Khazraji (c. 640) 1233 in.

Al-Kafi by al-Kina'i (d. 729) 993 i.

Al-Isharat al-Wafiyahby al-Jazzaz (926) 993 ii.,nr.

Nuzhat al-Rabi' by al-Zurkani (1201) 994.

Proverbs and Maxims.

Al-Durrat al-Yatimah by Ibn al-Mukaffa' (d. 139)

1003 iv.

Kitab al-Amthal by Abu 'Ubaid (d. 223) 995.
Jamharat al-Amthal by al-'Askari (c. 400) 996.
Al-Fara'id wa '1-Kala'id by al-Tha' alibi (d. 429)

1003 v.

Majma' al-Amthal by al-Maidani (d. 518) 997-1001.
Al-Mustaksa by al-Zamakhshari (d. 538) 1002.
Nawabigh al-Kalim by the same, 1003 i.
Atwak al-Dahab by the same, 1003 n.
Atbak al-Dahab by ' Abd al-Mumin (c. 600) 1003 in.
Egyptian Proverbs by Burckhardt, 1004.

Appendix. Sharh Gulistan, 1005.

OENATE PROSE AND INSHA.

Risalat Ibn Zaidun (d. 463) 1015.

Makamat al-Hariri (d. 516) 1006-14.

Alhin al-Sawuji' by al-Safadi (d. 764) 1016.

Tadkirat of the same, 1017-8.

Raihanat al-Kuttab by Ibn al-Khatlb (d. 776)

1019.

Kala'id al-Juman by al-Karkashandi (c. 850) 1020.
Bad!' al-Insha by Mar'i (d. 1033) 1022-3.
Anonymous Inshas, 1021, 1023 n., 1024.

CLASSED INDEX.

913

POETRY.

Diwan of Imru '1-Kais, 1025.
Lamiyyat al-'Arab by al-Shanfara, 1214 n.
Ash'ar al-Sittah, 1026-7.
Al-Mu'allakat, 1028-30.
The same with al-A'sha, al-Nabighah and 'Abid,

1030 in.

Diwan of 'AH B. Abi alib (d. 40) 1224 n.
Banat Su'ad by Ka'b B. Zuhair (d. 41) 1031, 245

XVII., &C.

Kasab al-Sukkar by Ibn Abi Rabi'ah (d. 93)

1211 m.

Kasidat al-'Arus by Khalid (c. 100) 1030 vm.
Diwan of Jarlr (d. 110) 1032, 1239 n.
Naka'id Jarlr wa'1-Farazdak, 1033.
Al-Hashimiyyat by al-Kumait (d. 126) 1034.
Kasidah by Abu '1-Shls (d. 196) 1034 a, 1211 vn.
Urjuzah by Du'l-nun (d. 245) 1120 t.
Kasidah by al-Nasir al-Utrush (d. 304) 1219 iv.
Maksurat Ibn Duraid (d. 321) 1035-7, 1030 vi.,

919 n.

Kasidah by Abu '1-Kasim al-Fazari (c. 334) 1211 x.
Diwan al-Mutanabbi (d. 354) 1038-43.
Diwan Abi Firas (d. 357) 1044-5.
Diwan Ibn Hani (d. 362) 1046-7.
Diwan Ibn al-Hajjaj (d. 391) 1048.'
Diwan al-Tihami (d. 416) 1049.
Luzum ma la yalzam by Abu 'l-'Ala (d. 449) 1050.
Sikt al-Zand by the same, 1051.
Kasidahs by al-Bur'i (c. 450) 1215 vn., x.
Kasidat al-Shakratfsi (d. 466) 1052.
Kasidat al-Tantarani (d. 485) 1030 I.
Diwan Ibn Alkam (c. 500) 1053.
Al-Najdiyyat by al-Abiwardi (d. 507) 1030 v.
Lamiyyat al-'Ajam by al-Tughra'i (d. 515) 1054-7,

1125 i., 1211 i., 1236 n.
Kasidat Ibn 'Abdin (d. 529) 1058-61, 585 n.
Diwan al-Arrajani (d. 544) 1062-3, 1124 n.
Al-Kasidat al-Himyariyyah by Nashwan (d. 573)

584-5, 1236, 1061 n.— 1215 in.
Al-Munfarijah by al-Tauzari (c. 590) 1124 in.,

1236 x.

Diwan Ibn al-Mu'allim (d. 592) 1064.
Diwan al-Mansur billah (d. 614) 1065, 537, 814.
Diwan Ibn al-Nabih (d. 619) 1067 n., 1073 in.
Diwan Ibn al-Mukarrab (c. 620) 1066.

Al-Damighah by al-Knhtani (before 622) 1111 in.
Diwan al-Hajiri (d. 632) 1067 i.
Diwan Ibn al-Farid (d. 632) 1068-72, 246 i.
Al-Durar al-Manzumah by Ya'iah (before 643)

929 in.

Diwan Ibn Matruh (d. 649) 1073 I.
Diwan Ibn Sahl (d. 649) 1074.
'Alawiyyat Ibn Abi '1-Hadid (d. 655) 528 n., 814.
Diwan al-Baha Zuhair (d. 656) 1075-6.
Diwan Ibn Kizil al-Mnshidd (d. 656) 1077.
Al-Witriyyah by Majd al-Din (d. 662) 1078 i.
Urjuzat aUAnwar by al-Mansur billah (d. 670)

538.
Al-Burdah by al-BusIri (d. 696) 1079-83, 1233 x.,

&c.

Umm al-Kura by the same, 1078 m., 1082-3, &c.
Lamiyyat Ibn al-Wardi (d. 749) 1084, 1215 i.
Diwan Safi al-Din al-Hilli (d. 752) 1085.
Badi'iyyah by the same, 985 n., 986.
Diwan Ibn Nubatah (d. 768) 1086.
Diwan al-Kirati (d. 781) 1087.
Badi'iyyah by 'Izz al-Din al-Mausili (d. 789)

985 in.

Diwan Ibn Makanis (d. 790) 1088.
Kasidat al-Hudi Ibn al-Wazir (c. 800) 1219 n., v.
Al-'Ainiyyah by 'Abd al-Karim al-Jili (d. 811)

245 xiv., 1081 ii.

Diwan al-Ja'bari (c. 820) 1078 n.
Badi'iyyah by Ibn Hijjah (d. 837) 985, 1082 n.
Badi'iyyah, &c., by Ibn al-Mukri (d. 837) 987 i.,

924 xxi., 1211 i.

Poems by al-Mahdi lidin allah (d. 840) 399 in., v.
Kasidat al-Rumaili (c. 890) 1211 vin.
Al-Bassamah by Ibn al-Wazir (d. 914) 540, 585 in.
Ta'iyyat 'Abd al-Kadir al-Safadi (d. 915) 1089.
Badi'iyyah by Wajih al-Din al-'Alawi (c. 920)

985 v.

Al-Sihr al-Halal by Ibn Kanisanh (c. 928) 989.
Badi'iyyah by 'A'ishah (c. 929) 985 vi.
Diwan Musa Bahran (c. 931) 1073 n.
Silsilat al-Ibriz by al-Nnmazi (c. 945) 541.
Poems by Mamaih (d. 987) 1125 m.
Ta'iyyat al-'Alami (d. 1038) 1090 i.
Diwan Ibn al-Nahhas (d. 1052) 1091-2.

al-Awwalin by Ibn Zain (before 1071>

1198 iv., 1233 ix.

6 L

914

CLASSED INDEX.

Diwan Manjak Pasha (d. 1080) 1093.
Abu Shaduf by al-Sharbini (c. 1098) 1094.
Nuzhat al-Basa'ir by al-Murhibi (c. 1109) 544.
Diwan al-Husain B. 'Abd al-Kadir (c. 1130) 1099,

1100, 1095 i.

Diwan Ahmad al-Anisi (c. 1140) 1096.
Al-Bassamah by Ibn Fa'i< (c. 1140) 547.
Diwan al-Nabulusi (d. 1143) 1097-8.
Diwan Abi '1-Fauz al-Sha'rawi (c. 1150) 1101.
Diwan al-Baitimani (d. 1175) 1102.
Diwan 'Abdallah al-Idkawi (d. 1184) 1103.
Diwan Ahmad al-Zuhairi (c. 1188) 1104.
Diwan al-'Umari (d. 1215) 1105.
Lawami' al-Buruk by al-Maghribi (1241) 1106.
Diwan Ibn Jam'au (c. 1250) 1223 in.

Anthologies.

Jamharat Ash'ar al-fArab by Ibn Abi '1-Khattab

(d. 170) 1107.

Al-Hamasah by Abu Tammam (d. 231) 1108.
Kutb al-Surur by Ibn al-Raklk (c. 400) 1109.
Kitab man ghaba 'anhu Jl-mutrib by al-Tha'alibi

(d. 429) 1110 n.

Yatimat al-Dahr by the same, 1110 in.
Anonymous (c. 600) 1030 iv.
Kitab al-Adab by Ibn Shams al-Khilafah (d. 622)

1111.

Al-Husn al-Sarih by al-Safadi (d. 764) 1112.
Diwan al-Sababah by Ibn Abi Hajalah (d. 776)

1113.

Al-Mustatraf by al-Abshihi (c. 800) 1114-6.
Halbat al-Kumait by al-Nawaji (d. 859) 1117-8.
Baud al-Adab by al-Khazraji (d. 875) 1119.
Tazyin al-Aswak by Da'ud al-Antaki (d. 1008)

1120-22.

Raihanat al-Alibba by al-Khafaji (d. 1069) 1123.
Poetical extracts (c. 1150) 593 iv.
Safmat Safi al-Dm Ahmad (c. 1196) 1124.
Anonymous Safmah (c. 1228) 1125.
Songs of Derwishes, 1126-7.

Miscellanies, Collections of Sayings and Anecdotes.

Al-Mahasin wa '1-Addad by al-JShiz (d. 255) 1128.
Extracts from various works of the same, 1129.

Al-Faraj ba'd al-Shiddah by al-Tanukhi (d. 384)

1130.

Al-Mustajad by al-Tha'alibi (d. 429) 1131.
Kitab al-Bukhala by al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463)

1132.

Masari' al-'Ushshak by al-Sarraj (d. 500) 1 133.
Rabi' al-Abrar by al-Zamakhshari (d. 538) 1134-6.
Tadkirat Ibn Hamdun (d. 562) 1137-8.
Al-Ghurar wa'1-Durar by Ibn Zafar (d. 565) 1139.
Sulwan al-Mutaf by the same, 1156 n., 1166.
Anonymous Miscellany (c. 570) 1140.
Al-Rab' al-'Amir by Ibn al-Jauzi (d. 597) 1141.
Salwat al-Ahzan by the same, 1145 n.
Muhadarat al-Abrar by Ibn al-'Arabi (d. 638) 1142.
Al-Nutk al-Mafhum by Ibn Tughar (c. 700) 1143.
Ghurar al-Khasa'is by al-Kutubi (d. 718) 747-9.
Makalat al-Udaba by Ibn Hudail al-Fazari (c. 760)

1144.

Tadkirat al-Safadi (d. 764) 1017-8.
Hada'ik al-Azhar by Ibn 'Asim (d. 829) 1145 i.
'Uyun al-Akhbar by flsa al-Andalusi, 1146.
Safinat al-Salihi (c. 800) 1145.
Anonymous (c. 820) 1148. Ditto (before 897)

1145 IT.

Al-'Unwan by Ibn al-Batanuni (c. 900) 1149.
Tuhfat al-Ashab by al-Sharji (d. 999) 1150.
Nuzhat al-Udaba by 'Umar al-Halabi, 1151.
Nukhbat al-Majami' by Sulaiman al-Hafiz (c. 1050)

1152.

I'lam al-Nas by al-Itlidi (c. llt)0) 1153.
Safmat al-Raghib (d. 1176) 1154.

FABLES AND TALES.

Kalllah wa Dimmah by Ibn al-Mukaffa' (d. 142)

1155-9.
Al-Sadih wa '1-Baghim by Ibn al-Habbariyyah

(d. 504) 1131 n.

Kashf al-Asrar by al-Makdisi (d. 678) 566 n.
Alf Lailah wa-lailah, 1161-70.
Kissat Azadbakht, Kissat Haikar, etc., 1171.
Sirat Saif B. Di Yazan, 1172.
Sirat al-Mujfthidin, or Delhemeh, 1173-82.
Sirat Bani Hilal, 1183.
Ghazawat 'Ali B. Abi Talib, 1184-5, 1227 v.
Sirat al-Malik al-Zahir Baibars, 1186-96.

( 915 )

NUMERICAL INDEX.

SHOWING THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NUMBERS BY WHICH THE MANUSCRIPTS ARK
DESIGNATED WITH THOSE UNDER WHICH THEY 'ARE DESCRIBED IN THE PRESENT

CATALOGUE.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

1030 .

. . 151

1183.

. 588

1260 .

. . 985

1031 .

. 275

1184 .

. . 1152

1269 .

. 133

1032 .

. . 196

1185 .

. 682

1270 .

. . 64

1033 .

. 1257

1186 .

. . 1134

1278.

. 607

1034 .

. . 1197

1187.

. 1154

1279 .

. . 608

1035 .

. 714

1188 .

. . 678

1280 .

. 609

1072 .

. . 1025

1189 .

. 236

1281 .

. . 610

1073.

. 569

1190 .

. . 147

1282 .

. 789

1074 .

. . 570

1191 .

. 1136

1283 .

. . 790

1075 .

. 597

1192 .

. . 295

1284 .

. 500

1089 .

. . 71

1193.

. 117

1285 .

. . 563

1105.

. .. . Ill

1194 .

. . 285

1297 .

. 334

1106 .

. . 140

1195.

. 286

1298 .

. . 718

1107 .

. 141

1196 .

. . 320

1313.

. 605

1108 .

. . 276

1197 .

. 764

1314 .

. . 2

1109 .

. 277

1198 .

. . 781

1315 .

6

1110 .

. . 299

1199.

. 198

1316 .

. . 9

1111 .

. 300

1200 .

. . 1007

1317 .

10

1172 .

. . 874

1201 .

. 1030

1318 .

12

1173.

. 880

1202 .

. . 1035

1319.

3

1174 .

. . 856

1203 .

. 1016

1322 .

. . 20

1175.

. 865

1204 .

. . 1101

1324 .

19

1176 .

. . 934

1205 .

. 1068

1325 .

47

1177 .

. 932

1206 .

. . 1032

1326 .

1

1178 .

. . 853

1207 .

. 1103

1327 .

. . 8

1179 .

. 1022

1208 .

. . 1127

1328.

13

1180 .

. . 1023

1209 .

69

1329 .

16

1181 .

. 994

1239 .

. . 18

1330.

14

1182

477

1258.

. 1010

1331

23

916

NUMERICAL INDEX.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

1332 .

36

1491 .

. 447

1539 .

. 556

1333 .

. . 37

1492 .

. . 519

1540 .

. . 468

1334.

38

1493 .

. 459

1541 .

. 629

1335 .

. . 26

1494 .

. . 495

1542 .

. . 623

1336 .

31

1495 .

. 457

1543 .

. 596

1337 .

. . 34

1496 .

. . 456

1544 .

. . 488

1338.

35

1497 .

. 688

1545 .

. 552

1339 .

. . 66

1498 .

. . 689

1546 .

. . 573

1340.

72

1499 .

. 690

1547 .

. 572

1341 .

. . 74

1500 .

. . 691

1548 .

. . 491

1342 .

75

1501 .

. 692

1549 .

. 161

1343 .

. . 448

1502 .

. . 693

1550 .

. . 487

1344.

. 449

1503 .

. 694

1551 .

. 525

1345 .

. . 670

1504 .

. . 695

1552 .

. . 492

1346 .

. 776

1505 .

. 521

1553.

. 493

1347 .

. . 793

1506 .

. . 522

1554 .

. . 498

1348 .

. - 804

1507.

. 655

1555.

. 482

1349 .

. . 806

1508 .

. . 656

1556 .

. . 712

1350.

. 809

1509 .

. 524

1557 .

. 558

1351 .

. . 810

1510 .

. . 466

1558 .

. . 471

1352 .

. 1085

1511 .

. 473

1559 .

. 705

1353 .

. . 1017

1512 .

. . 722

1560 .

. . 763

1354.

. 1118

1513 .

. 548

1561 .

. 721

1355 .

. . 1114

1514 .

. . 751

1562 .

. . 62

1356 .

. 1115

1515 .

. 462

1563.

. 483

1357 .

. . 1151

1516 .

. . 463

1564 .

. . 190

1358 .

. 821

1517 .

. 464

1565 .

. . . .184

1366 .

. . 1005

1518 .

. . 450

1573 .

. . 767

1382 .

. 580

1519 .

. 451

1595 .

. 1161

1383 .

. . 584

1520 .

. . 453

1596 .

. . 1162

1396 .

57

1521 .

. 452

1597 .

. 1163

1397 .

. . 58

1522 .

. . 454

1598 .

. . 1164

1398 .

59

1523.

. 813

1610.

. 231

1399 .

. . 60

1524 .

. . 696

1617 .

. . 502

1400 .

61

1525 .

. 701

1618.

. 478

1401 .

. . 65

1526 .

. . 687

. 1738 .

. . 606

1405 .

68

1527 .

. 698

1740.

. 757

1406 .

. . 530

1528 .

. . 700

1750 .

. . 758

1407 .

. 755

1529 .

. 744

1761 .

. 489

1412 .

. . 145

1530 .

. . 604

1762 .

. . 1199

1413 .

. 665

1531 .

. 1059

1941 .

. 759

1414 .

. . 1004

1532 .

. . 1058

1972 .

. . 549

1428 .

. 494

1533.

. 484

1979 .

. 490

1435 .

. . 218

1534 .

. . 745

1997 .

. . 756

1438.

. 303

1535 .

. 1198

2075 .

. 650

1446 .

. . 51

1536 .

. . 479

2076 .

. . 651

1447.

54

1537 .

. 554

2077.

. 652

1450 .

. . 52

1538 .

. . 555

2078 .

. . 653

NUMERICAL INDEX.

917

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

OrionUl.

Supplement

2080 .

53

2601 .

. 7!»7

2913 .

. 1087

2085 .

. . 329

2602 .

. . 1201

2914 .

. 1088

2092 .

. . 1111

2606 .

202

2915.

. 328

2093 .

.... 1106

2632 .

. . 48

2916 .

. 1165

2165 .

. . 56

2666 .

. 600

2917.

. 1166

2181 .

. . 595

2675 .

. . 168

2918 .

. 1167

2184 .

. 110

2688.

50

2919 .

. 1168

2185 .

. . 795

2691 .

. . 55

2920 .

. 707

2186 .

. 1052

2711 .

. 624,

2922 .

97

2189 .

. . -1054

2712 .

. ' 240

2923 .

98

2190.

. 1055

2715.

. 1155

2924 .

81

2191 .

. . 1031

2773 .

. . .455

2958 .

. 1040

2192 .

. 1084

2784 .

. 778

2959-68 .

.906-15

2200 .

. . 67

2790 .

. . 1006

2977 .

. 101

2273 .

. . . 1019

2791 .

. 1008

2978 .

. 152

2291 .

. . 5

2792 .

. . 1012

2981 .

. 112

2328 .

29

2793 .

. 792

2982 .

. 728

2329 .

. . 283

2794 .

. . 805

2989 .

. 302

2330 .

. 296

2795 .

. 177

2992 .

. 1009

2331 .

... 279

2796 .

. . 166

3004 .

. 460

2332 .

. 829

2797 .

. 1147

3005 .

. 473

2333 .

. . 828

2805 .

. . 796

3006 .

. 470

2345 .

. 603

2807 .

. 508

3007 .

. 476

2358 .

. . 709

2808 .

. . 916

3008 .

. 518

2359 .

. 710

2809 .

. 925

3009 .

32

2360 .

. . 725

2810 .

. . 87

3010 .

. 616

2361.

. . . 823

2811 .

. 566

3011 .

. 618

2407 .

. . 273

2820 .

. . 223

3012 .

. 510

2408 .

. 800

2840.

. 845

8013 .

. 511

2409 .

. . 599

2873 .

. . 711

3014 .

. 509

2411 .

. 766

2890.

. 252

3015 .

. 512

2424 .

. . 579

2896 .

. . 146

3016 .

. 513

2425 .

. 671

2897 .

. 1202

3017 .

. 517

2426 .

. . 673

2898 .

. . 315

3018 .

. 485

2427 .

675

2899 .

. 318

3019 .

. 486

2428 .

. . 676

2900 .

. . 391

3020 .

. 551

2429 .

. . .679

2901 .

. 578

3021 .

. 582

2430

. 1063

2902 .

. . 430

3022 .

. 587

2431 .

. 1066

2903 .

. 583

3023 .

. 666

2432 ,

... 1067

2904 .

. . 858

3024 .

. 658

2433.

. . .516

2905 .

. 859

3025 .

. 557

2434 .

. . 327

2906 .

. . 860

3026 .

. 559

2435 .

. 238

2907 .

. 861

3027 .

. 560

2436 .

. . 761

2908 .

. . 862

3028 .

. 561

2437 .

. . . 765

2909 .

. 863

3029 .

. 562

2438 .

. . 33

2910 .

. . 1044

3030 .

. 563

2599 .

. . . 1200

2911 .

. 1061

3031 .

. 565

2600 ..

. . 786

2912 .

. . 1086

3032 .

. 571

GM

918

NUMERICAL INDEX.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

3033 .

. 574

3081 .

. 841

3129 .

. 752

3034 .

. . 575

3082 .

. . 833

3130 .

. . 1205

3035 .

. 706

3083 .

. 834

3131 .

798

3036 .

. . 672

3084 .

. . 842

3132 .

. . 799

3037 .

643

3085

995

3133 .

815

3038 .

. . 642

3086 .

. . 997

3134 .

. . 817

3039 .

. 644

3087 .

. 1013

3135 . .

. 818

3040 .

. . 646

3088 .

. . 986

3136 .

... 819

3041 .

. 648

3089 .

. 1128

S137 .

. 812

3042 .

. . 649

3090 .

. . 1024

3138 .

. . 1129

3043 .

. 613

3091 .

. • . , 172

3139 .

. 1132

3044 .

. . 614

3092 .

. . 289

3140 .

. . 713

3045 .

. 647

3093 .

. 256

3141 .

. 716

3046 .

. . 645

3094 .

. . 304

3142 .

. . 717

3047 .

. 661

3095 .

. 272

3143 .

. '. . 715

3048 .

. . 638

3096 .

. . 234

3144 .

. . 719

3049 .

. 662

3097 .

. 323

3145 .

. 1153

3050 .

. . 640

3098 .

. . 436

3140 .

. . 1173

3051 .

. 639

3099 .

. 282

3147 .

. 1174

3052 .

. . 615

3100 .

. . 260

3148 .

. . 1175

3053 .

. 160

3101 .

. 257

3149 .

. 1176

3054 .

. . 497

3102 .

. . 1203

3150 .

. . 1177

3055 .

. 496

3103 .

. 301

3151 .

. 1178

3056 .

. . 632

3104 .

. . 171

3152 .

. . 1179

3057 .

. 619

3105 .

. 170

3153 .

. 1094

3058 .

. . 438

3106 .

. . 169

3154 .

. . 1027

3059

135

3107 .

. 1204

3155

1026

3060 .

. . 155

3108 .

. . 175

8156 .

. . 1029

3061 .

. 158

3109 .

. 322

3157 .

. 1034

3062 .

. . 163

3110 .

. . 192

3158 .

. . 1107

3063 .

. 130

3111 .

. 193

3159 .

. 1079

3064 .

. . 181

3112 .

. . 194

3160 .

. . 1050

3065.

100

3113 .

. 219

3161 .

. 1046

3066 .

. . 83

3114 .

. . 225

3162 .

. . 1045

3067 .

92

3115 .

. 224

3163 .

. 1038

3068 .

. . 84

3116 .

. . 222

, 3164 .

. . 1057

3069 .

86

3117 .

. 740

3165 .

. 1056

3070 .

. . 164

3118 .

. ... 739

3166 .

. . 1071

3071 .

90

3119 .

. 750

3167 .

. 1062

3072 .

. . 91

8120 .

. . 553

3168 .

. . 1074

3073 .

835

3121 .

. 181

3169 .

. 1077

3074 .

. . 831

3122 .

. . 228

3170 .

. . 1076

3075.

838

3123 .

. 187

3171 .

. 1113

3076 .

. . 843

3124 .

. . 737

3172 .

. . 1093

3077 .

. 867

3125 .

. 736

3173 .

. 1091

3078 .

. . 868

3126 .

. . 724

3174 .

. . 1097

3079 .

. 969

3127 .

. 686

3175 .

. 1102

3080 .

. . 931

3128 .

. . 601

3176 .

. . 1015

NUMERICAL INDEX.

919

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Sopplenot.

3177 .

. 1110

3395 .

. 677

3640 .

. 636

3178 .

. 1145

3485 .

. . 1206

3645 .

. 794

3179 .

. 1137

3502 .

. 227

3646 .

. 13*

3180 . .

. 1138

8510 .

. . 153

3654 .

. 791

3181 .

. 1 1 l(>

3511 .

. 258

3678 .

. 120«

3182 .

. 742

3519 .

. . 808

3679 .

. 134

3183 .

. 1135

8520 .

. 881

3680 .

. 2fil

3184 .

. 1142

3525 .

. . 747

3682 .

. 297

3185 .

. 1133

3530 .

. 333

8683 .

. 287

3186 .

. 1121

3539 .

. . 221

3684 .

. 24.r»

3187 .

. 1120

3540 .

. 77.r>

3685 .

. I'.l

3188 .

. 1122

3548 .

. . .683

3686 .

. 611

8189 .

. 989

3569 .

. 1207

3687 .

. 612

3190 .

. 749

3574 .

. . 191

3688 .

. 664

8191 . . .

. 1123

3575.

. 635

3089 .

. 788

8192 .

. 229

3576 .

. . 634

3690 .

. 803

3193 .

. 741

3577 .

. 777

3(!91 .

. 801

3194 .

. 1143

8578 .

. . 835

3692 .

. 748

3195 .

. 230

3585 .

. 331

3693 .

. 754

3196 .

. 246

3586 .

. . 637

3694 .

. 875

3197 .

. 324

3594 .

. 504

3695 .

. 95K

3198 .

. 243

3595 .

. . 505

3696 .

900

3199 .

. 242

3596 .

. 506

3097 .

. 967

3200 .

244

3597 .

. . 507

3698 .

980

3201 .

15

3598 .

39

3699 .

. 1036

3257 .

. 991

3599 .

. . 40

3700 .

. 1072

3-264 .

. 723

3601 .

. 703

3701 .

. UK;

3265 .

586

3606 .

. . 305

3702 .

. 1060

3266 .

. 475

3607 .

. 143

3703 .

. 1150

8267 .

. 154

3608 .

. . 715

3704 .

. 1148

3268 .

. 855

3009 .

. 1144

3705 .

. 501

^9fiQ

137

3615

. . 576

3706 .

4

• >_')•' . . .

3270 .

. 598

3616 .

. 657

3707 .

17

3273 .

. 877

3617 .

. . 271

3708 .

24

3309 .

. 185

3618 .

. 660

3709 .

28

3326 .

63

3619 .

. . 617

3710 .

45

3327 .

330

3620 .

, 594

3717 .

. 771

3328 .

. 458

3621 .

. . 680

3718.

. 589

3329 .

. 543

3622 .

. 681

3719 .

545

3330 .

. 591

3G23 .

. . 697

3720 .

. 928

3331 .

. 183

3624 .

. 768

3721 .

. 266

3343 .

. 787

3625 .

. . 1020

3722 .

. 363

3366 .

. 785

3626 .

. 1159

3723 .

. 667

3368 .

. 1184

3627 .

. . 49

3724 .

668

3371 .

. 104

3628 .

. 1109

3723 .

. 669

3382 .

7

3629 .

. . 990

3726 .

. 3:.7

3383 .

11

3630.

. 1141

3727 .

. 21.".

3392 .

. 704

3631 .

. . 820

3728 .

. 369

920

NUMERICAL INDEX.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

3729 .

. . 397

3777 .

. 917

3825 .

. 540

3730

. 1124

3778 .

... 993

3826 .

264

3731 .

. . 542

3779 .

. 1215

3827 .

. 743

3732 .

. 772

3780 .

. . 746

3828 .

. . 211

3733 .

. ' . . 1003

3781 .

. 1021

3829 .

. 1104

3734 .

. . .822

3782 .

. . 940

3830 .

... 816

3735 .

. . 440

3783 .

. 581

3331 .

. 1217

3736 .

. 898

3784 .

. . 585

3832 .

. . 811

3737 .

... 920

3785 .

. . .535

3833 .

. 1218

3738.

. 807

3786 .

. . 534

3834 .

. . 316

3739 .

. . 308

3787 .

. 762

3835 .

. 156

3740.

. 927

3788 .

. . 423

3836 .

. . 356

3741 .

. . . 1108

3789 .

. . . 1049

3837 .

. 387

3742 .

. . 832

3790 .

. . 563

3838 .

. . 426

3743.

. 188

3791 .

. . . . 539

3839 .

. 341

3744 .

. . 1209

3792 .

. . 382

8840 .

. . 417

3745 .

355

3793.

. 429

3841 .

. 1099

3746 .

. . 964

3794 .

. . 430

3842 .

. . 1069

3747.

. 773

3795.

. 267

3843 .

. 1119

3748 .

. . 769

3796 .

. . 424

3844 .

. . 1051

3749 .

. 1064

3797 .

. 955

3845 .

. 1002

3750 .

. . 1210

3798 .

. . 206

3846 .

. . 987

3751 .

. 784

3799 .

265

3847 .

. 544

3752 .

. . 1211

3800 .

. . 344

3848 .

. . 774

3753 .

. 180

3801 .

. . 402

3849 .

. 770

3754 .

. . 446

3802 .

. . 1216

3850 .

. . 1219

3755 .

. 400

3803.

. 948

3851 .

. 1220

3756 .

. . 385

3804 .

. . 413

3852 .

. . 217

3757.

216

3805 .

. 1095

3853 .

. 1073

3758 .

. . 1033

3806 .

. . 409

3854 .

. . 1221

3759 .

. 529

3807.

. 418

3855 .

. 249

3760 .

. . 205

3808 .

. . 428

3856 .

. . 388

3761.

. . . 988

3809 .

. 358

3857 .

. 546

3762 .

. . 924

3810 .

. . 1028

3858 .

. . 339

3763 .

. 944

3811 .

346

3859 .

. 1096

3764 .

... 269

3812 .

. . 533

3860 .

. . 814

3765 .

. 926

3813 .

. 536

3861 .

. . .354

3766 .

. . 1212

3814 .

. . 628

3862 .

. . 113

3767 .

. 1047

3815 .

. 1065

3863 . .

. 118

3768 .

. . 1037

3816 .

. . 532

3864 .

. . 108

3769 .

. 1213

3817 .

625

3865 .

. 115

3770 .

. . 1214

3818 .

. . 626

3866 .

. . 1131

3771 .

. 420

3819 .

... .627

3867 .

. 996

3772 .

. . 414

3820 .

. . 537

3868 .

. . 538

3773 .

. • 182

3821 .

. 929

3869 .

. 1125

3774 .

88 .

3822 .

. . 733

3870 .

. . 393

3775.

. 620

3823 .

... .547

3871 .

. 392

•3776 .

. . 1112

3824 .

. . 919

3872 .

... 1222

NUMERICAL INDEX.

921

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

3873

. 1014

3921 .

. 407

3969 .

. 674

3874 .

. 253

8922 .

. 830

8970 .

. . 21:2

3875 .

. 443

3!)23 .

. 431

8971 .

. .'{.-it;

3876 . .

. 954

3924 .

. 1160

3972 .

. . 195

3877 .

. 439

3925 .

. 419

8978.

. 1117

3878 .

. 937

3926 .

. 345

3974 .

. . 215

3879 .

. 128

3927 .

. 124

3975.

.

3880 .

. 1139

3928 .

. 366

3976 .

. . 210

3881 .

93

3929 .

. 1231

3977.

. 203

3882 .

. 978

3930 .

. 1232

3978 .

. . 351

3883 .

. 136

3931 .

. 232

3979.

. 347

3884 .

. 207

3932 .

. 1233

3980 .

. . 348

3885 .

. 444

3933 .

. 943

8981 .

. 849

3886 .

. 684

3934 .

. 399

3982 .

. . 350

3887 . . .

. 162

3935 .

. 1234

3983 .

. 352

3888 .

. 1083

3936 .

. 1100

3984 .

. . 853

3889 .

. 433

3937 .

. 410

3985.

. 378

3890 .

. 421

3938 .

. 503

3986 .

. . 359

3891 .

. 992

3939 .

. 361

3987 .

. . .360

3892 .

. 783

3940 .

. 337

3988 .

. . 526

3893 .

. 827

3941 .

. 1235

3989 .

. .ll'l!

3894 .

. 425

3942 .

. 343

3990 .

. . 408

3895 .

. 1039

3943 .

. 381

3991 .

. 1238

3896 .

. 406

3944 .

. 427

3992 .

. . 386

3897 .

. 377

3945 .

. 499

3993 .

. 268

3898 .

. 1223

3946 .

. 1236

3994 .

. . 362

3899 .

. 364

3947 .

. 214

3995 .

. 445

3900 .

. 1157

3948 .

. 119

3996 .

. . 389

3901 .

. 531

3949 .

. 342

3997.

. 390

3902 .

. 1224

3950 .

. 383

3998 .

. . 120

3903 .

. 442

3951 .

. 384

3999.

99

3904 .

. 394

3952 .

. 528

4000 .

. . 109

3905 .

. 1225

3953 .

. 208

4001 .

. 114

3906 .

. 1226

3954 .

. 247

4002 .

. . 102

3907 .

. 432

3955 .

. 918

4003.

. 1018

3908 .

. 1227

995G .

. 415

4004 .

. . 1053

3909 .

. 250

3957 .

. 1237

4005 .

. 1240

3910 .

. 1228

3958 .

. 226

4006 .

. . 367

3911 .

204

3959 .

. 212

4007 .

. 157

3912 .

. 1229

3960 .

. 368

4008 .

. . 142

3913 .

. 379

3961 .

. 369

4009 .

. 209

3914 .

. 107

3962 .

. 371

4010 .

. . 106

3915 .

. 404

3963 .

. 373

4011 .

. 946

3916 .

. 1230

3964 .

. 370

4012 .

. . 380

3917 .

. 126

3965 .

. 372

4013.

. 403

3918 .

. 541

3966 .

. 374

4014 .

. . 1241

3919 .

. 592

8967 .

. 375

4015.

85

3920 .

. 125

3968 .

. 376

4016 .

. . 467

6N

922

NUMERICAL INDEX.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

4017 .

. 309

4191 .

. 977

4259 .

. 122

4018 .

. . 1239

4192 .

. . 876

4260 .

. . 123

4019 .

. 270

4193.

. 840

4261 .

. 129

4020 .

. . 416

4194 .

. . 851

4262 .

. . 132

4021 .

. 395

4195 .

. 878

4263.

. 139

4022 .

. . 401

4196 .

. . 870

4264 .

. . 167

4023 .

. 405

4197 .

. 871

4265 .

. 176

4024 .

. . 1011

4198 .

. . 872

4266 .

. . 186

4025 .

. 365

4199 .

. 879

4267.

. 189

4026 .

. . 1242

4200 .

. . 962

4268 .

. . 173

4027 .

. 411

4201 .

. 963

4269 .

. 199

4028 .

. . 332

4202 .

. . 921

4270 .

. . 179

4029 .

. 527

4203 .

. 975

4271 .

. 235

4030 .

. . 957

4204 .

. . 949

4272 .

. . 241

4031 .

. 338

4205 .

. 935

4273 .

. 237

4032 .

. . 259

4206 .

. . 1001

4274 .

. . 1245

4033 .

. 233

4207 .

. 121

4275 .

. 239

4034 .

... 412

4208 .

. . 148

4276 .

. . 200

4035 .

. 941

4209 .

. 149

4277 .

. 127

4036 .

. . 942

4210 .

. . 150

4278 .

. . 201

4037 .

. 731

4211 .

. 294

4279 .

. 159

4038 .

. . 938

4212 .

. . 293

4280 .

. . 1246

4039 .

. 441

4213.

. 263

4281 .

. 514

4040 .

. . 340

4214 .

. . 278

4282 .

. . 248

4041 .

. 782

4215 .

. 465

4283 .

. 251

4042 .

. . 165

4216 .

. . 564

4284 .

. . 274

4043 .

. 1243

4217 .

. 699

4285 .

. 310

4044 .

. . 1156

4218 .

. . 1244

4286 .

. . 281

4050 .

. 659

4219.

. 1126

4287 .

. 306

4099 .

. . 21

4240 .

. . 25

4288 .

. . 319

4100 .

. 1171

4241 .

27

4289 .

. 284

4101 .

. . 70

4242 .

. . 46

4290 .

. . 288

4102 .

77

4243 .

41

4291 .

. 313

4150 .

. . 94

4244 .

. . 44

4292 .

. . 298

4154-77 .

882-905

4245 .

. . 22

4293.

. 307

4178 .

. . 837

4246 .

. . 43

' 4294 .

. . 814

4179.

. 836

4247.

42

4295 .

. 312

4180 .

. . 839

4248 .

. . 78

4296 .

. . 311

4181 .

• 846

4249 .

79

4297 .

. 317

4182 .

. . 847

4250 .

. . 80

4298 .

. . 325

4183 .

. 848

4251 .

. 255

4299 .

. 326

4184 .

. . 850

4252 .

. . 89

4300 .

. . 291

4185 .

. 852

4253.

95

4301 .

. 292

4186 .

. . 854

4254 .

. . 96

4302 .

. . 434

4187 .

. 857

4255 .

. 103

4303 .

. 437

4188 .

. . 864

4256 .

. . 105

4304 .

. . 435

4189 .

. 866

4257 .

82

4305 .

. 280

4190 .

. . 869

4258 .

. . 116

4306 .

. . 481

NUMERICAL INDEX.

928

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

4307 .

. 654

4355 .

. 983

4618 .

. 1270

4308 .

. . 1247

4356 .

. . 1041

4619 .

. . 1271

4309.

. 683

4357 .

. 1042

4620.

. 1272

4310 .

. . 720

4358 .

. . 1043

4621 .

. . 1273

4311 .

. 641

4359 .

. 1070

4622.

. 1274

4312 .

. . 726

4360 .

. . 1080

4623 .

. . 127".

4313.

. 727

4361 .

. 1081

4624.

. 127«

4314 .

. . 1248

4362 .

. . 1082

4625 .

. . 1277

4315 .

730

4363 .

1078

4626 .

. 1278

4316 .

. . 732

4364 .

. . 1089

4627 .

. . 1279

4317.

. 735

4365 .

. 1090

4628.

. 1280

4318 .

. . 1249

4366

. . 1098

4C29 .

. . 1281

4319.

. 734

4367 .

. 1105

4630.

. 1282

4320 .

. . 738

4368 .

. . 144

4631 .

. . 1283

4321 .

. 729

4369 .

. 1146

4632.

. 1284

4322 .

. . 873

4370 .

. . 1130

4633 .

. . 1285

4323 .

. 760

4371 .

. 1250

4634.

. 602

4324 .

. . 802

4372 .

. . 1251

4635 .

. . 663

4325.

. 780

4373 .

. 1252

4636 .

. 685

4326 .

. . . 824

4374 .

. . 174

4637 .

. . 702

4327.

. 825

4375 .

. 1253

4638 .

. 849

4328 .

. . 922

4376 .

. . 1254

4639 .

. . 1170

4329.

. 923

4377 .

. 1255

4640.

. 1149

4330 .

. . 930

4378 .

. . 1256

4641 .

. . 1185

4331 .

. 933

4379 .

. 1266

4642 .

. 1286

4332 .

. . 936

4517 .

. . 178

4643 .

. . 1172

4333.

939

4518 .

. 708

4644 .

. 1186

4334 .

. . 945

4519 .

. . 998

4645 .

. . 1187

4335.

. 950

4520.

. 999

4646 .

. 1188

4336 .

. . 952

4521 .

. . 1000

4647 .

. . 1189

4337.

. 951

4523 .

30

4648.

. 1190

4338 .

. . 953

4529 .

. . 220

4649 .

. . 1191

4339.

. 947

4544 .

. 1268

4650.

. 1192

4340 .

. . 961

4572 .

. . 1258

4651 .

. . 1193

4341 .

. 965

4581 .

. 469

4652 .

. 1194

4342 .

. . 968

4582 .

. . 567

4653 .

. . 1195

4343.

. 959

4583 .

. 590

4654.

. 1196

4344 .

. . 966

4584 .

. . 577

4655 .

. . 1180

4345 .

. 970

4585 .

. 621

4656 .

. 1181

4346 .

. . 974

4586 .

. . 622

4657 .

. . 1182

4347.

. 976

4587 .

. 630

4676.

. 1183

4348 .

. . 971

4588 .

. . 631

4684 .

. . 1290

4349.

. 972

4589 .

. 844

4687 .

. 1263

4350 .

. . 973

4590 .

. . 982

4690 .

. . 1288

4351 .

. 956

4591 .

. 1048

4697 .

. 1289

4352 .

. . 979

4592 .

. . 1092

4699 .

. . 1169

4353.

. 984

4593 .

. 1158

4700.

. 1265

4354 .

. . 981

4594 .

. . 1267

4701 .

. . 1287

924

NUMERICAL INDEX.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Oriental.

Supplement.

Stowe Oriental.

Supplement.

4704 .

. 1264

4753 .

. 1298

1 .

73

4706 .

. . 1269

4754 .

. . 1299

2 .

. . 76

4710 .

. 1259

4755 .

. 1300

3 .

. 254

4723 .

. . 1262

4756 .

. . 1301

4 .

. . 290

4724 .

. 1260

4757 .

. 1302

5 .

. 321

4725 .

. . 1261

4758 .

. . 1303

6 .

. . 520

4746 .

1292

7

550

4747 .

. . 1293

8 .

. . 474

4748 .

. 1291

9 .

. 523

4749 .

. . 1294

10 .

. . 753

4750.

. 1295

11 .

. 779

4751 .

. . 1296

12 .

. . 1075

4752 .

1297

13.

. 1117

ORIGINAL NUMBERS OF THE KREMER AND GLASER MSS. WITH REFERENCES TO THE NUMBERS

UNDER WHICH THEY ARE DESCRIBED IN THE PRESENT SUPPLEMENT.

Kremer.

Supplement. Kremer.

Supplement. Kromer.

Supplement.

1 .

. . 460

24 .

. 559

48 .

. . 638

2.

. 472

25 .

. . 560

49 .

. 662

3 .

. . 470.

26 .

. 5G1

50 .

. . 640

4.

. 476

27 .

. . 562

51.

. 639

5 .

. . 518

28 .

. 568

52 .

. . 615

6 .

32

30 .

. . 565

53 .

160

7 .

. . 616

31 .

. 571

54 .

. . 497

8 .

. 618

32 .

. . 574

55.

. 496

9 .

. . 510

33 .

. 575

63 .

. . 632

10.

. 511

34 .

. . 706

64 .

. 619

11 .

. . 509

35 .

. 672

65 .

. . 438

12 .

. 512

36 .

. . 643

66 .

. 135

i3 .

. . 513

37.

. 642

67 .

. . 155

14 .

... 517

38 .

. . 1203v.

68 .

. 158

15 .

. .518n.

39 .

. 644

69 .

. . 163

16 .

. 485

40 .

. . 644

70.

. 130

17 .

. . 486

41 .

. 646

71 .

. . 131

18.

. 551

42 .

. . 648

72 .

. 100

19 .

. . 582

43 .

. 649

73 .

. . 83

20.

. 587

44 .

. . 613-4

75.

92

21 .

. . 666

45 .

. 647

76 .

. . 84

22 .

. 658

46 .

. . 645

77 .

86

23 .

. . 557

47 .

. 661

78 .

. . 164

NUMERICAL INDEX.

Kremer.

Supplement.

Kremer.

Supplement.

Kremor.

8npplem«nt.

79 .

90

130.

r..vi

181.

. 1102

80 .

. . 91

131 .

. . 181

186 .

. . 1015

81 .

. 272 n.

132 .

. 228

187 .

. 1110

82 .

. . 835

133 .

. . 187

188 .

. . 1145

83 .

. 831

134 .

. 737

189 .

.1137-8

84 .

. . 838

135 .

. . 736

190 .

. . 1140

85.

. 843

136.

. 724

191 .

. 71:.'

86 .

. . 867-8

137 .

. . 686

192 .

. . 1135

87.

. 969

138.

. 601

193.

. 1142

88 .

. . 931

139 .

. . 752

194 .

. . 1133

91 .

. 841

140.

. 1205

195.

. 1121

92 .

. . 833-4

141 .

. . 79^-9

196 .

. . 1120

93 .

. 842

142 .

. 815

197.

. 1122

94 .

. . 995

143 .

. . 817

198 .

. . 989

95 .

. ' . .997

144 .

. 818

199.

. 749

96 .

. . 1013

145 .

. . 819

200 .

. . 1123

97 .

. 986

146.

. 812

201 .

. 229

98 .

. . 1128

148 .

. . 1129

202 .

. . 741

99.

. 1024

149 .

. 1132

203.

. 1143

101 .

. . 172

150 .

. . 713

204 .

. . 230

102 .

. 289

151 .

. 716

205 .

. 246

103 .

. . 256

152 .

. . 717

206 .

. . 324

104 .

. 304

153 .

. 715

207 .

. 243

105 .

. . 272

154 .

. . 719

208 .

. . 242

106 .

. 234

155.

. 1153

209 .

. 244

107 .

. . 323

156 .

. .1173-9

212 .

. . 15

108.

. 436

157 .

. 1094

109 .

. . 282

160 .

. . 1027

110.

. 260

161 .

. 1026

Ill .

. . 257

162 .

. . 1029

112 .

. 1203

163 .

. 1034

Glaser.

Supplement.

113 .

. . 301

164 .

. . 1107

1 .

771

114 .

. 171

165 .

. 1079

2 .

. . 589

115 .

. . 170

166 .

. . 1050

3.

. 545

116 .

169

167 .

. 1046

4 .

. . 928

117 .

. . 1204

168 .

. . 1045

5 .

. 266

118.

. 175

169 .

. 1038

6 .

. . 303

119 .

. . 322

170 .

. . 1057

7 .

. 667

120 .

. 192

171 .

. 1056

8 .

. . 668

121 .

. . 193

172 .

. . 1071

9.

. 669

122 .

194

173.

. 1062

10 .

. . 357

123 .

. . 219

174 .

. ' . . 1074

11 .

. 213

124.

. 225

175 .

. 1077

12 .

. . 396

125 .

. . 224

176 .

. . 1076

13 .

. 397

126 .

. 222

177 .

. 1113

14 .

. . 1124

127 .

. . 740

178 .

. . 1093

15.

. 542

128.

. 739

179.

. 1091

16 .

. . 77:2

129 .

. . 750

180 .

. . 1097

17 .

. 1003

60

926

NUMERICAL INDEX.

Glaser.

Supplement.

Glaser.

Supplement.

Glaser.

Supplement.

18 .

. . 822

66 .

. . 1021

117 .

. . 1104

19 .

. 440

67.

. 940

118 .

. 816

20 .

. . 398

68 .

. . 581

119 .

. . 1217

21 .

. 920

69 .

. 585

120.

. 811

22 .

. . 807

70 .

. . . 535

121 .

. . 1218

23.

. 308

71 .

. 534

122.

. 316

24

927

72

762

123

156

25 .

. 1108

73.

. 423

124 .

. - J. U \J

. 356

26 .

. . 832

74 .

. . 1049

125 .

. . 387

27.

. 188

75 .

. . 593

126 .

. 426

28 .

. . 1209

76 .

. . 539

127 .

. . 341

29 .

. 355

77.

. 382

128 .

. 417

30 .

. . 964

78 .

. . 429

129 .

. . 1099

31 .

. 773

79 .

.. 430

130 .

. 1069

32 .

. . 769

80 .

. . 267

131 .

. . 1119

33 .

. 1004

82 .

. 424

132.

. 1051

34 .

. . 1210

83 .

. . 955

133 .

. . 1002

35.

. 784

84 .

. 206

134.

. 987

36 .

. . 1211

85 .

. . 265

135 .

. . 544

37 .

. 180

86 .

. 344

136 .

. 774

38 .

. . 446

87 .

. . 402

137 .

. . 770

39 .

. 400

88.

. 1216

138 .

. 1219

40 .

. . 385

89 .

. . 948

139 .

. . 1220

41 .

. 216

90.

. 413

140.

. 217

42 .

. . 1033

91 .

. . 1095

141 .

. . 1073

43.

. 529

92 .

. 409

142.

. 12-21

44 .

. . 205

94 .

. . 418

143 .

. . 249

45.

. 988

95 .

. 428

144.

. 388

46 .

. . 924

96 .

. . 358

145 .

. . 546

47.

. 944

97 .

. 1028

146 .

. 339

48 .

. . 269

98 .

. . 346

147 .

. . 1096

49 .

926

99 .

533

148 .

. 814

50 .

. . 1212

100 .

. . 506

149 .

. . 354

51 .

. 1047

102 .

. 628

150.

. 113

52 .

. . 1037

103 .

. . 1065

151 .

. . 118

53.

. 1213

104 .

. 532

' 152 .

. 108

54 .

. . 1214

105 .

. . 625

153 .

. . 115

55 .

. 420

106 .

. 626

154 .

. 1131

56 .

. . 414

107 .

. . 627

155 . ' .

. . 996

57 .

. 182

108.

. 537

156 .

. 538

58 .

. . 88

109 .

.... 929

157 .

. . 1125

59.

. 620

110.

. 733

158 .

. 393

60 .

. 1112 ii.

Ill .

. . 547

158B. .

. . 379

Cl .

.1112i.

112 .

. 919

159.

. 392

62 .

. . 917

113 .

. . 540

160 .

. . 1222

63.

. 993

114 .

. 264

161 .

. 1014

64 .

. . 1215

115 .

. . 743

162 .

. . 253

65.

. 746

116.

. 211

163.

. 443

NUMERICAL INDEX.

927

Glaeer.

Supplement.

Glaeer.

Supplement.

GlMer.

Supplement.

164 .

. . 954

210 .

. . 1230

258

870

165.

439

211 .

. 126

269.

166 .

. . 937

212

. . 541

260

374

167.

. 128

213 .

. 592

261 .

. 375

1684. .

. . 1139

214 .

. . 125

262 .

. . 376

168s.

93

215 .

. 407

263 .

. 674

169A. .

. . 978

216

830

264

262

169B.

136

217 .

431

265

SM

170 .

. . 207

218 .

. . 1160

266 .

. . 195

171 .

. 444

219 .

. 419

267 .

. 197

172 .

. . 684

220 .

. . 345

268 .

. 215

173.

. 162

221 .

154

269.

. 826

174 .

. . 1083

222 .

. . 366

270 .

. . 210

175 .

.433

223.

. 1231

271 .

. 203

176 .

. . 421

224 .

. . 1232

272 .

. . 351

177 .

. 992

225 .

. 232

273.

:;I7

178 .

. . 783

226 .

. . 1233

274 .

. . 348

179 .

. 827

227 .

. 943

275.

. 349

180 .

. . 425

228 .

. . 399

276 .

. . 350

181 .

. 1039

229 .

. 1234

277 .

. 352

182 .

. . 406

230 .

. . 1100

278 .

. . 353

183 .

377

231

410

279

378

184 .

. . 1223

232 .

. . 503

280 .

. . 359

185 .

. 364

233 .

. 361

281 .

. 360

186 .

. . 1157

234 .

. . 337

282 .

. . 526

187 .

531

235 .

. 1235

283 .

. . 422

188 . t .

. . 1224

286 .

. . 343

284 .

408

189. .

. 442

237.

. 381

285 .

. . 1238

190 .

. . 394

238 .

. . 427

286 .

. 386

191 .

. 1225

239 .

. 499

287 .

. . 268

192 .

. . 1225

240 .

. . 1236

288.

. 362

193.

. 1226

241 .

. 214

289 .

. . 445

194 .

. . 1226

242 .

. . 119

291 .

. 389

195.

. 432

243 .

. 342

292 .

. . 390

196 .

. . 1227

244 .

. . 383

293.

. 120

197 .

. 1227

245.

. 384

294 .

. . 99

198 .

. . 1227

246 .

. . 528

295 .

. 109

199.

. 1227

247.

. 208

296 .

. . 114

200 .

. . 250

248 .

. . 247

297 .

. 102

201 .

. 1228

249 .

. 918

298 .

. . 1018

202 .

. . 204

250 .

. . 415

299.

. 1053

203.

. 1229

251 .

. 1237

300 .

. . 1240

204 .

. . 1229

252 .

. . 226

301 .

. 1240

205.

. 1229

253 .

. 212

302 .

. . 1240

206 .

. . 1229

254 .

. . 368

303.

. 36T

207.

. 1225

255 .

. 369

304 .

. . 157

208 .

. . 107

256 .

. . 371

305 .

. io:>3

209 .

. 404

257 .

. 373

306 .

. . . 14-2

928

NUMERICAL INDEX.

Glaser.

Supplement.

Glaser.

Supplement.

Glaser.

Supplement.

307 .

. 209

320 .

. . 1239

334 .

. . 259

308 .

. 106

321 .

. 270

335.

. 233

309 .

. 946

322 .

. . 416

336 .

. . 412

310 .

. 380

323 .

. 395

337 .

. 941

311 .

. 403

324 .

. . 401

338 .

. . 942

312 .

. 1241

325 .

. 405

339.

. 731

313 .

85

326 .

. . 1011

340 .

. . 938

314 .

. 467

327 .

. 365

341 .

. 441

315 .

. 309

328 .

. . 1242

342 .

. . 340

316 .

. . 157

329 .

. 411

343.

. 782

317 .

. 1241

330 .

. . 382

344i. .

. . 165

318 .

. . 1241

331 .

. 527

344B.

. 1243

319 .

. 1239

332 .

. . 957

345 .

. . 1156

333.

. 338

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APPENDIX.

THIRTEEN MSS. PRESENTED BY CHARLES INGRAM, ESQ., IN MARCH, 1894.

1291.

Or. 4748.— Foil. 209; 10$ in. by 7; 29 lines,
5J in. long; written in small and neat
Maghribi, apparently in the 15th century,
except foil. 1 — 9 and 11, which are by a
later hand.

A commentary upon the Goran, by Abu
Muh. 'Abd al-Hakk B. Abi Bakr B. 'Atiyyah.

Beg. jU jj* *^° j\ ^m feilU <u&N J\5

jJ) \

The author, whose full name is Abu Muh.
'Abd al-Hakk B. Ghalib B. 'Abd al-Rahman
B. Ghalib . . . Ibn 'Atiyyah al-Muharibi, was
born in the kingdom of Granada, A.H. 481,
filled the office of Kadi in Almeria, and died
in Lorca on the 25th of Ramadan, A.H. 541.
This is stated in a notice on the fly-leaf,
extracted from the Silat of Ibn Zubair
(Ahmad B. Ibrahim, d. A.H. 708 ; v. Haj.
Khal., vol. ii., p. 115). The commentary of
Ibn 'Atiyyah is praised as the best Tafsir
ever written. For other notices of the
author see Bibliotheca Arabico - Hispana,
vol. i., p. 380, iii., p. 376, iv., p. 259;

Suyuti's Tabakat al-Mufassirin, no. 49 ; and
Haj. Kha'l., vol. v., p. 421.

No title appears in the text. In the notice
above mentioned the work is designated as
**^. It is commonly called

The preface, which occupies two pages, is
followed by eleven introductory chapters,
with the following headings :

Fol. 36. i>U^ P -lo \ c- J U

Fol. 5o.
Fol. 56.
Fol. 66. 13*

JJ 1.

jjfl Jy J
**-• J* Jj31

Fol. 96.

Fol. 10a.
Fol. 106.

6 P

930

APPENDIX.

Fol. lla.

Fol.

Fol. 12«.
Fol. 126. ^}

The commentary on the Fatihah begins,
fol. 13a, as follows : ^

J\j fol^ij <J>~* ^

x)\ Jo3j j* IjyM

The text of the Goran is inserted by single
verses, or groups of a few verses, preceded
by ,Jjo *5y, and followed by ±^ y\ JvS.
This first volume comprises, besides the
Fatihah, the Surat al-Bakarah and Surat Al
'Imran, the latter somewhat imperfect at the
end. The MS. breaks off in the course of
comments upon v. 187.

The work is extremely rare. For detached
volumes see Casiri, no. 1275 ; the Berlin
Catalogue, no. 800 ; the Khedive's Cata-
logue, 2nd edition, vol. i., p. 208 ; Nobles,
Madrid Catalogue, no. 7 ; and Fagnan,
Algiers Catalogue, nos. 327 — 29.

1292-93.

Or. 4746-47. — Two uniform volumes of
foil. 166 and 168 ; 10£ in. by 6| ; 27 lines,
5 in. long ; written in small and close
Neskhi, apparently in the 16th century.

The Jami' al-Sahlh of al-Bukhari (no. 132)
with a commentary. The first of these two
volumes is designated in the colophon as the
sixth, and the other as the seventh. They

formed, apparently, part of a set containing
the whole work in eight volumes.

The contents of vol. vi. correspond with
Krehl's edition from vol. ii., p. 303, to
vol. iii., p. 310. Those of vol. vii. are in
continuation of the preceding down to
vol. iii., p. 410, of the same edition.

Vol. vi. is imperfect at the beginning.
The first two pages contain the latter part
of the commentary upon the first Bab of
Kitab 59, jiii ^ <-X^, followed by the
heading of the second Bab, ^^e, ^W^ J\i'

J
T

he commentary upon that Bab begins as

j

The commentary is inserted after every
Bab of the text. Its first and main part is
ascribed to the commentator of the Sunnah,
i.e., the author of Sharh al-Sunnah, namely,
al-Farra al-Baghawi (v. Haj. Khal., iv.,
p. 37 ; the Khedive's Catalogue, 2nd edition,
vol. i., p. 357; and the Berlin Catalogue,
no. 1295). But there are also extracts from
other earlier or later commentators. The
latest are the author of Jami' al-Usul,
i.e., Ibn al-Athir, who died A.H. 606, al-
Nawawi (d. A.H. 676), and al-Kadi al-
Baidawi (d. A.H. 716).

Vol. vii. begins with Bab 35 of Kitab al-
Maghazi, Ju#>il Ijf- tyb. The commentary
upon it begins as follows : *;.J\ ^U, J\S,

The volume ends abruptly, somewhat
before the end of the commentary upon the
37th and last Bab of J^\ JJUi L^\^

APPENDIX.

931

1294.

Or. 4749.— Foil. 314; 7f in. by 5| ; 17 lines,
3f in. long; written in fair Neskhi, with
ruled margins, apparently in the 18th
century.

The first volume of the Jami' al-Saghir of
al-Suyuti (v. no. 147), ending with letter J

On the first leaf is a genealogical table of
Maulana Isma'il B. al-Sharif B. Sayyidi 'Ali
B. Muh. B. 'Ali B. Yusuf, traced up to 'Ali
B. Abi Talib, in the Maghribi character.

1295.

Or. 4750.— Foil. 385 ; 12£ in. by 8 ; 33 lines,
5J in. long; written in fair Neskhi; dated
Tuesday, 15 Safar, A.H. 1103 (A.D. 1691).

The great Sufi work of Ibn al-'Arabi (see
above, no. 231).

Be.

..

<«JJ

This is the first volume, ending with
Bab 72, i}j*\, J ^y-uJlj Jlfll MU1

Copyist : ^

1296.

Or. 4751.— Foil. 160 ; 10± in. by 7 ; 27 lines,
5^ in. long ; written in good Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 15th century.

Another volume of the same work, im-

perfect at beginning and end. It begins

with the last lines of Bab 177. The first

is that of Bab 178, ISM

heading

..Uu

chapter, of which only the first page and a
half are extant is Bab 268, —jj\

1297.

Or. 4752.— Foil. 158 ; 9 in. by 6J ; 25 lines,
4£ in. long; written in Neskhi with red-
ruled margins, in the 19th century.

A commentary upon Dala'il al-Khainit
(no. 251), by Sulaiman al-Jamal.

The commentator, whose full name is
Sulaiman B. 'Umar B. Mansur al-'Ajlli al-
Shafi'i al-Azhari, surnamed al-Jamal, wrote
this work in Egypt, A.H. 1191, and died
A.H. 1204. (See the Khedive's Library,
vol. ii., p. 232.) He says in the preface
that it is an abridgment of a previous
commentary by Muh. al-Mahdi B. Muh.
(read Ahmad) al-Fasi, entitled L^— ^ jJUx*
(Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 235; Algiers, no.
823 ; and Khedive's Library, vol. ii., p. 229),
with a few additions. The MS. wants a few
lines at the end. Another copy is mentioned
in the Algiers Catalogue, no. 822.

1298.

Or. 4753.— Foil. 206 ; 10£ in. by 7 ; 21 lines,
5J in. long ; written in the Maghribi
character, apparently in the 15th century.

Kitab al-Juman, a historical compendium,
by Muhammad al-Shatibi (nos. 482, 518),
slightly imperfect at beginning and end.

The contents correspond with foil. 3a—
1456 of Or. 3008 ; but the text is somewhat
shorter.

932

APPENDIX.

1299.

Or. 4754.— Foil. 333 ; 13 in. by 8£ ; 25 lines,
5| in. long ; written in Maghribi ; dated
Dulhijjah, A.H. 1135 (A.D. 1723).

A volume of Nafh al-Tlb, a history of the
Arabs of Spain, by al-Makkari (v. nos.
667 — 9), extending from the middle of
Bab v. to the end of Bab vii.

Beg-

The contents correspond with the Leyden
edition from vol. i., p. 707, to vol. ii., p. 670.

1300.

Or. 4755.— Foil. 306; 12 in. by 8 ; from 28
to 35 lines, 5^ in. long ; written in Maghribi,
apparently in the 18th century.

A volume of the same work, with nearly
the same contents as the preceding. It
begins abruptly, fol. 3a, with the words
(jjii ^ _^\ f\».j "$\ l£~~^£ y*, which are
found in the Leyden edition, vol. i., p. 784,
line 8. It concludes, like the above, with
the end of Bab vii.

The first three pages contain laudatory
poems addressed to the author by the
litterati of Damascus, namely, Muh. B. 'Ali
Ibii al-Kari (b. A.H. 1011, Khulasat al-
Athar, iv., p. 54), Muh. B. Sa'd al-Gulshani
(d. A.H. 1037, ib., iii., p. 468), and others.

1301.

Or. 4756.— Foil. 207 : 12 in. by 8; 35 lines,
4f in. long; written in small Neskhi, ap-
parently in the 17th century. •

A volume of a biographical dictionary

of the contemporaries of Muhammad, desig-
nated on the outer edge as &A*5^. It is in
fact the Isabah, or more fully, ^v ,j wU>^
ibVrf"* , by Ibn Hajar al-'Askalani, who died
A.H. 852. See Haj. Khal., vol. i., p. 323.

The Isabah is a compilation of two earlier
works, namely, the Isti'ab (no. 623) and the
Usud al-Ghabah (by Ibn al-Athir, who died
A.H. 630; Haj. Khal., i., p. 278), with
additions and corrections by the author.
It was published in the Bibliotheca Indica
in four volumes, Calcutta, 1853 — 73. For
MSS. see the preface of that edition, pp.
iii. and vi. ; Biblioth. Sprenger., nos. 277 —
281 ; the Khedive's Library, 2nd edition,
vol. i., p. 225 ; and Fagnan, Algiers Cata-
logue, nos. 1722-23.

The MS. consists of four detached por-
tions of the work, the contents of which,
with references to the Calcutta editions, are
as follows ;

Foil. 1 — 80. From Lr>\ ^

\yj> ^ ju^, vol. i., pp. 139 — 535.

Foil. 81—127. Fromy* ^ ^ to
vol. iii., pp. 4 — 419.

Foil. 128—137. From &\

to

, vol. iii., pp. 650—692.
Foil. 138—207. From j^s- ^ J-^. to J^jt
,j-/iM, vol. iii., pp. 962—1274.

1302.

Or. 4757.— Foil. 144; Iliin.by7i; 34 lines,
5J in. long ; written in small and close
Maghribi ; dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1082 (A.D.
1671).

An anonymous grammatical work, im-
perfect at the beginning. It proves to be

the Tasrih, *>A\ *"^ ^> a com~

APPENDIX.

mentary by Khalid al-Azhari (d. A.H. 905)
upon Ibn Hisham's Audah al-Masalik, com-
monly called al-Taudih (see no. 964). It
was lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1286,
and printed in Cairo, A.H. 1305.

The MS. begins abruptly with these words,
L-jy^ I*"** J3 {£•} £iU^ ^JU ^y, which
belong to the early part of Bab al-Idafah,
and are found in the 2nd volume of the
Cairo edition, p. 27, line 6.

It is stated at the end that the commen-
tary was completed A.H. 896. For other
copies see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 2366 ;
Derenbourg, Escurial, nos. 76-7 ; Pertsch,
no. 270 ; the Khedive's Library, vol. iv.,
p. 30 ; Algiers Catalogue, nos. 102, 107, &c.

1303.

Or. 4758.— Poll. 164; 8 in. by 5£ ; about
20 lines, 3-J in. long; written by several
hands in cursive Maghribi, apparently in the
17th century ; extensively worm-eaten.

I. Foil. 2—41. j«»\5JI J^*?. A versified
treatise (Urjuzah) on Theology (Kalam), by
Ahmad B. Muh. Ibn Zikri al-Sughrawi al-
Tilimsani.

The author states in the concluding verses
that the work consists of upwards of 1500
Baits, and that it was completed A.H. 890.
The copy is dated 4 Shawwal, A.H. 1077
(A.D. 1667).

II. Foil. 42—54. Ja-,1 J c-JUJI ^yy
i_Jlk«M. Obituary notices of 'Ulama and
traditionists, chronologically arranged from
the first to the eighth century of the Hijrah,
by Abu '1- 'Abbas Ahmad B. HusahVB. 'AH
Ibn al-Kustini, called Ibn Kunfud.

Beg.

[altered to .^

AJhM

The.work concludes with a notice of Abu
'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Abd al-Rahman al-
Marrakushi, who died A.H. 807. The
author is probably identical with Ahmad K.
al-Hasan al-Kunfudi al-Kustantlni, who w:is
writing A.H. 774. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 447, xxix. ; the Bodleian Cata-
logue, vol. ii., p. 282 ; Casiri, vol. i., p. 344;
and Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 660, no. 496.

III. Foil. 55— 65. <«AJliu». A metrical
treatise on arithmetic, by Muh. B. Ahmad
B. Ghazi, who died A.H. 919 (see above,
no. 302, ii.).

The author wrote, A.H. 895, a commen-
tary upon it entitled tr>^U\ iJo. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 1996; Casiri, no. 928, s ;
and the Algiers Catalogue, no. 1459.

IV. Foil. 66—164. HfOjA ii*^. Al-
Suyuti's commentary upon the Alfiyyah of
Ibn Malik.

Beg. U» . . .

For other copies see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 2376; Loth, no. 962; Escurial, no. 69;
the Khedive's Library, vol. iv., p. 36, &c.
The commentary has been lithographed,
Lucknow, 1831.

6 Q

( 935 )

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

No. 146. For 'Abd al-Rahim read 'Abd al-
'Azim.

192. The Sawa'ik was printed in Cairo,
A.H. 1307.

199. The author of the Isha'ah died A.H.
1103 ; v. Khedive's Library, vol. vi.,
p. 112.

221. The proper title of the work is
»U-»^N *jS. See E. G. Browne, Journal
of the R. Asiatic Society, 1892, pp.
261—68.

222. The Ikan was written, as shown by
Mr. Browne, ib., pp. 305 and 436,
A.H. 1274. The precise date of Baha-
ullah's death is the 2nd of Dulka'dah,
A.H. 1309 = 16 May, 1892. "The Ikan
ends at fol. 67. The remainder of the
MS. contains letters of Baha, for which
see the Supplement to the Persian
Catalogue.

223. For other copies see Browne, Journal
of the R. Asiatic Society, 1892, p. 440.

364. The Zuhur is not an original work,
but a commentary upon the Luma'
(no. 342), by Yusuf B. Ahmad Ibn
'Uthman, who died A.H. 832. See the
Berlin Catalogue, no. 4887.

429. The Manzurnat al-Busi is a metrical
version of the Tadkirah, by Abu '1-Kasim
B. 'Ali al-Busi (Berlin Catalogue,
DO. 4885).

588. Instead of Ahmad B. Mull, read Muli.
B. Ahmad.

599. An Italian translation of Futuh al-
Habashah has been published by
0. Nerazzini, Rome, 1891. For other
MSS. see A. d'Abbadie, " Manuscrits
Ethiopiens," no. 401, and Fagnan,
Algiers Catalogue, no. 1628. An edition
of the text, with an English translation
by A. Strong is in course of publication.

682. For Or. 1182 read Or. 1185.

683. Printed at Baghdad, 1291—93, with
the title J^sLJ J< j*-M J J^ ^

753 v. The date of composition is A.H. 830.

1093. The Diwan of Manjak Pasha was
printed in Damascus, A.H. 1301.

1185. Two versions of the same tale are
noticed in the Algiers Catalogue, nos.
1915-16.

1254 viz. This is the Arba'un known as
,_e,yuifr, from the word 'Usfur, which
occurs in the first Hadith. It has been
printed in Constantinople, A.H. 1263.

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